Portfolio
Education
$70.7bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$10.5bn (−12.9%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $28m 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.
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
$2.6bn falls in 2026-27, equal to 3.7% of this total: $236m in contracts and $2.4bn 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 Research Council | $1.1bn | $1.1bn | +$48m +4.5% | 1.6% | $965m 86.6% | – |
| Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited | $9.1m | $11m | +$2.2m +23.8% | 0.0% | – | $8.5m |
| Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency | $25m | $26m | +$1.3m +5.1% | 0.0% | $6.9m 26.3% | – |
| Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority | $17m | $19m | +$1.1m +6.4% | 0.0% | – | $19m |
| Department of Education | $80.1bn | $69.5bn | −$10.6bn −13.2% | 98.3% | $1.7bn 2.4% | – |