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1999-2000 Ministerial Statements
Investing in our Natural and
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Chapter 3
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The Commonwealth's environmental objectives are being pursued directly and indirectly
through a large number of cross-sectoral and international activities, which together have
the capacity to affect the environment significantly. The Government continues to take
opportunities to integrate environmental objectives into economic and social policies and
programmes, and to make existing systems and processes more efficient and effective in
delivering environmental outcomes. Table 3.1 shows outlays on identifiable activities.
Table 3.1: Cross Sectoral Activities--Programmes and Tax Expenditure Estimates
| Description | 1998-99 $m |
1999-00 $m |
2000-01 $m |
2001-02 $m |
2002-03 $m |
| PROGRAMME AND TAX EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES | |||||
| Commonwealth-State Relations | |||||
| Administration of EP (IP) Act (a) | na | na | na | na | na |
| Tax deduction for environmental assessment activities | < 10 | < 10 | < 10 | < 10 | na |
| AIC Environmental Crime Prevention Research Programme | na | .. | na | na | na |
| International Development Cooperation | |||||
| Environmental activities under the Aid Programme (b) | 193.0 | 191.0 | na | na | na |
| Global Environment Facility | 4.5 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 10.3 |
| Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund | 5.9 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| International Environment Protection Prog. | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | na | na |
| International Conservation Programme | 0.1 | na | na | na | na |
| International Programme on Chemical Safety | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | na |
| International Forest Forum | na | na | na | na | na |
| Contributions to International Conventions and Organisations (c) | 1.1 | 1.1 | na | na | na |
| Technical Cooperation (c) | na | 0.9 | na | na | na |
Table 3.1: Cross Sectoral Activities--Programmes and Tax Expenditure Estimates (continued)
| Description | 1998-99 $m |
1999-00 $m |
2000-01 $m |
2001-02 $m |
2002-03 $m |
| Involving the Community | |||||
| Grants to Voluntary Environment and Heritage Organisations. | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Various tax concessions for environmental NGOs | na | na | na | na | na |
| Environmental Legal Services | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Environmental Education and Information Programme | na | na | na | na | na |
| Green Corps (Young Australians for the Environment) | 21.6 | 21.8 | 22.1 | 22.5 | 22.9 |
| ATSIC Community Housing and Infrastructure Programme | na | na | na | na | na |
| ATSIC Heritage Protection | 4.3 | 4.2 | na | na | na |
| ATSIC Community Development Employment Projects | 3.8 | 3.8 | na | na | na |
| Expanding the Environmental Knowledge Base | |||||
| State of the environment reporting | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | na |
| ABS environment reporting activities | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Environmental Resources Information Nwk. | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | na |
| AUSLIG:topograph mapping & remote sens. | 25.9 | 26.0 | 25.6 | 25.3 | 25.3 |
| CSIRO | 92.7 | 92.7 | na | na | na |
| ANSTO | 7.8 | 13.5 | na | na | na |
| Technology Diffusion Programme | 0.4 | na | na | na | na |
| Bureau of Meteorology (d) | 8.3 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| World Meteorological Organization Contrib. | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| ABARE | na | na | na | na | na |
| LWRRDC | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.9 | na | na |
| Cooperative Research Centres (e) | 34.0 | 25.9 | 35.5 | 33.5 | 21.9 |
| ARC/DETYA Large Research Grants (f) | na | na | na | na | na |
| Tax deduction for environmental R&D | na | na | na | na | na |
| Greening of Government | |||||
| Department of Defence environmental work | 3.1 | na | na | na | na |
| Territories Programme | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| Environment Resource Officer scheme | 0.4 | 0.4 | na | na | na |
na denotes not available;
< denotes less than;
.. denotes a figure which rounds to less than 0.1.
