Program · Outcome 1: Ensure Australian law and principles of justice are upheld through investigating activities of Australian Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan from 2005 to 2016, and referring alleged criminal offences including breaches of the Laws of Armed Conflict for prosecution
Program 1.1: Independent Investigation
Review and triage the findings of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, investigate allegations of criminal conduct, including breaches of the Laws of Armed Conflict, by Australian Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan from 2005 to 2016 and develop briefs of evidence for referral to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP).
Office of the Special Investigator, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 8 reported
$44m
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$3.2m (−6.8%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
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Published lines
Each row is one line of the program’s expense table in the 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements – Program Expense Line Items, as published.
| Line | Kind | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Treatment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departmental appropriation | departmental | $47m | $44m | −$3.2m −6.9% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 199 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | departmental | $560k | $562k | +$2k +0.4% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 200 |