Program · Outcome 2: Promote growth in economic productivity and social wellbeing through access to quality skills and training
Program 2.1: Building Skills and Capability
The government is working to create an effective and efficient skills and training system that is industry led and delivers the skills Australian employers need. Building skills and capabilities is central to Australia’s economic growth, competitiveness, and business productivity. The national training system provides employees and potential employees with the skills and capabilities required for a job or pathway into a job.
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 47 reported
$1.5bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$657m (−30.4%) 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 Act No. 1) | administered | $1.9bn | $1.5bn | −$399m −21.5% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 447 |
| Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014 | administered | $299m | $41m | −$258m −86.2% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 448 |
| Unique Student Identifiers Special Account | administered | $6.0m | $6.1m | +$132k +2.2% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 450 |
| Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 - s77 | administered | $0 | $20k | +$20k new | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 449 |