
PORTFOLIO BUDGET STATEMENTS 200809
BUDGET RELATED PAPER NO. 1.17
TREASURY PORTFOLIO
BUDGET INITIATIVES AND EXPLANATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS SPECIFIED BY OUTCOMES
AND OUTPUTS BY AGENCY
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 2008
© Commonwealth of Australia 2008
ISBN 978-0-642-74457-9
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President of the Senate
Australian Senate
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CANBERRA ACT 2600
Speaker
House of Representatives
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Dear Mr President
Dear Mr Speaker
I hereby submit Portfolio Budget Statements in support of the 2008‑09 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.
I present these statements to provide accountability to the Parliament and, through it, the public.
Yours sincerely

Wayne Swan
Abbreviations and conventions
The following notations may be used:
- ..
- not zero, but rounded to zero
- *
- The nature of this measure is such that a reliable estimate cannot be provided.
- na
- not applicable (unless otherwise specified)
- nfp
- not for publication
- $m
- $ million
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.
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