Program · Outcome 1: Defend Australia and its national interests through the conduct of operations and provision of support for the Australian community and civilian authorities in accordance with Government direction.
Program 1.2 - Operations Supporting Wider Interests
Operations supporting wider interests are designed to contribute to United Nations’ and international efforts to uphold global security.
Department of Defence, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 48 reported
$109m
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$40m (−26.7%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expenditure funded by appropriations | departmental | $149m | $107m | −$41m −27.8% | reported | Table 12: Total Budgeted Resources Available for Outcome 1, row 295 |
| Revenues from other sources | departmental | $0 | $1.8m | +$1.8m new | reported | Table 12: Total Budgeted Resources Available for Outcome 1, row 294 |