{"id":"BILL-WA-5107DFD50A7DA2E448258DEE0026841D","name":"Appropriation (Recurrent 2026–27) Bill 2026","slug":"appropriation-recurrent-2026-27-bill-2026","collection":"bill","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":"2026-05-07","administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":446153,"registerId":"BILL-WA-5107DFD50A7DA2E448258DEE0026841D:current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-05-07","status":"in_force","reasons":null,"registeredAt":"2026-05-08T16:47:26.732Z"},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"retrieval-0001","sectionType":"document_chunk","heading":"Document excerpt 1","content":"# Appropriation (Recurrent 2026–27) Bill 2026\n\n67—1 page i\nWestern Australia\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\nContents\n1. Short title 2\n2. Commencement 2\n3. Issue and application of moneys 2\n4. Appropriation for recurrent services and purposes 2\nSchedule 1 — Consolidated Account\nfor the year ending 30 June 2027\n\npage 1\nWestern Australia\nLEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\nA Bill for\nAn Act to grant supply and to appropriate and apply out of the\nConsolidated Account certain sums for the recurrent services and\npurposes of the year ending 30 June 2027.\nThe Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:\n\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\ns. 1\npage 2\n1. Short title1\nThis is the Appropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Act 2026.2\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 $37 008 834 000 is to be issued and may be applied9\nout of the Consolidated Account as supply granted for the year10\nbeginning on 1 July 2026 and ending on 30 June 2027.11\n(2) The sum referred to in subsection (1) is additional to supply12\ngranted by the Appropriation (Capital 2026-27) Act 2026.13\n4. Appropriation for recurrent services and purposes14\nThe sum of $37 008 834 000 granted by section 3 as supply is15\nappropriated from the Consolidated Account for the recurrent16\nservices and purposes expressed in Schedule 1 and detailed in17\nthe Agency Information in Support of the Estimates for the year.18\n\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\nConsolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2027 Schedule 1\npage 3\nSchedule 1 — Consolidated Account for the year ending1\n30 June 20272\n[s. 4]3\nItem $\nPARLIAMENT\n1 Legislative Council .................................................... 6 613 000\n2 Legislative Assembly ................................................. 6 601 000\n3 Parliamentary Services ............................................... 28 083 000\n4 Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative\nInvestigations ............................................................. 13 825 000\nGOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION\n5 Premier and Cabinet ................................................... 280 881 000\n6 Premier and Cabinet — Administered Grants,\nSubsidies and Other Transfer Payments ..................... 191 568 000\n7 Public Sector Commission ......................................... 39 569 000\n8 Governor’s Establishment .......................................... 2 741 000\n9 Western Australian Electoral Commission ................ 15 191 000\n10 Salaries and Allowances Tribunal .............................. 1 174 000\n11 Commissioner for Children and Young People ......... 3 100 000\n12 Office of the Information Commissioner ................... 5 666 000\n13 Registrar, Western Australian Industrial Relations\nCommission ................................................................ 10 632 000\n\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\nSchedule 1 Consolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2027\npage 4\nItem $\nFINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION\n14 Treasury and Finance ................................................. 146 827 000\nTreasury and Finance Administered\n15 Bunbury Water Corporation ................................... 9 282 000\n16 Busselton Water Corporation .................................. 2 135 000\n17 Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation\n(Synergy) ................................................................ 674 502 000\n18 Gold Corporation .................................................... 6 800 000\n19 Pilbara Ports Authority ........................................... 4 320 000\n20 Public Transport Authority of Western Australia ... 1 473 376 000\n21 Regional Power Corporation (Horizon Power) ....... 23 340 000\n22 Water Corporation .................................................. 846 199 000\n23 Western Australian Land Authority\n(DevelopmentWA) .................................................. 619 197 000\n24 Western Australian Land Authority\n(DevelopmentWA) — Provision for Lease\nIncentives (Strategic Industrial Areas) .................... 3 800 000\n25 Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and\nSport ........................................................................ 31 389 000\n26 Department of Energy and Economic\nDiversification ......................................................... 35 134 000\n27 Department of Housing and Works ........................ 119 779 000\n\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\nConsolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2027 Schedule 1\npage 5\nItem $\n28 Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage ......... 9 550 000\n29 Department of the Premier and Cabinet .................. 2 013 000\n30 Department of Transport and Major\nInfrastructure ........................................................... 4 900 000\n31 Gaming and Wagering Commission ....................... 1 634 000\n32 Goods and Services Tax (GST) Administration\nCosts ........................................................................ 75 600 000\n33 National Redress Scheme and Civil Litigation for\nSurvivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse\nAccount ................................................................... 11 000 000\n34 Noongar Land Fund ................................................ 5 600 000\n35 Provision for Foster and Grand Carer Gold\nCard ......................................................................... 3 244 000\n36 Provision for Government Wages Policy —\nOutcomes yet to be Finalised .................................. 23 805 000\n37 Provision for Government Wages Policy — Newly\nExpiring Industrial Agreements .............................. 111 957 000\n38 Provision for Shared Equity Home Ownership\nSubsidy Scheme ...................................................... 2 039 000\n39 Provision for Thriving Kids .................................... 35 903 000\n40 Provision for Voluntary Targeted Separation\nScheme .................................................................... 228 953 000\n41 Provision for Racing and Wagering\nWestern Australia .................................................... 12 500 000\n\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\nSchedule 1 Consolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2027\npage 6\nItem $\n42 Royalties for Regions .............................................. 974 521 000\n43 State Property — Emergency Services Levy .......... 22 837 000\n44 WA Health .............................................................. 225 161 000\n45 Western Australian Land Authority\n(DevelopmentWA) — Provision for Housing ........ 128 735 000\n46 Treasury and Finance — All Other Grants, Subsidies\nand Transfer Payments, comprising:\nActs of Grace / Ex Gratia Payments ....................... 200 000\nAdministration Costs — National Tax Equivalent\nRegime Scheme ...................................................... 125 000\nEnergy Concession Extension Scheme ................... 3 800 000\nFuel Excise Relief Program .................................... 33 102 000\nIncidentals ............................................................... 200 000\nInterest on Public Moneys Held in Participating\nTrust Fund Accounts ............................................... 15 000 000\nLife Support Equipment Subsidy Scheme .............. 1 627 000\nPayroll Tax Rebate Scheme .................................... 50 000\nPensioner Concessions — Emergency Services\nLevy ........................................................................ 31 076 000\nPensioner Concessions — Local Government\nRates ........................................................................ 149 229 000\nRefund of Past Years Revenue Collections —\nPublic Corporations ................................................ 10 000 000\n\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\nConsolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2027 Schedule 1\npage 7\nItem $\nRefund of Past Years Revenue Collections —\nRoyalties ................................................................. 2 000 000\nRefund of Past Years Revenue Collections —\nTaxation .................................................................. 58 063 000\nThermoregulatory Dysfunction Energy Subsidy .... 2 036 000\nWestern Australian Land Information Authority —\nValuation Services .................................................. 140 000\nWestern Australian Treasury Corporation\nManagement Fees ................................................... 950 000\nWorkCover WA Authority ..................................... 3 021 000\n47 Office of the Auditor General .................................... 16 272 000\nJOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT\n48 Energy and Economic Diversification ....................... 435 723 000\n49 Energy and Economic Diversification —\nAdministered Grants, Subsidies and Other Transfer\nPayments .................................................................... 127 051 000\n50 Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport ...................... 485 258 000\n51 Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport —\nAdministered Grants, Subsidies and Other Transfer\nPayments .................................................................... 998 000\n52 Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport —\nArt Gallery of Western Australia ............................... 11 143 000\n53 Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport —\nArts and Culture Trust ................................................ 24 256 000\n\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\nSchedule 1 Consolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2027\npage 8\nItem $\n54 Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport —\nContribution to Community Sporting and Recreation\nFacilities Fund ............................................................ 12 000 000\n55 Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport —\nLibrary Board of Western Australia ........................... 31 302 000\n56 Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport —\nWestern Australian Museum ...................................... 42 359 000\n57 Primary Industries and Regional Development ......... 316 349 000\n58 Primary Industries and Regional Development —\nAdministered Grants, Subsidies and Other Transfer\nPayments .................................................................... 1 550 000\n59 Mines, Petroleum and Exploration ............................. 118 924 000\n60 Mines, Petroleum and Exploration — Administered\nGrants, Subsidies and Other Transfer Payments ........ 23 063 000\n61 Small Business Development Corporation ................ 18 143 000\n62 Rural Business Development Corporation ................. 325 000\n63 Economic Regulation Authority ................................. 2 998 000\nHEALTH\n64 WA Health ................................................................. 9 262 204 000\n65 Mental Health Commission ........................................ 1 316 174 000\n66 Mental Health Commission — Mental Health\nAdvocacy Service ....................................................... 10 274 000\n67 Mental Health Commission — Mental Health\nTribunal ...................................................................... 4 678 000\n\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\nConsolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2027 Schedule 1\npage 9\nItem $\n68 Mental Health Commission — Office of the Chief\nPsychiatrist ................................................................. 6 065 000\n69 Health and Disability Services Complaints Office .... 4 007 000\nEDUCATION AND TRAINING\n70 Education ................................................................... 6 097 932 000\n71 Education — Administered Grants, Subsidies and\nOther Transfer Payments ............................................ 635 948 000\n72 Training and Workforce Development ...................... 683 419 000\nCOMMUNITY SAFETY\n73 Western Australia Police ............................................ 2 121 442 000\n74 Justice ......................................................................... 2 029 753 000\n75 State Solicitor’s Office ............................................... 63 785 000\n76 Fire and Emergency Services ..................................... 194 002 000\n77 Fire and Emergency Services — Administered\nGrants, Subsidies and Other Transfer Payments ........ 45 000 000\n78 Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions ............ 76 031 000\n79 Corruption and Crime Commission ........................... 34 501 000\n80 Chemistry Centre (WA) ............................................. 12 336 000\n81 Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services ............ 3 909 000\n82 Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime\nCommission ................................................................ 460 000\n\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\nSchedule 1 Consolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2027\npage 10\nItem $\nCOMMUNITY SERVICES\n83 Communities .............................................................. 1 800 767 000\n84 Communities — Administered Grants, Subsidies and\nOther Transfer Payments ............................................ 1 471 424 000\n85 Local Government, Industry Regulation\nand Safety ................................................................... 108 285 000\n86 Local Government, Industry Regulation and\nSafety — Administered Grants, Subsidies and Other\nTransfer Payments ...................................................... 65 681 000\n87 Western Australian Sports Centre Trust ..................... 138 802 000\nTRANSPORT AND MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE\n88 Transport and Major Infrastructure ............................ 210 658 000\n89 Transport and Major Infrastructure — Administered\nGrants, Subsidies and Other Transfer Payments ........ 187 000 000\n90 Transport and Major Infrastructure — Western\nAustralian Coastal Shipping Commission .................. 100 000\n91 Commissioner of Main Roads .................................... 792 274 000\n92 Housing and Works .................................................... 258 275 000\n93 Housing and Works — Administered Grants,\nSubsidies and Other Transfer Payments ..................... 5 000 000\n94 Infrastructure WA ...................................................... 7 497 000\n\nAppropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026\nConsolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2027 Schedule 1\npage 11\nItem $\nENVIRONMENT\n95 Water and Environmental Regulation ........................ 160 078 000\n96 Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions ............... 445 266 000\nPLANNING AND LAND USE\n97 Planning, Lands and Heritage .................................... 223 911 000\n98 Western Australian Planning Commission ................ 11 990 000\n99 Western Australian Land Information Authority ....... 52 985 000\n100 Heritage Council of Western Australia ...................... 1 644 000\n101 National Trust of Australia (WA) .............................. 5 268 000\nGRAND TOTAL ...................................................... 37 008 834 000","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"status_summary":"The bill is currently at the second reading stage in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.","complexity_score":2,"likely_questions":["What is the total amount of recurrent spending authorised?","When does the Act come into effect?","How does this bill relate to the capital appropriation bill?","What are the largest areas of spending?","Are there any new programs or only continuation of existing services?","How is the money funded?","What do the provisions for wages policy and voluntary separation mean?"],"complexity_factors":["Routine annual appropriation bill with a single schedule of line items","No substantive policy changes or new legal mechanisms","Large number of individual appropriations but organised by portfolio","Standard commencement and interpretation provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This bill authorises $37,008,834,000 from Western Australia’s Consolidated Account to fund recurrent state government services for 2026–27. It’s a routine supply bill (not new policy or taxes) that enables spending on health, education, policing, courts, transport, community services and public corporations, and affects all users of those services and public-sector workers. Passage gives legal authority to draw down the budgeted amounts across the year."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Bill performs the routine, narrow function of authorising recurrent supply for a single financial year and itemises the budget allocations across agencies and programs. It does not materially broaden the legislative scope beyond that core purpose. The inclusion of administered payments and contingency provisions is normal for an annual recurrent appropriation and does not indicate an expansion of purpose compared with a standard recurrent appropriation Act."},"complexity_factors":["Very short primary text: 4 operative sections (ss.1–4).","Single aggregate appropriation amount set out in s.3 ($37,008,834,000).","Schedule 1 contains 101 line items with detailed dollar amounts (large but mechanically simple).","References to external instruments/documents: Appropriation (Capital 2026–27) Act 2026 (s.3(2)) and Agency Information in Support of the Estimates (s.4) — requires cross‑document reading for operational detail.","Several contingency/‘provision for…’ line items (e.g. wages policy, voluntary separation scheme, lease incentives) create conditional and administrative discretion in-year.","Standard two‑step commencement creates a small timing condition (s.2).","No complex definitions, nested exceptions or multiple amendment schedules in the text."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does, in plain English**\n\n- It authorises the Western Australian Government to withdraw $37,008,834,000 from the Consolidated Account to pay for recurrent (day‑to‑day) government services and activities for the financial year 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027. (Section 3.)\n- That total is distinct from and additional to capital appropriations made in a separate capital appropriation Act. (Section 3(2).)\n- The Act comes into operation in two steps: the short title and commencement clause on Royal Assent, and the rest of the Act the next day. (Section 2.)\n- The money is formally appropriated for the specific services and purposes listed in Schedule 1 and for the further detail recorded in each agency’s supporting budget documents (the Agency Information in Support of the Estimates). (Section 4.)\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- State agencies, public bodies and statutory corporations named in Schedule 1 (for example, WA Health, Education, the Public Transport Authority, Water Corporation, Synergy and DevelopmentWA) receive budgets or administered payments from this appropriation. Examples from the Schedule: WA Health ($9,262,204,000, Item 64), Education ($6,097,932,000, Item 70), Public Transport Authority ($1,473,376,000, Item 20), and Royalties for Regions ($974,521,000, Item 42).\n- Recipients of grants, subsidies and other transfer payments that are shown as “Administered” in the Schedule (these are amounts managed by agencies on behalf of government but not held on their balance sheets).\n- Taxpayers, because the Consolidated Account funds are financed from government revenue and the appropriation determines how those revenues will be spent.\n\n**How it works mechanically**\n\n- Parliament (by this Act) grants supply: the Treasurer may cause the sum to be issued from the Consolidated Account and applied to the listed purposes for the specified year. (Section 3 and 4.)\n- Schedule 1 lists each major agency or program and the dollar amount appropriated to it. Some entries are direct agency appropriations; others are “Administered Grants, Subsidies and Other Transfer Payments.”\n- The Act also contains line items labelled as “Provision for …” (for example, provisions for government wages policy, voluntary targeted separation scheme, lease incentives, housing provisions). These are budgeted contingencies or allocations for outcomes that may be finalised during the year.\n- Operational details (how much of each appropriation is broken down into programs, staffing, grants, capital or recurrent sub‑items) are expected to be in the Agency Information in Support of the Estimates rather than in the Act itself. (Section 4.)\n\n**Why it matters (stated purpose, then practical checks)**\n\n- The stated purpose: to grant supply and appropriate funds to pay for the recurrent services of government for 2026–27. This is the statutory step that legally authorises spending for routine government operations.\n\n- Practical checks and trade‑offs:\n  - Who pays: the appropriation is drawn from the Consolidated Account, i.e. public revenue. The bill does not set new taxes; it allocates existing or expected revenues. (s.3)\n  - Who decides during the year: Parliament fixes the overall amounts; agencies and the Treasurer manage spending within those amounts and the detail in the Estimates documents. The Act itself does not specify operational spending rules beyond the listed items. (s.4)\n  - Flexibility vs certainty: items labelled as ‘‘provision for…’’ create in‑year flexibility to meet uncertain costs (for example wages outcomes or separation schemes), but they also shift the final allocation decision away from the Act into administrative processes and budget management. That increases executive discretion within the voted total.\n  - Cost and opportunity cost: the entire $37.0 billion is now legally available to be spent on the listed recurrent services rather than being available for alternative uses. Large line items (Health, Education, transport corporations, etc.) represent concentrated budgetary benefits to those services; the cost is borne by the Consolidated Account and ultimately by the state’s revenue position and taxpayers.\n  - Effects on markets and private parties: the appropriation funds public corporations and subsidy programs (for example public transport subsidies, water and energy corporations, payroll tax rebate scheme, fuel excise relief), which can affect competition, prices and private sector activity in those markets to the extent those funds are used for subsidies, grants or government business operations (see Schedule items such as 17 Synergy, 20 Public Transport Authority, items in Treasury and Finance at pp. 6–7).\n  - Implementation risk and transparency: the Act delegates program‑level detail to the Agency Information in Support of the Estimates. That is standard practice, but it means understanding the precise use of funds requires consulting those supplementary budget documents.\n\n**Concrete operating consequences**\n\n- Agencies listed in Schedule 1 can plan knowing Parliament has authorised the stated funding envelope for 2026–27.\n- Recipients of administered grants and subsidy programs can expect payments only to the extent those programs are funded and administered according to agency processes and any relevant program rules.\n- The presence of multiple grant and provision items means some in‑year reallocations or decisions about unused provisions are likely to be handled administratively rather than by further primary legislation.\n\nSections cited: commencement (s.2), issue and application of moneys and total amount (s.3), appropriation and reference to Schedule 1 and Agency Information (s.4), Schedule 1 (items and dollar amounts)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-recurrent-2026-27-bill-2026","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-recurrent-2026-27-bill-2026/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-recurrent-2026-27-bill-2026/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-recurrent-2026-27-bill-2026/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-recurrent-2026-27-bill-2026/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-recurrent-2026-27-bill-2026/documents"}}