Australian Government, 2009‑10 Budget
Budget

Part 2: Expense Measures

Table 2: Expense measures since the February 2009 UEFO(a) (continued)

  2008‑09
$m
2009‑10
$m
2010‑11
$m
2011‑12
$m
2012‑13
$m
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS          
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations          
Alternative Dispute Resolution Assistance Scheme — discontinuation - -4.9 -4.9 -4.9 -4.9
An Innovation and Higher Education System for the 21st Century          
— Australian Universities Quality Agency — redirection of funding - - -1.3 -1.3 -1.3
— conditional funding and revised indexation arrangements - - 58.3 173.2 297.1
— demand-driven funding for higher education - 36.4 74.3 117.2 264.9
— Education Investment Fund — Future Rounds - - 350.0 250.0 125.0
— Education Investment Fund — Round 2 40.0 227.2 247.6 78.2 19.5
— funding for institutional performance targets - - - 68.7 137.7
— Higher Education Equity Support Program — redirect funding - -6.0 -12.2 -12.4 -12.7
— Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) repayment reduction for education and nursing graduates - - 3.7 25.6 48.1
— increase in the maximum annual student contribution amount for education and nursing - 3.1 6.7 11.1 15.0
— Learning and Teaching Performance Fund — redirect funding - -38.1 -77.1 -95.0 -113.3
— national quality and regulatory agency for higher education — establishment - 10.0 14.3 15.3 21.2
— redirect funds to establish the Structural Adjustment Fund - -19.9 -28.4 -15.9 -
— remove the loan fee on OS-HELP loans - 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3
— Structural Adjustment Fund - 50.5 70.7 56.0 25.0
— Student Income Support — abolition of Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarships and Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships programs - -54.2 -119.8 -215.9 -264.1
— Student Income Support — abolition of Commonwealth Scholarships for Associate Degrees program - -13.6 -13.8 -14.1 -14.3
— Student Income Support — administrative costs - 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2
— Student Income Support — increase Youth Allowance Parental Income Test threshold - 122.3 307.9 315.2 322.3
— Student Income Support — Masters by coursework - - - 12.4 60.3
— Student Income Support — means test exemption for equity and merit-based scholarships - 1.3 2.6 2.6 2.6
— Student Income Support — reduction in the age of independence - 1.9 13.4 40.0 83.4
— Student Income Support — relax personal income test - - 55.5 114.6 117.2
— Student Income Support — Relocation Scholarship - 24.7 50.8 54.8 60.2
— Student Income Support — Student Start‑Up Scholarship - 163.3 335.6 360.3 393.0
— Student Income Support — Youth Allowance workforce participation criteria - -132.7 -552.2 -561.8 -573.1
— support to increase participation of students from low socio-economic status backgrounds - 29.4 85.8 144.7 176.9
— Workplace Productivity Program - -0.9 -15.7 -30.4 -31.0
Business-School Connections Roundtable - - - - -
Centrelink — appropriation arrangements - -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5
Child Care Cost Estimator — improvement - 0.1 - - -
Children with a disability — additional outside school hours care - 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1
Closing the Gap          
— Community Development Employment Projects Program (CDEP) and the Indigenous Employment Program (IEP) Reform 10.1 142.8 165.4 260.8 280.1
— Northern Territory — creches - 4.4 2.3 2.3 -
— Northern Territory — enhancing education — quality teaching and accelerated literacy - 2.9 2.9 2.3 -
— Northern Territory — enhancing education — school nutrition - 12.3 11.7 11.5 -
— Northern Territory — enhancing education — teacher housing - 11.2 - - -
— Northern Territory — language, literacy and numeracy training for Indigenous job seekers - 1.0 1.0 1.0 -
— Sporting Chance Program 1.0 2.1 3.3 3.6 -
Council of Australian Governments — Skills Recognition Taskforce 1.1 4.8 - - -
Council of Australian Governments' decision — implementing the Council of Australian Governments' federal financial framework — expanded roles - 1.5 2.5 1.0 1.0
Disability Employment Services — new delivery model - - - - -
Disability Support Pension — better and fairer assessments - 0.7 41.6 94.7 138.0
Drought Assistance — Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme — extension - 7.8 1.9 - -
Drought assistance          
— Exceptional Circumstances assistance for primary producers 1.0 9.6 - - -
— Exceptional Circumstances assistance for small businesses — extension 0.1 0.5 - - -
Drought Assistance — schools — extension - 26.0 - - -
Expansion of income contingent loans to state-subsidised students in vocational education and training 1.8 6.7 7.2 8.1 9.2
Expansion of VET FEE-HELP for full-fee students - 18.8 21.8 25.2 29.2
Fair Work Australia — information and education 6.0 8.3 - - -
Family centred employment pilot project - - - - -
Fraud and compliance          
— Centrelink debts — increase in repayment rate - - - - -
— increased Centrelink compliance review activity - -1.5 -35.2 -36.7 -37.2
Golden Gurus — mentoring support to business and community - - - - -
Improving School Enrolment and Attendance Trial — continuation - 0.7 - - -
Income support payments — asset test hardship provisions — modification - 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2
Job capacity assessments — additional assessments - 182.8 167.7 167.7 177.6
Jobs and Training Compact          
— monitoring and evaluation - 1.7 2.2 - -
— Building the Basics — Language, Literacy and Numeracy — additional training places and workforce development 6.5 16.5 5.2 - -
— connecting people with job services 2.0 3.2 - - -
— early access to employment services for redundant workers 36.8 65.7 126.7 69.3 -
— improved participation requirements for 15 to 20 year olds - 100.6 41.0 25.4 -8.6
— improvements to assistance for job seekers 21.0 0.1 0.1 - -
— information campaign on employment services and jobs 8.6 7.2 - - -
— Jobs Fund 11.0 211.8 176.4 0.8 -
— liquid assets waiting period — temporary change 3.1 12.2 9.2 - -
— Local Employment Coordinators - - - - -
— Pathways to Skills: Australian Apprenticeships Access Program — additional places - 21.2 6.2 6.4 -
— Productivity Places Program — 10,000 additional places - 77.2 - - -
— Securing Australian Apprenticeships — securing completions through RTOs 0.9 4.5 4.3 - -
— Securing Australian Apprenticeships Re‑commencements — all employees 38.9 72.5 34.2 - -
— Training Supplement - 46.0 25.0 3.1 -
— Youth Attainment and Transitions National Partnership - - - - -
Migration Program          
— reduction in skill stream places for 2008‑09 - -3.7 -8.3 -20.0 -20.5
— allocation of places for 2009‑10 - -4.0 -4.1 -36.4 -39.4
Nation Building and Jobs Plan — implementation costs 8.7 16.4 8.8 - -
National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children          
— Special Child Care Benefit — increasing awareness and access - 9.1 9.0 9.2 9.4
— Transition to Independent Living Allowance — increase - 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4
National Mental Health and Disability Strategy — Disability Support Pension Employment Incentive Pilot - 0.6 3.2 2.2 0.7
Paid Parental Leave - 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2
Participation Taskforce Review — more flexible participation requirements for parents - .. 3.9 3.6 3.5
Prime Minister's Australia Asia Endeavour Awards - 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.8
Quality Teacher Program — National Projects component — abolition - -7.7 -8.1 -8.3 -8.1
Reform of Australian Apprentices Incentive Funding — extend incentives to employers of custodial apprentices - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Reform of Australian apprenticeships incentive funding — increased efficiency - - - - -
Reform of Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Funding          
— abolish Apprenticeship Training (Fee) Voucher - -51.1 -57.1 -57.1 -57.6
— abolish the Increased Opportunities for School-based New Apprentices in the Trades - -6.2 -6.4 -6.6 -6.7
— combine three incentive programs into one program — Tools for Your Trade - 1.6 7.2 7.4 7.4
— extend employer incentives to all Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses - 10.0 15.9 12.9 8.2
— provide support for Mid-Career Apprentices by extending funding to those aged 25 years and over - 11.3 14.0 13.9 13.9
— reduce and phase out Fast Track Apprenticeships - -3.0 -5.4 -11.0 -16.9
— streamlined administration - -0.4 -5.0 -6.4 -6.5
Secure and sustainable pensions — increase to pension payments - 13.1 10.5 9.4 7.1
Skills for the Carbon Challenge - 8.3 7.0 5.6 6.0
Temporary Business (Long Stay) Visa (Subclass 457) reform — implementation - - - - -
Transitional assistance to employment service providers — Business Adjustment Fund 1.5 1.5 - - -
Unlawful Termination Assistance Scheme — discontinuation - -5.9 -6.1 -6.1 -6.1
Vocational Education Broadband Network - 25.7 15.6 - -
Youth Development and Support Program — funding reallocation - - - - -
Fair Work Australia          
Fair Work Australia — implementation of workplace relations legislation - 11.2 7.1 6.5 6.6
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman          
Fair Work Australia — implementation of workplace relations legislation - 25.1 24.2 22.5 19.7
Office of the Workplace Ombudsman          
Temporary Business (Long Stay) Visa (Subclass 457) reform — implementation - - - - -
Workplace Authority          
Fair Work Australia — implementation of workplace relations legislation - 20.4 - - -
Portfolio total 200.2 1,563.1 1,709.7 1,483.7 1,672.3
ENVIRONMENT, WATER, HERITAGE AND THE ARTS          
Australia Council          
ArtStart — establishment - 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4
Melba Foundation — continued support - 1.0 0.8 0.5 -
Small to medium arts organisations — extension of funding - 1.0 - - -
Territory orchestras — extension of funding - 0.2 - - -
Bureau of Meteorology          
Bureau of Meteorology          
— additional funding - 2.2 4.8 4.6 4.5
— Next generation weather forecast and warning system — national roll-out - 1.9 4.1 5.1 4.3
— strategic radar enhancement project — establishment - 2.2 4.3 5.6 6.1
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts          
Action on Energy Efficiency — termination - -6.9 -6.9 -6.0 -6.0
Art Indemnity Australia — redirection of funding - -3.4 -4.0 -4.1 -4.2
Arts Training Organisations — additional contribution - 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.7
Australia — Antarctica Airlink — continuation - - - - -
Australian Government international exhibitions insurance program — establishment - - 2.0 2.0 2.1
Australia's National and Commonwealth historic built heritage — protection and conservation - - 5.0 5.0 5.0
Bioremediation and revegetation trials 1.0 7.0 2.0 - -
Books Alive — continuation - 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme — Climate Change Action Fund — additional funding and rephasing 1.5 - - - -
Closing the Gap          
— Community Development Employment Projects Program (CDEP) and the Indigenous Employment Program (IEP) Reform - 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.5
— strengthening Australia's Indigenous visual arts industry — additional funding - 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Coal Mine Methane Reduction Program — termination - - -2.1 -2.1 -
Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Program — reduction in funding - - -2.0 -4.0 -4.0
Commonwealth terrestrial reserves — additional funding - 6.3 7.6 3.5 3.2
Director of National Parks — continued supplementation - 3.5 1.3 1.3 1.4
Energy Efficiency of Electrical Appliances — termination - -4.1 -4.0 -3.9 -
Green Loans Program — better targeting -8.5 -20.9 -39.8 -39.8 -16.7
Greenhouse Challenge Plus — termination - -2.9 -2.9 -2.9 -2.9
Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program — termination - -1.7 - - -
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning High Efficiency Systems Strategy — contribution - 0.7 0.7 0.7 -
Hot water system phase out — termination - - - - -
Jobs and Training Compact — Jobs Fund 6.2 53.5 0.4 - -
Local Greenhouse Action — termination - -3.4 -3.4 -3.0 -3.0
Low Emissions Technology and Abatement — termination - -5.0 -2.0 - -
Maintaining Australia's presence in Antarctica — additional funding - 12.0 13.2 - -
Nation Building and Jobs Plan — implementation costs 19.6 62.0 53.9 23.1 -
National collecting institutions touring and outreach program — establishment - 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
National Energy Efficiency Initiative — establishment - 100.0 - - -
National Strategy on Energy Efficiency          
— Building Code of Australia requirements for commercial buildings — enhancement - 1.5 0.8 0.5 0.5
— commercial building energy efficiency — mandatory disclosure - 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.1
— commercial building rating tools — enhancement - 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5
— energy efficiency labelling — enhancement - 4.2 4.7 4.8 4.6
— Energy efficiency requirements for residential buildings — enhancement - 2.9 2.0 1.7 2.1
— minimum performance standards for appliances and equipment — expansion - 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.2
— Residential building energy efficiency — mandatory disclosure - 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.8
Phase-out of Inefficient Light Bulbs — termination - -2.0 -1.9 -0.5 -
Small block irrigators — exit grant package — expansion - - - - -
Small Business and Household Initiative — termination - -5.9 -0.5 -0.4 -
Solar Homes and Communities Plan — additional funding - 245.3 - - -
Strategic National Response — termination - -1.2 -1.2 -1.2 -1.2
Water for the Future          
— local plans for a future with less water - - - - -
— national stormwater funding - - - - -
— reallocation of Driving Reform in the Murray-Darling Basin funds - -52.7 -53.5 -19.4 -19.5
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority          
Reef HQ Aquarium, Townsville — continuation - - - - -
Murray-Darling Basin Authority          
Water for the Future — reallocation of Driving Reform in the Murray-Darling Basin funds - 41.1 37.7 19.4 19.5
National Library of Australia          
National Library of Australia — business case for digitisation of the national collections - 0.8 - - -
National Museum of Australia          
National Museum of Australia — accommodation of off-site collections — business case - - - - -
National Water Commission          
Water for the Future — reallocation of Driving Reform in the Murray-Darling Basin funds - 2.6 4.9 - -
Portfolio total 19.8 463.7 47.2 11.5 17.4
FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS          
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs          
An Innovation and Higher Education System for the 21st Century          
— Student Income Support — increase Youth Allowance Parental Income Test threshold - -55.4 -147.6 -150.9 -154.0
— Student Income Support — reduction in the age of independence - -1.3 -4.6 -13.5 -20.6
Care determinations — alignment across Family Assistance Office and Child Support Program - .. - - -
Child Support Agency — additional funding - -27.9 -27.9 -27.9 -27.9
Children with a disability — additional outside school hours care - 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4
Closing the Gap          
— Business Action Agenda - 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
— Clearinghouse - - 0.5 0.5 0.5
— Community Development Employment Projects Program (CDEP) and the Indigenous Employment Program (IEP) Reform 7.7 -109.5 -98.9 -243.5 -271.3
— funding for the Native Title system - 7.0 13.4 20.1 21.6
— Indigenous Healing Foundation - 5.9 7.8 8.0 5.0
— Northern Territory — community engagement - 9.6 12.4 12.6 -
— Northern Territory — community stores - 7.9 5.3 4.2 -
— Northern Territory — coordination and policy advice - 3.9 3.8 3.3 -
— Northern Territory — early childhood - 0.5 0.5 0.5 -
— Northern Territory — family support package - 5.5 5.7 5.9 -
— Northern Territory — field operations - 25.1 25.3 25.6 -
— Northern Territory — income management — additional funding - 7.7 - - -
— Northern Territory — Local Priorities Fund - 10.0 - - -
— Northern Territory — playgroups - 0.3 1.2 1.2 -
— Northern Territory — policing - 7.9 9.3 10.7 -
— Northern Territory — youth diversion - 9.3 9.5 9.7 -
— Reconciliation Australia — continuation - - 3.6 3.6 3.6
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card — income test - 9.6 11.4 13.3 14.2
Coordinator General for remote Indigenous services - 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3
Disability Parking Scheme — a national approach - 2.0 0.6 0.4 -
Disability Support Pension — better and fairer assessments - 1.8 -36.9 -114.5 -190.9
Drought assistance — extension of the Family Support Drought Response Teams program - 7.6 - - -
Emergency Relief          
— assistance related to the Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods 5.0 - - - -
— innovative projects to help build the financial capacity of people on low incomes - 25.0 25.0 - -
Family Relationships Services Program — transfer of responsibilities to the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9
Fraud and compliance          
— Centrelink debts — increase in repayment rate - - - - -
— establishing a data mining capability in Centrelink - -3.8 -12.4 -19.3 -21.8
— extend United Kingdom data exchange - -1.2 -1.5 -0.4 -0.3
— extending real estate asset reviews to Disability Support Pension - -1.3 -6.1 -8.1 -10.3
— increased Centrelink compliance review activity - -0.9 -9.5 -11.2 -11.8
Improving School Enrolment and Attendance Trial — continuation - - - - -
Income management in cases of child neglect and by voluntary choice — continuation of trial - 3.0 - - -
Jobs and Training Compact — improved participation requirements for 15 to 20 year olds - -18.9 -32.3 -32.4 -32.9
Maternity Immunisation Allowance — alignment of indexation with other family payments - -0.5 -0.5 -0.9 -0.9
Migration Program          
— reduction in skill stream places for 2008‑09 -10.9 -22.4 -23.0 -23.6 -24.2
— allocation of places for 2009‑10 - -14.4 -41.4 -69.8 -99.7
Nation Building and Jobs Plan — implementation costs 2.0 3.2 1.9 1.3 -
National Companion Card — implementation - 0.8 0.6 0.5 -
National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children          
— Communities for Children Plus Program — establishment - 1.7 3.1 3.1 2.1
— National Leadership Projects - 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.8
— Special Child Care Benefit — increasing awareness and access - - - - -
— Transition to Independent Living Allowance — increase - - - - -
National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children — implementation - - - - -
Paid Parental Leave - 4.8 237.5 465.4 478.1
Queensland floods — assistance 48.0 3.7 - - -
Reform of family payments          
— Family Tax Benefit Part A (FTB-A) — removing the link to pension indexation - -43.1 -189.5 -292.0 -498.7
— pause to indexation of upper income thresholds of FTB-A, FTB-B and Baby Bonus - -169.9 -236.3 -346.9 -364.6
Secure and sustainable pensions          
— close the Pension Bonus Scheme - 5.1 3.3 -14.5 -49.8
— increase in the Age Pension age - - - - -
— increase to pension payments - 2,427.2 3,294.6 3,483.9 3,709.2
— new carer supplement 373.1 0.1 434.2 458.4 482.5
— social security agreements with Latvia, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic - 0.3 -0.1 -0.7 -0.8
— tighten the income test taper - -133.2 -265.5 -338.4 -417.7
South-East Queensland storms — assistance 19.2 - - - -
Superannuation          
— account-based pensions — drawdown relief for retirees for 2008‑09(c) 10.9 - - - -
— account-based pensions — further drawdown relief for retirees(c) - 15.0 - - -
Tuggeranong Office Park — accommodation - 8.7 7.1 6.8 7.0
Victorian bushfires — assistance 75.2 10.6 - - -
Torres Strait Regional Authority          
Closing the Gap — Torres Strait Major Infrastructure Program - 14.2 14.5 0.2 -
Portfolio total 530.2 2,050.5 3,007.6 2,840.6 2,535.7

*  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. These measures can also be found in the capital measures summary table.
  3. These measures can also be found in the revenue measures summary table.
  4. Measures may not add due to rounding.

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