Program · Outcome 1: Provide multilingual and multicultural services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and in so doing reflect Australia’s multicultural society
Program 1.1: SBS General Operational Activities
Delivering multilingual and multicultural television, radio and digital media services that reflect Australia’s multicultural society and inspire all Australians to explore and celebrate our diverse world, and in doing so promote social cohesion amongst the many cultures of our nation
Special Broadcasting Service Corporation, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 14 reported
$179m
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$13m (−6.8%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $287m 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 | corporate | $281m | $287m | +$6.0m +2.1% | not counted: funding already counted at the paying department | Table 2.1.1, row 1070 |
| Revenues from other independent sources | corporate | $176m | $170m | −$6.1m −3.5% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1071 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | corporate | $16m | $8.9m | −$7.0m −44.0% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1069 |