Australian Government, 2006–07 Budget

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