Program · Outcome 4: Improve the health of rivers and wetlands and enhance the sustainable, efficient and productive use of Australia’s water resources
Program 4.1: Protect, restore and sustainably manage Australia's water resources
This key activity aims to protect, restore and sustainably manage Australia’s water resources, safeguarding the future of Australia’s rivers and wetlands for future generations, while ensuring a safe and secure supply of sufficient water quality and quantity for communities, culture and industries.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 84 reported
$727m
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$211m (+40.8%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special accounts | administered | $270m | $483m | +$213m +78.7% | reported | Table 2.4.1, row 251 |
| Departmental appropriation | departmental | $115m | $115m | +$107k +0.1% | reported | Table 2.4.1, row 254 |
| Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1 and Supply Bill No. 1) | administered | $59m | $68m | +$8.5m +14.4% | reported | Table 2.4.1, row 250 |
| Payments to corporate entities | administered | $64m | $54m | −$11m −16.5% | reported | Table 2.4.1, row 252 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | administered | $7.8m | $7.8m | no change 0.0% | reported | Table 2.4.1, row 253 |
| s74 External Revenue | departmental | $248k | $164k | −$84k −33.9% | reported | Table 2.4.1, row 255 |