Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia

Latest release

Quarterly statistics about actual and expected private new capex investment spend on buildings and equipment by industry

Reference period

March 2026

Released

28/05/2026

Release date and time

28/05/2026 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

Total new capital expenditure rose by 6.5%
Equipment, plant and machinery rose by 18.1%
Buildings and structures fell by 3.8%
Estimate 2 for 2026-27 is $173.4b. This is 9.9% higher than Estimate 1 for 2026-27

Data Centres in Economic Statistics

In the December quarter 2025 the ABS released a Spotlight article Data Centres in Economic Statistics. The article details how the recent increase in investment in data centres is captured in ABS statistics, and how the operations of data centres will appear within the suite of ABS economic statistics.

Key data items
		Mar Qtr 26 ($m)	Dec Qtr 25 to Mar Qtr 26 (% change)	Mar Qtr 25 to Mar Qtr 26 (% change)
Seasonally adjusted(a)
	Total new capital expenditure	52,574	6.5	14.6
	Buildings and structures	25,081	-3.8	0.8
	Equipment, plant and machinery	27,493	18.1	31.0
Trend(a)
	Total new capital expenditure	51,957	4.3	13.3
	Buildings and structures	25,552	-0.1	3.2
	Equipment, plant and machinery	26,384	9.1	25.1

In volume terms

New capital expenditure in volume terms

Total new capital expenditure

The trend estimate for total new capital expenditure rose 4.3%
The seasonally adjusted estimate for total new capital expenditure rose 6.5%

Total new capital expenditure
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-06	30,790	30,957
Jun-06	31,311	31,005
Sep-06	30,709	30,577
Dec-06	29,867	30,774
Mar-07	33,287	33,048
Jun-07	34,985	34,072
Sep-07	34,050	34,798
Dec-07	35,708	35,370
Mar-08	36,383	36,363
Jun-08	37,489	37,863
Sep-08	39,505	39,489
Dec-08	41,100	40,254
Mar-09	39,437	39,635
Jun-09	39,375	38,462
Sep-09	36,708	37,986
Dec-09	39,351	38,244
Mar-10	38,888	38,571
Jun-10	38,280	38,832
Sep-10	39,623	39,554
Dec-10	41,288	41,274
Mar-11	44,105	44,031
Jun-11	46,613	47,294
Sep-11	52,591	50,812
Dec-11	53,075	54,297
Mar-12	57,599	57,090
Jun-12	59,154	58,580
Sep-12	58,162	58,465
Dec-12	57,382	57,079
Mar-13	55,480	56,262
Jun-13	55,912	56,084
Sep-13	57,011	55,804
Dec-13	54,380	55,040
Mar-14	52,927	54,257
Jun-14	54,023	54,205
Sep-14	54,576	54,172
Dec-14	53,439	53,080
Mar-15	50,446	50,728
Jun-15	48,509	48,240
Sep-15	44,516	45,694
Dec-15	45,532	44,426
Mar-16	42,897	42,791
Jun-16	40,517	40,872
Sep-16	39,190	39,396
Dec-16	39,170	39,065
Mar-17	39,404	39,357
Jun-17	39,807	39,873
Sep-17	40,491	40,423
Dec-17	40,807	40,780
Mar-18	41,058	40,901
Jun-18	40,610	40,944
Sep-18	41,146	41,005
Dec-18	41,489	41,387
Mar-19	41,038	41,051
Jun-19	40,327	40,474
Sep-19	40,045	39,972
Dec-19	39,063	39,160
Mar-20	38,463	37,845
Jun-20	35,712	36,332
Sep-20	35,180	35,877
Dec-20	36,469	36,786
Mar-21	38,702	38,383
Jun-21	39,854	39,582
Sep-21	39,948	40,199
Dec-21	40,492	40,436
Mar-22	40,666	40,592
Jun-22	40,780	40,769
Sep-22	41,035	41,177
Dec-22	42,094	42,222
Mar-23	43,534	43,640
Jun-23	45,308	44,775
Sep-23	45,141	45,357
Dec-23	45,267	45,431
Mar-24	46,128	45,777
Jun-24	45,359	45,731
Sep-24	45,876	45,668
Dec-24	45,655	45,636
Mar-25	45,883	45,851
Jun-25	46,177	46,416
Sep-25	49,022	47,872
Dec-25	49,364	49,823
Mar-26	52,574	51,957

Total new capital expenditure

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Trend break added to 'Total new capital expenditure' trend series for June 2020, Dec 2018, Sep 2015, Sep 2008, Mar 2007 and Jun 2003.

Buildings and structures

The trend estimate for buildings and structures fell 0.1%
The seasonally adjusted estimate for buildings and structures fell 3.8%

Buildings and structures
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-06	14,808	15,184
Jun-06	16,399	15,554
Sep-06	15,264	15,353
Dec-06	14,428	15,295
Mar-07	17,679	17,280
Jun-07	18,596	17,926
Sep-07	17,454	18,314
Dec-07	18,805	18,427
Mar-08	18,995	18,596
Jun-08	18,576	19,305
Sep-08	20,504	20,856
Dec-08	23,354	22,102
Mar-09	21,902	22,197
Jun-09	21,451	21,077
Sep-09	19,408	20,088
Dec-09	19,955	19,935
Mar-10	21,014	20,639
Jun-10	21,148	21,746
Sep-10	23,605	22,714
Dec-10	23,317	23,667
Mar-11	25,300	25,571
Jun-11	27,795	28,395
Sep-11	33,335	31,854
Dec-11	33,747	35,254
Mar-12	38,468	37,905
Jun-12	40,024	39,173
Sep-12	38,415	38,916
Dec-12	37,721	37,651
Mar-13	36,798	37,266
Jun-13	37,564	37,810
Sep-13	39,166	38,282
Dec-13	38,042	38,260
Mar-14	36,204	37,845
Jun-14	37,834	37,531
Sep-14	36,969	36,935
Dec-14	35,924	35,586
Mar-15	33,134	33,561
Jun-15	32,110	31,793
Sep-15	28,951	29,864
Dec-15	29,633	28,610
Mar-16	26,804	26,671
Jun-16	24,031	24,528
Sep-16	22,887	23,086
Dec-16	23,010	22,892
Mar-17	23,377	23,247
Jun-17	23,504	23,631
Sep-17	23,959	23,824
Dec-17	23,830	23,791
Mar-18	23,424	23,483
Jun-18	23,164	23,093
Sep-18	22,569	22,820
Dec-18	23,209	22,948
Mar-19	22,606	22,580
Jun-19	21,835	22,153
Sep-19	22,038	21,705
Dec-19	21,031	21,219
Mar-20	20,805	20,508
Jun-20	19,705	19,693
Sep-20	19,040	19,176
Dec-20	19,101	19,245
Mar-21	19,877	19,868
Jun-21	20,854	20,611
Sep-21	21,006	21,173
Dec-21	21,505	21,409
Mar-22	21,568	21,411
Jun-22	21,237	21,441
Sep-22	21,670	21,729
Dec-22	22,529	22,510
Mar-23	23,367	23,491
Jun-23	24,556	24,213
Sep-23	24,445	24,592
Dec-23	24,517	24,598
Mar-24	24,716	24,428
Jun-24	23,962	24,293
Sep-24	24,411	24,298
Dec-24	24,441	24,490
Mar-25	24,890	24,756
Jun-25	24,922	25,122
Sep-25	25,428	25,453
Dec-25	26,076	25,587
Mar-26	25,081	25,552

Buildings and structures

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Trend break added to 'Buildings and Structures new capital expenditure' trend series for Dec 2018, Sep 2015, Sep 2008, Mar 2007 and Jun 2003.

Equipment and machinery

The trend estimate for equipment, plant and machinery rose 9.1%
The seasonally adjusted estimate for equipment, plant and machinery rose 18.1%

Equipment and machinery
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-06	15,247	15,147
Jun-06	14,650	14,960
Sep-06	14,910	14,742
Dec-06	14,772	14,881
Mar-07	15,372	15,487
Jun-07	16,154	15,890
Sep-07	16,159	16,234
Dec-07	16,583	16,623
Mar-08	17,048	17,308
Jun-08	18,230	18,014
Sep-08	18,530	18,205
Dec-08	17,696	17,963
Mar-09	17,388	17,479
Jun-09	17,709	17,421
Sep-09	16,968	17,764
Dec-09	18,864	18,007
Mar-10	17,619	17,643
Jun-10	16,943	16,964
Sep-10	16,148	16,800
Dec-10	17,846	17,546
Mar-11	18,794	18,501
Jun-11	18,915	19,176
Sep-11	19,594	19,467
Dec-11	19,654	19,624
Mar-12	19,697	19,739
Jun-12	19,722	19,932
Sep-12	20,262	20,088
Dec-12	20,135	19,923
Mar-13	19,191	19,491
Jun-13	18,862	18,801
Sep-13	18,413	18,080
Dec-13	16,925	17,356
Mar-14	17,237	16,992
Jun-14	16,777	17,235
Sep-14	18,118	17,756
Dec-14	17,989	17,971
Mar-15	17,705	17,588
Jun-15	16,824	16,800
Sep-15	15,900	16,242
Dec-15	16,258	16,136
Mar-16	16,330	16,350
Jun-16	16,624	16,497
Sep-16	16,393	16,408
Dec-16	16,240	16,258
Mar-17	16,143	16,194
Jun-17	16,354	16,323
Sep-17	16,619	16,676
Dec-17	17,051	17,061
Mar-18	17,698	17,474
Jun-18	17,472	17,884
Sep-18	18,594	18,219
Dec-18	18,316	18,457
Mar-19	18,468	18,499
Jun-19	18,505	18,360
Sep-19	18,027	18,188
Dec-19	18,046	17,894
Mar-20	17,667	17,699
Jun-20	16,046	17,761
Sep-20	16,156	18,071
Dec-20	17,363	18,506
Mar-21	18,815	18,810
Jun-21	18,977	18,931
Sep-21	18,939	18,958
Dec-21	18,990	19,027
Mar-22	19,103	19,179
Jun-22	19,523	19,319
Sep-22	19,358	19,437
Dec-22	19,559	19,705
Mar-23	20,162	20,150
Jun-23	20,768	20,543
Sep-23	20,701	20,777
Dec-23	20,758	20,969
Mar-24	21,430	21,225
Jun-24	21,366	21,430
Sep-24	21,465	21,386
Dec-24	21,214	21,155
Mar-25	20,993	21,085
Jun-25	21,255	21,238
Sep-25	23,594	22,343
Dec-25	23,287	24,179
Mar-26	27,493	26,384

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Trend break added to 'Equipment and machinery new capital expenditure' trend series for Mar 2007.

Mining and Non-mining

The trend estimate for Mining fell 0.2%
The seasonally adjusted estimate for Mining was relatively unchanged
The trend estimate for Non-mining rose 5.5%
The seasonally adjusted estimate for Non-mining rose 8.8%

Mining and Non-mining
	Mining - Seasonal ($m)	Non Mining - Seasonal ($m)	Mining - Trend ($m)	Non Mining - Trend ($m)
Mar-06	9,092	21,366	8,828	21,716
Jun-06	9,578	21,471	9,106	21,553
Sep-06	8,372	21,839	8,930	21,292
Dec-06	8,921	20,643	8,969	21,433
Mar-07	9,501	23,334	9,475	23,138
Jun-07	10,316	24,254	10,014	23,647
Sep-07	10,148	23,521	10,281	24,113
Dec-07	10,565	24,740	10,675	24,336
Mar-08	11,331	24,759	11,395	24,675
Jun-08	12,572	24,744	12,450	25,199
Sep-08	13,266	26,045	13,537	25,801
Dec-08	14,377	26,596	14,087	26,046
Mar-09	14,130	25,239	13,707	25,782
Jun-09	12,370	26,682	12,737	25,505
Sep-09	11,761	24,690	11,983	25,713
Dec-09	12,096	26,925	11,973	25,977
Mar-10	12,708	25,958	12,708	25,647
Jun-10	13,408	24,743	13,633	25,069
Sep-10	15,121	24,486	14,429	25,044
Dec-10	14,957	26,225	15,186	26,014
Mar-11	16,531	27,521	16,988	27,031
Jun-11	19,535	27,203	19,968	27,456
Sep-11	25,025	27,936	23,633	27,490
Dec-11	26,108	27,387	27,448	27,335
Mar-12	31,006	27,235	30,828	26,901
Jun-12	34,235	25,723	33,222	26,110
Sep-12	33,496	25,439	34,027	25,237
Dec-12	33,674	24,497	33,331	24,526
Mar-13	32,152	24,069	32,798	24,221
Jun-13	32,583	24,072	32,707	24,130
Sep-13	33,142	24,634	32,327	24,219
Dec-13	31,164	23,930	31,485	24,273
Mar-14	28,750	24,807	30,281	24,654
Jun-14	29,548	25,123	29,148	25,689
Sep-14	27,963	27,193	28,043	26,715
Dec-14	26,424	27,547	26,593	27,029
Mar-15	24,964	25,983	24,573	26,644
Jun-15	22,535	26,419	22,524	26,150
Sep-15	19,725	25,145	20,677	25,415
Dec-15	19,945	25,943	18,835	25,905
Mar-16	16,685	26,440	16,758	26,267
Jun-16	14,170	26,489	14,675	26,355
Sep-16	13,239	26,055	13,236	26,260
Dec-16	12,916	26,328	12,734	26,400
Mar-17	12,459	26,992	12,507	26,896
Jun-17	12,287	27,538	12,298	27,600
Sep-17	12,192	28,318	12,125	28,312
Dec-17	11,874	28,938	11,948	28,841
Mar-18	11,738	29,325	11,660	29,240
Jun-18	11,298	29,297	11,273	29,655
Sep-18	10,777	30,334	10,821	30,149
Dec-18	10,482	30,959	10,432	30,906
Mar-19	10,188	30,797	10,331	30,672
Jun-19	10,428	29,860	10,438	29,996
Sep-19	10,835	29,186	10,615	29,327
Dec-19	10,542	28,497	10,760	28,383
Mar-20	10,908	27,550	10,818	27,025
Jun-20	10,852	24,876	10,778	25,559
Sep-20	10,681	24,513	10,694	25,194
Dec-20	10,510	25,956	10,653	26,135
Mar-21	10,902	27,794	10,788	27,586
Jun-21	11,056	28,783	11,086	28,485
Sep-21	11,387	28,557	11,475	28,721
Dec-21	11,965	28,536	11,902	28,541
Mar-22	12,169	28,513	12,145	28,457
Jun-22	12,292	28,490	12,071	28,704
Sep-22	11,646	29,390	11,933	29,246
Dec-22	11,975	30,119	11,987	30,237
Mar-23	12,468	31,072	12,338	31,302
Jun-23	12,655	32,646	12,880	31,893
Sep-23	13,403	31,736	13,206	32,147
Dec-23	13,437	31,831	13,247	32,181
Mar-24	12,727	33,401	13,052	32,725
Jun-24	12,994	32,365	12,814	32,917
Sep-24	12,697	33,179	12,782	32,885
Dec-24	12,799	32,856	12,860	32,777
Mar-25	13,077	32,806	12,936	32,915
Jun-25	12,910	33,266	13,000	33,416
Sep-25	13,026	35,996	12,971	34,909
Dec-25	12,908	36,456	12,933	36,893
Mar-26	12,904	39,670	12,913	38,913

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Trend break added to 'Total non-mining capital expenditure' trend series for Dec 2018, Sep 2015, Sep 2008, Mar 2007 and Jun 2003.

Financial years at current prices

Timing and composition

The graphs below show the seven estimates of actual and expected expenditure for each financial year.

The timing and composition of these estimates are as follows:

Composition of estimates
Estimate based on data reported at:		Data on long-term expected expenditure	Data on short-term expected expenditure	Data on actual expenditure
1	Jan-Feb, 5-6 months before period begins	12 months	Nil	Nil
2	Apr-May, 2-3 months before period begins	12 months	Nil	Nil
3	Jul-Aug, at beginning of period	6 months	6 months	Nil
4	Oct-Nov, 3-4 months into period	6 months	3 months	3 months
5	Jan-Feb, 6-7 months into period	Nil	6 months	6 months
6	Apr-May, 9-10 months into period	Nil	3 months	9 months
7	Jul-Aug, at end of period	Nil	Nil	12 months

Total capital expenditure

Estimate 6 for 2025-26 is $207.6b
This is 4.5% higher than Estimate 5 for 2025-26
Estimate 2 for 2026-27 is $173.4b
This is 9.9% higher than Estimate 1 for 2026-27

Total capital expenditure FY 21-22 to FY 26-27
	Actual ($b)	Expected ($b)
1	0.0	105.3
2	0.0	113.5
3	0.0	127.6
4	32.7	105.9
5	70.6	70.3
6	102.2	41.0
7	142.4	0.0

1	0.0	116.8
2	0.0	131.1
3	0.0	147.4
4	36.6	118.7
5	80.0	78.3
6	116.8	45.9
7	165.1	0.0

1	0.0	129.4
2	0.0	137.8
3	0.0	157.8
4	42.7	128.3
5	91.4	84.8
6	132.2	48.9
7	181.9	0.0

1	0.0	145.5
2	0.0	154.8
3	0.0	169.6
4	44.5	133.2
5	95.0	88.6
6	136.8	50.5
7	188.7	0.0

1	0.0	147.6
2	0.0	156.1
3	0.0	174.7
4	48.5	142.5
5	104.3	94.3
6	152.4	55.2
7	0.0	0.0

1	0.0	157.7
2	0.0	173.4
3	0.0	0.0
4	0.0	0.0
5	0.0	0.0
6	0.0	0.0
7	0.0	0.0

Total capital expenditure FY 21-22 to FY 26-27

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Buildings and structures

Estimate 6 for 2025-26 is $111.2b
This is 1.6% higher than Estimate 5 for 2025-26
Estimate 2 for 2026-27 is $99.7b
This is 8.7% higher than Estimate 1 for 2026-27

Buildings and structures FY 21-22 to FY 26-27
	Actual ($b)	Expected ($b)
1	0.0	66.1
2	0.0	69.4
3	0.0	74.3
4	17.4	61.2
5	37.6	41.9
6	54.7	22.7
7	74.8	0.0

1	0.0	70.6
2	0.0	79.1
3	0.0	87.2
4	19.5	69.8
5	42.8	46.1
6	62.9	26.3
7	87.7	0.0

1	0.0	78.0
2	0.0	83.5
3	0.0	94.8
4	23.2	77.4
5	49.8	51.3
6	72.2	29.2
7	97.6	0.0

1	0.0	88.6
2	0.0	94.4
3	0.0	101.8
4	24.2	80.0
5	52.1	54.6
6	75.4	29.9
7	102.6	0.0

1	0.0	89.6
2	0.0	96.1
3	0.0	103.4
4	25.9	82.2
5	56.5	52.9
6	80.8	30.4
7	0.0	0.0

1	0.0	91.7
2	0.0	99.7
3	0.0	0.0
4	0.0	0.0
5	0.0	0.0
6	0.0	0.0
7	0.0	0.0

Buildings and structures FY 21-22 to FY 26-27

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Equipment and machinery

Estimate 6 for 2025-26 is $96.5b
This is 8.1% higher than Estimate 5 for 2025-26
Estimate 2 for 2026-27 is $73.8b
This is 11.6% higher than Estimate 1 for 2026-27

Equipment and machinery FY 21-22 to FY 26-27
	Actual ($b)	Expected ($b)
1	0.0	39.1
2	0.0	44.1
3	0.0	53.3
4	15.3	44.6
5	33.0	28.5
6	47.6	18.3
7	67.6	0.0

1	0.0	46.2
2	0.0	52.0
3	0.0	60.2
4	17.1	48.9
5	37.2	32.3
6	54.0	19.7
7	77.4	0.0

1	0.0	51.4
2	0.0	54.4
3	0.0	63.0
4	19.5	50.9
5	41.6	33.5
6	60.0	19.7
7	84.3	0.0

1	0.0	56.9
2	0.0	60.4
3	0.0	67.8
4	20.3	53.3
5	42.9	34.0
6	61.5	20.6
7	86.2	0.0

1	0.0	58.0
2	0.0	60.0
3	0.0	71.4
4	22.7	60.3
5	47.8	41.4
6	71.6	24.9
7	0.0	0.0

1	0.0	66.1
2	0.0	73.8
3	0.0	0.0
4	0.0	0.0
5	0.0	0.0
6	0.0	0.0
7	0.0	0.0

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Mining

Estimate 6 for 2025-26 is $55.8b
This is 0.2% lower than Estimate 5 for 2025-26
Estimate 2 for 2026-27 is $50.6b
This is 7.6% higher than Estimate 1 for 2026-27

Mining FY 21-22 to FY 26-27
	Actual ($b)	Expected ($b)
1	0.0	36.4
2	0.0	37.3
3	0.0	39.8
4	9.4	32.8
5	20.6	22.4
6	30.2	12.3
7	41.7	0.0

1	0.0	38.5
2	0.0	42.2
3	0.0	45.5
4	10.6	36.1
5	23.1	23.9
6	33.9	13.1
7	46.8	0.0

1	0.0	41.7
2	0.0	43.0
3	0.0	47.4
4	12.9	37.8
5	27.5	24.7
6	39.0	14.6
7	52.6	0.0

1	0.0	45.0
2	0.0	48.2
3	0.0	53.0
4	12.6	41.2
5	27.1	27.8
6	39.3	15.3
7	53.2	0.0

1	0.0	46.8
2	0.0	49.5
3	0.0	52.9
4	13.3	41.6
5	28.2	27.6
6	40.3	15.4
7	0.0	0.0

1	0.0	47.0
2	0.0	50.6
3	0.0	0.0
4	0.0	0.0
5	0.0	0.0
6	0.0	0.0
7	0.0	0.0

Mining FY 21-22 to FY 26-27

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Non-mining

Estimate 6 for 2025-26 is $151.9b
This is 6.4% higher than Estimate 5 for 2025-26
Estimate 2 for 2026-27 is $122.9b
This is 10.9% higher than Estimate 1 for 2026-27

Non-mining FY 21-22 to FY 26-27
	Actual ($b)	Expected ($b)
1	0.0	68.9
2	0.0	76.2
3	0.0	87.8
4	23.3	73.1
5	50.0	48.0
6	72.0	28.7
7	100.7	0.0

1	0.0	78.2
2	0.0	88.9
3	0.0	102.0
4	26.0	82.5
5	56.9	54.5
6	82.9	32.9
7	118.3	0.0

1	0.0	87.6
2	0.0	94.9
3	0.0	110.4
4	29.8	90.5
5	63.8	60.0
6	93.2	34.3
7	129.3	0.0

1	0.0	100.5
2	0.0	106.6
3	0.0	116.7
4	31.9	92.1
5	67.9	60.8
6	97.6	35.2
7	135.5	0.0

1	0.0	100.9
2	0.0	106.6
3	0.0	121.8
4	35.2	100.9
5	76.0	66.7
6	112.1	39.8
7	0.0	0.0

1	0.0	110.8
2	0.0	122.9
3	0.0	0.0
4	0.0	0.0
5	0.0	0.0
6	0.0	0.0
7	0.0	0.0

Non-mining FY 21-22 to FY 26-27

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Detailed industry movements by asset type

Total capex by industry, seasonally adjusted chain volumes - percentage change
	Dec Qtr 25 to Mar Qtr 26	Mar Qtr 25 to Mar Qtr 26
	% change	% change
Mining	0.0	-1.3
Manufacturing	-12.8	-5.6
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste	-8.4	1.5
Construction	1.8	-16.6
Wholesale Trade	2.1	2.8
Retail Trade	12.2	35.7
Accommodation and Food Services	4.1	22.2
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	-13.0	-2.5
Information Media and Telecommunications	96.1	190.1
Financial and Insurance Services	11.1	3.8
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate	-3.7	-7.4
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	4.3	21.6
Administrative and Support Services	-17.7	-5.8
Education and Training	-0.8	14.0
Health Care and Social Assistance	5.3	20.5
Arts and Recreation Services	5.0	36.6
Other Services	3.2	3.8

Buildings and structures by industry, seasonally adjusted chain volumes - percentage change
	Dec Qtr 25 to Mar Qtr 26	Mar Qtr 25 to Mar Qtr 26
	% change	% change
Mining	-2.9	-5.8
Manufacturing	-25.1	-7.9
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste	-8.5	1.1
Construction	-35.8	-29.3
Wholesale Trade	-8.6	-16.7
Retail Trade	17.8	52.7
Accommodation and Food Services	0.8	17.7
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	-0.9	-5.7
Information Media and Telecommunications	12.6	45.4
Financial and Insurance Services	20.1	-20.6
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate	-11.6	-16.5
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	-19.5	4.3
Administrative and Support Services	1.2	7.7
Education and Training	-1.5	17.1
Health Care and Social Assistance	-6.0	-3.3
Arts and Recreation Services	6.9	25.7
Other Services	0.0	-18.2

Equipment and machinery by industry, seasonally adjusted chain volumes - percentage change
	Dec Qtr 25 to Mar Qtr 26	Mar Qtr 25 to Mar Qtr 26
	% change	% change
Mining	7.2	10.8
Manufacturing	-5.1	-4.4
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste	-7.0	4.9
Construction	4.1	-16.0
Wholesale Trade	5.9	11.0
Retail Trade	9.8	29.3
Accommodation and Food Services	7.8	27.3
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	-18.5	-0.6
Information Media and Telecommunications	196.1	431.0
Financial and Insurance Services	9.5	10.3
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate	9.3	8.3
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	9.2	24.6
Administrative and Support Services	-21.1	-8.3
Education and Training	1.6	3.0
Health Care and Social Assistance	16.3	49.1
Arts and Recreation Services	3.1	50.6
Other Services	4.2	12.8

State movements

State total capex, seasonally adjusted chain volumes - percentage change
	Dec Qtr 25 to Mar Qtr 26	Mar Qtr 25 to Mar Qtr 26
	% change	% change
New South Wales	22.1	30.2
Victoria	12.7	32.7
Queensland	-3.0	-0.2
South Australia	0.2	14.8
Western Australia	-4.3	1.7
Tasmania	-8.0	-8.4
Northern Territory	-39.8	-44.2
Australian Capital Territory	-9.4	-16.4

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Table 1. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Original - Current Prices $m
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Table 3. Expected Expenditure Long Term, by Type of Asset and Industry, Original - Current Prices $m
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Table 11. New South Wales, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m
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Table 17. Financial Year Estimates Combining Actual and Expected Expenditure by Type of Asset and Industry - Current Prices $m
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Table 18. Realisation Ratios Comparing Actual to Expected Expenditure by Type of Asset and Industry - Current Prices $m
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Table 19. Mining and Manufacturing subdivisions by Type of Asset - Current Prices $m
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Table 20. Manufacturing by State, by Asset, Original - Current Prices $m
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This publication contains estimates of actual and expected new capital expenditure by private businesses for selected industries in Australia.

Classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, ANZSIC, 2006.

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Buildings and structures

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Table 1. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

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Table 3. Expected Expenditure Long Term, by Type of Asset and Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 4. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Seasonally Adjusted - Current Prices $m

Table 5. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Trend - Current Prices $m

Table 6. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Original - Chain Volume Measures $m

Table 7. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Seasonally Adjusted - Chain Volume Measures $m

Table 8. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Trend - Chain Volume Measures $m

Table 9. Actual Expenditure, By Type of Asset and State - Current Prices $m

Table 10. Actual Expenditure, By Type of Asset and State - Chain Volume Measures $m

Table 11. New South Wales, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 12. Victoria, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 13. Queensland, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 14. South Australia, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 15. Western Australia, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 16. Tasmania, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 17. Financial Year Estimates Combining Actual and Expected Expenditure by Type of Asset and Industry - Current Prices $m

Table 18. Realisation Ratios Comparing Actual to Expected Expenditure by Type of Asset and Industry - Current Prices $m

Table 19. Mining and Manufacturing subdivisions by Type of Asset - Current Prices $m

Table 20. Manufacturing by State, by Asset, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 21. Manufacturing Financial Year Estimates and Realisation Ratios by Type of Asset - Current Prices $m

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