PORTFOLIO
BUDGET STATEMENTS
2001-02

TREASURY PORTFOLIO

BUDGET INITIATIVES AND EXPLANATIONS OF
APPROPRIATIONS SPECIFIED BY OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS
BY AGENCY

BUDGET RELATED PAPER NO. 1.17

 Commonwealth of Australia 2001
ISBN 0 642 74065 8
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TREASURER
PARLIAMENT HOUSE
CANBERRA  2600
President of the Senate
Australian Senate
Parliament House
CANBERRA   ACT   2600

Speaker
House of Representatives
Parliament House
CANBERRA   ACT   2600

Dear Madam President
Dear Mr Speaker

I hereby submit Portfolio Budget Statements in support of the 2001-02 Budget for the Treasury Portfolio.
These statements have been developed, and are submitted to the Parliament, as a statement on the outcomes for the portfolio. They also cover the purpose of portfolio budget measures.
I present these statements by virtue of my Ministerial responsibility for accountability to the Parliament and, through it, the public.

Yours sincerely

Peter Costello

Table of Contents
Part A:  User Guide
Introduction	ix
Structure of the Portfolio Budget Statements	ix
Styles and conventions used	x
Enquiries	x
Part B:  Portfolio Overview
Portfolio Overview	1
Part C:  Agency Budget Statements
Department of the Treasury	7
Australian Bureau of Statistics	45
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission	67
Australian Office of Financial Management	91
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority	117
Australian Securities and Investments Commission	139
Australian Taxation Office	161
Companies and Securities Advisory Committee	187
National Competition Council	201
Productivity Commission	215
Technical terms	231
Abbreviations and acronyms	235
Index		237

Part A

User Guide

User Guide
Introduction
The purpose of the Treasury Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) is to inform Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to Government outcomes by agencies within the portfolio. They also facilitate understanding of the proposed appropriations in Appropriation Bills (Numbers 1 and 2) 2001-02. The PBS provide sufficient information, explanation and justification to enable Parliament to understand the purpose of each outcome proposed in the Bills.
Structure of the Portfolio Budget Statements
The PBS is presented in three parts as outlined below.
Part A:  User Guide
Provides an introduction explaining the purpose of the PBS as well as information in relation to the styles and conventions used.
Part B:  Portfolio Overview
Provides a brief overview of the portfolio. The structure of the portfolio outcomes is depicted in a chart that outlines the structure of the outcomes to which the portfolio contributes.
Part C:  Agency Budget Statements
For each agency within the portfolio a statement is presented under the name of the agency. These are presented in four sections as outlined below.
Section 1:  Overview, appropriations, and budget measures summary
This section provides a brief overview of the agency, details agency appropriations and summarises, where applicable, Budget measures. This provides a link between the resources appropriated and their application to the outputs that contribute to the achievement of outcomes.
Section 2:  Outcomes and outputs information
This section provides a brief description of the outcome and, where applicable, Budget measures. The section also provides details of resourcing, outlining administered and agency appropriations, how the outputs contribute to the outcome, performance information for the outcome, evaluations and competitive tendering and contracting.
Section 3:  Budgeted financial statements
This section contains the budgeted financial statements in accrual format covering budget year, previous year and the three outyears for each agency.
Section 4:  Purchaser/provider arrangements
This section is presented, where relevant, for those agencies that have entered into purchaser/provider arrangements with other agencies.
Glossaries are provided at the end of the document.
Styles and conventions used
(a)	The following notation may be used:
	‑		nil

	nfp		not for publication

(b)	Figures in tables and in the text may be rounded. Figures in text are generally rounded to one decimal place, whereas figures in tables are generally rounded to the nearest thousand. Discrepancies in tables between totals and sums of components are due to rounding.
Enquiries
Should you have any enquiries regarding this publication please contact Mr Tony Murcutt, Manager, Budget Accounting in the Department of the Treasury on (02) 6263 2111.
A copy of this document can be located on the Budget website at:
http://www.budget.gov.au