Program · Outcome 1: Support sustainable Australian Government finances through providing high-quality policy advice and operational support to the government and Commonwealth entities to maintain effective and efficient use of public resources
Program 1.1: Budget and Financial Management
This program contributes to the outcome through advising the Minister for Finance and Expenditure Review Committee (ERC) on fiscal and economic policies and related matters; supporting the Minister for Finance in meeting their financial reporting responsibilities; and supporting the delivery of the Budget.
Department of Finance, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 15 reported
$122m
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$4.8m (+4.0%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budget Advice | departmental | $66m | $70m | +$4.1m +6.3% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 488 |
| Financial Reporting | departmental | $35m | $36m | +$973k +2.8% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 489 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | departmental | $16m | $16m | −$347k −2.1% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 490 |