Program · Outcome 1: Enhanced understanding and appreciation of Australian identity, culture and diversity through portraiture by engaging the public in education programs and exhibitions, and by developing and preserving the national portrait collection
Program 1.1: Develop, maintain and provide access to Australia's national portrait collection
The NPGA houses the national collection of portraits of Australians, reflecting the breadth and energy of Australian culture and endeavour. Subjects in the collection are individuals who have, and who will continue to, shape our nation and define our collective persona. As part of a group of national collecting institutions, the NPGA is unique in its exclusive use of portraiture to explore Australian culture, history, individual achievement and identity. The NPGA provides a forum for the free and respectful discussion of the national identity. The NPGA focuses on both subject and artist.
National Portrait Gallery of Australia, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 459 reported
+$133k (+3.1%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $20m is listed for this program but not counted, because it is counted elsewhere or is not an expense. Each line below says why.
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) | corporate | $19m | $20m | +$686k +3.5% | not counted: funding already counted at the paying department | Table 2.1.1, row 1055 |
| Revenues from other independent sources | corporate | $4.1m | $4.2m | +$132k +3.2% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1057 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | corporate | $239k | $240k | +$1k +0.4% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1056 |