Program · Outcome 3: Support for parliamentarians and others as required by the Australian Government through the delivery of, and advice on, work expenses and allowances, entitlements and targeted programs

Program 3.1: Ministerial and Parliamentary Services

Program objective, as stated by the agency

This program contributes to the outcome through the provision of advice on, access to, and payment of Parliamentary and post-Parliamentary, work expenses, allowances and entitlements and targeted programs.

Department of Finance, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 46 reported

$735m 2026-27 Budget estimate

−$13m (−1.7%) 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
Electorate and ministerial support costs	administered	$410m	$412m	+$2.0m +0.5%	reported	Table 2.3.1, row 541
Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017	administered	$238m	$226m	−$12m −5.1%	reported	Table 2.3.1, row 545
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	administered	$58m	$53m	−$4.9m −8.5%	reported	Table 2.3.1, row 546
Services to Senators, Members and their staff	departmental	$28m	$31m	+$2.3m +8.3%	reported	Table 2.3.1, row 547
Australian Constitution s 66	administered	$6.0m	$5.9m	−$140k −2.3%	reported	Table 2.3.1, row 544
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	departmental	$4.7m	$4.6m	−$54k −1.1%	reported	Table 2.3.1, row 548
Australian Political Parties for Democracy Program	administered	$2.2m	$2.2m	no change 0.0%	reported	Table 2.3.1, row 543
Australian Political Exchange Program	administered	$948k	$976k	+$28k +3.0%	reported	Table 2.3.1, row 542