Program · Outcome 1: Equitable and sustainable use of the Murray-Darling Basin by governments and the community including through development and implementation of a Basin Plan, operation of the River Murray system, shared natural resource management programs, research, information and advice
Program 1.1: Murray–Darling Basin Authority
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−$27m (−18.7%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $69m is listed for this program but not counted, because it is counted elsewhere or is not an expense. Each line below says why.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues from other independent sources | corporate | $115m | $115m | +$146k +0.1% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 267 |
| Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1 and Supply Bill No. 1) | corporate | $62m | $51m | −$11m −17.5% | not counted: funding already counted at the paying department | Table 2.1.1, row 265 |
| Payment from related entities | corporate | $28m | $18m | −$9.8m −34.8% | not counted: funding already counted at the paying department | Table 2.1.1, row 266 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | corporate | $30m | $2.9m | −$27m −90.3% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 268 |