Program · Outcome 1: Supporting and implementing informed decisions on policies for the good of the Australian people, including for achieving strong, sustainable economic growth, through the provision of advice to Treasury Ministers and efficient administration of Treasury's functions
Program 1.4: Commonwealth-State Financial Relations
Treasury provides financial assistance to state and territory governments as part of the Federal Financial Relations Framework. Activities funded through funding agreements include: x OzFoodNet x Mosquito Control in the Torres Strait Protected Zone x vaccine-preventable diseases surveillance x access to HIV treatment x addressing blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections in the Torres Strait. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Department of the Treasury, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 17 reported
$171.7bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$6.6bn (+4.0%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 | administered | $138.6bn | $151.4bn | +$12.8bn +9.2% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1292 |
| Federation Reform Fund Special Account | administered | $24.8bn | $19.8bn | −$5.0bn −20.3% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1293 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | administered | $1.8bn | $594m | −$1.2bn −66.6% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1294 |