Program · Outcome 1: Support economic growth, productivity and job creation for all Australians by investing in science and technology, growing innovative and competitive businesses, industries and regions, and supporting a strong resources sector
Program 1.3: Supporting a strong resources sector
This activity aims to support the sustainable development of the resources sector, attract private sector investment and encourage innovative technologies.
Department of Industry, Science and Resources, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 58 reported
$305m
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$50m (−14.1%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departmental appropriation | departmental | $192m | $176m | −$15m −7.9% | reported | T_2.1.1, row 887 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | administered | $72m | $65m | −$7.0m −9.6% | reported | T_2.1.1, row 886 |
| Special accounts | administered | $30m | $30m | −$618k −2.0% | reported | T_2.1.1, row 884 |
| Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1 and Supply Bill No. 1) | administered | $50m | $19m | −$31m −61.5% | reported | T_2.1.1, row 883 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | departmental | $10m | $14m | +$3.6m +35.0% | reported | T_2.1.1, row 888 |
| Special appropriations © | administered | $60k | $60k | no change 0.0% | reported | T_2.1.1, row 885 |