Australian Government, 2007–08 Budget

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Notes

Figures in tables and generally in the text have been rounded. Totals and percentages are calculated on un‑rounded totals. Any discrepancies between totals and sums of components in tables and generally in the text are due to rounding.

In this Statement, 'real' means adjusted for the effect of inflation. Real changes are calculated using the non‑farm Gross Domestic Product deflator.

All amounts are in Australian dollars (AUD) unless otherwise indicated. All estimates are exclusive of recoverable Goods and Services Tax (GST).

One billion is equal to one thousand million.

The source of data is AusAID unless otherwise stated.

Table 1. Composition of Australian ODA

The column 'Budget Figure 2006-07' shows estimates provided in the 2006-07 Budget at May 2006. The column 'Expected Outcome 2006-07' shows outcomes for 2006-07 as estimated at May 2007.

  1. 'AusAID Country Programs' is detailed in Table 12 on page 57, and includes country and regional programs, as well as AIRPD grants and loans.
  2. 'AusAID Global Programs' is detailed in Table 13 on page 58, and is adjusted to include cash but exclude expenses associated with multi-year liabilities (such as to the ADF and IDA). See notes (e) and (f) to Table 13 on page 64 for details and explanation of these adjustments.
  3. 'AusAID Departmental' shows AusAID's Departmental expenses.
  4. ACIAR (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research) financial statements are included in the Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio Budget Statement.
  5. 'Other Government Departments' includes ODA eligible amounts from Australian Government and State Government agencies other than AusAID and ACIAR.
  6. 'Adjustments' includes adjustments to reconcile expenses to ODA, which is reported on a cash basis. These adjustments include accrual adjustments to adjust expenses to cash, and adjustments to exclude non ODA eligible departmental and administered expenditure. The adjustments exclude non ODA eligible departmental expenditure such as receipts under Section 31 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, interest earned on bank deposits, GST payments, and Fringe Benefits Tax. The adjustments also exclude non ODA eligible administered expenditure such as miscellaneous receipts and GST payments. 'Adjustments' also includes cash flows for the Nauru Settlement Treaty, for which an expense was recorded in 1993-94.
  7. ODA is reported on a cash basis.
  8. 'Real change from previous year outcome' shows the real increase in total ODA from the outcome figure for the previous year to the figure for the reference year.
  9. 'Real change from previous year budget' shows the real increase in AusAID ODA from the budget figure for the previous year to the figure for the reference year.
  10. 'ODA/GNI ratio' is the ratio of total Australian official development assistance to Gross National Income. In the 2006-07 expected outcome column, the ODA/GNI ratio is calculated using present estimates for 2006-07 GNI. For the 2006-07 Budget Figure column, the ODA/GNI ratio is calculated using estimates for 2006-07 GNI as at the release of the 2006-07 Budget in May 2006.

Table 2: Australian ODA by partner country

The column 'Budget Figure 2006-07' shows estimates provided in the 2006-07 Budget at May 2006. The column 'Expected Outcome 2006-07' shows outcomes for 2006-07 as estimated at May 2007.

  1. 'Indonesia' estimated expenditure in 2007-08 includes $232.5 million for AIPRD. Expected outcome for 2006-07 includes $170.4 million for AIPRD.
  2. 'Regional and Other East Asia' shows amounts attributable to the East Asia region (but not to a specific country) from the East Asia Regional program (listed in Table 12), AusAID global programs (see Table 13 for a breakdown), and other government departments (listed in Table 1).
  3. 'Solomon Islands' includes ODA eligible Australian Government expenditure under the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands.
  4. In this table, 'Nauru' includes cash paid in each year in line with the Nauru Settlement Treaty, in addition to amounts through the AusAID Country Program for Nauru (identified in Table 12 on page 57). In this table, 'Nauru' also includes amounts for Nauru Additional in all columns except the 2007-08 Budget estimate, which is not for publication. Nauru Additional funding is provided under a Memorandum of Understanding negotiated on an annual basis between the Australian Government and the Government of Nauru.
  5. For the purposes of this table, 'Micronesia' includes the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
  6. 'Regional and Other Pacific' includes amounts attributable to the Pacific region (but not to a specific country) from the Pacific Regional program (see Table 12 for amounts and Table 4 for program details) as well as AusAID global programs and other government departments.
  7. 'Regional and Other South Asia' shows amounts attributable to the South Asia region (but not a specific country) from the South Asia Regional program (listed in Table 12), AusAID global program (see Table 13 for a breakdown), and other government departments (listed in Table 1).
  8. 'Un-attributed Other Government Departments ODA' is ODA eligible expenditure from other government departments not attributable to a specific country or region. (ODA eligible expenditure from other government departments that is attributable to a country or region is counted in this table against that location's line item.)
  9. 'Core contributions to multilateral organisations and other ODA' includes expenses that cannot be attributed to a particular country or region, such as payments to some UN and Commonwealth organisations, and ODA eligible departmental expenditure. The ODA eligible components of cash payments to IDA, ADF, IFAD, GEF, HIPC and the MPMF are also included in this line item (see page 53 for 2007-08 funding levels).
  10. 'Adjustments' — see notes to Table 1 (f) above.
  11. ODA is reported on a cash basis.

Diagram 2: Estimated Australian ODA by DAC sector

AusAID budget allocations are made to country, region and global programs, rather than to specific sectors. Therefore, the projections of expenditure in each sector for 2007-08 shown in Diagram 2 are generated using an analysis of the nature of actual and planned expenditure in the current (2006-07) year combined with the expected sectoral allocation of new resources through this 2007-08 Budget. Further, while AusAID tracks and projects aid expenditure according to sector classifications defined by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), specific program information in this document is presented in line with the strategic framework of the White Paper. This framework does not directly align with the DAC sector definitions, and therefore estimates of the distribution of expenditure by DAC-defined sector classifications in Diagrams 2, 3, 4 and 5 are not indications of the distribution of expenditure in relation to the strategic framework of the White Paper.

Table 12: AusAID country programs

This table includes AusAID country and regional program expenses for all partner countries and regions, and also includes AIPRD grants and loans. The column 'Expected Outcome 2006-07' shows estimates for 2006-07 as at May 2007.

  1. 'Indonesia' includes AIPRD grants and loans.
  2. 'Nauru' country program estimate shown here does not include cash paid in line with the Nauru Settlement Treaty (as the expense was recorded in 1993-94).
  3. 'Nauru Additional' funding is provided under a Memorandum of Understanding negotiated on an annual basis between the Australian Government and the Government of Nauru, and Budget year estimates are not for publication ('nfp').
  4. For the purposes of this table, 'Micronesia' includes the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
  5. 'AusAID Country Programs' includes country and regional programs, as well as AIRPD grants and loans. It is also shown as a line item in Table 1 on page 5.

Table 13: AusAID global programs

The column labelled 'Expected Outcome 2006-07' shows estimates for 2006-07 as at May 2007.

  1. 'Multilateral Replenishments' includes expenses for new commitments to multilateral development banks and other multilateral funds. In 2007-08, new commitments are budgeted for the International Development Association (IDA — the concessional lending arm of the World Bank Group) of $372.1 million and for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC) of $34.8 million. See Table 9 on page 53 for multilateral program details, including a breakdown of the $309.1 million estimated cash by multilateral institution in 2007-08 (items for IDA, ADF, HIPC, GEF, MPMF and IFAD in Table 9).
  2. 'United Nations Agencies' receive contributions on a calendar year basis. A reported drop against some UN agencies in the 2006‑07 Expected Outcome figure relative to the 2005-06 Actual figure is the result of most of Australia's 2006 annual contributions to these agencies being discharged in the first half of that calendar year. For example, although Australian support for WFP has remained steady at approximately $32 million each calendar year over the period 2002 to 2007, most of Australia's 2006 contributions to WFP were made in the first half of that year, resulting in a lower 2006-07 Expected Outcome of $10.8 million than the 2005-06 Actual of $32.5 million.
  3. 'Other International Programs' include the International Tropical Timber Organisation, international health programs, and the Global Crop Diversity Trust.
  4. 'AusAID Global Program expenses' includes expense items only. This is converted to an expenditure figure by adjustments detailed at (e) and (f) below.
  5. 'Less: new multi-year expenses' removes the total expense commitment for new multi-year liabilities. This is the same $406.9 million total of expenses for new commitments to 'Multilateral Replenishments' in this same table, details of which are noted at (a) above.
  6. 'Add: cash paid to multi-year liabilities' adds back $313.2 million in cash expected to be paid to multilateral commitments in 2007-08, of which $309.1 million relates to cash funding for multilateral organisations — see Table 9 on page 53 for program details and amounts in 2007-08 for each multilateral organisation. The $313.2 million in cash for this item ('Add: cash paid to multi-year liabilities') also includes other cash paid against multi-year liabilities such as the Nauru Settlement Treaty (also discussed in note (d) to Table 2 on page 63).
  7. 'AusAID Global Programs' includes AusAID global program expenses, adjusted for multi-year liabilities. It is also shown as a line item in Table 1 on page 5.

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