Program · Outcome 4: Supporting the independence of people with disability and carers by providing targeted supports
Program 4.1: Disability and Carers
To support people with disabilities and carers to actively participate in community and economic life.
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 5 reported
$536m
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$58m (+12.1%) 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 | administered | $477m | $536m | +$59m +12.3% | reported | 2.4.1 Outcome 4, row 682 |
| SOETM Special Account 2021 | administered | $9.7m | $165k | −$9.6m −98.3% | reported | 2.4.1 Outcome 4, row 684 |
| to SOETM Special Account 2021 | administered | −$9.0m | −$165k | +$8.9m – | reported | 2.4.1 Outcome 4, row 683 |