Part 2: Expense Measures

Table 3: Expense measures since the 2005-06 MYEFO(a)

	2006-07 $m	2007-08 $m	2008-09 $m	2009-10 $m
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY
Biosecurity Australia
Biosecurity – enhancing Australia's protection	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Agricultural technical cooperation with China	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0
Avian influenza – border control measures	14.7	14.6	14.8	-
Biosecurity – enhancing Australia's protection	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Citrus canker eradication in Queensland – additional funding	..	0.7	0.4	-
Drought assistance – Exceptional Circumstances assistance	18.9	-	-	-
Drought assistance – interim income support	0.5	-	-	-
Murray-Darling Basin Commission – boosting capital works	65.0	145.0	175.0	65.0
National Food Industry Strategy – Food Innovation Grants programme – additional funding	7.0	-	-	-
Rural Financial Counselling Service – additional funding	4.7	5.0	-	-
Securing Borders against Illegal Foreign Fishing
– enhanced engagement with Indigenous communities	1.3	1.9	1.9	1.9
– enhanced regional engagement	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
– expansion of the Joint Offshore Protection Command Headquarters	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7
– investigation and prosecution	4.5	3.9	3.5	3.6
– quarantine risk management and boat destruction	9.7	10.0	7.9	20.2
– rapid response to illegal landings	..	..	..	..
– transitional accommodation facilities	-	0.8	0.8	0.8
Torres Strait fishery – improved sustainability	0.6	0.7	0.2	-
Vegetable industry – assistance	-	-	-	-
Portfolio total	133.6	189.2	211.7	99.2
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Administrative Appeals Tribunal – additional resourcing	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Attorney-General's Department
A New Family Law System – National Education Campaign – additional funding	-	5.8	8.8	5.2
APEC 2007 – security for leaders' week	41.4	24.4	0.3	0.3
Child Support Reforms – Family Relationship Centres	9.2	13.2	15.2	8.1
Community legal centres – supporting translation services	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Crime Stoppers Australia – continuation of funding	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3
Crisis communications – improvements	7.2	3.0	3.9	3.5
Identity security – establishing a document verification service	7.6	5.2	5.7	5.7
International Criminal Court – additional contribution	1.9	3.4	5.4	5.6
National Emergency Call Centre – establishment	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
National Security
– anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing – providing interim funding	1.6	-	-	-
– conducting security checking of State and Territory court officers	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7
– maintaining telecommunications interception capability	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
– national chemical, biological and radiological capability improvement programme	0.4	3.2	2.4	2.4
Native Title Financial Assistance – transition to a new scheme	-0.1	-	-	-
Overseas consular and crisis response – strengthening assistance to Australians	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Personal property securities register – developing policy	-	-	-	-
Securing Borders against Illegal Foreign Fishing – investigation and prosecution	0.9	1.3	1.2	1.3
Strengthening Indigenous Communities
– Indigenous family violence prevention legal services – expand funding	2.2	7.1	7.1	7.2
– Northern Territory Indigenous Interpreter Services – extension of funding	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3
– reducing substance abuse (petrol sniffing)	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8
Sydney Law Courts – providing additional funding for refurbishment	4.3	-8.0	12.1	20.8
United Nations Oil-For-Food Programme – providing additional funding for Commission of Inquiry	0.1	-	-	-
Workforce participation – countering age discrimination	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3
Australian Crime Commission
Identity security – establishing a document verification service	0.2	0.2	-	-
Identity security – establishing new strike teams	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
National Security – maintaining telecommunications interception capability	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.3
Operation Wickenby – addressing offshore tax schemes	3.9	3.2	3.2	3.2
Australian Customs Service
Australian Customs Service – arming of Customs officers	2.4	3.1	2.4	2.4
Customs – expansion of operations (Dampier, WA)	2.1	2.5	3.9	4.3
Customs – fraudulent travel document detection systems	-	-	-	-
Customs – increased Coastwatch surveillance	7.6	12.6	-	-
Identity security – establishing new strike teams	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
National Security
– container examination facilities logistics costs	-	-	-	-
– enhancing monitoring and analysis of closed circuit television	3.7	5.4	5.3	5.2
– establishing Joint Airport Intelligence Groups	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.6
– improved border control in the Southeast Asian region	0.6	2.8	3.5	-
National Security
– maintaining data access for border control agencies	1.0	1.7	1.7	1.7
– strengthening air cargo security arrangements	8.2	7.7	7.4	7.4
– trialling an unmanned aerial surveillance vehicle	3.5	5.5	-	-
Securing Borders against Illegal Foreign Fishing
– enhanced regional engagement	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7
– expansion of the Joint Offshore Protection Command Headquarters	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.7
– increased aerial surveillance for Customs	8.2	8.4	8.6	8.8
– investigation and prosecution	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
– project team for replacement of the Customs fleet	1.8	2.8	-	-
– rapid response to illegal landings	6.0	6.1	6.3	6.4
– training and equipment for Customs officers	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
– transfer of apprehended fishers to Darwin	20.6	18.3	15.3	16.1
– transitional accommodation facilities	5.4	2.9	3.0	3.1
– use of the Southern Ocean patrol vessel in northern waters	12.5	12.1	3.5	3.7
Australian Federal Police
Identity security – establishing new strike teams	2.6	3.0	2.9	3.0
Missing persons – improving national coordination	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.8
National Security
– continuing enhanced protective security services	-	-	-	-
– enhancing technical surveillance capacity	0.5	2.0	3.5	3.8
– enhancing the collection, assessment and storage of sensitive intelligence	9.4	11.4	11.0	11.1
– establishing Joint Airport Intelligence Groups	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3
– funding Counter-Terrorism First Response teams at airports	36.8	39.6	40.2	40.9
– improving community policing at airports	57.1	73.8	71.9	72.4
– maintaining telecommunications interception capability	-0.3	0.9	1.2	1.3
– regional law enforcement liaison and capacity building	5.8	8.0	5.3	5.1
Operation Wickenby – addressing offshore tax schemes	16.0	13.3	13.4	13.5
Securing Borders against Illegal Foreign Fishing – enhanced regional engagement	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Identity security – establishing a document verification service	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
National Security
– enhancing international effectiveness	1.3	1.0	1.1	1.1
– enhancing technical capability	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
– establishing business continuity arrangements	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.8
– expanding information infrastructure capability	-	-	4.7	19.4
– extending funding for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation	-	-	-	-
Various agencies
National Security
– implementing the Anti-Terrorism Act (No. 2) 2005	8.9	-	-	-
– improving accommodation for state offices	2.7	3.1	3.4	3.5
– increasing staff levels	13.4	43.9	76.7	110.8
– maintaining telecommunications interception capability	5.3	7.7	7.7	7.9
– new accommodation for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Office of National Assessments	*	*	*	*
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
National Security – anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing – providing interim funding	7.5	-	-	-
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
Operation Wickenby – addressing offshore tax schemes	11.4	15.2	16.3	14.0
Family Court of Australia
Federal Magistrates Court – providing additional magistrates for family law	-1.6	-1.6	-1.6	-1.6
Federal Court of Australia
Criminal cartel enforcement – investigations and prosecutions	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6
Federal Magistrates Court
Child Support Reforms – external review	-	0.7	0.9	0.9
Federal Magistrates Court – providing additional magistrates for family law	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
Federal Magistrates Court – providing additional magistrates for new responsibilities	3.0	3.4	3.5	3.5
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Workforce participation – countering age discrimination	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Workplace Relations Reform – additional resourcing for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission	1.2	-	-	-
Office of Film and Literature Classification
Office of Film and Literature Classification – additional resources	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7
Office of Film and Literature Classification – funding	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Criminal cartel enforcement – investigations and prosecutions	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.2
Fraud and Compliance
– improving child care compliance	1.3	2.2	2.2	2.2
– legal action on serious fraud	2.4	3.4	3.4	3.5
Securing Borders against Illegal Foreign Fishing – investigation and prosecution	1.4	2.1	1.8	1.9
Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Identity security – establishing a document verification service	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3
Office of the Privacy Commissioner – additional funding	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.6
Portfolio total	386.3	424.4	432.5	477.6
COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS
Australia Council
Major Festivals Initiative – continuation	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Musée du Quai Branly – contribution	-	-	-	-
Orchestras review – stabilisation of opera and ballet orchestras and orchestral training	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7
Sydney Dance Company – contribution	-	-	-	-
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Australian content for ABC TV	10.0	10.0	10.0	-
Australian Broadcasting Corporation – base funding	-	-	-	-
Australian Broadcasting Corporation – enhancing the Regional and Local Programming initiative	4.3	4.4	4.5	-
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Digital radio services – planning and licensing activities	0.9	1.1	0.6	-
Do Not Call Register – establishment	8.4	9.8	7.3	5.9
NetAlert – continue funding	-0.5	-	-	-
Unsolicited electronic messaging (Spam) regulatory regime – continuation of funding	-	-	-	-
Australian Sports Commission
Australian Institute of Sport – integrated sports system	11.5	12.6	14.0	14.7
Sport – funding for regional universities	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Australia Business Arts Foundation – continuation of funding	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
Australian Sports Museum – establishment	-	-	-	-
Belvoir Street Theatre – renovation contribution	-	-	-	-
Collections Australia Network – continuation	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Community radio broadcasting – maintain funding	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8
Contemporary Music Touring Programme – continuation	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Do Not Call Register – establishment	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.3
Film Finance Corporation – base funding	-	-	-	-
Individual visual artists – enhancing business skills	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Kids Alive – Do the Five tour	-	-	-	-
Media and society – research project	0.2	-	-	-
National Collections Programme – continuation	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
National Institute of Circus Arts – additional contribution	-	-	-	-
NetAlert – continue funding	0.5	-	-	-
Old Parliament House – Gallery of Australian Democracy	2.7	3.4	4.4	4.4
Orchestras review – stabilisation of opera and ballet orchestras and orchestral training	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6
South Australian State Aquatic Centre – contribution	-	-	-	-
Telecommunications Consumer Representation and Research Grants Programme – continuation	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
Toyota Park – contribution to stadium upgrade	-	-	-	-
National Archives of Australia
National Collecting Institutions – funding for insurance supplementation	-	-	-	-
National Gallery of Australia
National Collecting Institutions – funding for insurance supplementation	-	-	-	-
National Library of Australia
National Collecting Institutions – funding for insurance supplementation	-	-	-	-
Special Broadcasting Service Corporation
Special Broadcasting Service Corporation – base funding	-	-	-	-
Special Broadcasting Service Corporation – continue overseas programme funding	-	-	-	-
Portfolio total	51.7	54.2	53.9	38.5
DEFENCE
Department of Defence
Afghanistan – contributing to a Provincial Reconstruction Team	88.7	96.6	23.3	-
Afghanistan – providing aviation support	14.6	-	-	-
Army Reserves – increasing remuneration	36.1	46.9	46.8	51.8
Australian Defence Force – recovering workforce strength	-	-	-	-
Australian Defence Force command and control structure – rationalisation	-5.9	-12.7	-20.5	-31.0
Coastal surveillance – continuation	12.1	-	-	-
Coastal surveillance – increased patrolling of maritime approaches	23.5	23.8	23.9	24.4
Defence capability – heavy airlift	792.3	517.6	318.5	121.2
Defence funding beyond 2010-11	-	-	-	-
Defence Headquarters Joint Operations Command – delivering through a public private partnership	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp
Defence housing – supplementation for competitive neutrality policy	-	-	-	-
Efficiency dividend – broadening of the application in Defence	-4.5	-11.2	-20.1	-29.0
Hardened and Networked Army – phase 2	24.1	27.9	31.7	35.1
Iraq – funding for stabilisation and reconstruction activities	265.5	49.4	13.7	-
Logistics – additional funding for naval aviation	26.2	-	-	-
Military Superannuation Schemes – removal of inequities	-	-	-	-
National Security
– defence communications project	-35.0	-31.0	14.5	18.5
– improving intelligence connectivity	0.8	2.2	1.3	1.3
Securing Borders against Illegal Foreign Fishing
– charting and surveying in northern waters	5.0	6.2	7.3	-
– enhanced detection capability	0.6	1.0	1.0	1.0
Portfolio total	1,244.1	716.8	441.4	193.3
EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TRAINING
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
National Security – improving nuclear and radiological security	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6
Department of Education, Science and Training
ABSTUDY – linking School Term Allowance to school attendance	1.2	-1.4	-0.9	-0.8
ABSTUDY and Pensioner Education Supplement – revision of rules for Vocational Education and Training certificate courses	0.8	-9.5	-9.7	-10.0
Assessment Subsidy for Overseas Trained Professionals – continuation	-	-	-	-
Australia – China Fund for Scientific and Technological Cooperation – increasing collaboration	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Australian National University – funding for capital works and the John Curtin School of Medical Research	-	-	-	-
Australian Scholarships – establishment	-	-	-	-
Basic Information Technology Enabling Skills for Older Workers Programme – discontinuation	-5.8	-5.8	-5.8	-5.8
Bond University – grant for Health Science and Medicine Building	-	-	-	-
Capital Development Pool – additional funding to support learning and teaching	23.2	23.6	24.1	24.5
Career Planning Programme – discontinuation	-	-2.0	-4.1	-4.2
Centrelink – call centre supplementation	5.7	4.6	-	-
COAG Health Services – increase in the number of full fee paying places for domestic medical students	-	..	..	..
COAG Health Services – increase to the FEE-HELP loan limit	-	..	..	..
COAG Health Workforce – increased funding for nurse clinical training	6.8	7.5	7.9	8.3
COAG Health Workforce – more higher education nursing places	11.5	20.6	27.7	33.4
COAG Health Workforce – more medical school places	3.7	11.2	19.0	27.1
COAG Health Workforce – support for new medical schools	-	-	-	-
COAG Mental Health
– additional education places, scholarships and clinical training in mental health	6.5	12.0	15.2	17.7
– helping young people stay in education	6.6	12.9	13.1	13.4
COAG Skills – A new national approach to apprenticeships, training and skills recognition	18.3	18.1	13.1	4.1
Community festivals for health promotion	4.0	4.0	3.9	4.1
Disability Coordination Officer Programme – expansion	0.9	-	-	-
Domestic violence – Crisis Payments to victims who remain in the home	-	-	-	-
Drought assistance – Exceptional Circumstances assistance	0.4	-	-	-
English as a Second Language – New Arrivals Programme – expansion	9.0	10.0	10.6	11.1
FEE-HELP loan limit – increase	-	..	..	..
Flagpole funding initiative – implementation	3.0	2.3	1.8	-
Fraud and Compliance
– addressing undeclared unearned income	0.1	-	-	-
– continuation and expansion of the rolling random sample survey programme for student payments	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.4
– enhanced focus on serious social security fraud	-	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2
– expansion of risk profiled customer reviews	-11.6	-16.5	-17.0	-17.4
– pilot programme addressing undeclared business income and assets	0.1	-	-	-
Information and Communication Technologies – national consistency	7.6	7.6	7.7	-
Investigating the feasability of portable funding for students with disabilities	-	-	-	-
Migration Programme – 3,000 additional family stream places for 2005-06	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.1
Migration Programme – 4,000 place increase in the family stream for 2006-07	1.9	3.4	5.1	6.1
National Science and Technology Centre (Questacon) – capital works and exhibition refurbishment	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
National Science and Technology Centre (Questacon) – scoping study into accommodation needs	1.0	-	-	-
National Skills Shortage Strategy – additional funding	-	-	-	-
New Apprenticeships – discontinuation of the Women in Non-Traditional Occupations incentive	-4.8	-10.7	-11.3	-11.7
New Apprenticeships – extension of incentives to Diploma and Advanced Diploma qualifications	1.0	2.0	3.1	4.5
New Apprenticeships Centres – additional funding	18.2	28.5	29.5	30.5
New Apprenticeships Incentives – Rural and Regional Skill Shortages incentive rationalisation	-1.7	-3.8	-4.0	-4.1
Parliament and Civics Education Rebate	3.7	4.0	4.2	4.4
Partnership Outreach Education Models – extension	5.4	9.7	9.8	10.0
Research outreach and collaboration – continued support	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4
Research Quality Framework model – finalising development	3.0	-	-	-
Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Trust	-	-	-	-
Strengthening Indigenous Communities
– establishing a pilot community managed Indigenous boarding college	-	-	-	-
– expanding the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme to vocational education and training students	3.1	6.1	6.2	6.4
– expanding the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme to Year 9 students	3.7	7.8	4.1	-
– reducing substance abuse (petrol sniffing)	1.1	1.3	1.4	1.4
– using sport to improve young Indigenous people's education and life prospects	3.4	4.6	5.6	5.9
Students at risk of dropping out of school – support for non-government schools	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8
Surf Lifesaving – establishment of training academy	5.8	3.4	0.7	-
Tutorial Voucher Initiative – continuation	11.0	9.5	-	-
University of Wollongong – expansion of the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention	-	-	-	-
Voluntary student unionism – small business incentives for regional campuses	4.0	3.0	2.0	1.0
Voluntary student unionism – transitional arrangements	20.3	35.3	20.7	5.3
Portfolio total	177.4	208.2	188.7	170.3
EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Comcare
Australian Federal Police – workers compensation for approved overseas deployment	-1.2	-1.4	-1.6	-1.7
Workers' compensation – changes for Commonwealth employees	-1.1	-5.6	-8.3	-10.5
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
ABSTUDY and Pensioner Education Supplement – revision of rules for Vocational Education and Training certificate courses	-	4.5	4.6	4.8
Australian Defence Force – reclassification of service in Rwanda	-0.8	-0.9	-1.0	-1.1
Business incorporation fee – reduction	-	-	-	-
Centrelink – call centre supplementation	15.8	12.6	-	-
Child Support Reforms – a new formula	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.5
COAG Mental Health – helping people with a mental illness enter and remain in employment	6.7	8.3	9.3	7.3
COAG Skills – A new national approach to apprenticeships, training and skills recognition	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.1
Cyclone Larry – wage assistance programme	37.4	-	-	-
Domestic violence – Crisis Payments to victims who remain in the home	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Employer roundtable for people with disabilities – response to recommendations	0.7	1.8	2.0	2.3
Employment services – access for Age Pensioners	0.4	3.5	3.5	3.5
Fraud and Compliance
– address risks in payments to income recipients who reside abroad	-0.6	-1.6	-1.7	-1.8
– addressing undeclared unearned income	0.5	-0.5	-0.2	-
– enhanced focus on serious social security fraud	5.8	-22.7	-26.4	-27.3
– expand random sample surveys for working age payments	2.9	-2.4	-2.1	-2.0
– improving processes for updating benefit recipient information	-4.5	-4.5	-4.6	-4.6
– legal action on serious fraud	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2
– maintain funding for joint compliance activity	-	-	-	-
– pilot programme addressing undeclared business income and assets	0.5	-0.3	-0.1	-
Independent contractors – communications and compliance	5.5	3.0	2.9	3.6
Job Network – eligibility for adult prisoners	0.4	-	-	-
Migration Programme – 3,000 additional family stream places for 2005-06	0.1	-	9.6	8.3
Migration Programme – 4,000 place increase in the family stream for 2006-07	0.1	0.2	6.7	17.9
Principal carers – assistance	-	0.6	0.6	0.6
Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) recruitment	-	-	-	-
Strengthening Indigenous Communities
– changes to employment services	-	-	-	-
– enhanced opportunities for employment and participation in remote communities	3.7	4.6	4.8	4.9
– Remote Area Servicing – continue and expand funding	2.0	1.3	1.2	1.3
Unpaid work experience – job opportunities for highly disadvantaged job seekers	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3
Utilities Allowance – extension and one-off payment to allowees with long term barriers to employment	7.5	7.1	6.5	6.4
Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Open Employment Services – maintain funding	-	-	-	-
Voluntary work initiative – maintain funding	-	-	-	-
Welfare to Work – Employment Entry Payment	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
Welfare to Work – extend Pharmaceutical Allowance to Parenting Payment Partnered recipients with a temporary incapacity	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8
Welfare to Work – financial case management for income support recipients	3.8	4.1	4.2	4.2
Welfare to Work – Newstart and Youth Allowance rates for bereaved single parents	..	..	..	..
Workplace Relations Reform – targeted education activities	-	-	-	-
Indigenous Business Australia
Strengthening Indigenous Communities
– expansion of Home Ownership on Indigenous Land Programme	2.9	6.0	7.3	7.4
– Home Ownership Programme – additional lending capacity	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
– improving the sustainability of community stores	2.6	2.6	2.9	-
Portfolio total	97.4	26.9	26.6	29.9
ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE
Department of the Environment and Heritage
Australian Wildlife Hospital – grant	-	-	-	-
Duyfken voyage – additional funding	0.2	-	-	-
Fuel quality standards – continuation of funding	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5
Heritage building restorations – the Basilica of St Patrick and St Mary's Cathedral	-	-	-	-
Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Parks – tourism infrastructure and equipment	-	-	-	-
Kakadu National Park – rehabilitation of uranium mine sites	1.4	1.1	2.1	2.5
Mawson's Hut Foundation – expedition	-	-	-	-
Regional marine planning – continuation	9.2	9.4	9.5	9.6
St John's Cathedral Brisbane – contribution	-	-	-	-
Used oil recyclers – transitional funding	15.1	10.0	5.0	-
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Securing Borders against Illegal Foreign Fishing – rapid response vessel for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park	0.6	0.5	0.5	-
Portfolio total	27.8	22.4	18.6	13.6
FAMILIES, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Assurance of Support Scheme – additional funding	6.0	-	-	-
Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment – introduction	4.3	2.9	3.0	3.0
Bush fire assistance – ex-gratia payments to victims of the bushfires in New South Wales and Victoria	-	-	-	-
Carer Allowance (child) – addition to the list of recognised disabilities	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.1
Carers – payment of one-off carer bonus	3.6	-	-	-
Centrelink – call centre supplementation	41.0	32.8	-	-
Child care – Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Child Care fee assistance – continue and extend	9.4	-	-	-
Child care – uncapping outside school hours care and family day care	10.6	12.9	16.5	20.3
Child Support Reforms
– a new formula	2.6	21.0	169.8	171.6
– aligning income definitions	0.1	0.1	-71.0	-73.2
– changes to the Family Tax Benefit maintenance arrangements	4.4	7.7	13.8	14.8
– communication strategy	5.1	6.1	1.6	0.2
– external review	3.4	8.7	24.7	11.6
– Family Relationship Centres	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7
– improving compliance	-3.4	-9.7	-15.4	-21.3
COAG Health Services – improving accommodation arrangements for younger people with a disability	5.7	14.8	28.8	38.9
COAG Mental Health
– community based programmes to help families coping with mental illness	3.2	11.2	11.1	11.1
– more respite care places to help families and carers	13.4	44.1	63.5	52.1
– new personal helpers and mentors	5.1	37.6	73.9	83.6
Cyclone Larry – ex-gratia payments	..	-	-	-
Cyclone Larry – fuel excise relief	-	-	-	-
Cyclone Larry – one-off income support	40.1	-	-	-
Domestic violence – Crisis Payments to victims who remain in the home	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.4
Duke of Edinburgh Awards – funding for Prime Minister's Youth Challenge	-	-	-	-
Family Tax Benefit – extending the large family supplement	102.3	112.9	115.4	116.5
Family Tax Benefit – increase Family Tax Benefit Part A income threshold	200.3	203.0	204.2	209.2
Financial services sector – reducing red tape	0.8	-1.3	-2.5	-2.9
Fraud and Compliance
– address risks in payments to income recipients who reside abroad	-1.8	-4.9	-5.3	-5.5
– addressing undeclared unearned income	0.6	-0.5	-0.2	-
– continuation of accelerated claimant matching detecting incorrect rent assistance	-	-	-	-
– detecting incorrect Carer payments	-8.8	-1.5	-1.8	-1.8
– enhanced focus on serious social security fraud	-0.4	-2.5	-2.9	-3.3
– expand random sample surveys for working age payments	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2
– improved assessment of the value of real estate assets	-1.2	-18.4	-38.7	-62.9
– improving child care compliance	11.1	11.1	10.1	10.5
– pilot programme addressing undeclared business income and assets	0.5	-0.3	-0.2	-
Health and social services access card – introduction	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Japan – social security agreement	-	..	1.3	0.6
London and Bali bombings – travel assistance to families	1.2	-	-	-
Migration Programme – 3,000 additional family stream places for 2005-06	1.7	3.6	3.7	3.8
Migration Programme – 4,000 place increase in the family stream for 2006-07	2.5	7.4	12.4	17.7
National Emergency Call Centre – establishment	3.5	2.4	2.4	2.4
Nonprofit Australia – continue funding	0.5	0.5	0.5	-
Older Australians – payment of one-off bonus	-	-	-	-
Peer support groups for parents of young children with disabilities – establishment	1.0	1.5	3.1	3.5
Pension asset test – changed treatment	38.4	35.8	37.6	38.7
Quality assurance and disability employment places – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Salvation Army's Red Shield Appeal – grant	-	-	-	-
Social and community impact recovery incident facility – establishment	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) recruitment	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Solomon Islands – emergency assistance	-	-	-	-
Strengthening Indigenous Communities
– Cape York Digital Network	-	-	-	-
– Cape York Institute welfare reform project	2.0	-	-	-
– expansion of Home Ownership on Indigenous Land Programme	3.2	4.7	9.8	11.5
Strengthening Indigenous Communities
– extending Family Income Management and improving family payment outcomes for Indigenous children	5.0	3.4	4.1	4.2
– Family and Community Networks Initiative – continue funding	-	-	-	-
– Indigenous community leadership	4.4	5.6	6.5	6.6
– Reconciliation Australia – developing 1967 referendum anniversary activities	-	-	-	-
– reducing substance abuse (petrol sniffing)	2.4	3.4	4.6	4.7
– reforming the delivery capacity of Indigenous corporations	6.7	6.4	6.7	6.6
– Scouts Australia – establishing a National Indigenous Scouting Programme	-	-	-	-
Portfolio total	533.3	564.7	693.6	675.6
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Commonwealth Grants Commission
Commonwealth Grants Commission – implementation of quality assurance plan	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.1
Department of Finance and Administration
Asset sales function – continuation of resourcing	1.0	-	-	-
Future Fund – advisory unit	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Medibank Private – sale costs	20.3	-	-	-
Ministerial communications – network operations centre construction	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Snowy Hydro Limited – cost of sale and reduction of tax-equivalent payments to states	13.7	-	-	-
South Australian and Tasmanian former state rail employees superannuation – payment of liability	-26.3	-25.3	-24.3	-23.4
Portfolio total	11.4	-22.6	-21.2	-20.9
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
Australian Agency for International Development
Asia-Pacific Illicit Drug Initiative – establishment of advisory committee	-	-	-	-
Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development – supplementary administration costs	9.1	-	-	-
Australian Scholarships – establishment	-	-	-	-
Hurricanes Ivan and Emily – donation	-	-	-	-
Indonesian flood disaster – donation	-	-	-	-
Kenya and Somalia – humanitarian aid	-	-	-	-
Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative – contribution	136.2	-	-	-
Official Development Assistance – preparations for implementation of Aid White Paper	7.3	-	-	-
Philippines landslide disaster – contribution	-	-	-	-
Australian Secret Intelligence Service
National Security
– Australian Secret Intelligence Service – resourcing	8.3	16.1	26.0	35.2
– enhancing regional effectiveness	-	1.3	3.9	-
National Security
– extending funding for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service	-	-	-	-
Securing Borders against Illegal Foreign Fishing – enhanced detection capability	0.6	1.4	1.7	1.7
Australian Trade Commission
Export Market Development Grants Scheme – continuation	-	-	-	-
India – enhancing Australia's commercial engagement	2.1	-	-	-
Overseas consular and crisis response – strengthening assistance to Australians	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.4
Tradestart – extension	-	-	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Australia-India relations – Sir Donald Bradman touring exhibition	0.7	-	-	-
Australian passports – enhancing security and integrity	2.3	4.0	4.2	4.1
Avian influenza – maintaining the delivery of Australian Government services overseas	-	-	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – budget sustainability	12.1	11.5	11.9	12.4
Kabul – establishing an Australian diplomatic presence	6.5	6.5	-	-
National Security
– improving intelligence connectivity	0.5	-	-	-
– improving nuclear and radiological security	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4
– strengthening regional counter-terrorism capacity	5.5	9.7	9.9	9.2
Overseas consular and crisis response – strengthening assistance to Australians	6.8	14.5	15.3	16.8
Smartraveller – continued funding	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3
Portfolio total	202.8	69.9	77.9	84.7
HEALTH AND AGEING
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
National Security – improving nuclear and radiological security	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.3
Department of Health and Ageing
Adult Stem Cell Research Centre – contribution	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Aged care – Community Visitors Scheme additional funding	1.3	1.6	1.8	-
Aged care – continued capital assistance for rural and remote providers	-	-	-	-
Aged care – encouraging best practice	3.2	6.3	5.6	6.4
Aged Care – increased spot checks of residential aged care homes	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.3
Aged care – police checks for Community Visitors Scheme volunteers	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4
Aged care and pensions – further harmonisation	-4.8	-15.5	-22.9	-28.8
Aged Care Assessment Programme – continue age related growth indexation	-	-	-	-
Aged care income test – additional funding	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.2
Aged care income test – continuation of 28 day grace period	-	-	-	-
Aged Care Nursing Scholarship Programme – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Aged care workers' support – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Arthritis and osteoporosis care – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register – redevelopment scoping study	0.7	0.6	-	-
Better Access to Radiation Oncology – continue funding	-15.7	-6.1	9.3	6.5
Cervical screening incentives for general practitioners – continue funding	-	-	-	-
COAG Health Services – aligning services in rural and remote areas	2.0	1.7	1.9	2.1
COAG Health Services – establishing the foundations for a national electronic health records system	27.9	20.6	21.7	nfp
COAG Health Services – improving access to primary care services in rural and remote areas	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.3
COAG Health Services – improving accommodation arrangements for younger people with a disability	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
COAG Health Services – improving arrangements for aged care assessments and access to Home and Community Care services	7.4	6.1	5.2	5.3
COAG Health Services – improving care for older patients in public hospitals	38.5	37.8	37.8	38.1
COAG Health Services – National Health Call Centre Network	11.8	21.1	39.1	34.6
COAG Health Services – promoting good health, prevention and early intervention	43.4	66.8	69.9	65.7
COAG Health Workforce – more medical school places	1.0	1.2	15.7	16.1
COAG Mental Health
– additional education places, scholarships and clinical training in mental health	2.9	6.3	8.3	8.6
– alerting the community to links between illicit drugs and mental illness	2.7	8.9	9.0	0.7
– better access to psychiatrists, psychologists and general practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule	49.8	92.0	108.6	130.2
– expanding suicide prevention programmes	9.6	10.9	12.3	13.7
– funding for telephone counselling, self help and web-based support programmes	6.6	11.9	12.3	12.8
– improved services for people with drug and alcohol problems and mental illness	3.2	19.4	23.7	24.4
– improving the capacity of health workers in Indigenous communities	2.0	5.8	4.5	4.4
– increased funding for the Mental Health Council of Australia	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
– mental health in tertiary curricula	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1
– mental health services in rural and remote areas	4.9	9.4	10.7	12.4
COAG Mental Health
– new early intervention services for parents, children and young people	1.6	2.5	5.7	7.0
– new funding for mental health nurses	1.4	23.9	37.7	54.6
– support for day-to-day living in the community	5.0	9.6	10.0	10.3
Community aged care – viability supplement in rural and remote areas	2.8	5.1	5.4	5.6
Community aged care services in retirement villages – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Community aged care workforce – additional training	2.6	4.5	4.1	2.2
Community festivals for health promotion	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3
Counsellors on university campuses – establishment	2.4	5.5	5.9	6.0
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease – increased funding for surveillance	..	..	0.1	..
Croc Festivals – additional funding	-	-	-	-
DrinkWise Australia – contribution	-	-	-	-
Drought assistance – Exceptional Circumstances assistance	0.1	-	-	-
Drug and alcohol treatment services – infrastructure grants for non-government organisations	-	-	-	-
Family Tax Benefit – increase Family Tax Benefit Part A income threshold	19.2	20.6	22.1	23.9
Food regulation- streamlining processes	0.5	0.5	-	-
Fraud and Compliance
– detecting incorrect Carer payments	0.1	..	..	..
– increasing Medicare compliance through education	-	-3.2	-6.4	-6.4
Health and Medical Research – additional funding	21.0	87.0	158.0	234.0
Health and Medical Research – establishment of a research fellowship scheme	8.0	14.4	20.9	27.4
Hospital safety – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Illicit drug use – combating emerging trends	7.3	8.6	9.7	8.8
Lifeline – assistance for national telephony system	-	-	-	-
Lifescripts – increased funding	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.2
Medical Research – additional contribution to Walter and Eliza Hall Institute	-	-	-	-
Medical research facilities – grants for development and expansion	-	-	-	-
Medicare – continuation of bulk-billing incentives for GPs in areas of workforce shortage and lower than average bulk-billing rates	18.0	23.7	-	-
Medicare Benefits Schedule – new and revised listings	34.6	38.5	41.6	45.2
Medicare item for general practitioner participation in Home Medicine Review – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Migration Programme – 3,000 additional family stream places for 2005-06	3.5	3.7	3.8	4.0
Migration Programme – 4,000 place increase in the family stream for 2006-07	4.7	9.9	15.3	21.1
More Doctors for Outer Metropolitan Areas – continue funding	-0.9	-0.7	..	1.3
National Cannabis Control and Prevention Centre – establishment	1.1	3.0	5.0	4.8
National Childhood Pneumococcal Vaccination Programme – continue funding	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp
National Continence Management Strategy – continue funding	-	-	-	-
National Emergency Call Centre – establishment	..	..	..	..
National Safe Use of Alcohol Strategy – media campaign	1.9	9.9	8.5	4.9
National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Optical health – support	2.7	4.4	4.1	2.6
Organ donation – increased funding	7.6	8.4	7.5	4.8
Palliative care in the community – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – listing of Raptiva® (efalizumab)	43.7	55.9	58.0	59.7
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – listing of Vytorin®	17.6	30.2	43.9	59.8
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – minor new listings	17.6	19.5	21.2	21.3
Pregnancy support counselling – national telephone helpline	2.2	4.0	4.7	4.7
Pregnancy support counselling – new Medicare item	6.5	9.4	9.5	9.6
Private health insurance – appropriate regulation	1.3	1.1	0.7	0.3
Private health insurance – enhanced choices	9.5	16.7	9.1	13.7
Private health insurance – improvements to products	1.9	1.0	0.7	1.0
Psychogeriatric support services – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Strengthening Indigenous Communities
– additional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aged care places	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3
– improving Indigenous access to health care services	4.0	6.6	12.2	16.7
– improving Indigenous health worker employment	3.2	5.8	5.7	5.8
– reducing substance abuse (petrol sniffing)	2.2	5.7	6.1	6.1
Therapeutic products – continued advisory role	1.2	1.2	-	-
Therapeutic products – establishment of Australia-New Zealand Therapeutic Products Authority	2.4	-	-	-
Visudyne Therapy (verteporfin) – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Workers' compensation – changes for Commonwealth employees	0.9	1.2	1.4	1.6
Food Standards Australian New Zealand
Food regulation- streamlining processes	1.1	0.7	-	-
Private Health Insurance Ombudsman
Private health insurance – enhanced choices	-	0.6	0.6	0.6
Portfolio total	471.4	758.0	919.3	1,027.6
HUMAN SERVICES
Centrelink
Drought assistance – Exceptional Circumstances assistance	0.1	-	-	-
Drought assistance – interim income support	-	-	-	-
Fraud and Compliance
– improving cross agency activities	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.3
– investigation of the use of data mining as a predictive and risk identification method	1.1	1.1	-	-
Health and social services access card – introduction	86.6	122.2	125.6	75.6
Department of Human Services
Child Support Reforms
– a new formula	7.1	63.2	59.3	29.1
– aligning income definitions	-	0.4	0.4	0.4
– building a better Child Support Agency	36.7	35.8	38.7	33.7
– changes to the Family Tax Benefit maintenance arrangements	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.7
– communication strategy	4.1	17.7	0.2	-
– external review	1.3	0.9	2.4	1.2
– Family Relationship Centres	0.2	-	-0.2	-0.4
– improving compliance	30.0	52.9	39.1	39.5
Fraud and Compliance – improving cross agency activities	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
Health and social services access card – introduction	13.5	55.4	54.9	51.5
National Emergency Call Centre – establishment	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Medicare Australia
Better Access to Radiation Oncology – continue funding	..	..	.	..
Cervical screening incentives for general practitioners – continue funding	..	..	.	..
COAG Health Services – improving access to primary care services in rural and remote areas	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
COAG Health Services – promoting good health, prevention and early intervention	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3
COAG Mental Health
– better access to psychiatrists, psychologists and general practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule	0.4	-	-	-
– new funding for mental health nurses	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2
Fraud and Compliance
– improving cross agency activities	0.2	-	-	-
– increasing Medicare compliance through education	-	-	-	-
Health and social services access card – introduction	34.3	97.5	131.7	110.1
Medicare Easyclaim – continue funding	-	-	-	-
National Emergency Call Centre – establishment	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – listing of Raptiva® (efalizumab)	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – listing of Vytorin®	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Pregnancy support counselling – new Medicare item	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Private health insurance – enhanced choices	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Visudyne Therapy (verteporfin) – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Portfolio total	219.5	450.2	455.3	344.2
IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Australian citizenship – promotion	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Border protection safeguards system – continuation	-	-	-	-
Bridging visa review – implementation	0.8	0.1	..	..
COAG Skills – a new national approach to apprenticeships, training and skills recognition	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Community legal centres – supporting translation services	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5
Detention facilities – new long term onshore detention strategy	2.1	-3.6	-14.5	-14.0
Detention services – implementation of review	5.8	5.1	-	-
Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia – additional funding	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Identity security – establishing new strike teams	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
Immigration compliance activities – enhancement	9.6	10.9	11.0	11.1
Living in Harmony initiative – enhancement	-	-	-	-
Long-term detention health services delivery strategy – implementation	2.7	2.0	1.6	1.6
Migration legislation – amendments	6.5	4.5	4.6	4.6
Migration Programme – 3,000 additional family stream places for 2005-06	3.2	2.3	0.3	-
Migration Programme – 4,000 place increase in the family stream for 2006-07	4.1	7.4	8.1	8.2
Multicultural policy and programmes – continuation of funding	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.6
National Security
– enhancing the Indonesian movement alert list system	-	-	-	-
– enhancing the Regional Movement Alert List	2.6	2.5	2.2	2.3
Offshore processing strategy – Nauru	-4.3	-9.6	-9.8	-10.1
Prospective illegal immigrants – arrangements in transit countries	-3.3	-3.3	-3.4	-3.4
Securing Borders against Illegal Foreign Fishing – detention services	13.4	13.5	11.3	11.4
Surf life saving – encouraging the participation of young people from diverse cultural backgrounds	0.4	0.1	-	-
Systems for people – ensuring well trained and supported staff	75.9	67.1	50.6	45.2
Visas – new work and holiday arrangements	0.8	3.6	3.3	3.3
Portfolio total	124.4	106.6	69.1	64.4
INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND RESOURCES
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate	6.1	33.1	34.1	20.9
Business Cost Calculator – further development	0.9	0.2	-	-
Business incorporation fee – reduction	-	-	-	-
China Approved Destination Status scheme – strengthening	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0
Council of Australian Governments – supporting its agenda	1.6	-	-	-
Cyclone Larry – Business Assistance Fund	..	-	-	-
Downstream Petroleum Reform Package – dispute resolution and enforcement funding	1.0	0.9	0.8	1.0
Electronic authentication, validation and notary services – development	6.7	9.9	7.6	-
Ford Australia – assistance	-	-	-	-
Invest Australia – continuation and enhancement	6.7	7.0	7.3	7.6
Petroleum Products Freight Subsidy Scheme – additional funding	-	-	-	-
Research and development tax concession – continuation of funding for administration	6.1	5.7	5.4	5.4
Small scale mammalian cell production facility – establishment	-	-	-	-
Snowy Hydro Limited – cost of sale and reduction of tax-equivalent payments to states	-47.8	-47.8	-47.8	-47.8
Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre – upgrade	0.5	1.0	-	-
Supplier Access to Major Projects programme – expansion	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1
Timor Sea – Greater Sunrise gas field revenue sharing	-	-	-	-
Venture capital – improving taxation treatment	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Venture capital – Innovation Investment Fund – new funding round	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2
World Youth Day 2008 – contribution	-	10.0	-	-
Portfolio total	-14.8	23.3	10.9	-9.4
PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS
Department of the House of Representatives
Parliament and Civics Education Rebate	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7
Department of the Senate
Parliament and Civics Education Rebate	-0.7	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8
Portfolio total	-1.3	-1.4	-1.4	-1.5
PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET
Australian National Audit Office
Auditing – increased activity	1.7	1.1	0.4	0.4
Australian Public Service Commission
Australian Public Service – employment portal and induction	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3
Australian Public Service – strategy for employment of people with a disability	0.3	-	-	-
Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management – conference	0.4	-	-	-
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Council of Australian Governments – supporting its agenda	4.0	3.3	-	-
Office of National Assessments
National Security – new accommodation for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Office of National Assessments	*	*	*	*
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
National Security – increasing the resourcing for the Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security	0.4	0.7	0.8	1.0
Portfolio total	7.5	5.3	1.5	1.7
TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL SERVICES
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
National maritime emergency response arrangements – introduction	14.1	14.1	14.5	15.0
Department of Transport and Regional Services
Aircraft en route charges – extension of the current payment scheme	5.4	-	-	-
Canberra International Airport – runway strengthening	-	-	-	-
Council of Australian Governments – supporting its agenda	1.5	-	-	-
Gawler River Flood Mitigation Scheme – contribution	-	-	-	-
Investing in the nation's infrastructure – improving local roads	76.9	153.8	76.9	-
Investing in the nation's infrastructure – improving the national network	122.0	492.0	825.5	301.0
Investing in the nation's infrastructure – improving the national rail track	-	-	-	-
National Security
– regional airport security	-	-	-	-
– strengthening air and maritime security arrangements	1.4	0.9	0.8	0.9
– strengthening air cargo security arrangements	10.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
National Capital Authority
Griffin Legacy – further development	0.5	-	-	-
Portfolio total	232.5	661.4	918.4	317.5
TREASURY
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission – Canberra accommodation	-	0.9	0.9	1.0
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission – monitoring medical indemnity insurance premiums	0.3	0.3	0.3	-
Australian Energy Regulator – additional funding	11.3	17.3	22.9	23.3
Criminal cartel enforcement – investigations and prosecutions	6.2	6.1	6.2	6.3
Downstream Petroleum Reform Package – dispute resolution and enforcement funding	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.2
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Insurance industry – disqualification of persons	3.7	-	-	-
National Claims and Policies Database	1.5	1.2	1.2	0.4
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Australian Securities and Investments Commission – electronic registration of charges	0.2	-0.4	-0.8	-0.8
Australian Securities and Investments Commission – broadening surveillance capability	6.6	6.7	6.8	7.0
Australian Securities and Investments Commission – enforcement funding	30.0	30.0	30.0	30.0
Australian Securities and Investments Commission – enhancement of information technology security and risk management	6.5	2.8	1.0	1.1
Australian Securities and Investments Commission – sustaining supervision and oversight capability	15.2	17.3	18.9	19.9
Operation Wickenby – addressing offshore tax schemes	2.6	2.6	-	-
Australian Taxation Office
Amendments to the research and development provisions	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
Child Care Tax Rebate – communications programme	1.2	-	-	-
Child Support Reforms
– a new formula	-	-	9.7	10.2
– aligning income definitions	-	-	-4.2	-4.4
– changes to the Family Tax Benefit maintenance arrangements	0.2	0.5	0.9	0.9
Electronic data provision for e-tax returns	5.0	5.0	-	-
Family Tax Benefit – extending the large family supplement	11.4	12.5	12.8	12.9
Family Tax Benefit – increase Family Tax Benefit Part A income threshold	22.3	22.6	22.7	23.2
Fraud and Compliance – maintain funding for joint compliance activity	-	-	-	-
Fringe benefits tax – increasing the reportable fringe benefits exclusion threshold (d)	-	..	..	..
Fuel Excise Reform – implementation	14.3	16.1	5.5	1.1
Goods and services tax – additional compliance activities	10.6	17.8	18.0	-
Heavy vehicle road user charge – impact on fuel tax credit scheme	240.0	280.0	330.0	380.0
National Emergency Call Centre – establishment	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Operation Wickenby – addressing offshore tax schemes	36.8	36.2	33.9	34.2
Private health insurance – enhanced choices	-	0.1	0.2	0.3
Renewable diesel – new tax concession	20.0	26.7	26.7	26.7
Superannuation Guarantee – improving responsiveness to inquiries by employees	5.6	8.2	2.7	2.7
Tax compliance –high wealth individuals and associated entities(d)	12.7	18.3	23.6	27.0
Tax Practitioner Legislative Framework – implementation	12.7	13.8	13.1	10.7
Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee
Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee – additional funding	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Department of the Treasury
Council of Australian Governments – supporting its agenda	3.8	3.1	-	-
Reform of state taxes – payment of Budget Balancing Assistance	-230.8	-125.2	-	-
Treasury – Review of Aspects of Income Tax Self Assessment	2.1	0.8	-	-
Portfolio total	261.1	430.8	592.7	623.4
VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Aged care and pensions – further harmonisation	0.1	..	..	..
Australian Defence Force – increase in maximum funeral benefits	0.1	..	..	..
Australian Defence Force – reclassification of service in Rwanda	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.7
Australian Federal Police – workers compensation for approved overseas deployment	1.3	1.2	1.4	1.8
Cervical screening incentives for general practitioners – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Child Support Reforms – aligning income definitions	-	0.1	0.1	..
COAG Health Services – promoting good health, prevention and early intervention	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.7
Commemorations programme – Australian interpretive material in Zonnebeke, Belgium	0.3	-	-	-
Commemorations programme – enhancement of interpretative material on the Australian involvement in Western Front battles	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.1
Commemorations programme – reconstruction of the Australian Corps Memorial, France	3.3	3.6	0.9	-
Commemorations programme – strategic and design study for an interpretive centre on the Western Front	0.3	-	-	-
Commemorations programme – Vietnam Veterans' 2006 Package	3.0	0.7	0.4	0.4
Community nursing for veterans – fee increase	4.4	6.1	6.6	7.4
Health and social services access card – introduction	2.3	6.0	2.4	1.4
Medicare Benefits Schedule – new and revised listings	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.1
Medicare item for general practitioner participation in Home Medicine Review – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Older Australians – payment of one-off bonus	-	-	-	-
Pension asset test – changed treatment	3.8	5.9	6.3	6.7
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – listing of Raptiva® (efalizumab)	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.8
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – listing of Vytorin®	0.9	1.5	2.0	2.7
Veterans' mental health care – improving access for younger veterans	7.3	7.5	2.4	2.6
Visudyne Therapy (verteporfin) – continue funding	-	-	-	-
Portfolio total	31.5	37.6	28.1	28.4
Decisions taken but not yet announced	16.0	5.2	1.2	1.3
Depreciation expense(b)	57.2	104.2	135.2	140.1
Total impact of expense measures(c)	4,270.6	4,835.6	5,253.8	4,270.9

* The nature of the measure is such that a reliable estimate cannot be provided.

.. Not zero, but rounded to zero.

- Nil.

nfp Not for publication.

1. A minus sign before an estimate indicates a reduction in expenses, no sign before an estimate indicates increased expenses.
2. Aggregate depreciation expenses in relation to capital measures.
3. Measures may not add due to rounding.
4. Details of these measures can be found under Part 1: Revenue Measures.