Portfolio
Health, Disability and Ageing
$191.1bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$9.0bn (+4.9%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $42.9bn 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 Health, Disability and Ageing$172.2bn+4.8%
National Disability Insurance Agency$14.1bn+4.2%
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
$17.8bn falls in 2026-27, equal to 9.3% of this total: $4.6bn in contracts and $13.2bn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health, Disability and Ageing | $164.3bn | $172.2bn | +$7.9bn +4.8% | 90.1% | $15.9bn 9.2% | – |
| National Disability Insurance Agency | $13.6bn | $14.1bn | +$568m +4.2% | 7.4% | $25m 0.2% | $42.3bn |
| National Blood Authority | $2.1bn | $2.5bn | +$327m +15.3% | 1.3% | $293m 11.9% | – |
| Australian Centre for Disease Control | $131m | $243m | +$112m +85.3% | 0.1% | $139m 57.2% | – |
| National Health and Medical Research Council | $1.1bn | $1.1bn | +$62m +5.8% | 0.6% | $897m 78.9% | – |
| NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission | $198m | $225m | +$28m +14.1% | 0.1% | $67m 29.8% | – |
| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | $44m | $48m | +$4.2m +9.7% | 0.0% | $17m 35.8% | $91m |
| National Health Funding Body | $7.3m | $9.1m | +$1.8m +24.7% | 0.0% | $379k 4.2% | – |
| Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority | $60m | $62m | +$1.6m +2.7% | 0.0% | $50m 80.1% | – |
| Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | $9.4m | $10m | +$603k +6.4% | 0.0% | – | $26m |
| Professional Services Review | $17m | $17m | +$88k +0.5% | 0.0% | $5.9m 35.0% | – |
| Food Standards Australia New Zealand | $9.2m | $9.1m | −$49k −0.5% | 0.0% | – | $18m |
| Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority | $25m | $25m | −$280k −1.1% | 0.0% | $18m 71.1% | $44m |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | $43m | $42m | −$622k −1.5% | 0.0% | $13m 29.9% | – |
| Cancer Australia | $52m | $50m | −$1.3m −2.5% | 0.0% | $41m 80.3% | – |
| Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care | $9.3m | $7.8m | −$1.5m −16.0% | 0.0% | $570k 7.3% | – |
| Australian Digital Health Agency | $81m | $70m | −$11m −13.4% | 0.0% | $269m 383.3% | $355m |
| Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission | $388m | $351m | −$38m −9.7% | 0.2% | $71m 20.3% | – |