Australian Government, 2005–06 Budget

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Summary of policy decisions taken since the 2005-06 Budget

Table A3: Capital measures since the 2005-06 Budget(a)

 
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
 
$m
$m
$m
$m
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY
 
 
 
 
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
 
 
 
 
Illegal foreign fishing in Australia's northern waters – increased enforcement
1.1
-
-
-
Portfolio total
1.1
-
-
-
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S
 
 
 
 
Attorney-General's Department
 
 
 
 
Australia-Turkey Bilateral Relations and Cooperation
0.1
-
-
-
National security
 
 
 
 
    – centralised background checking
0.5
9.1
1.2
-
    – promoting public understanding of Australia's
       counter-terrorism arrangements
..
-
-
-
Australian Crime Commission
 
 
 
 
Aviation security – improving security and crime information exchange
1.1
0.3
-
-
Australian Customs Service
 
 
 
 
Aviation security
 
 
 
 
    – improving closed circuit television at airports
0.1
0.1
-
-
    – increasing air-side Customs patrols
2.4
0.4
-
-
    – providing additional closed circuit television cameras
       and upgrading capabilities
5.1
..
-
-
    – strengthening international air cargo security
       arrangements in Australia
0.3
-
-
-
Illegal foreign fishing in Australia's northern waters – increased enforcement
3.1
0.4
-
-
National security – introducing a maritime crew visa
0.5
4.3
2.8
-
Australian Federal Police
 
 
 
 
Aviation security – Airport Police Commanders
0.4
-
-
-
National security – establishing a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Data Centre
1.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
Sudan – providing an Australian Federal Police Contribution for the UN Mission in Sudan
0.1
-
-
-
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
 
 
 
 
National security
 
 
 
 
    – introducing a maritime crew visa
-
0.4
0.3
-
    – providing temporary accommodation for the
       Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
11.4
8.5
-
-
Federal Court of Australia
 
 
 
 
Workplace Relations Reform – additional workloads arising from changes to jurisdiction
1.4
-
-
-
Federal Magistrates Court
 
 
 
 
Workplace Relations Reform – additional workloads arising from changes to jurisdiction
1.4
-
-
-
Portfolio total
29.1
24.0
4.6
0.3
COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS
 
 
 
 
Australian Communications and Media Authority
 
 
 
 
Connect Australia – consumer safeguards
0.4
0.5
-
-
COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS (CONTINUED)
 
 
 
 
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
 
 
 
 
Communications Fund to future proof telecommunications services in regional, rural and remote Australia
-
-
-
-
Connect Australia – Broadband Connect
0.6
-
-
-
Portfolio total
1.0
0.5
-
-
DEFENCE
 
 
 
 
Department of Defence
 
 
 
 
Afghanistan – providing a Special Forces Task Group
6.5
-
-
-
Portfolio total
6.5
-
-
-
EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TRAINING
 
 
 
 
Department of Education, Science and Training
 
 
 
 
Higher Education – extension of FEE-HELP and OS-HELP
-
-
-
-
Portfolio total
-
-
-
-
EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS
 
 
 
 
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
 
 
 
 
Workplace Relations Reform
 
 
 
 
    – changes to the Australian Industrial Relations
       Commission
2.1
-
-
-
    – development and implementation
35.8
3.4
0.7
0.7
    – establishing the Australian Fair Pay Commission
2.5
-
-
-
    – advice and education concerning termination of
       employment
0.5
-
-
-
Indigenous Business Australia
 
 
 
 
Indigenous Land Reform – Home Ownership on Indigenous Land Programme
-
-
-
-
Portfolio total
41.0
3.4
0.7
0.7
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
 
 
 
 
Australian Electoral Commission
 
 
 
 
Federal elections – improving the integrity of Australia's electoral system
-
1.6
-
-
Department of Finance and Administration
 
 
 
 
Gateway Review Process™ – introduction
..
-
-
-
National Portrait Gallery – enhanced new premises
-
-
-
23.1
Portfolio total
-
1.6
-
23.1
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
 
 
 
 
Australian Agency for International Development
 
 
 
 
Nauru – upgrade of Consulate-General
0.4
-
-
-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
 
 
 
 
Australia-China Free Trade Agreement – funding for negotiations
0.1
-
-
-
Australia-Turkey Bilateral Relations and Cooperation
0.7
4.5
-
-
Nauru – upgrade of Consulate-General
2.4
-
-
-
Portfolio total
3.5
4.5
-
-
HEALTH AND AGEING
 
 
 
 
Department of Health and Ageing
 
 
 
 
Aged Care – new scheme to protect accommodation bonds and enhance prudential arrangements
0.2
-
-
-
Pandemic influenza – purchase of Relenza
15.5
41.1
-
-
Pandemic influenza preparedness
 
 
 
 
    – enhancement
0.5
1.7
0.9
-
    – national medical stockpile
115.5
-
-
-
    – Office of Health Protection
2.9
-
-
-
Portfolio total
134.6
42.8
0.9
-
HUMAN SERVICES
 
 
 
 
Centrelink
 
 
 
 
Family Tax Benefit – preventing duplicate Rent Assistance payments
1.5
-
-
-
Welfare to Work – higher rate of Newstart and Youth Allowance (Other) for certain sole parents
0.6
-
-
-
Medicare Australia
 
 
 
 
Community Pharmacy Agreement
0.8
-
-
-
Portfolio total
2.9
-
-
-
IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
 
 
 
 
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
 
 
 
 
National security – introducing a maritime crew visa
4.7
-
-
-
Palmer and Comrie Reports – implementation plan
8.8
2.6
0.1
0.1
Refugee Review Tribunal
 
 
 
 
Migration legislation – amendments
0.3
-
-
-
Portfolio total
13.8
2.6
0.1
0.1
PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET
 
 
 
 
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
 
 
 
 
Migration legislation – amendments
0.4
-
-
-
Palmer and Comrie Reports – implementation plan
0.7
-
-
-
Portfolio total
1.0
-
-
-
TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL SERVICES
 
 
 
 
Department of Transport and Regional Services
 
 
 
 
Aviation security
 
 
 
 
    – developing a national training framework
0.3
-
-
-
    – improving security and crime information exchange
4.1
-
-
-
    – strengthening international air cargo security
       arrangements in Australia
2.5
-
-
-
Portfolio total
6.8
-
-
-
TREASURY
 
 
 
 
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
 
 
 
 
Telecommunications competition including operational separation of Telstra
1.0
-
-
-
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
 
 
 
 
Corporate insolvency law reform – strengthening creditor protection and deterring misconduct by company officers
0.3
-
-
-
Portfolio total
1.3
-
-
-
VETERANS' AFFAIRS
 
 
 
 
Department of Veterans' Affairs
 
 
 
 
Australia-Turkey Bilateral Relations and Cooperation
0.3
-
-
-
Disability support – trusts and gifting exemption from assets test
0.1
0.1
-
-
Gallipoli Peninsula – veterans' affairs coordination
0.2
-
-
-
Superannuation
 
 
 
 
    – modification of allocated pension drawdown factors
..
-
-
-
    – modification of market linked and other life expectancy
       income streams
..
-
-
-
Portfolio total
0.5
0.1
-
-
Depreciation expense(b)
-13.4
-20.5
-21.5
-19.7
Total capital measures(c)
229.7
59.0
-15.2
4.4

* 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.

(a) A minus sign before an estimate indicates a reduction in capital, no sign before an estimate indicates a capital increase.

(b) Net capital investment is reduced by depreciation expenses.

(c) Measures may not add due to rounding.

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