Portfolio
Defence
$98.1bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$905m (+0.9%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $1.1bn 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 Defence$70.9bn+0.3%
Department of Veterans' Affairs$23.2bn+1.2%
Australian Signals Directorate$3.3bn+9.1%
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
$29.4bn falls in 2026-27, equal to 29.9% of this total: $29.2bn in contracts and $129m 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Signals Directorate | $3.0bn | $3.3bn | +$272m +9.1% | 3.3% | $314m 9.6% | – |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs | $23.0bn | $23.2bn | +$264m +1.2% | 23.7% | $1.2bn 5.1% | – |
| Department of Defence | $70.7bn | $70.9bn | +$216m +0.3% | 72.3% | $27.7bn 39.0% | – |
| Australian Submarine Agency | $396m | $523m | +$127m +32.2% | 0.5% | $103m 19.7% | – |
| Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator | $30m | $51m | +$21m +70.7% | 0.1% | $3.2m 6.4% | – |
| Defence and Veterans' Services Commission | $7.8m | $18m | +$11m +135.8% | 0.0% | $1.5m 8.4% | – |
| Defence Housing Australia | $63m | $61m | −$2.6m −4.0% | 0.1% | – | $991m |
| Australian War Memorial | $32m | $29m | −$2.9m −9.1% | 0.0% | $89m 310.2% | $66m |