Australian Government, 2007–08 Budget

Table A2: Expense measures since the 2007-08 Budget(a)
  2007-08
$m
2008-09
$m
2009-10
$m
2010-11
$m
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY        
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry        
Asia-Pacific forestry skills and capacity building 2.9 4.3 4.3 4.3
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service        
– additional funding for the international mail programme 3.6 3.6 - -
– compliance and investigations enhancements 2.8 3.5 3.6 3.7
Drought assistance        
– Country Women's Association - - - -
– Exceptional Circumstances assistance for primary producers 374.4 312.6 - -
– Exceptional Circumstances assistance for small businesses 97.6 68.6 - -
– interim income support for primary producers 133.7 38.9 - -
– interim income support for small businesses 20.2 5.9 - -
Drought Package 2007        
– additional financial, social and emotional counselling 0.4 2.4 2.4 -
– additional professional advice and planning 13.6 17.7 - -
– assistance to rural research and development corporations and companies 2.0 8.0 - -
– communications 3.3 5.5 - -
– re-establishment assistance 43.4 121.4 - -
– support for irrigators in the Murray-Darling Basin 56.3 47.9 - -
Equine influenza – assistance 71.2 - - -
Flemington Racecourse – funding for alternative water strategy - - - -
Integrated Forest Products timber mill – support 4.0 - - -
Jarrahdale Heritage Park – conservation - - - -
Tasmanian Community Forest Agreement – additional funding 12.3 4.5 - -
Wheat Export Authority – additional funding 2.0 - - -
Portfolio total 843.6 644.7 10.3 7.9
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S        
Administrative Appeals Tribunal        
Health and Social Services Access Card – review mechanism - 0.4 0.5 1.4
Attorney-General's Department        
Equine influenza outbreak – Commission of Inquiry 9.0 - - -
Federal magistrates – death and disability cover 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales – additional funding - - - -
National Community Crime Prevention Programme – additional funding 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.1
Northern Territory Emergency Response – promoting law and order 11.0 - - -
Australian Crime Commission        
Northern Territory Emergency Response – promoting law and order 4.0 - - -
Australian Customs Service        
Standard Business Reporting 1.6 - - -
Australian Federal Police        
NetAlert – Protecting Australian Families Online – additional resourcing 4.3 9.4 13.6 13.7
Northern Territory Emergency Response – promoting law and order 7.4 9.2 9.3 -
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation        
Border Control System – upgrade 3.8 4.7 4.8 4.9
Family Court of Australia        
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia – providing additional magistrates for family law -1.1 -1.1 -1.1 -1.1
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia        
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia – providing additional magistrates for family law 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions        
NetAlert – Protecting Australian Families Online – additional resourcing 1.4 2.8 2.8 2.8
Portfolio total 43.8 27.1 31.5 23.3
COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS        
Australia Council        
Darwin Symphony Orchestra – additional funding 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Australian Communications and Media Authority        
NetAlert        
– Protecting Australian Families Online – additional resourcing 2.2 - - -
– Protecting Australian Families Online – Outreach Programme 2.3 3.1 3.1 3.2
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority        
Illicit drugs in sport 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.6
Australian Sports Commission        
Football Federation Australia – contribution 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
Rugby League World Cup 2008 and celebration of the Centenary of Rugby League – contribution 2.0 0.6 - -
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts        
Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Football Club – contribution to training and community facility redevelopment 5.0 - - -
Australia Connected        
– additional funding for OPEL - 132.0 226.0 -
– establishment of an Expert Taskforce - - - -
– establishment of BroadbandNow - - - -
Australian National Rugby Academy – contribution 5.0 10.0 10.0 -
Camden Aquatic Sports Centre – contribution 5.0 - - -
Campbelltown City Soccer Club – contribution 0.5 0.5 - -
Community sporting facilities - - - -
Community Street Soccer Programme – contribution 1.2 1.1 0.7 -
Illicit drugs in sport 0.3 13.8 13.1 12.2
Macarthur Disability Service – contribution - - - -
National ICT Australia – additional funding 2.4 2.4 - -
NetAlert        
– Protecting Australian Families Online – additional funding for consumer information campaign - - - -
– Protecting Australian Families Online – additional resourcing - - - -
North Melbourne Football Club development – contribution 2.0 - - -
Rugby League Hall of Fame – contribution 3.0 7.0 - -
Skilled Stadium redevelopment – contribution 4.0 10.0 - -
South Pine Sports Complex upgrade – contribution 0.2 - - -
Townsville International Sports Centre 3.0 - - -
Special Broadcasting Service Corporation        
Special Broadcasting Service – broadcasting of World Youth Day 2008 2.5 - - -
Portfolio total 45.1 185.4 257.6 20.1
CROSS PORTFOLIO        
Various Agencies        
Efficiency dividend – increase in the rate from 1 per cent to 1.25 per cent - -61.0 -123.0 -187.0
Portfolio total - -61.0 -123.0 -187.0
DEFENCE        
Department of Defence        
Amberley State School - - - -
Australian Army – additional infantry battalions – Stage 2 34.7 132.9 254.4 368.3
HMAS Sydney II – search operation - - - -
Northern Territory Emergency Response – promoting law and order 15.5 - - -
Operation CATALYST – enhanced surveillance capability 12.4 - - -
Operations CATALYST and SLIPPER – enhanced protective capability 69.7 - - -
Solomon Islands – continued presence by the Australian Defence Force 6.7 13.0 - -
Portfolio total 139.0 145.9 254.4 368.3
EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TRAINING        
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation        
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation        
– decommissioning costs for the High Flux Australian Research Reactor - - - -
– nuclear collaborative research in universities 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.5
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation        
Research vessel Southern Surveyor – additional funding - 3.0 - -
Department of Education, Science and Training        
Apprenticeship incentives for agriculture and horticulture 7.6 12.7 13.5 13.9
Centrelink – further call centre supplementation 0.5 - - -
Children with autism spectrum disorders – support for families and carers 3.5 5.7 5.5 5.6
Clinical training for enrolled nurses 0.9 4.3 4.9 5.4
Drought assistance        
– Exceptional Circumstances assistance for primary producers 8.5 8.6 - -
– Exceptional Circumstances assistance for small businesses 2.4 2.7 - -
Drought Package 2007        
– assistance for isolated children 6.3 9.1 - -
– assistance for rural schools 23.5 23.5 - -
Higher Education Endowment Fund – additional contributions and maintenance of real capital value - - - -
National School Chaplaincy Programme – additional funding 11.5 24.3 34.3 5.0
National Skills Needs List – establishment 8.0 14.3 17.0 18.2
Northern Territory Emergency Response        
– employment and welfare reform 8.9 -0.6 -0.6 -
– enhancing education 24.4 - - -
Veterinary Science Programme at the University of Adelaide 15.0 - - -
Visas – cessation of the Trade Skills Training Visa -2.2 -2.2 -2.3 -2.3
Welfare reform – Cape York trial 2.0 4.0 3.2 3.3
Work Skills Vouchers – extension 110.0 94.3 94.3 94.3
Portfolio total 232.3 205.1 171.6 145.0
EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS        
Comcare        
Workers' compensation – increasing death benefits - - - -
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations        
Centrelink – further call centre supplementation 1.3 - - -
Northern Territory Emergency Response        
– coordination 0.7 - - -
– employment and welfare reform 35.2 -40.2 -39.6 -
School attendance – enrolment data collection 27.8 - - -
Veterans' Disability Pension – changes to indexation and increases to the General and Extreme Disablement Adjustment Rates -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.4
Vocational Rehabilitation Services – recovery of costs(b) 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.7
Welfare reform – Cape York trial 2.3 2.1 - -
Work for the Dole – increased access to full-time Work for the Dole 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
Workforce participation requirements – exemptions for carers who are relatives 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4
Workplace Relations Reform        
– communication campaign 61.0 - - -
– establishment of the Workplace Authority 1.7 1.0 - -
Indigenous Business Australia        
Northern Territory Emergency Response – employment and welfare reform 24.2 - - -
Welfare reform – Cape York trial 0.3 - - -
Office of the Workplace Ombudsman        
Workplace Relations Reform        
– communication campaign -7.2 -3.0 -3.0 -
– establishment of the Office of the Workplace Ombudsman 14.5 14.9 15.0 15.3
Workplace Authority        
Workplace Relations Reform – establishment of the Workplace Authority 72.3 67.6 71.9 72.8
Portfolio total 237.4 45.4 47.2 91.0
ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES        
Department of the Environment and Water Resources        
Climate change        
– Green Vouchers for schools 101.5 149.1 51.3 34.3
– solar hot water systems – rebates for households 31.8 40.3 50.0 65.0
Glenelg to Adelaide Parklands Reuse Scheme – contribution - - - -
Murray Irrigation Limited – support 18.0 - - -
National greenhouse gas emissions and energy reporting system – establishment - - - -
National Plan for Water Security        
– Australian Competition and Consumer Commission regulatory arrangements -7.0 -6.8 -6.1 -6.1
– modernising irrigation in Australia - - 200.0 -300.0
Point Nepean – University of Melbourne rental guarantee - 0.3 0.3 0.3
Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator        
Climate change – national clean energy target 0.5 1.3 1.7 2.2
Portfolio total 144.8 184.1 297.2 -204.2
FAMILIES, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS        
Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs        
Aboriginal Employment Strategy – reconciliation and youth activities - - - -
Centrelink – further call centre supplementation 3.3 - - -
Channel 7 Telethon Trust – contribution 0.5 - - -
Children with autism spectrum disorders – support for families and carers 5.7 29.4 37.0 36.4
Daughters of Charity – funding 2.5 - - -
Disability assistance – support for people with disabilities, their families and carers 222.8 281.5 345.1 425.5
Disaster relief funding – Hunter, Central Coast and Gippsland regions 24.7 0.2 - -
Drought Package 2007        
– additional financial, social and emotional counselling 3.2 7.4 - -
– additional funding for the Emergency Relief Program 1.5 3.0 - -
Equine influenza – assistance 21.3 - - -
Foodbank SA – financial assistance 0.1 0.1 - -
Northern Territory Emergency Response        
– coordination 71.5 - - -
– employment and welfare reform 85.8 75.9 75.9 -
– housing and land reform 49.2 - - -
– promoting law and order 25.6 - - -
– supporting families 32.8 - - -
School attendance – enrolment data collection nfp nfp nfp nfp
Scouting Australia – communications campaign 1.5 - - -
Seniors and eligible veterans – extended travel concessions - - - -
Social security agreement between Australia and Greece - - - -
Sydney Christmas Parade – contribution - - - -
Tuggeranong Office Park – transitional accommodation costs - - - -
Veterans' Disability Pension – changes to indexation and increases to the General and Extreme Disablement Adjustment Rates -0.4 -1.6 -2.0 -2.5
Welfare reform – Cape York trial 3.9 6.5 6.1 5.2
Yamatji – native title representative body – additional funding for resolution of native title claim issues 5.5 - - -
Portfolio total 560.9 402.5 462.1 464.6
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION        
Commonwealth Superannuation Administration        
Cornwell superannuation case – interim response 0.8 - - -
Department of Finance and Administration        
Cornwell superannuation case – interim response 1.9 - - -
Standard Business Reporting 0.3 1.0 0.3 -
Sydney Airports Corporation Limited stamp duty dispute – funding nfp nfp nfp nfp
Portfolio total 3.1 1.0 0.3 -
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE        
AusAID        
Afghanistan and Pakistan – assistance - 66.3 - -
Emergency and humanitarian relief – contributions - - - -
Global Fund – contribution - 46.5 46.5 -
Humanitarian assistance to Darfur - - - -
International Development Association 15 replenishment – contribution 42.2 - - -
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade        
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum – supporting Australia's involvement 1.3 3.9 3.9 1.9
Fires in Greece – donation 3.0 - - -
Working with Australians overseas to promote Australia's interests 0.5 0.2 0.2 -
Portfolio total 46.9 117.0 50.6 1.9
HEALTH AND AGEING        
Department of Health and Ageing        
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum – supporting Australia's involvement - - - -
Australian Red Cross Blood Service – Sydney headquarters relocation - - - 6.7
Children with autism spectrum disorders – support for families and carers 0.6 5.9 5.6 3.7
Clinical training for enrolled nurses 15.5 43.6 30.9 29.2
Community Pharmacy Agreement amendment – increased dispensing fee 20.2 22.8 23.8 26.8
Dental Treatment – enhanced Medicare items for patients with chronic and complex conditions 4.9 3.0 -1.2 2.2
Drought assistance        
– Exceptional Circumstances assistance for primary producers 1.6 2.5 .. -
– Exceptional Circumstances assistance for small businesses 0.5 0.6 - -
Grafton Hospital – funding 18.0 - - -
Health and Medical Investment Fund - - 150.0 203.8
Human embryo and stem cell research – establishment of a regulatory framework 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.1
Kava – tightening of import arrangements 5.9 0.3 0.3 0.3
Lifeline – financial assistance - 2.1 2.2 2.2
Magnetic Resonance Imaging – improved access 0.6 9.7 14.9 14.6
Medicare Benefits Schedule – new and revised listings 6.0 11.3 15.9 18.5
Medicare rebates – electronic claiming incentive package 12.7 23.3 16.4 -
Mersey Community Hospital Tasmania – funding 51.4 64.0 64.0 64.0
Northern Territory Emergency Response – improve child and family health and expand health service delivery 83.4 45.5 54.2 -
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme        
– extension to the listing of Taxotere® (docetaxel) 11.4 20.4 24.2 28.1
– extensions to the listing of Remicade® (infliximab) 15.3 17.7 12.0 8.5
– listing of Lucentis® (ranibizumab) and Visudyne® (verteporfin) 87.9 138.7 167.2 183.8
– minor new listings -10.5 -28.6 -46.3 -64.8
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Reform        
– extension to the phasing of price reductions for F2T single brand drugs - 17.9 46.2 39.5
– support for prescribing software vendors - - - -
Positron Emission Tomography – new and upgraded facilities 2.9 - - -
Tasmanian health services infrastructure 6.0 19.3 7.5 2.3
Veterans' Disability Pension – changes to indexation and increases to the General and Extreme Disablement Adjustment Rates .. .. -0.1 -0.1
War Widows' Pension – increased payment and changes to indexation -0.2 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5
National Health and Medical Research Council        
Human embryo and stem cell research – establishment of a regulatory framework 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.3
Portfolio total 335.8 419.9 587.5 569.4
HUMAN SERVICES        
Centrelink        
Drought Package 2007 – additional financial, social and emotional counselling 1.5 2.0 - -
Northern Territory Emergency Response – employment and welfare reform 10.1 - - -
Workforce participation requirements – exemptions for carers who are relatives - - - -
Department of Human Services        
Health and Social Services Access Card – review mechanism - 0.9 1.1 4.0
Northern Territory Emergency Response        
– coordination 0.4 - - -
– employment and welfare reform 8.2 - - -
Welfare reform – Cape York trial 0.1 .. - -
Medicare Australia        
Children with autism spectrum disorders – support for families and carers 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Citizenship Test – administration 0.9 0.4 - -
Dental Treatment – enhanced Medicare items for patients with chronic and complex conditions 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.1
Magnetic Resonance Imaging – improved access .. .. .. ..
Medicare Benefits Schedule – new and revised listings 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Medicare rebates – electronic claiming incentive package 7.6 7.9 3.9 1.1
Northern Territory Emergency Response – improve child and family health and expand health service delivery 0.2 - - -
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme        
– extension to the listing of Taxotere® (docetaxel) .. .. .. ..
– extensions to the listing of Remicade® (infliximab) 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
– listing of Lucentis® (ranibizumab) and Visudyne® (verteporfin) 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Portfolio total 33.1 15.3 9.1 9.2
IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP        
Department of Immigration and Citizenship        
Adult Migrant English Programme – 12 month contract extension - 3.3 - -
Baxter Immigration Detention Centre – closure -10.9 -3.1 -3.1 -3.2
Border Control System – upgrade 16.2 9.1 9.0 9.2
Citizenship Test        
– administration 4.1 11.0 - -
– initiatives to support implementation 1.4 5.8 4.9 4.5
Migration and Humanitarian Programmes – integration criterion 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.2
Superannuation – payment of temporary residents' superannuation to the Australian Government(b) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Unaccompanied Humanitarian Minors – additional funding nfp nfp nfp nfp
Visas        
– cessation of the Trade Skills Training Visa -1.2 -1.1 -1.2 -1.2
– new work and holiday arrangements with the United States 1.2 1.5 1.9 1.9
Portfolio total 14.3 29.9 14.7 14.4
INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND RESOURCES        
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources        
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum – supporting Australia's involvement - - - -
Australian Energy Market Council – additional funding 1.5 - - -
Climate change        
– Asia-Pacific Network for Energy Technology – establishment 1.9 3.1 - -
– Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate – extension 2.5 16.9 22.9 7.3
Ford Australia – assistance - - 10.0 -
FutureGen Alliance – membership 15.0 - - -
Geelong Investment and Innovation Fund 3.6 6.9 4.0 0.2
Innovation Ambassador Programme - - - -
Standard Business Reporting 0.6 2.0 2.0 0.5
World Youth Day – additional contribution 15.0 - - -
Portfolio total 40.1 28.8 38.9 7.9
PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET        
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet        
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation – additional funding for related activities 0.2 - - -
Canada-Australia public policy initiative – establishment 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.9
Northern Territory Emergency Response – coordination 0.6 - - -
National Water Commission        
Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements – additional funding 25.0 - - -
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman        
Health and Social Services Access Card – review mechanism 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.8
Northern Territory Emergency Response – promoting law and order 0.2 - - -
Portfolio total 27.0 1.5 1.4 2.7
TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL SERVICES        
Department of Transport and Regional Services        
AusLink        
– additional AusLink National Network funding in 2007-08 and 2008-09 20.0 80.0 - -100.0
– inland rail 13.5 61.5 -75.0 -
– new funding for particular road projects 5.0 20.0 45.0 45.0
Australian Maritime College Marine research project – funding 3.0 - - -
Flood relief appeals – donations - - - -
Growing Regions Programme 2.5 30.0 40.0 75.0
Local government amalgamation – plebiscites in Queensland * * * *
Seat belts on regional school buses 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
Tasmanian freight subsidy arrangements – improved administration 1.8 0.7 0.7 0.8
Young District Medical Centre 0.1 - - -
Portfolio total 56.0 202.2 20.7 30.8
TREASURY        
Australian Bureau of Statistics        
Standard Business Reporting 3.3 3.2 3.4 2.4
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission        
National Plan for Water Security – Australian Competition and Consumer Commission regulatory arrangements 5.9 6.8 6.1 6.1
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority        
Standard Business Reporting 0.7 1.6 4.0 1.9
Australian Securities and Investments Commission        
Standard Business Reporting 1.7 1.4 1.6 0.8
Australian Taxation Office        
Australian Taxation Office – enhanced compliance activity(b) - 73.3 122.3 117.7
Regulations for private rulings requiring valuations 8.2 13.3 6.5 6.3
Screen media support package – further policy amendments 2.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Simplified Superannuation – additional funding for media coverage 17.6 - - -
Standard Business Reporting 14.2 15.8 12.8 7.8
Superannuation – payment of temporary residents' superannuation to the Australian Government(b) 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
Department of the Treasury        
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum – supporting Australia's involvement 2.3 3.7 - -
Standard Business Reporting 9.9 9.9 14.6 4.7
Royal Australian Mint        
Royal Australian Mint        
– information management system upgrade – Phase 2 2.7 2.2 1.0 1.0
– refurbishment(c) - 0.1 0.2 0.2
Portfolio total 78.6 142.4 183.6 159.9
VETERANS' AFFAIRS        
Department of Veterans' Affairs        
Community Pharmacy Agreement amendment – increased dispensing fee 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6
Compensation – ex-gratia payment - - - -
Medicare Benefits Schedule – new and revised listings 0.9 1.5 1.6 1.8
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme        
– extension to the listing of Taxotere® (docetaxel) 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7
– extensions to the listing of Remicade® (infliximab) 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
– listing of Lucentis® (ranibizumab) and Visudyne® (verteporfin) 23.3 33.8 36.3 35.6
– minor new listings 0.1 -0.4 -0.8 -1.1
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Reform – extension to the phasing of price reductions for F2T single brand drugs - 1.2 3.1 2.6
School attendance – enrolment data collection - - - -
Veterans' Disability Pension – changes to indexation and increases to the General and Extreme Disablement Adjustment Rates 16.5 61.3 72.7 85.3
Vietnam Veteran Family Study 0.7 2.7 4.5 1.7
War Widows' Pension – increased payment and changes to indexation 8.5 31.8 34.7 37.4
Portfolio total 52.2 134.4 154.6 165.6
Decisions taken but not yet announced 549.6 1,131.8 1,175.9 1,186.2
Depreciation expense 19.4 20.2 27.1 31.3
Total impact of expense measures(d) 3,503.0 4,023.4 3,673.2 2,908.4

* 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 expense, no sign before an estimate indicates increased expenses.
  2. Details of these measures can be found in Appendix A under Revenue Measures.
  3. Details of these measures can be found in Appendix A under Capital Measures.
  4. Measures may not add due to rounding.