Program · Outcome 6: Participation in, and access to, Australia's arts and culture through developing and supporting cultural expression
Program 6.1: Arts and Cultural Development
To provide an environment in which all people in Australia can access and benefit from creative experiences and culture, supporting inclusiveness and growth in Australia’s creative sector, and protecting and promoting Australian content and culture
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 81 reported
$1.0bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$21m (+2.1%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payments to corporate entities | administered | $677m | $698m | +$21m +3.2% | reported | Table 2.6.1, row 1010 |
| Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1) | administered | $306m | $306m | −$568k −0.2% | reported | Table 2.6.1, row 1008 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | administered | $1.9m | $1.9m | no change 0.0% | reported | Table 2.6.1, row 1011 |
| National Cultural Heritage Account | administered | $500k | $500k | no change 0.0% | reported | Table 2.6.1, row 1009 |