Australian Government, 2011‑12 Budget
Budget

Appendix A: Policy decisions taken since the
2011‑12 Budget

Capital Measures

Table 2: Expense measures since the 2011‑12 Budget(a)

  2010‑11
$m
2011‑12
$m
2012‑13
$m
2013‑14
$m
2014‑15
$m
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S          
Attorney-General's Department          
Personal Property Securities Register — additional funding - 1.8 - - -
Australian Federal Police          
Alice Springs Airport — withdrawal of the Australian Federal Police(b) - -6.6 - - -
Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia          
Personal Property Securities Register — additional funding - 1.0 - - -
Portfolio total - -3.8 - - -
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY          
Clean Energy Regulator          
Clean Energy Future          
— Governance — Clean Energy Regulator(b) - 30.0 17.7 7.2 0.8
— Supporting Jobs — Steel Transformation Plan(b) - - - - -
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency          
Clean Energy Future — cancellation of Kyoto units - * * * *
Portfolio total - 30.0 17.7 7.2 0.8
CROSS PORTFOLIO          
Various Agencies          
Departmental Capital Budgets — Savings - - -230.0 -230.0 -250.0
Portfolio total - - -230.0 -230.0 -250.0
DEFENCE          
Department of Defence          
Philanthropy — updating the list of specifically listed deductible gift recipients(c) - - -0.8 -0.8 -0.8
Portfolio total - - -0.8 -0.8 -0.8
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS          
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations          
Digital productivity — enabled education and skills services(b) - - - - -
Early intervention to prevent debts for customers commencing employment(b) - - - - -
Portfolio total - - - - -
FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS          
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs          
Early intervention to prevent debts for customers commencing employment(b) - - - - -
Portfolio total - - - - -
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE          
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research          
Official development assistance — Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting — Australia Africa Food Security Initiative(b) - 0.2 - - -
Portfolio total - 0.2 - - -
HEALTH AND AGEING          
Department of Health and Ageing          
Therapeutic products — establishment of the Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Agency(b) - nfp - - -
Portfolio total - - - - -
HUMAN SERVICES          
Department of Human Services          
Better Targeting of Immunisation Incentives(b) - - 0.2 - -
Clean Energy Future — Helping Households — tax cuts and increased payments(c) - 1.8 3.7 3.2 0.7
Early intervention to prevent debts for customers commencing employment(b) - - 2.6 - -
Herceptin Program — additional vial size(b) - 0.4 - - -
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme — new and amended listings(b) - 0.2 - - -
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory — expansion of the School Enrolment and Attendance Measure(b) - 2.1 0.1 - -
Student Income Support — administrative costs(b) - 1.5 - - -
Portfolio total - 6.1 6.6 3.2 0.7
IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP          
Department of Immigration and Citizenship          
Visa Pricing Transformation(c) - 9.3 24.5 5.8 0.8
Portfolio total - 9.3 24.5 5.8 0.8
INNOVATION, INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH          
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research          
Clean Energy Future — Supporting Jobs — Steel Transformation Plan(b) - 0.3 - - -
Howe Leather — loan - - - - -
Portfolio total - 0.3 - - -
RESOURCES, ENERGY AND TOURISM          
Geoscience Australia          
Flood Risk Information — enhancement(b) - - 0.2 0.2 ..
Portfolio total - - 0.2 0.2 ..
SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENT, WATER, POPULATION AND COMMUNITIES          
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities          
Clean Energy Future — Putting a Price on Pollution — synthetic greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances(c) - .. - - -
Portfolio total - .. - - -
TREASURY          
Australian Taxation Office          
Personal income tax          
— 50 per cent tax discount for interest income — deferral(c) - - -4.3 4.3 -
— standard deduction for work-related expenses and the cost of managing tax affairs — deferral(c) - - -11.4 11.4 -
Tax compliance — increased data matching resources(c) - - - 0.6 -
Portfolio total - - -15.7 16.3 -
VETERANS' AFFAIRS          
Department of Veterans' Affairs          
Clean Energy Future — Helping Households — tax cuts and increased payments(c) - 4.5 - - -
Student Income Support — Relocation Scholarship — increased payments for regional students(b) - 0.5 - - -
Portfolio total - 5.0 - - -
Decisions taken but not yet announced - -222.5 -224.8 - -
Depreciation expense - - -1.3 -1.9 -2.1
Total capital measures(d) - -175.5 -423.6 -200.1 -250.6

* 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 capital, no sign before an estimate indicates increased capital.
  2. These measures can also be found in the expense 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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