PORTFOLIO ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES STATEMENTS

2003-04

TREASURY PORTFOLIO

Introduction
Structure of the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements
Styles and conventions used
Enquiries

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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 Mr President
Dear Mr Speaker

I hereby submit Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements in support of the 2003-04 Additional Estimates for the Treasury Portfolio.

These statements have been developed, and are submitted to the parliament, as a statement on the funding requirements being sought for the portfolio.

I present these statements by virtue of my ministerial responsibility for accountability to the parliament and, through it, the public.

Yours sincerely

Peter Costello signature

Peter Costello

Contents

Part A: User Guide

Part B: Portfolio Overview

Part C: Agency Additional Estimates

Department of the Treasury

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Australian Office of Financial Management

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Australian Taxation Office

National Competition Council

Productivity Commission

Glossary

Index

Part A
User Guide

Introduction

The purpose of the Treasury Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES), like that of the Portfolio Budget Statements, 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 (Nos. 3 and 4) 2003-04.

Structure of the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements

The PAES are presented in three parts with subsections.

Part A: User guide

Provides an introduction explaining the purpose of the PAES as well as information in relation to the styles and conventions used.

Part B: Portfolio overview

Provides an 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 additional estimates statements

For each agency within the portfolio that has an impact on additional estimates a statement is presented under the name of the agency.

Section 1: Overview, additional estimates and variations to outcomes

This section details the link between the resources appropriated and savings and their application to the outputs, which contribute to the achievement of outcomes and the impact of any post-Budget measures. This section also reports changes to revenue from independent sources; changes to estimates of expenses from Special Appropriations; and changes to estimated Special Account flows.

Section 2: Revisions to outcomes and outputs

This section details changes to planned Government outcomes, and the contributing administered items and agency outputs.

Section 3: Budgeted financial statements

This section contains the four budgeted financial statements in accrual format covering budget year, previous year and the three outyears for each agency.

Glossaries are provided at the end of the document.

Styles and conventions used

(a) The following notations may be used:

*	The nature of this measure is such that a reliable estimate cannot be provided.
-	nil
..	not zero, but rounded to zero
$m	$ million

(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 Ms Kate McCormack in the Department of the Treasury on (02) 6263 2111.

A copy of this document can be located on the Department of the Treasury website at: http://www.treasury.gov.au or the Commonwealth’s Budget website at: http://www.budget.gov.au