Prime Minister and Cabinet

Australia and New Zealand School of Government — grant

Expense ($m)

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	-	-	-	-

The Government will provide $10.0 million in 2004-05 to enable the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to make a one-off grant to the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG).

The grant, which will be paid into an endowment fund, will further the development of ANZSOG into a globally competitive centre for excellence for the development of public sector leaders.

Australian Honours and Awards System — enhanced administration

Expense ($m)

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5

The Government will provide funding of $1.9 million over four years to the Australian Honours and Awards Secretariat for additional staff to research and process nominations in the National Awards system.

This will enable the Secretariat to manage more effectively the expanding workload and to ensure the standard of research meets the Government’s expectations for conferring National Awards.

Australian National Audit Office — changes to the auditing environment

Expense ($m)

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Australian National Audit Office	3.5	2.3	2.4	2.4
Related revenue ($m)
Australian National Audit Office	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4

The Government will provide $12.8 million over five years, including $2.2 million in 2004-05, to meet the costs of providing additional auditing services to Government departments and agencies.

The funding will help meet additional costs arising from the introduction of the Australian Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards, the separation of the Defence Materiel Organisation from the Department of Defence, the enhanced auditing of the Department of Defence and price increases for contracted auditing services for Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act (CAC) bodies due to the tight market for accounting skills.

Additional revenue of $5.4 million over four years from 2005-06 will be received as full cost recovery for auditing services provided to CAC bodies.

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet — increased activity

Expense ($m)

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	0.7	0.4	0.4	-

The Government will provide additional funding of $2.5 million over four years, including funding of $1.0 million in 2004-05, for increased activities in the following areas:

• one-off funding of $0.4 million in 2004-05 to establish a health task force to examine the interaction of elements of the health system with a view to making improvements;
• additional funding of $1.5 million over four years, including funding of $0.3 million in 2004-05, to co-ordinate water policy matters on a whole-of-government basis; and
• additional funding of $0.6 million over two years, including $0.3 million in 2004-05, to facilitate a whole-of-government approach to the development of policies aimed at reducing welfare dependency.

Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman — review of workplace relations powers

Expense ($m)

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman	0.2	0.2	0.1	-

The Government will provide $0.6 million over four years (including $0.1 million in 2004-05) to conduct an annual review and report to Parliament on the use of compliance powers in relation to the building industry under the Workplace Relations (Codifying Contempt Offences) Act 2004. Under the Act, the Secretary to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations or the Director of the Building Industry Taskforce, acting under delegation, can obtain information and documents in the course of undertaking compliance activity in the building and construction industry.

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