WA WA State Budget 2026-27: Recurrent Spending

Appropriation (Recurrent 2026-27) Bill 2026

11 Aug 2026: Passed by Parliament and signed off by the governor.

This bill kicks in: TBA

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Assent

Share this bill

Email Facebook X Bluesky

Topics

budget budget allocation budget appropriation consolidated account government funding government spending public finance

Links to official parliament websites

Official page: progress through parliament

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Consolidated Account must provide $37,008,834,000 for the 2026-27 financial year.
This money is for the recurrent services and purposes listed in Schedule 1.
The funding is additional to the supply granted by the Appropriation (Capital 2026-27) Act 2026.
The government can spend $37,008,834,000 from the Consolidated Account.
This money is for the financial year starting 1 July 2026 and ending 30 June 2027.
Spending must be used for the recurrent services and purposes listed in the budget schedules.

The Debate

What different members said when this bill was debated:

Samantha Rowe ALP

“I move: That the bill be now read a second time. This bill is for recurrent services, which comprise the delivery of services and administered grants, subsidies and other transfer payments. Pursuant to standing order 1261, I advise that this bill is not a uniform legislation bill.”

Official source →

Rita Saffioti ALP

“I move: That the bill be now read a second time. (The Treasurer read the following speech.) This Budget is being delivered in a time of great economic uncertainty. The tectonic plates upon which our global economy rest have shifted unexpectedly, exposing fault lines that no one could have foreseen.”

Official source →