Daniel Mulino (Fraser, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That this bill be now read a second time.

Today, the government introduces the 2025-26 supplementary additional estimates appropriation bills. These bills are:

Appropriation Bill (No. 5) seeks approval for appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of $2.7 billion. This would ensure there are sufficient appropriations to cover estimate variations related to existing programs, for example, changes in demand driven programs. These bills also pay for the 2025-26 financial year impact of decisions made since the 2025-26 MYEFO, including those in the 2026-27 budget.

Key items in this bill include:

The Department of Defence receiving over $1.8 billion in funding brought forward to address updated expenditure requirements under the 2024 National Defence Strategy and the Defence Integrated Investment Program.

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing receiving approximately $643 million, including over $598 million for the National Disability Insurance Agency to provide reasonable and necessary supports for National Disability Insurance Scheme participants.

Full details of the proposed expenditure are set out in the schedule to the bill, the explanatory memorandum, and the portfolio supplementary additional estimates statements.

I commend this bill to the chamber.

Debate adjourned.