2001-02 BUDGET PAPER No. 2

BUDGET MEASURES
2001-02

CIRCULATED BY
THE HONOURABLE PETER COSTELLO, M.P.,
TREASURER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, AND
THE HONOURABLE JOHN FAHEY, M.P.,
MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION,
FOR THE INFORMATION OF HONOURABLE MEMBERS
ON THE OCCASION OF THE BUDGET 2001-02

22 MAY 2001

  Commonwealth of Australia 2001
ISBN 0642 45742 5
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Foreword
Budget Paper No. 2   Budget Measures 2001-02 ensures that the Budget Papers provide comprehensive information on all Government decisions announced in the Budget that involve changes to its revenue, expense and investing activities.
Budget Paper No. 2 comprises three parts:
•	Part I:	Revenue Measures
•	Part II:	Expense Measures
•	Part III:	Capital Measures
Revenue measures are defined as those measures that affect taxation or non-taxation revenues (on a Government Finance Statistics (GFS) basis).
Expense measures are defined as those measures that affect expenses (on a GFS basis).
Capital measures are defined as those measures that affect net capital investment, defined as the change in non-financial assets. Capital measures that fall outside of this definition, such as equity injections or loans used for purposes other than investment in non-financial assets, are shown as having a zero impact on the fiscal balance.
A summary of all measures introduced since the 2000-01 Budget is included in each part. Measures introduced since the 2000-01 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), including measures in this Budget, are described in detail. Detailed descriptions of measures up to the time of the MYEFO are contained in that document.

Notes
(a)	The following definitions are used in this Budget Paper:
•	‘real’ means adjusted for the effect of inflation;
•	real growth in expenses is measured by the non‑farm Gross Domestic Product deflator;
•	Budget year refers to 2001-02, while the forward years refer to 2002‑03, 2003‑04 and 2004‑05; and
•	one billion is equal to one thousand million.
(b)	Figures in tables and generally in the text have been rounded. Discrepancies in tables between totals and sums of components are due to rounding:
•	estimates under $100,000 are rounded to the nearest thousand;
•	estimates $100,000 and over are generally rounded to the nearest tenth of a million;
•	estimates midway between rounding points are rounded up; and
•	the percentage changes in statistical tables are calculated using unrounded data.
(c)	The following notations are used:
	NEC/nec	not elsewhere classified
	AEST	Australian Eastern Standard Time
	-	nil
	..	not zero, but rounded to zero
	na	not applicable (unless otherwise specified)
	nfp	not for publication
	$m	$ million

(d)	References to the ‘States’ or ‘each State’ include the Territories, because from 1993‑94 onwards, general purpose funding has been on the same basis for all jurisdictions. The Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory are referred to as ‘the Territories’. The following abbreviations are used for the names of the States, where appropriate:
NSW	New South Wales
VIC/Vic	Victoria
QLD/Qld	Queensland
WA	Western Australia
SA	South Australia
TAS/Tas	Tasmania
ACT	Australian Capital Territory
NT	Northern Territory
Budget Measures 2001-02 is one of a series of Budget Papers, the purpose of which is to provide information supplementary to that in the Budget Speech.  A full list of the series is printed on the inside cover of this paper.

Contents
Part I:  Revenue Measures	1
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	6
Attorney‑General’s	7
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts	9
Education, Training and Youth Affairs	11
Family and Community Services	14
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs	15
Treasury	19
Income tax	19
Indirect tax	40
Non‑tax revenue	42
Part 2:  Expense Measures since the 2000‑01 MYEFO	45
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	64
Attorney‑General’s	71
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts	75
Defence	86
Education, Training and Youth Affairs	89
Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business	98
Environment and Heritage	101
Family and Community Services	109
Australians Working Together	120
Finance and Administration	133
Foreign Affairs and Trade	137
Health and Aged Care	139
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs	163
Industry, Science and Resources	170
Parliamentary Departments	183
Prime Minister and Cabinet	184
Reconciliation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs	186
Transport and Regional Services	188
Treasury	195
Veterans’ Affairs	204

Part 3:  Capital Measures since the 2000‑01 MYEFO	209
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	214
Attorney‑General’s	214
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts	215
Cross Portfolio	217
Defence	217
Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business	218
Environment and Heritage	219
Family and Community Services	219
Finance and Administration	220
Foreign Affairs and Trade	222
Health and Aged Care	223
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs	224
Industry, Science and Resources	225
Transport and Regional Services	226
Treasury	228
Veteran Affairs	228