Structure of the Portfolio Budget Statements
The PB Statements are presented in four sections, aligned in several ways to the Budget Papers, as outlined below.
| User Guide to the Portfolio Budget Statements | |
| An introduction, explaining the purpose of the PB Statements, the structure of the document, and styles and conventions used. | |
| Portfolio Overview | |
| A brief overview of the portfolio. Portfolio outcomes are depicted in a chart outlining the structure of the outcomes to which the portfolio contributes. This includes a table for Australian Government Indigenous Expenditures for the portfolio. | |
| Agency Budget Statements | |
| For each agency within the portfolio, a budget statement is presented in five sections: | |
| Section 1: Overview | A brief overview of the agency. |
Section 2: Resources for 2007-08
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A reconciliation of agency resourcing information from the 2006-07 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook to the 2007-08 Budget. Includes key changes to the agency’s estimates and a table of appropriations and other revenue sources for both Administered and Departmental appropriations. |
Section 3: Outcomes
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A brief description of the agency’s outcomes and, where applicable, Budget measures in summary form. Details the contribution of the agency’s outputs to the outcome, performance information for the outcome(s), outputs and administered activities, and planned evaluations. Notes upcoming competitive tendering and contracting that is of a material or sensitive nature. Links the resources appropriated and their application to the agency’s outputs and to Administered items. |
Section 4: Other reporting requirements |
Includes purchaser-provider and cost recovery components. |
| Section 5: Budgeted financial statements | The agency’s budgeted financial statements in accrual format, covering the Budget year, the preceding year and three forward years. |
| Glossary | |
| A glossary is included at the end of the document that explains key terms. | |