Program · Outcome 2: Conserve, protect and sustainably manage our natural resources; protect and conserve our natural and cultural heritage; reduce and regulate the use of pollutants and hazardous substances; and take a leadership role on these issues internationally
Program 2.3: Accelerate the transition to a circular economy, while safely managing pollutants and hazardous substances
Aims to help Australia transition to a circular economy, tackle the waste crisis, and reduce the impact of harmful chemicals.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 74 reported
$43m
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$6.3m (+17.4%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1 and Supply Bill No. 1) | administered | $17m | $22m | +$5.3m +31.9% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 239 |
| Special accounts | administered | $19m | $20m | +$961k +4.9% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 240 |