The Australian Electoral Commission's 2021/22 financial disclosure returns from parties, candidates, donors and organisation shows his Mineralogy mining company donated the staggering figure, including individual donations of $50 million and $30 million.
It is the most money an Australian political party has received in one year, beating the UAP's record from the 2019 election where it got $89 million.
This year's huge spend bought an underwhelming return for the UAP, with Victorian Ralph Babet winning the party's sole Senate seat, while it received four per cent of the national lower house primary vote.
The AEC's data shows Labor took $124 million in donations, while the coalition took $118 million.
The Greens, who received $22 million, continue to call for coal and gas companies to be banned from giving money and a $1000 cap on all donations.
In late 2022, Greens senator Larissa Waters brought to parliament a bill to ban coal and gas corporation donations and cap all other donations at $1000.
Other industries covered by the ban would include gambling, banking, defence and pharmaceuticals.
The Greens say Labor and Liberal policies are shaped by donations from big industries, pointing to slow action on climate change and hesitancy over financial reform.
"With the Greens in the balance of power (in the Senate), we have the opportunity to remove the influence of big money from politics once and for all," Senator Waters said, pledging to seek further debate on her bill.
"Even before this year's release, we know that over $230 million in corporate donations have been made to Labor and the coalition parties since 2012 - it's our democracy for sale."
The minor party also wants real-time disclosure of donations, lower disclosure thresholds and better data, rather than waiting 18 months for a complex dump of information.
"Voters should have information about who's influencing their representatives when they are deciding who to vote for," Senator Waters said.
In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the 2022 election, Labor backed real-time disclosure and reducing the disclosure threshold from $15,200 to $1000.
It also called for caps on electoral spending, but said the changes needed to be carefully considered.
The Liberals say real-time disclosure could put too much of a paperwork burden on parties and candidates, as well as lead to bullying or harassment of donors during elections.
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