Summary of Initiatives
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In Budget 2025, the Government is investing an average of $1.3 billion per year in net new operating spending, consisting of $6.7 billion of new operating spending initiatives and $5.3 billion of operating savings initiatives. The Government is also investing $4.0 billion in net new capital spending. There are 228 new spending initiatives and 116 savings initiatives in Budget 2025.
Table 1 provides a breakdown of Budget 2025, including offsets from revenue and savings, as well as reprioritisation of unspent funding, such as from tagged contingencies. For total expenditure by Vote, see the Estimates of Appropriations for 2025/26.
Table 1 – Budget 2025 Expenditure Breakdown[1]
| Operating average ($m) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Spending |
Savings and Revenue |
Net Operating Average ($m) |
Net Operating Total ($m) |
Net Capital Total ($m) |
|
| Health | 1,783 | (31) | 1,752 | 7,006 | 800 |
| Investment Boost | 1,660 | - | 1,660 | 6,641 | - |
| Defence and Foreign Affairs | 510 | (33) | 477 | 1,907 | 1,128 |
| Defence: Budget 2026 pre-commitment[2] | 102 | - | 102 | 120 | 1,627 |
| Education | 538 | (157) | 381 | 1,524 | 672 |
| Law and Order | 370 | (107) | 263 | 1,053 | 48 |
| Disability Support Services | 255 | - | 255 | 1,019 | - |
| Business, Science and Innovation | 203 | (73) | 130 | 520 | 180 |
| Social Investment | 69 | - | 69 | 275 | - |
| Transport | 91 | (27) | 64 | 256 | 440 |
| Other Spending, Revenue, and Savings | 1,199 | (4,911) | (3,712) | (14,333) | 683 |
| Budget 2025 Package | 6,678 | (5,340) | 1,338 | 5,868 | 3,950 |
| Note: Crown Response to Abuse in Care Package[3] | 181 | - | 181 | 724 | 50 |
Notes
- [1] Table 1 includes funding for initiatives that have been withheld due to commercial and/or negotiation sensitivity reasons. The totals of individual initiatives will not reconcile to the table above.
- [2] Some Defence projects have been pre-committed against the Budget 2026 allowance. These figures are not included in the “Budget 2025 package” line.
- [3] Initiatives associated with the Crown Response to Abuse in Care are spread across multiple Votes and agencies, and funding is included in their respective Vote totals. This figure represents the sum of those initiatives.