Federal Budget 2026-2027 (Bill No. 1)
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027
House of Representatives
Senate
Assent
Topics
budget budget appropriation government accountability government spending parliamentary funding public finance
Introduced by: Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Dr Daniel Mulino ALP
“I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) provides appropriations for decisions taken by government in the 2026-27 budget for the operations of parliamentary departments. Together with appropriation bills 1 and 2, this bill forms part of the government’s budget appropriation bills.”
Scott Buchholz LNP
“It is one of the greatest privileges of someone who represents this place to stand and speak on the appropriation bills. Unlike other bills that come before the House, which may have an effect on certain parts of your community, Appropriation Bill (No. 1) and Appropriation Bill (No. 2), which we’re going to be debating, concurrently touch everyone in our community.”
Steve Georganas ALP
“I rise in support of Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2026-2027 and Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027 because they’re not simply legislative measures; these are commitments to fund new initiatives, to strengthen existing programs and to deliver real support for those who need it and where Australians need it the most.”
Colin Boyce LNP
“I rise to make a contribution to the Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027. To begin my contribution, I would like to quote Oliver Cromwell’s speech to the English parliament that he delivered on 20 April 1653 because it is entirely relevant and exactly the way I feel about the government we have today and the way it has delivered its budget and the effect it will have on the Australian people.”
“I think it’s so interesting that the member for Flynn decided to open up his grandiose speech with quotes from Oliver Cromwell. Specifically, when we think about the ’Rump Parliament’ speech of Oliver Cromwell, what was that all about?”
“I move: That all words after ”That” be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: ”whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House calls on the Government to implement a 25 per cent gas export tax”. This budget fails the Australian people in many ways. I’m not saying there’s no good in it.”
Jo Briskey ALP
“Earlier this month, the Treasurer delivered the most ambitious budget that we have seen in decades. It’s a budget that balances responsible economic management with an eye to futureproofing our economy, an economy that works for everyday Australians, not the other way around. As a nation, we find ourselves, once again, in the midst of a global crisis.”
Michelle Landry LNP
“I rise today to speak on the appropriation bills before the House and to put on record what people in Capricornia and across regional Australia are telling me plainly. They are doing it tough, and they’ve been asked to pay more while getting less in return.”
Kate Thwaites ALP
“I’ve had many conversations in my community in Melbourne with young people, with their parents and with their grandparents who want to know that the promise that has been there for them and the promise that has been there for previous generations—that if you work hard you will get the opportunity to have a secure roof over your head—will be there for the generations to come.”
Zali Steggall IND
“I rise to respond to the government’s budget papers and the appropriation bills for 2026-27. The budget contains measures that respond to some immediate pressures, but it fails the bigger test on a number of fronts—and I want to deal with some of those tonight.”
“This suite of appropriation bills shows that the Albanese Labor government is prepared to make the decisions that count. It’s an ambitious budget because it needs to be; the times demand it. The global context in which we find ourselves demands it.”
Sam Birrell NAT
“I also rise to speak on Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027, the budget that was handed down recently. Budgets are important documents not just for the figures that a lot of people talk about—’We’re funding this. We’re paying for that. We’re cutting this.”
Shayne Neumann ALP
“This budget is about relief, recovery and resilience, and I’m proud to speak on the appropriation bills associated with it. It delivers more tax cuts and a fair go at buying your own home, and it strengthens Medicare for all. It’s about getting workers, families and businesses in my community through the current global fuel crisis while building a stronger economy that works for more people.”
Jason Wood LIB
“I know that on budget night the Labor members were patting each other on the back for a fantastic budget and doing such a great job, and I can kind of understand what the thinking was—that if you remove the negative gearing on existing properties, that’s going to do something amazing.”
Tony Zappia ALP
“We live in challenging times where governments throughout the world struggle to meet the demands of the people they serve. Globally, people feel less secure and less confident in the future than ever before in my own lifetime.”
Andrew Willcox LNP
“I rise today to speak to the brutal reality of what this Labor government’s budget has delivered. This budget is a formal declaration of economic surrender. What we’re seeing is an administration that has completely run out of ideas and run out of money. As we all know, when Labor run out of money, they come after yours.”
Jerome Laxale ALP
“The world we live in today is not the same as it was 30 years ago. It’s not the same as it was a couple of years ago. Once-in-a-generation events are now more and more commonplace and no longer do we have the global stability previous generations grew accustomed to. In much of the commentary out there and in most of the correspondence in my inbox there’s been a pretty clear message.”
“At no time in the last 10 years have I received so many emails and handwritten mail about a budget. And I have to tell you, very little of that was positive—very, very little.”
Rowan Holzberger ALP
“After a year in this place and after my first budget, it’s time to reflect on the philosophy of this government, which, after four years, has become clear. The Prime Minister sums it up when he says his core philosophy is no-one left behind and no-one held back. He really summed up his approach the other day, acknowledging that this is a tough decision.”
Aaron Violi LIB
“I must say, I look forward to the member for Forde speaking out against the EU free trade agreement that his government just signed, given that he is such an advocate against free trade! It’s also interesting that the member for Forde talked about the challenges that have been there for 40 years for the Australian people. It is staggering.”
Ali France ALP
“I rise to speak on the Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027 and other appropriation bills for 2026-2027. Our Treasurer delivered the 2026 budget two weeks ago, and it is a budget for every Australian. It is a budget for workers, for first home buyers, for families struggling with cost-of-living pressures and for future generations. It is an ambitious budget in a challenging global environment.”
Julian Leeser LIB
“This is a bad Labor budget built on broken promises funded by a tax assault on aspiration, designed to punish the very Australians who invest, build businesses and plan for the future. Last week, I launched a survey of my electorate. So far, nearly 2,000 people responded, from every suburb and town across the electorate.”
Madonna Jarrett ALP
“In my first speech in parliament I mentioned that one of the biggest challenges facing leaders right now is the need to address intergenerational inequality. I think everyone in this chamber should be motivated to provide at least the same opportunities and aspirations to our younger generation as what we had. That thought is the ethical proposition that underpins this bill.”
Barnaby Joyce PHON
“I don’t quite know where to start on the paucity of this budget. As an accountant, I was always fascinated by two groups of people amongst the three. The one in the middle you didn’t really worry too much about. They never really went that far ahead and never really went that far behind. The ones at the bottom I was always very interested in.”
“It’s interesting, because I’m going to say the opposite—what we see is someone pretending to care about poor people when the truth is that it is the Albanese Labor government that backed minimum wages. The member for New England was a part of a government that deliberately wanted to keep wages low. That was part of their economic architecture.”
Anne Webster NAT
“I am very pleased for the member for Swan that she has been able to have all of that funding through Thriving Suburbs. I just want to point out that it has actually been taken out of the Growing Regions funding and the Building Better Regions Fund that we installed in our period of time in government, likewise through local communities and infrastructure funding.”
Alison Byrnes ALP
“I rise today to speak on the Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027 and related bills. I could not be prouder of the budget that my good friend the Treasurer has put forward. What the Treasurer has put together speaks to the heart of what it means to be a Labor government. It focuses on equity, on rebalancing the weights of the generations and on helping ordinary Australians.”
Ben Small LIB
“Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027 is where the rubber hits the road. This budget of betrayal is built on Labor lies and broken promises and becomes clear to all Australians.”
Justine Elliot ALP
“I rise today to speak in support of the debate on the Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027 and related bills. This Labor budget is focused on relief, resilience and reform that delivers for all Australians. That’s why this budget is delivering more tax cuts, a stronger Medicare and a fair go at homeownership.”
Garth Hamilton LNP
“It’s good to follow someone else speaking on regional Australia and the impact of this government’s budget. We are on a unity ticket; this is very much a Labor budget. I’m going to address some of the issues that I have with this budget. I think it is important to reflect on both the local impact and the broader one.”
Peter Khalil ALP
“This is a government that has, I think, been characterised by the fact that it has made hard decisions. We make the hard decisions. We’re making the hard decisions because, effectively, they’re the right decisions to make.”
Nicolette Boele IND
“There was a gas-tax shaped hole in the budget, a $17-billion-per-year sized hole. We could all see it. We were all disappointed by it. In the lead-up to this year’s budget, Australians of all political persuasions, people across my electorate and people across the entire country were hoping that this would be the budget where we finally secured a fair return on our natural resources.”
Sharon Claydon ALP
“When Australians talk about cost of living, they want to know if they can afford to see a doctor, if they can afford to fill a prescription, access mental health assistance, age with dignity, put a roof over their heads, keep the lights on and pay the bills. And that is why this Labor government’s priorities matter.”
Alison Penfold NAT
“Tonight I rise not just to speak about the appropriation bills but to give voice to the concerns, the frustrations and the hopes of the communities that are too often left behind—communities in the electorate of Lyne. Let’s call this budget what it is: a patchwork of blunders that, when woven together, form a tapestry of neglect for rural and regional Australia.”
Darren Chester NAT
“I must say to anyone listening at home: you must feel like you’re in a parallel universe when you hear contributions from the government saying that everything’s rosy, everything’s great, and Australians have never had it better.”
Ed Husic ALP
“I had a speech I wanted to roll through, but I’ve instead decided I’m going to respond with gusto to the previous speaker, the member for Gippsland. I had to sit through his canard of falsehoods and I figure it’s important to respond to some of the stuff that he said.”
Helen Haines IND
“I rise to speak on the bills that give effect to the government’s fifth budget. These bills facilitate appropriation for government expenditure. They do not, of themselves, implement the policy and legislative changes announced in the budget, and that’s important to remember.”
Alicia Payne ALP
“This budget is a responsible and forward-looking plan that recognises the pressures people are under right now while also making our economy fairer into the future. Canberrans are feeling the pressure right now, and this budget meets those pressures head on.”
Leon Rebello LNP
“I rise to speak on the appropriation bills at a time when Australia stands at a crossroads. Across the world, we are seeing uncertainty, instability and conflict. The global order is shifting. Supply chains are fragile. The strategic environment in our region is deteriorating. Social trust is under pressure, and families are being stretched.”
Libby Coker ALP
“There is a simple question at the heart of these appropriation bills: what kind of future are we choosing to build, and who gets to share in it? The Albanese government’s budget answers this question clearly. This budget is focused squarely on levelling the playing field—in our tax system, in our economy and in the services and infrastructure that underpin a good life. It is about our people.”
David Batt LNP
“I rise to speak to the Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027. Labor’s budget of broken promises and higher taxes destroys any concept of a fair go for the people of Hinkler. I was on the road only last week with my mobile offices straight off the bat.”
Basem Abdo ALP
“This is the most significant budget to be brought before the parliament in many years. It seeks to address the many challenges that are being thrown our way, whilst also tackling the much-needed reforms to help level the playing field for Australians.”
Simon Kennedy LIB
“Unfortunately, this budget is an assault on aspiration, and the Prime Minister has never seen an aspiration he didn’t want to crush.”
Susan Templeman ALP
“There’s been a lot of focus on tax reforms in this budget. Our three objectives are to make it easier to own a first home, to cut income taxes and to better align the tax treatment of income and assets. I want to touch on some of the things that haven’t really been talked about in some of the misinformation and disinformation willingly peddled, including by those opposite.”
Andrew Gee IND
“I would like to add some observations on a few different aspects of this budget that have great relevance and are also of great concern to the communities of central western New South Wales and Calare. Firstly, I was bitterly disappointed that there was nothing in the budget to help our businesses being smashed to pieces by the indefinite closure of the Great Western Highway.”
Tony Pasin LIB
“The member for Bonner has just updated the House, in terms of her time spent with small businesses across her electorate, and I commend her for doing that. Someone else in this place has been really busy with respect to small businesses too. He’s been popping up in my feed—not once daily, but continuously. The Prime Minister seems to have visited almost every startup operating in Australia.”
“There are three challenges facing the Australian economy: an unaffordable housing market; low productivity growth, that is hampering increases in living standards; and the demographic challenge associated with an ageing population.”
“This federal budget brought down by the Treasurer, the member for Rankin, will be remembered for all time as the broken promises budget, the low-incentive economy, or LIE, budget. This budget has let so many people down. Whether in the regions or indeed the cities, so many people feel so badly represented by this government of broken promises.”
Julian Hill ALP
“I want to contrast the government’s budget with the opposition’s chaos and cuts. This is a responsible budget. It’s focused on relief now, resilience for the country in the face of global shocks and reform to set us up for success in the future, particularly for the next generation. It’s a tough environment globally and for many in Australia.”
Kevin Hogan NAT
“The theme of this budget is deceit, deceit and deceit. That is the whole theme of the budget. Why do I say that? Because, when you are doing radical reform of the tax system—and this is a radical reform of the tax system, what the Labor government are doing—you never do it as a matter of course through a budget; you always take radical reform like this to an election.”
Tim Ayres ALP
“I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 1) 2026-2027 This Bill, Appropriation Bill 1, along with Appropriation Bill 2 and Parliamentary Departments Appropriation Bill 1, are the Budget Appropriation Bills for 2026-27.”