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Program · Outcome 3: Safeguarding Australians and Australian interests through the delivery of policing services primarily focused on protective services, aviation policing and international police partnerships

Program 3.1: Specialist Protective Services

Program objective, as stated by the agency
Provide protective services for official persons and at designated airports, Commonwealth protected locations, institutions and events.

Australian Federal Police, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 131 reported

$593m 2026-27 Budget estimate

+$35m (+6.2%) 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
Departmental appropriation departmental $485m $518m +$33m +6.9% reported Table 2.3.1, row 774
s74 external revenue departmental $69m $71m +$2.6m +3.7% reported Table 2.3.1, row 775
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year departmental $4.7m $3.6m −$1.1m −22.9% reported Table 2.3.1, row 776