Program · Outcome 2: Promote growth in economic productivity and social wellbeing through access to quality higher education, international education, and international quality research
Program 2.7: International Education Support
International education is increasingly important to Australia’s prosperity and our engagement with the world. The program aims to support the sustainable growth of Australia’s high-quality international education, training and research through strong government-to-government engagement, international mobility, strategic policy, and legislation.
Department of Education, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 71 reported
$11m
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$5.0m (−31.4%) 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) | administered | $11m | $6.3m | −$4.8m −43.5% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 416 |
| Overseas Students Tuition Fund | administered | $3.5m | $3.5m | +$87k +2.5% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 417 |
| SOETM - Cheung Kong | administered | $1.3m | $1.1m | −$245k −18.8% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 418 |