Appropriates an additional $9,183,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure by Parliamentary Departments for 2025–26 (see section 6 and Schedule 1). The Schedule allocates:
Department of the House of Representatives: $670,000
Department of Parliamentary Services: $8,513,000
(No additional amounts shown in Schedule 1 for the Department of the Senate or the Parliamentary Budget Office in this Act’s “additional” column; the Schedule also shows earlier Budget Appropriations for all Parliamentary Departments.)
Confirms accounting and interpretation rules that affect how those appropriations operate, including:
treating internal (notional) transactions between non‑corporate Commonwealth entities as if they were real transactions for appropriation and debiting purposes (section 5);
declaring the Portfolio Budget Statements and Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements to be “relevant documents” for statutory interpretation (section 4);
allowing amounts to be debited from an appropriation and credited to a special account if the special account’s purposes overlap with an appropriated item (section 12).
Adjusts how an advance made by a responsible Presiding Officer under earlier parliamentary‑department appropriation Acts is treated (section 11). In effect it specifies that certain earlier determinations are to be disregarded for particular counting rules, and it sets out that, as a matter of availability under the earlier Act, the Presiding Officers have access to particular advance amounts (see note to section 11 and subsection 11(2)).
This Act appropriates an additional $9,183,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure by the parliamentary departments during the 2025-2026 financial year. Clause 6 summarises the total of the items in Schedule 1 as exactly that figure. The Department of the House of Representatives receives a departmental item of $670,000 that may be applied for its departmental expenditure under Outcome 1, which covers advisory and administrative services to support the House in its representative and legislative role. The Department of Parliamentary Services receives a departmental item of $8,513,000 for its departmental expenditure under Outcome 1, which supports the functions of Parliament and parliamentarians through professional services, advice and facilities while also maintaining Australian Parliament House. No administered items, administered assets and liabilities items or other departmental items receive additional funding under this Act. Clause 11 adjusts the advance to the responsible Presiding Officer by disregarding amounts previously determined under the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025-2026 or the Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025-2026 before commencement, thereby restoring full access to $300,000 for the Department of the Senate, $300,000 for the Department of the House of Representatives, $1,000,000 for the Department of Parliamentary Services and $300,000 for the Parliamentary Budget Office. Clause 4 declares the Portfolio Budget Statements and Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements to be relevant documents for the purposes of section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, allowing those documents to assist in interpreting the outcomes against which expenditure may be charged. Clause 5 provides that notional transactions between non-corporate entities are to be treated as real transactions for the purposes of this Act. Clause 12 permits amounts to be debited against an appropriation item and credited to a special account where a purpose of the special account aligns with the item. Clause 13 appropriates the Consolidated Revenue Fund as necessary for the purposes of the Act, including its interaction with the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. Clause 14 repeals the entire Act at the start of 1 July 2028. Schedule 1 sets out the precise services and the split of the $9,183,000 between the two departments that receive funding.
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Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025-2026 and Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025-2026.
Parliamentary progress
Progress
House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time
05 Feb 2026
Second reading moved
05 Feb 2026
Second reading debate
12 Feb 2026
Referred to Federation Chamber
03 Mar 2026
Second reading debate
03 Mar 2026
Returned to House for further consideration
04 Mar 2026
Second reading debate
04 Mar 2026
Second reading debate
10 Mar 2026
Second reading debate
11 Mar 2026
Second reading debate
12 Mar 2026
Second reading debate
24 Mar 2026
Second reading agreed to
24 Mar 2026
Third reading agreed to
24 Mar 2026
Senate
Introduced and read a first time
25 Mar 2026
Second reading moved
25 Mar 2026
Second reading debate
25 Mar 2026
Second reading debate
26 Mar 2026
Second reading agreed to
26 Mar 2026
Third reading agreed to
26 Mar 2026
Finally passed both Houses
26 Mar 2026
Assent
Act no: 16
Year: 2026
27 Mar 2026
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Provides that the Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary to give effect to the Act (section 13) and repeals the Act on 1 July 2028 (section 14).
Who this affects
Direct benefit recipients: the four Parliamentary Departments (Department of the Senate; Department of the House of Representatives; Department of Parliamentary Services; Parliamentary Budget Office). The additional money is formally available to those departments, principally the Department of Parliamentary Services and the Department of the House of Representatives in this instrument (Schedule 1).
Decision‑makers: the responsible Presiding Officers (the President and/or the Speaker, depending on the department) retain authority over advances under the earlier appropriation Acts and the accounting treatment of such advances is clarified here (section 11). Finance and departmental officials implement the flows and accounting under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) which this Act cross‑references.
Payors: the appropriation comes from the Consolidated Revenue Fund—i.e. public revenue; the fiscal cost is borne by taxpayers/central government finances (sections 6 and 13).
Why it matters (official rationale and the practical implications)
Official claim: the Act provides additional funding for parliamentary departments beyond the appropriations already made by earlier Supply and Appropriation Acts. That is the stated purpose in the Act’s text and explanatory material (see the short description and section 6).
Practical effects and implementation mechanics to note:
Accounting effects: section 5 makes internal transfers between non‑corporate entities count as if an actual payment from an appropriation occurred. That affects which appropriation is debited and how departmental accounts appear even when no cash moves to or from the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Interpretation: section 4 makes portfolio statements relevant for interpreting what particular appropriations are for. That can broaden or clarify what activities a departmental or administered item may fund (see sections 8 and 9 which tie outcomes to portfolio statements).
Advances: section 11 alters the counting rules for advances previously determined under the parallel No. 1 Acts so that Presiding Officers can access set advance amounts (the note to s11 lists the amounts: Senate $300,000; House $300,000; Parliamentary Services $1,000,000; Parliamentary Budget Office $300,000). It also prevents double‑counting by reducing this Act’s appropriation by any advanced amount already drawn (subsection 11(2)).
Flexibility to move money into special accounts (section 12) gives agencies an administratively simpler route to credit special accounts where purposes overlap, but it also shifts where money is recorded and spent.
Costs, incentives, trade‑offs and implementation risks
Who pays: taxpayers through the Consolidated Revenue Fund (sections 6 and 13). The appropriation increases government outlays for parliamentary administration in 2025–26 by $9.183 million.
Concentrated benefits / diffuse costs: benefits are concentrated on parliamentary departments; costs are distributed across public finances.
Marginal effects on markets and private enterprise: minimal. The Act funds internal public administration and facilities; it does not create new regulatory powers or direct market interventions.
Accounting and transparency trade‑offs: the notional transactions rule (section 5) and the ability to credit special accounts (section 12) make internal accounting cleaner for agencies but can obscure cash flows and actual net changes in spending unless financial statements and explanatory material are clear. Declaring portfolio statements relevant for interpretation (section 4) centralises interpretive authority on material prepared by the departments themselves, which can affect how narrowly or broadly an appropriation is read.
Behavioural incentives: making extra funds available may reduce immediate pressure on existing departmental budgets (substitution effect). The advance mechanism gives Presiding Officers short‑term funding flexibility but reduces the additional appropriation to the extent advances were already used (subsection 11(2)).
Compliance and implementation burden: low for external parties. Primary burden is administrative (accounting adjustments, possible transfers to special accounts, and record‑keeping to reflect notional transactions and advances). Implementation rests on standard PGPA Act processes (cross‑referenced throughout).
Opportunity cost: the $9.183 million could have been spent elsewhere; that is a routine budgetary trade‑off and affects the aggregate fiscal position in 2025–26.
Key provisions to review if you need more detail
Total additional appropriation and Schedule 1 allocations: section 6 and Schedule 1.
Treatment of notional internal transactions: section 5.
Relevance of portfolio statements for statutory interpretation: section 4 (and see how sections 8 and 9 rely on portfolio statements to link activities to outcomes).
Advance treatment and how prior advances interact with this appropriation: section 11.
Crediting to special accounts: section 12.
Repeal date (administrative life of the Act): section 14.
Main concepts
The Act operates through several defined concepts set out in clause 3. A departmental item is the total amount set out in Schedule 1 for a Parliamentary Department under the heading Departmental, and these amounts are described as notional when linked to outcomes, meaning they do not restrict the scope of authorised expenditure. An administered item is an amount set out opposite an outcome under the heading Administered, although none appear in the additional appropriations here. An administered assets and liabilities item covers amounts opposite the heading Administered Assets and Liabilities. An other departmental item covers amounts opposite the heading Equity Injections. A Parliamentary Department is defined as any of the Department of the Senate, the Department of the House of Representatives, the Department of Parliamentary Services or the Parliamentary Budget Office. The responsible Presiding Officer is the President for the Department of the Senate, the Speaker for the Department of the House of Representatives, and the President and Speaker together for the Department of Parliamentary Services and the Parliamentary Budget Office. Portfolio statements comprise both the Portfolio Budget Statements tabled for the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025-2026 and the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements tabled for this Act. Expenditure is defined to include payments for expenses, acquiring assets, making loans or paying liabilities. Non-corporate entity has the meaning given by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, and each Parliamentary Department falls within that category. Special account has the same meaning as in that Act. The concept of outcomes is central, with clause 8 providing that expenditure for activities indicated in the portfolio statements as intended for a particular outcome is taken to contribute to achieving that outcome. Clause 9 applies a similar rule for administered assets and liabilities items.
Who it affects
The Act directly affects the four Parliamentary Departments by authorising additional expenditure, although only the Department of the House of Representatives and the Department of Parliamentary Services receive new amounts. The Department of the Senate and the Parliamentary Budget Office receive no additional appropriation under Schedule 1. The responsible Presiding Officers, being the President and the Speaker, gain restored access to the full advance amounts under the earlier appropriation Act once prior determinations are disregarded. Staff and office holders within the affected departments may apply the funds to departmental expenditure for the specified outcomes. Parliamentarians benefit indirectly through continued or enhanced advisory, administrative and facilities support. The public is affected to the extent that services supporting the functioning of Parliament, including maintenance of Australian Parliament House, are sustained by the additional resources. Non-corporate entities that engage in notional transactions with these departments are treated as if real payments occurred, affecting internal Commonwealth accounting. No direct effect is created for private individuals, businesses or state governments. The Act does not alter rights or obligations of citizens outside the parliamentary appropriation framework.
What people will want to know
The Act provides an extra $9,183,000 in total, with $670,000 going to the Department of the House of Representatives and $8,513,000 going to the Department of Parliamentary Services. These funds are for departmental expenditure only and are tied to Outcome 1 for each department as described in Schedule 1. The money comes from the Consolidated Revenue Fund and becomes available from the date of royal assent on 27 March 2026. It does not increase administered funding or equity injections. People may ask whether this affects their taxes or services. The amount is small relative to overall Commonwealth expenditure and is confined to parliamentary operations, so it has no direct impact on personal tax rates or general government services. The Act restores the full advance to the responsible Presiding Officer for unforeseen needs without reducing the new appropriations. Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements tabled in Parliament explain the intended use of the funds and can be used to interpret the outcomes. The Act will automatically repeal itself on 1 July 2028, removing it from the statute book after the financial year ends. No penalties or new compliance obligations are created for the public. Expenditure must still comply with the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, including sections 74 and 75 that allow further adjustments.
Status and what happens next
The bill originated in the House of Representatives, was introduced and read a first time on 5 February 2026, passed through second reading and third reading stages by 24 March 2026, and was transmitted to the Senate. The Senate introduced and read it a first time on 25 March 2026, completed second and third reading on 26 March 2026, and the bill finally passed both Houses on 26 March 2026. It received royal assent on 27 March 2026 and became Act No. 16 of 2026. The Act commenced on the day it received royal assent. The appropriations are now available for immediate use by the Department of the House of Representatives and the Department of Parliamentary Services. No further parliamentary proceedings are required. The responsible Presiding Officers may now determine advances up to the restored limits under the earlier Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025-2026. The Act will remain in force until it is automatically repealed at the start of 1 July 2028. An electronic version is available on the Federal Register of Legislation. No schedules of amendments or proposed amendments were circulated during its passage.
Powers, duties and rights created
Clause 7 creates the power for a Parliamentary Department to apply its departmental item for departmental expenditure. Clause 8 empowers expenditure of an administered item for the purpose of contributing to the relevant outcome, with a deeming rule that activities indicated in the portfolio statements count toward that outcome. Clause 9 grants similar power for administered assets and liabilities items to contribute to any outcome specified for the department in Schedule 1. Clause 10 authorises application of other departmental items for departmental expenditure. Clause 11 gives the responsible Presiding Officer power to disregard prior advance determinations, thereby preserving full access to the advance limits, and reduces the new appropriation by any advanced amount already determined for the same expenditure. Clause 12 creates the power to debit an appropriation item and credit a special account where purposes align. Clause 13 authorises the Consolidated Revenue Fund appropriation necessary to give effect to the Act and its interaction with the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. Duties include applying funds only for the purposes authorised by the items and outcomes, and treating notional transactions as real under clause 5. No new rights are created for individuals or external parties. The Act imposes no duties on private citizens or organisations.
Money, penalties and enforcement
The Act appropriates exactly $9,183,000 in total, comprising $670,000 for the Department of the House of Representatives and $8,513,000 for the Department of Parliamentary Services, as set out in the abstract and detailed tables in Schedule 1. All amounts are departmental items with no additional administered or non-operating funding. No penalties are prescribed in the Act itself. Enforcement of proper expenditure occurs through the mechanisms of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, which applies to the non-corporate entities that are the Parliamentary Departments. Sections 74 to 75 of that Act allow adjustments to the appropriated amounts. Clause 11 ensures that any advance already drawn under the earlier Act reduces the new appropriation for the same purpose, preventing double counting. The responsible Presiding Officers may determine further advances up to the restored limits after commencement. The Act contains no criminal or civil penalty provisions. Compliance with the outcomes and portfolio statements is supported by the declaration in clause 4 that those statements are relevant documents under the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary, including for the operation of the Act as affected by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
Pressure points and controversies
The parliamentary record shows no proposed amendments were circulated and the bill passed both Houses without recorded division or extended controversy. Legal trade-offs arise from the reliance on portfolio statements to define activities that count toward outcomes, which provides administrative flexibility but requires those statements to be sufficiently detailed and accurately tabled. The treatment of notional transactions as real under clause 5 ensures consistent accounting treatment across Commonwealth entities yet may limit external visibility into internal transfers. Policy trade-offs centre on allocating additional resources to parliamentary operations, including maintenance of Australian Parliament House, while the Consolidated Revenue Fund remains subject to overall fiscal limits. The self-repeal provision on 1 July 2028 avoids permanent addition to the statute book but means the appropriation authority is strictly time-limited to the current and following financial years. The restoration of full advance amounts to the responsible Presiding Officers balances the need for contingency funding against the risk of drawing on appropriations before they are formally supplemented. No stakeholder reactions or specific cases are identified in the available legislative documents.
What changes if it passes
With royal assent granted on 27 March 2026, the Department of the House of Representatives may now expend an additional $670,000 on departmental activities supporting Outcome 1. The Department of Parliamentary Services may expend an additional $8,513,000 on departmental activities supporting Outcome 1, including professional services, advice, facilities and maintenance of Australian Parliament House. The total appropriation available to parliamentary departments for 2025-2026 increases by $9,183,000, bringing the combined departmental, administered and non-operating total to $343,845,000 when added to the earlier budget figures. The responsible Presiding Officers regain full access to the advance limits of $300,000, $300,000, $1,000,000 and $300,000 respectively for the four departments. Expenditure may be charged against the items in Schedule 1 from the date of assent, and amounts may be credited to special accounts where purposes align. The Act will cease to have effect at the start of 1 July 2028. No other legislative provisions are amended or repealed by this Act. The additional funds supplement rather than replace the appropriations in the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025-2026 and the Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025-2026.
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Parliament secures $9.183 million in extra departmental funding for 2025-2026. The Act splits the amount between the House of Representatives and Parliamentary Services with no administered component. House of Representatives gains $670,000 for advisory and administrative support to its legislative role. This targeted departmental boost assists members and committees without altering broader budget structures. Parliamentary Services receives $8.513 million to maintain operations and Australian Parliament House facilities. The funding sustains professional services and advice to parliamentarians through the remainder of the financial year. Advance to Presiding Officers is fully restored after prior determinations are set aside. This ensures contingency capacity remains available for unforeseen parliamentary needs. Appropriation Act self-repeals on 1 July 2028. The automatic repeal keeps the statute book clear once the 2025-2026 year concludes. Portfolio statements guide outcome interpretation under the Acts Interpretation Act. Tabled estimates documents provide the practical detail on how each department will apply the new amounts. No equity injections or administered assets receive additional funding in this measure. The focus remains strictly on departmental expenditure items listed in Schedule 1.
Transcript of speeches
All second reading speeches
Minister's second reading speech
Proposed amendments
No proposed amendments have been circulated.
Schedules of amendments
No documents at present
Notes
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)
An Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments, and for related purposes
Contents
Part 1,Preliminary 2
1 Short title 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Definitions 2
4 Portfolio statements 4
5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth 4
Part 2,Appropriation items 6
6 Summary of appropriations 6
7 Departmental items 6
8 Administered items 6
9 Administered assets and liabilities items 6
10 Other departmental items 7
Part 3,Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer 8
11 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer 8
Part 4,Miscellaneous 9
12 Crediting amounts to special accounts 9
13 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund 9
14 Repeal of this Act 9
Schedule 1,Services for which money is appropriated 10
An Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments, and for related purposes
[Assented to 27 March 2026]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
Part 1,Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act is the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 2025‑2026.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
The whole of this Act
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
27 March 2026
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Definitions
In this Act:
administered assets and liabilities item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading “Administered Assets and Liabilities”.
administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a Parliamentary Department under the heading “Administered”.
departmental item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department under the heading “Departmental”.
Note: The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading “Departmental”, are “notional”. They are not part of the item, and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the item.
expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets, making loans or paying liabilities.
item means any of the following:
(a) a departmental item;
(b) an administered item;
(c) an administered assets and liabilities item;
(d) an other departmental item.
non‑corporate entity means:
(a) a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or
(b) the High Court.
Note: Each Parliamentary Department is a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
other departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading “Equity Injections”.
Parliamentary Department means any of the following:
(a) the Department of the Senate;
(b) the Department of the House of Representatives;
(c) the Department of Parliamentary Services;
(d) the Parliamentary Budget Office.
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements means the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act.
Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025‑2026.
portfolio statements means:
(a) the Portfolio Budget Statements; and
(b) the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements.
President means the President of the Senate.
responsible Presiding Officer means:
(a) in relation to the Department of the Senate,the President; or
(b) in relation to the Department of the House of Representatives,the Speaker; or
(c) in relation to the Department of Parliamentary Services,the President and the Speaker together; or
(d) in relation to the Parliamentary Budget Office,the President and the Speaker together.
Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
special account has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
4 Portfolio statements
The portfolio statements are declared to be relevant documents for the purposes of section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
Note: See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 which provides that the material that may be considered in the interpretation of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the Act to be a relevant document.
5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth
For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between non‑corporate entities are to be treated as if they were real transactions.
Note: This section applies, for example, to a “payment” between non‑corporate entities that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of the effects of this section is that the payment will be debited from an appropriation for the paying non‑corporate entity, even though no payment is actually made from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This is consistent with section 76 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
Part 2,Appropriation items
6 Summary of appropriations
The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $9,183,000.
Note 1: Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.
Note 2: Sections 74 to 75 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 also provide for the adjustment of amounts appropriated by this Act.
7 Departmental items
The amount specified in a departmental item for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.
8 Administered items
(1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.
(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome.
9 Administered assets and liabilities items
(1) The amount specified in an administered assets and liabilities item for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified in Schedule 1 for the Parliamentary Department.
(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome.
10 Other departmental items
The amount specified in an other departmental item for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.
Part 3,Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
11 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
(1) If a responsible Presiding Officer determined an amount under subsection 11(2) of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025‑2026 or subsection 11(2) of the Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025‑2026 before the commencement of this Act, the amount is to be disregarded for the purposes of subsections 11(3), (4), (5) and (6) of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025‑2026.
Note: This means that, after the commencement of this Act, the responsible Presiding Officers have access to the following amounts under section 11 of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025‑2026, regardless of amounts that have already been determined under that section:
(a) for the Department of the Senate,$300,000;
(b) for the Department of the House of Representatives,$300,000;
(c) for the Department of Parliamentary Services,$1 million;
(d) for the Parliamentary Budget Office,$300,000.
(2) If:
(a) this Act appropriates an amount for particular expenditure; and
(b) before the commencement of this Act, a responsible Presiding Officer determined an amount (the advanced amount) under section 11 of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025‑2026 or section 11 of the Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2025‑2026 for the expenditure;
the amount appropriated by this Act for the expenditure is taken to be reduced (but not below nil) by the advanced amount.
Part 4,Miscellaneous
12 Crediting amounts to special accounts
If any of the purposes of a special account is a purpose that is covered by an item (whether or not the item expressly refers to the special account), then amounts may be debited against the appropriation for that item and credited to that special account.
13 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund
The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as affected by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
14 Repeal of this Act
This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2028.
Schedule 1,Services for which money is appropriated
Note: See sections 6 and 13.
Abstract
Department
Total
$'000
Department of the House of Representatives
670
Department of Parliamentary Services
8,513
Total
9,183
APPROPRIATIONS
SUMMARY
Additional Appropriation (bold figures),2025‑2026
Budget Appropriation (italic figures),2025‑2026
Entity
Departmental
Administered
Non- operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Department of the Senate
‑
‑
‑
‑
29,281
‑
‑
29,281
Department of the House of
670
‑
‑
670
Representatives
29,777
362
‑
30,139
Department of Parliamentary Services
8,513
‑
‑
8,513
209,819
6,315
49,645
265,779
Parliamentary Budget Office
‑
‑
‑
‑
9,463
‑
‑
9,463
Total: Parliamentary Departments
9,183
‑
‑
9,183
278,340
6,677
49,645
334,662
PARLIAMENT
Additional Appropriation (bold figures),2025‑2026
Budget Appropriation (italic figures),2025‑2026
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures),2024‑2025
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Operating
Outcome 1‑
Advisory and administrative services support the
670
‑
670
House of Representatives to fulfil its
29,777
362
30,139
representative and legislative role
29,801
357
30,158
Total: Department of the House of
670
‑
670
Representatives
PARLIAMENT
Additional Appropriation (bold figures),2025‑2026
Budget Appropriation (italic figures),2025‑2026
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures),2024‑2025
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY
SERVICES
Operating
Outcome 1‑
Support the functions of Parliament and
8,513
‑
8,513
parliamentarians through the provision of
209,819
6,315
216,134
professional services, advice and facilities and
210,169
6,432
216,601
maintain Australian Parliament House
Non‑operating
Administered Assets and Liabilities
‑
49,645
41,133
Total: Non‑operating
‑
Total: Department of Parliamentary Services
8,513
‑
8,513
[Minister’s second reading speech made in,
House of Representatives on 5 February 2026
Senate on 25 March 2026]
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