South Australia
Appropriation Bill 2026
A Bill For
An Act for the appropriation of money from the Consolidated Account for the year ending 30 June 2027 and for other purposes.

Contents
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
4	Issue and application of money
5	Application of money if functions or duties of agency are transferred
6	Expenditure from Hospitals Fund
7	Additional appropriation under other Acts
8	Overdraft limit
Schedule 1—Amounts proposed to be expended from the Consolidated Account during the financial year ending 30 June 2027

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2026.
2—Commencement
This Act will be taken to have come into operation on 1 July 2026.
3—Interpretation
In this Act—
agency means a Minister, an administrative unit of the Public Service (including part of an administrative unit) or any other instrumentality or agency of the Crown.
4—Issue and application of money
	(1)	The Treasurer may, in accordance with this section on or before 30 June 2027, issue and apply money from the Consolidated Account for the purposes listed in Schedule 1.
	(2)	The aggregate of the amounts issued and applied by the Treasurer under subsection (1) and under the Supply Act 2026 for each of the purposes listed in Schedule 1 must not exceed the amount set out opposite each of those purposes in that Schedule.
	(3)	Money may be issued and applied under subsection (1) in respect of liabilities or financial commitments that were incurred or made before 1 July 2026.
5—Application of money if functions or duties of agency are transferred
If Schedule 1 appropriates money for an agency and—
	(a)	some of the functions or duties of the agency are transferred to another agency; or
	(b)	the agency is abolished or dissolved and some or all of its functions or duties become the functions or duties of another agency,
the Treasurer may apply part or all of that money to enable the responsible agency to carry out those functions or duties.
6—Expenditure from Hospitals Fund
The Treasurer may issue and apply money from the special deposit account known as the "Hospitals Fund" for the provision, maintenance, development and improvement of public hospitals and equipment used in public hospitals.
7—Additional appropriation under other Acts
Money may be appropriated, issued or applied under this Act in addition to any money that may be appropriated, issued or applied under any other Act.
8—Overdraft limit
The overdraft limit for the purposes of section 16(3) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987 is one hundred and fifty million dollars.

Schedule 1—Amounts proposed to be expended from the Consolidated Account during the financial year ending 30 June 2027

Appropriation—Estimates of 2026–27	Estimates	
Operating Purpose		
Attorney‑General's Department	$158 871 000	
Administered Items for the Attorney‑General's Department	$101 435 000	
Audit Office of South Australia	$21 348 000	
Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health	$7 290 000	
Courts Administration Authority	$108 531 000	
Defence SA	$20 154 000	
Department for Child Protection	$1 003 589 000	
Department for Correctional Services	$589 920 000	
Department for Education	$3 994 011 000	
Administered Items for the Department for Education	$725 426 000	
Department for Energy and Mining	$89 509 000	
Department for Environment and Water	$193 405 000	
Administered Items for the Department for Environment and Water	$35 193 000	
Department for Health and Wellbeing	$7 171 164 000	
Department for Housing and Urban Development	$146 377 000	
Administered Items for the Department for Housing and Urban Development	$4 977 000	
Department of Human Services	$405 294 000	
Administered Items for the Department of Human Services	$1 219 091 000	
Department for Infrastructure and Transport	$2 221 703 000	
Administered Items for the Department for Infrastructure and Transport	$141 018 000	
Department of the Premier and Cabinet	$422 564 000	
Administered Items for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet	$54 230 000	
Department of Primary Industries and Regions	$304 756 000	
Administered Items for the Department of Primary Industries and Regions	$4 888 000	
Department of State Development	$488 899 000	
Administered Items for the Department of State Development	$22 563 000	
Department of Treasury and Finance	$270 105 000	
Administered Items for the Department of Treasury and Finance	$5 690 071 000	
Electoral Commission of South Australia	$9 387 000	
Administered Items for Electoral Commission of South Australia	$4 340 000	
House of Assembly	$10 535 000	
Joint Parliamentary Services	$22 241 000	
Legislative Council	$7 052 000	
Preventive Health SA	$34 138 000	
South Australia Police	$1 257 359 000	
Administered Items for South Australia Police	$75 000	
South Australian Country Fire Service	$2 047 000	
South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission	$769 000	
South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service	$20 387 000	
South Australian State Emergency Service	$580 000	
South Australian Tourism Commission	$71 845 000	
State Governor's Establishment	$4 974 000	
Total Operating Purpose	$27 062 111 000	
Equity Contributions		
Department for Infrastructure and Transport	$84 545 000	
Total Equity Contributions	$84 545 000	
Appropriated Borrowings		
Department of Primary Industries and Regions	$1 000 000	
Total Appropriated Borrowings	$1 000 000	
Total Appropriation	$27 147 656 000