Portfolio
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
$10.4bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$3.6bn (−25.5%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $3.5bn 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 Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts$9.1bn−27.9%
Australian Communications and Media Authority$193m+3.5%
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
$1.8bn falls in 2026-27, equal to 17.7% of this total: $900m in contracts and $937m 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Speed Rail Authority | $714k | $13m | +$12m +1716.5% | 0.1% | $201m 1547.4% | $382m |
| Civil Aviation Safety Authority | $165m | $172m | +$7.4m +4.5% | 1.7% | – | $62m |
| Australian Communications and Media Authority | $186m | $193m | +$6.5m +3.5% | 1.9% | $65m 34.0% | – |
| Sport Integrity Australia | $58m | $60m | +$2.0m +3.5% | 0.6% | $6.5m 10.8% | – |
| National Capital Authority | $79m | $81m | +$2.0m +2.6% | 0.8% | $97m 119.7% | – |
| National Museum of Australia | $13m | $13m | +$483k +3.8% | 0.1% | $14m 106.9% | $57m |
| Screen Australia | $9.5m | $9.8m | +$376k +4.0% | 0.1% | – | $86m |
| National Portrait Gallery of Australia | $4.3m | $4.5m | +$133k +3.1% | 0.0% | $1.7m 38.1% | $20m |
| Infrastructure Australia | $348k | $478k | +$130k +37.4% | 0.0% | – | $13m |
| National Library of Australia | $23m | $22m | −$64k −0.3% | 0.2% | – | $81m |
| National Gallery of Australia | $43m | $42m | −$623k −1.5% | 0.4% | $59m 140.0% | $76m |
| Australian National Maritime Museum | $35m | $34m | −$844k −2.4% | 0.3% | $1.8m 5.4% | $53m |
| Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility | $2.3m | $1.2m | −$1.1m −49.2% | 0.0% | – | $22m |
| Australian Film, Television and Radio School | $13m | $11m | −$1.5m −11.9% | 0.1% | – | $29m |
| National Transport Commission | $12m | $11m | −$1.5m −12.3% | 0.1% | – | $5.7m |
| Old Parliament House | $8.9m | $6.5m | −$2.4m −26.9% | 0.1% | $14m 209.9% | $26m |
| Australian Transport Safety Bureau | $34m | $31m | −$2.6m −7.7% | 0.3% | $5.2m 16.5% | – |
| Australian Sports Commission | $41m | $37m | −$4.1m −9.9% | 0.4% | – | $433m |
| National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | $14m | $9.4m | −$4.6m −32.8% | 0.1% | – | $43m |
| Creative Australia | $19m | $13m | −$6.4m −33.1% | 0.1% | – | $327m |
| National Archives of Australia | $116m | $109m | −$6.9m −5.9% | 1.0% | $15m 14.2% | – |
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation | $110m | $98m | −$12m −11.1% | 0.9% | – | $1.3bn |
| Special Broadcasting Service Corporation | $192m | $179m | −$13m −6.8% | 1.7% | – | $367m |
| Australian Maritime Safety Authority | $172m | $156m | −$17m −9.7% | 1.5% | $80m 51.3% | $127m |
| Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | $12.6bn | $9.1bn | −$3.5bn −27.9% | 87.4% | $1.3bn 14.1% | – |