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Tracing the money behind Australia's International Affairs

Defence, development, diplomacy, intelligence, and International policing. What do the numbers tell us?

2025-2026 budget snapshot.

Federal Budget total $785.67b

Defence: $58.99m

Official Development Assistance: $5.10m

Diplomacy: $3.91m

National Intelligence Community: $2.05m

Policing: $2.00m

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Levels of budget growth have varied significantly.

Growth comparisons between Defence, Foreign Affairs and Trade, policing and the National Intelligence Community, 2025-26 compared to 1999–00:

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This year:

2025 budget breakdown

Read this year's brief analysis here.

In context:

25 years of budget data

Read the 25-year in depth analysis here.

Related data:

Further analysis

Read additional related analysis here.

About the data.

Methodology.

Read information about the data here.