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Program · Outcome 1: The performance of the Governor-General’s role is facilitated through organisation and management of official duties, management and maintenance of the official household and property and administration of the Australian Honours and Awards system.

Program 1.1: Support for the Governor-General and Offical Activities

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$24m 2026-27 Budget estimate

−$2.2m (−8.2%) on 2025-26 estimated actual

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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 $20m $17m −$2.9m −14.3% reported Table 2.1.1, row 1178
Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1 and Supply Bill No. 1 administered $2.5m $3.1m +$588k +23.6% reported Table 2.1.1, row 1175
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year administered $1.8m $1.9m +$77k +4.2% reported Table 2.1.1, row 1177
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year departmental $656k $719k +$63k +9.6% reported Table 2.1.1, row 1180
Special appropriation Governor-General administered $709k $709k no change 0.0% reported Table 2.1.1, row 1176
s74 External Revenue departmental $331k $337k +$6k +1.8% reported Table 2.1.1, row 1179