PUNTERS POLITICS: 2025-2026 FUNDING & TRANSPARENCY DISCLOSURE REPORT, VOLUME ONE OF ONE, ABRIDGED, UNABRIDGED, AND SELECTIVELY REDACTED

Date of Disclosure: 24 September 2026
Reporting Period: FY2025-2026

Prepared by: Konrad
Reviewed by: Konrad
Approved by: Konrad
Audited by: Konrad

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

There's no law that says we have to publish a funding transparency report, no regulator leaning over our shoulder and no lawyer telling us the time has come, we're doing it because the people who built Punters Politics deserve to know where the money has come from (and maybe there's a small corner of the internet that enjoys insisting we aren't independent).

Financial Year 2025-2026:

Punters Politics was built by everyday Punters scrolling while they should have been working, sharing with mates, having a yarn over lunch about how rooted we're getting by the gas cartels, brave Sticky Bandits risking life and limb to sticker Australia wide with Gas posters, and even braver Punters slipping free "Gas not Sauce" stickers into the aisles of surveillance supermarkets. All of you Punters, out there sharing our message achieved this success.

Across every platform we racked up 137,157,000 views, which is 137 million separate moments where someone stopped scrolling and picked us over cat videos or beauty pageant politics, along with 7,860,711 interactions. 7.8 million times a punter actually did something rather than just watched and moved on. We picked up 340,172 new subscribers, which is more people than live in Geelong, and as of September 2026 we're sitting on 1,333,047 followers across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, Apple, TikTok and Bluesky, which is edging close to the entire population of Greater Adelaide.

The Punter Verdict:
We take our cap off to every punter who helped build this, the only reason anyone sees what we post is because regular punters share, like and engage. All of this is cheers to you, the regular punter. 

2.A STATEMENT OF REVENUE STREAMS

We have categorised our revenue streams by type, and would you look at that, we are funded by the Punters.

To the naysayers who call us shills, we’ve provided a proportional revenue breakdown while stopping short of providing Konrad’s actual bank statements.

Independence: we operate independently of sponsors, donors and subscribers. No external party exercises any editorial influence over the content produced, published or promoted.

2.B CAMPAIGN DONATIONS

As part of our operations we also fundraise for specific campaigns. Our primary focus has been on raising awareness of the Gas Scam and how we are giving away 56% of our gas for free. These campaigns are promoted on our social channels and have had thousands of Aussie Punters donate.

Total Punter Donations to campaigns is $219,209 as of September 2026.

The campaign break down is below:

1. Billboard Campaign: “Punters are getting SCAMMED Help us Get the word out!”

Status - Closed and Complete
Total funds raised $91,556, from over 2000 punters. Link to campaign page.
Duration - campaign opened August 2024 and ran to May 2025.

• Goal - Spread awareness across Australia of the Gas Scam.
• Successes - 10 Billboard purchased across Australia and 1 in Japan. We also funded 500 free Bin Stickers with the same campaign message.
• Videos on this campaign: 
  • “BILLBOARD WEEK: How 2000 Punters Are Fighting The Gas Bludgers”
  • “I Put Santos' Tax Rate on a BILLBOARD Outside Their Gas Plant”
  • “I TROLLED Canberra With A Billboard Truck — Here’s What Happened”
  • “I Bought A Billboard In TOKYO To EXPOSE Japan's Gas SCAM”

2. The Punters Lobbyist: “Fund Australia's FIRST Punter-Powered Lobbyist”

Status - Open and In progress
Total funds raised $114,606, from 2086 punters (as of Sept 2026). Link to campaign page.
We also had donations of $5,982.30 from a Dark Money Funder named REDACTED.

• Duration - campaign opened June 2025 and is ongoing.
• Goal - Fund Australia's first Citizen Lobbyist.
• Successes - Rachel Smith of Pocket Advisory was hired. 
• Videos on this campaign: 
  • “Punter's Gala Dinner 2025”
  • “Influencer" Spends $80,000. PROVES Lobbying Works.”
  • “I Bought Access to Politicians, Media Ignored It & We Raised $75K to Crash Canberra's Lobby Game

3. ”Free Sauce, Not Gas: “Fund Free Sauce in Every Pie Shop in Australia”.

Status - Open and In progress
Total funds raised $7,065, from over 92 punters (as of Sept 2026). Link to campaign page.

• Duration - campaign opened April 2026 and is ongoing.
• Goal - Provide free sauce & stickers across Australia spreading the Gas Campaign message.
• Successes - 1141 free sauce stickers have been given out and 207 free bottles of sauce. Stickers have been sighted all over Australia.
• Videos on this campaign: 
  • “Was this my best idea ever?”

2.C. REGISTER OF GIFTS & BENEFITS

We are disclosing *nearly* all gifts and freebies that Konrad has received during the reporting period. Konrad's a creative, not a spreadsheet guy, so some items may have been forgotten. So if we missed something please take it up with the auditor (Konrad).

The majority of items will be given away as prizes to Punters or Politicians who earn it, Konrad may (definitely does) elect to keep the cool shit.

3.A. AUDIENCE REACH: VIEWS

The Punter Analysis: two years ago barely we scraped a million views, and now it's 137 million in a single year - not because Konrad got better looking, but because you lot cared enough about giving our gas away for free to keep sharing it, commenting on it and firing it off to your mates. Meta alone accounts for 107.5 million of it, which tells you where the eyeballs are. Cheers for your help Punters.

3.B. INTERACTIONS 
(The Likes, Dislikes, Comments, Shares, Saves and Hypes)

The Punter Analysis: you interacted 7.8 million times in a single year. That's 7.8 million separate occasions where someone stopped scrolling long enough to like it, comment on it, share it to their story, save it for later, or get into an argument with a complete stranger in the replies. Every single one of those told the algorithm "show this to more people". 

3.C. SUBSCRIBER INCREASE

The Punter Analysis: 340,172 new subscribers this year. That's more than the population of Geelong VIC deciding they want to hear from us.

We now have a total of 1,333,047 followers across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, Apple, TikTok and Bluesky.

4. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Basis of Preparation: The financial information presented in this report has been prepared in accordance with management's best available records and reasonable estimates. Where precise quantification was not practicable, estimates have been applied and disclosed accordingly.
AKA: We had a crack at it with the spreadsheet and we're pretty sure it's right.

Comparative Figures: We have achieved transformational growth in a billionaire saturated media market.
AKA: last year we had fewer views and fewer subscribers, and this year we have more.

Contingent Liabilities: The entity recognises a contingent liability in respect of taxation obligations arising from the reporting period. Management has implemented appropriate controls to ensure full compliance with all applicable requirements.
AKA: We owe tax and Punter Melissa is making sure we pay it.

Related Party Transactions: The entity engages the services of key management personnel and associated contractors on arm's length commercial terms. Remuneration reflects market rates for services rendered.
AKA: We paid Konrad and the part-timers a wage for actually working.

Rounding: Certain figures within this report have been subject to rounding. Consequently, totals may not reconcile precisely with the sum of individual line items.
AKA: Some numbers are rounded, so if it doesn't quite add up, that's why.

Independence: The entity operates independently of its sponsors, donors and subscribers. No external party exercises editorial influence over the content produced, published or promoted.
AKA: The punters fund us, the sponsors buy ads, and nobody gets to tell us what to say.

5. AUDITOR'S REPORT

We have audited the accompanying funding disclosure report of Punters Politics, which comprises the Executive Summary, the Statement of Revenue Streams, the Audience Reach & Growth Statistics, and the Notes to the Financial Statements.

Management's Responsibility:

Management is responsible for preparing this report. Management is also responsible for making sure the numbers aren't made up; management is Konrad.

Auditor's Responsibility:

Our responsibility is to audit this report and give an opinion on whether it's accurate. The audit was conducted in accordance with the "She'll Be Right" standards, which are not recognised by any professional body but have been applied consistently since we started. The audit process involved opening the spreadsheet, scrolling through it, nodding, saying "yep, that looks about right," and signing off.

The Auditor's Independence:

The auditor is Konrad, the owner is Konrad. In the profession, this is what's known as a conflict of interest. We have investigated ourselves thoroughly, exhaustively some would say, and found no evidence of wrongdoing. We asked ourselves the difficult questions, we were satisfied with the answers, and we thank ourselves for our cooperation.

Opinion:
In our opinion, the funding report presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Punters Politics. The numbers are probably right, the revenue streams are real, the views happened and the subscribers exist. Having checked it all over and found that everything looked fine, we have no reason to believe otherwise.

Any questions? We’ll take them on notice.

Date: 24 September 2026