{"id":"BILL-WA-D158EDE063FD6F7A48258CAD0009C194","name":"Appropriation (Capital 2025–26) Bill 2025","slug":"appropriation-capital-2025-26-bill-2025","collection":"bill","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":"2025-06-19","administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":446150,"registerId":"BILL-WA-D158EDE063FD6F7A48258CAD0009C194:current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2025-06-19","status":"in_force","reasons":null,"registeredAt":"2026-05-08T16:47:24.284Z"},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"retrieval-0001","sectionType":"document_chunk","heading":"Document excerpt 1","content":"# Appropriation (Capital 2025–26) Bill 2025\n\n22—1 page i\nWestern Australia\nAppropriation (Capital 2025-26) Bill 2025\nContents\n1. Short title 2\n2. Commencement 2\n3. Issue and application of moneys 2\n4. Appropriation for capital purposes 2\nSchedule 1 — Consolidated Account\nfor the year ending 30 June 2026\n\npage 1\nWestern Australia\nLEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY\nAppropriation (Capital 2025-26) Bill 2025\nA Bill for\nAn Act to grant supply and to appropriate and apply out of the\nConsolidated Account certain sums for the capital purposes of the\nyear ending 30 June 2026.\nThe Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:\n\nAppropriation (Capital 2025-26) Bill 2025\ns. 1\npage 2\n1. Short title1\nThis is the Appropriation (Capital 2025-26) Act 2025.2\n2. Commencement3\nThis Act comes into operation as follows —4\n(a) sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act5\nreceives the Royal Assent;6\n(b) the rest of the Act — on the day after that day.7\n3. Issue and application of moneys8\n(1) The sum of $7 982 267 000 is to be issued and may be applied9\nout of the Consolidated Account as supply granted for the year10\nbeginning on 1 July 2025 and ending on 30 June 2026.11\n(2) The sum referred to in subsection (1) is additional to supply12\ngranted by the Appropriation (Recurrent 2025-26) Act 2025.13\n4. Appropriation for capital purposes14\nThe sum of $7 982 267 000 granted by section 3 as supply is15\nappropriated from the Consolidated Account for the capital16\npurposes expressed in Schedule 1 and detailed in the Agency17\nInformation in Support of the Estimates for the year.18\n\nAppropriation (Capital 2025-26) Bill 2025\nConsolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2026 Schedule 1\npage 3\nSchedule 1 — Consolidated Account for the year ending1\n30 June 20262\n[s. 4]3\nItem $\nPARLIAMENT\n95 Legislative Council .................................................. 20 000\n96 Legislative Assembly .............................................. 29 000\n97 Parliamentary Services ............................................ 2 721 000\n98 Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative\nInvestigations ........................................................... 18 000\nGOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION\n99 Premier and Cabinet ................................................ 1 465 000\n100 Public Sector Commission ....................................... 19 224 000\n101 Governor’s Establishment ....................................... 38 000\n102 Western Australian Electoral Commission .............. 16 000\n103 Salaries and Allowances Tribunal ........................... 4 000\n104 Office of the Information Commissioner ................ 100 000\n105 Registrar, Western Australian Industrial Relations\nCommission ............................................................. 53 000\nFINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION\n106 Treasury and Finance ............................................... 1 081 000\n\nAppropriation (Capital 2025-26) Bill 2025\nSchedule 1 Consolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2026\npage 4\nItem $\nTreasury and Finance Administered\n107 Busselton Water Corporation ............................... 437 000\n108 Bunbury Water Corporation ................................. 5 325 000\n109 Department of Biodiversity, Conservation\nand Attractions ..................................................... 350 000\n110 Department of Creative Industries, Tourism\nand Sport ............................................................... 20 000 000\n111 Department of Housing and Works ...................... 11 000 000\n112 Department of Transport and\nMajor Infrastructure ............................................. 6 150 000\n113 Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation\n(Synergy) .............................................................. 419 538 000\n114 Electricity Networks Corporation\n(Western Power) ................................................... 599 001 000\n115 Fremantle Port Authority ..................................... 3 635 000\n116 Kimberley Ports Authority ................................... 7 130 000\n117 Mid West Ports Authority .................................... 212 000\n118 Pilbara Ports Authority ......................................... 341 274 000\n119 Provision for Aluminium Composite Panel\nCladding ............................................................... 10 352 000\n120 Provision for Public Transport Authority of\nWestern Australia ................................................. 50 000 000\n121 Royalties for Regions ........................................... 320 657 000\n\nAppropriation (Capital 2025-26) Bill 2025\nConsolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2026 Schedule 1\npage 5\nItem $\n122 WA Health ............................................................ 144 348 000\n123 Water Corporation ................................................ 49 196 000\n124 Western Australian Meat Industry Authority ....... 2 673 000\n125 Western Australia Police ...................................... 13 088 000\n126 Digital Capability Fund ........................................ 15 964 000\n127 Social and Affordable Housing\nInvestment Fund ................................................... 79 500 000\n128 Strategic Industries Fund ...................................... 455 000 000\n129 Office of the Auditor General .................................. 300 000\nJOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT\n130 Energy and Economic Diversification ..................... 28 170 000\n131 Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport ................... 144 111 000\n132 Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport —\nArt Gallery of Western Australia ............................. 218 000\n133 Primary Industries and Regional Development ....... 163 200 000\n134 Mines, Petroleum and Exploration .......................... 3 132 000\nHEALTH\n135 WA Health ............................................................... 553 737 000\n136 Mental Health Commission ..................................... 1 091 000\n137 Health and Disability Services Complaints\nOffice ....................................................................... 4 000\n\nAppropriation (Capital 2025-26) Bill 2025\nSchedule 1 Consolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2026\npage 6\nItem $\nEDUCATION AND TRAINING\n138 Education ................................................................. 546 115 000\n139 Training and Workforce Development .................... 18 954 000\nCOMMUNITY SAFETY\n140 Western Australia Police ......................................... 153 162 000\n141 Justice ...................................................................... 183 054 000\n142 State Solicitor’s Office ............................................ 115 000\n143 Fire and Emergency Services .................................. 2 213 000\n144 Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions .......... 1 677 000\n145 Corruption and Crime Commission ......................... 251 000\n146 Chemistry Centre (WA) ........................................... 7 217 000\nCOMMUNITY SERVICES\n147 Communities ............................................................ 22 633 000\n148 Local Government, Industry Regulation\nand Safety ................................................................ 3 085 000\n149 Western Australian Sports Centre Trust .................. 44 583 000\nTRANSPORT AND MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE\n150 Transport and Major Infrastructure ......................... 114 700 000\n151 Commissioner of Main Roads ................................. 498 996 000\n\nAppropriation (Capital 2025-26) Bill 2025\nConsolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2026 Schedule 1\npage 7\nItem $\n152 Public Transport Authority of\nWestern Australia .................................................... 2 390 120 000\n153 Housing and Works ................................................. 294 108 000\nENVIRONMENT\n154 Water and Environmental Regulation ..................... 15 386 000\n155 Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions ............. 194 833 000\nPLANNING AND LAND USE\n156 Planning, Lands and Heritage .................................. 6 494 000\n157 Western Australian Planning Commission .............. 5 400 000\n158 Western Australian Land Information Authority .... 5 174 000\n159 National Trust of Australia (WA) ............................ 435 000\nGRAND TOTAL ..................................................... 7 982 267 000","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Bill remains within the ordinary, narrow purpose of an annual capital appropriation: it authorises payment from the Consolidated Account for capital purposes in 2025–26 and allocates those funds by agency in Schedule 1. It does not expand into new policy domains, create regulatory obligations, or add material conditional rules beyond standard appropriation mechanics."},"complexity_factors":["Very short Act: 4 operative sections (short title, commencement, issue/application of moneys, appropriation) plus a schedule.","Single aggregate appropriation amount ($7,982,267,000) specified in s. 3.","Schedule 1 lists many line items (numerous agencies and public corporations) but each is a simple numeric allocation without complex conditions.","Cross‑reference to external material: 'Agency Information in Support of the Estimates' provides the project detail (s. 4), creating reliance on out‑of‑statute documents for specificity.","A reference to an additional appropriation (Appropriation (Recurrent 2025‑26) Act 2025) — minor cross‑reference but not complex.","Some entries are 'Provision for...' which signals contingent or flexible allocations (adds minor administrative conditionality)."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this bill does (mechanically)\n\n- Gives the Western Australian Government legal authority to take $7,982,267,000 out of the Consolidated Account for capital spending in the 2025–26 financial year (that is, for buying, building or improving physical assets). (See section 3.)\n- States that this cash is additional to the recurrent (day‑to‑day) supply previously authorised by the Appropriation (Recurrent 2025–26) Act 2025. (s. 3(2))\n- Appropriates that sum for the capital purposes listed in Schedule 1 and for the further project detail set out in the Agency Information in Support of the Estimates. (s. 4)\n- Makes the Act effective on the day after Royal Assent (sections 1–2 explain commencement).\n\nWho is affected\n\n- State agencies and public corporations named in Schedule 1 (for example, the Public Transport Authority, WA Health, Education, Western Power, Synergy, Pilbara Ports Authority and others) — those bodies are the intended recipients of the allocated capital funds. (Schedule 1)\n- The Consolidated Account (the State’s central pool of revenue) funds the payments; ultimately taxpayers and state revenue streams bear the cost.\n- Parliament: this Act is the parliamentary authorisation that permits those payments to be lawfully issued and spent.\n\nWhy it matters (purpose claimed and how it operates)\n\n- The stated purpose is to grant supply and appropriate funds for capital purposes in 2025–26 so agencies can proceed with capital programs and projects. (long form of the Act and s. 4)\n- Practically, the Act does not create new programs or regulations. It authorises spending against the Consolidated Account in accordance with the amounts listed in Schedule 1 and the project detail in the agencies’ budget papers.\n\nHow the money is controlled and used\n\n- The Act authorises the Treasurer (or the relevant officers under financial management legislation) to issue the money from the Consolidated Account; agencies then apply the funds for capital works and assets listed in their budget materials. (s. 3–4; see cross‑reference to Agency Information in Support of the Estimates)\n- Some line items are labelled as \"Provision for...\", which indicates contingent or reserve allocations rather than a single specific capital item — actual disbursement and project uptake may depend on later administrative decisions.\n\nCosts, incentives and trade-offs (practical effects to watch)\n\n- Who pays: the Consolidated Account provides the money, so opportunity cost is that the same pool of funds cannot be used for other state priorities; the Act does not itself specify funding sources (taxes, borrowing, reserves). (s. 3)\n- Concentrated benefits: large single allocations are visible in Schedule 1 (for example, Public Transport Authority $2.39b; Western Power $599.0m; Synergy $419.5m; Pilbara Ports Authority $341.3m; Strategic Industries Fund $455.0m; Royalties for Regions $320.7m; WA Health $553.7m; Education $546.1m). Those line items create concentrated fiscal transfers to particular agencies or sectors.\n- Decision‑making and discretion: the Act appropriates sums but leaves timing and detailed project management to agency and treasury processes; items marked as provisions or large program funds may be allocated to specific projects later, which creates administrative discretion over final spending choices.\n- Implementation risk and compliance burden: the Bill is an authorization to spend; it does not add new compliance obligations for the public beyond existing public finance controls. Major risks are delivery‑related (projects running late or over budget) rather than legal or regulatory.\n- Substitution and market effects: capital spending of this scale can substitute for private investment or crowd in private activity depending on the projects, but the Act itself does not set or change market rules — it only provides the money.\n\nNet effect in plain terms\n\n- This is a supply Act that authorises nearly $8 billion of capital spending for 2025–26, allocated across many agencies in Schedule 1. It does not create programs or new regulatory duties; it enables the government and its agencies to fund capital works and asset purchases as set out in their budget materials. The Act concentrates sizeable capital funding on a small number of major agencies and programs while leaving detailed allocation and execution to agency and treasury processes (see s. 4 and Schedule 1)."},"summary":{"status_summary":"The bill has received royal assent and is now the Appropriation (Capital 2025-26) Act 2025, authorising the specified capital expenditure for the financial year ending 30 June 2026.","complexity_score":2,"likely_questions":["What is the total amount appropriated by this bill?","Which agency or department receives the largest capital allocation?","How does this capital appropriation compare to the recurrent appropriation for the same financial year?","What specific capital projects will be funded with this money?"],"complexity_factors":["Bill contains only four operative sections and a schedule, making the legal structure simple.","The schedule lists appropriations for numerous agencies, adding administrative detail but no legal complexity.","No specific projects, conditions, or performance metrics are included in the bill text."],"plain_english_summary":"This supply Act authorises $7,982,267,000 from WA’s Consolidated Account for capital expenditure in 2025–26, supplementing the recurrent appropriation. It funds a wide range of departments, agencies and GOCs (largest allocations include Public Transport Authority, Western Power, WA Health and Education) and is now law.\n\nThe Act grants the executive large capital spending discretion without project-level detail or cost‑benefit analysis, so actual economic impacts and potential crowding‑out of private investment depend on subsequent allocation and oversight."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-capital-2025-26-bill-2025","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-capital-2025-26-bill-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-capital-2025-26-bill-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-capital-2025-26-bill-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-capital-2025-26-bill-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-capital-2025-26-bill-2025/documents"}}