Program · Outcome 2: Support a united and prosperous Australia through effective coordination and delivery of immigration and citizenship policy and programs underpinned by robust integrity and assurance
Program 2.5: Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship
To support a prosperous and inclusive society through the promotion, delivery and effective management of the Australian multicultural and citizenship programs.
Department of Home Affairs, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 57 reported
$301m
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$11m (−3.6%) 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 Bill No. 1) | administered | $167m | $162m | −$5.0m −3.0% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 832 |
| Departmental appropriation | departmental | $136m | $129m | −$6.4m −4.7% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 834 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | departmental | $7.0m | $7.5m | +$492k +7.0% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 836 |
| s74 external revenue | departmental | $2.7m | $2.2m | −$437k −16.5% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 835 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | administered | $0 | $0 | no change – | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 833 |