Portfolio
Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
$8.2bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$3.5bn (−30.2%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $325m appears in this portfolio’s tables but is not counted here: it is counted where the money is paid from, or it is not an expense. Why.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water$5.4bn−22.9%
Clean Energy Finance Corporation$985m−71.9%
Bureau of Meteorology$614m−2.0%
Clean Energy Regulator$266m+57.5%
Australian Renewable Energy Agency$221m+519.1%
National Environmental Protection Agency$207mnew
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority$129m+10.0%
Change on 2025-26
−10% or more
−2 to −10%
within ±2%
+2 to +10%
+10% or more, or new
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$2.7bn falls in 2026-27, equal to 32.4% of this total: $1.8bn in contracts and $862m in grants. estimate: annualised
From AusTender contract notices and GrantConnect grant awards published since 2022-07-01. Each contract’s or grant’s value is spread evenly from its start to end date. These values are commitments, not payments, and records published before 2022-07-01 are not included yet.
By entity
| Entity | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Share | Contracts and grants 2026-27 est. |
Removed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Environmental Protection Agency | $0 | $207m | +$207m new | 2.5% | $17m 8.0% | – |
| Australian Renewable Energy Agency | $36m | $221m | +$185m +519.1% | 2.7% | $184m 83.4% | $18m |
| Australian Energy Regulator | $0 | $124m | +$124m new | 1.5% | $11m 9.0% | – |
| Clean Energy Regulator | $169m | $266m | +$97m +57.5% | 3.2% | $84m 31.7% | – |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | $118m | $129m | +$12m +10.0% | 1.6% | $70m 54.0% | – |
| Australian Institute of Marine Science | $76m | $78m | +$1.6m +2.1% | 0.9% | $4.3m 5.5% | $92m |
| Climate Change Authority | $15m | $14m | −$598k −4.1% | 0.2% | $1.8m 12.5% | – |
| Sydney Harbour Federation Trust | $42m | $33m | −$9.6m −22.8% | 0.4% | $5.8m 17.9% | – |
| Director of National Parks | $55m | $43m | −$12m −21.6% | 0.5% | $75m 173.2% | $140m |
| Bureau of Meteorology | $626m | $614m | −$12m −2.0% | 7.5% | $141m 23.0% | – |
| Murray-Darling Basin Authority | $146m | $118m | −$27m −18.7% | 1.4% | $19m 15.9% | $69m |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | $7.0bn | $5.4bn | −$1.6bn −22.9% | 65.4% | $2.0bn 38.1% | – |
| Clean Energy Finance Corporation | $3.5bn | $985m | −$2.5bn −71.9% | 12.0% | – | $5.0m |