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Part 2: Expense Measures (Continued)

Table 2: Expense measures since the 2009‑10 MYEFO^(a)(continued)

	2009‑10 $m	2010‑11 $m	2011‑12 $m	2012‑13 $m	2013‑14 $m
PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS
Department of Parliamentary Services
Operation Sunlight — development of policies by non-Government parties	-	0.5	-	-	0.5
Parliament House security — upgrade(b)	-	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.8
Department of the House of Representatives
Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety	0.1	0.1	-	-	-
Portfolio total	0.1	1.2	0.8	0.8	1.3
PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET
Australian National Audit Office
NBN Co Limited — financial statements audit	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.7	2.0
Australian Public Service Commission
Australian Public Service Reform	-	14.4	10.7	10.1	-
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
COAG Reform Council — review of capital city strategic planning systems	0.4	0.7	0.3	-	-
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011	0.8	17.9	39.5	-	-
Council of Australian Governments reform agenda — additional funding	-	1.5	-	-	-
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet — additional funding	-	4.0	4.0	4.0	-
Independent review of the Intelligence Community	-	1.5	1.5	-	-
Office of the Coordinator-General — continued operations	1.6	1.0	0.4	-	-
National Archives of Australia
National Archives of Australia — continued presence in states and territories	0.7	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
Commonwealth Ombudsman
— Christmas Island processing oversight — continuation	-	0.4	0.4	-	-
— enhanced role for international students	-	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2
Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Renewable Energy Target — enhancement	-	1.5	-	-	-
Portfolio total	3.7	46.1	60.5	18.4	4.6
RESOURCES, ENERGY AND TOURISM
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
China Approved Destination Status scheme — continuation	-	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Enhanced and amalgamated mediation services for the Franchising Code of Conduct, the Horticulture Code of Conduct, the Oilcode, and the Produce and Grocery Industry Code of Conduct	-	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Enhancing Australia's engagement with India	-	-	-	-	-
FutureGen Alliance — not proceed with membership	-15.0	-	-	-	-
Geoscience Australia — additional resourcing	-	-5.0	-24.3	-25.8	-10.2
Montara — Commission of Inquiry	3.5	0.9	-	-	-
National Tourism Accreditation Framework — establishment	-	2.2	1.2	1.3	0.7
Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Australia — additional resourcing	-	5.0	24.3	25.8	10.2
Portfolio total	-11.5	4.0	2.1	2.2	1.6
TREASURY
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Implementation of Unfair Contract Terms Provisions of the Australian Consumer Law	0.6	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
NBN Co Limited — regulatory framework	3.4	5.8	5.9	4.5	4.5
Petrol Commissioner and formal monitoring of petrol prices — continuation	-	2.1	2.1	-	-
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Standard Business Reporting — ongoing funding	-	-	0.6	0.8	0.6
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Australian Business Number and Business Names Registration System — expansion	-	7.0	7.7	7.3	7.1
Standard Business Reporting — ongoing funding	-0.1	-	0.7	0.8	0.8
Sustaining the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal's capabilities	-	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Australian Taxation Office
ATO compliance program — dealing with the cash economy(c)	-	19.4	40.3	43.0	45.1
Australian Business Number and Business Names Registration System — expansion	-	-1.3	-5.8	-6.0	-6.0
Film tax offsets — change in eligibility	-	0.7	1.1	2.2	2.9
Fraud prevention and compliance — Centrelink debts — improvements to the tax garnishee process	-	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Fuel tax — amending the arrangements for fuel ethanol(c)	-	-	3.5	-	-2.0
GST compliance program — working together to improve voluntary compliance(c)	-	62.4	86.8	90.7	91.1
Standard Business Reporting — ongoing funding	-1.3	16.0	18.7	14.4	13.5
Stronger, fairer, simpler tax reform
— 50 per cent discount for interest income(c)	-	2.9	19.7	8.3	7.7
— development and implementation	0.3	1.4	-	-	-
— early start to the company tax rate cut for small business companies(c)	-	-	4.7	0.6	1.2
— Government superannuation contributions tax rebate for low income earners(c)	-	-	0.7	10.4	35.2
— increasing concessional contribution caps for individuals over 50 with low superannuation balances(c)	-	10.8	14.4	25.3	23.4
— increasing the superannuation guarantee rate to 12 per cent(c)	-	0.6	7.0	13.8	11.2
— phasing down interest withholding tax on financial institutions(c)	-	-	0.1	0.1	0.1
— raising the superannuation guarantee age limit from 70 to 75(c)	-	-	-	-	3.2
— resource exploration refundable tax offset	-	0.5	521.6	601.2	681.2
— resource super profits tax(c)	-	7.7	23.9	32.2	27.3
— small business instant asset write-off and simplified pooling(c)	-	-	-	2.0	-
— standard deduction for work-related expenses and the cost of managing tax affairs(c)	-	-	1.9	19.9	36.7
Superannuation — permanent reduction to the superannuation co-contribution matching rate and maximum payable	-	-	-	-175.0	-175.0
Superannuation co-contribution
— enhancing administration	-33.9	-30.8	-31.1	-41.6	-41.6
— pause to the indexation of the income threshold for two years	-	-35.0	-70.0	-95.0	-95.0
Department of the Treasury
Aged care assessment teams — continuation of funding	-	-	-	-	-
ATO compliance program — dealing with the cash economy(c)	-	5.7	24.1	48.9	68.0
Building the Education Revolution — Implementation Taskforce	-	-9.4	-3.8	-	-
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011	-	nfp	nfp	-	-
Council of Australian Governments reform agenda — additional funding	-	1.5	-	-	-
Drought assistance
— Exceptional Circumstances assistance for primary producers	51.4	156.2	-	-	-
— Exceptional Circumstances assistance for small business	3.2	9.6	-	-	-
Drought policy reform — pilot of new measures in Western Australia	-	1.1	3.4	1.1	1.2
Enhancing Australia's engagement with India	-	-	-	-	-
GST
— Government response to Board of Taxation report: GST cross-border transactions(c)	-	-	-	*	*
— Government response to Board of Taxation report: minor changes(c)	*	*	*	*	*
— Reform to the arrangement for exempting taxes, fees and charges from the GST(c)	-	*	*	*	*
— Reforms to the GST financial supply provisions(c)	-	-	-	1.0	7.0
— Reforms to the GST margin scheme(c)	-	-	-	-	-
— Sale of boats for export within 12 months of delivery(c)	-	-	*	*	*
GST and cross-border transport supplies(c)	-	..	..	..	..
GST compliance program — working together to improve voluntary compliance(c)	-	216.9	391.9	478.2	474.3
Health Workforce — supporting nurses back into the workforce — redirection of funding	-	-6.6	-8.8	-9.8	-6.3
Improvements to the Tax Running Balance Account Provisions(c)	-	-	*	*	*
Improving Access to Justice	-	22.0	23.1	23.3	23.4
Moorebank Intermodal Terminal — implementation strategy	-	-35.2	-35.4	-	-
Nation Building Program
— road infrastructure — Anthony's Cutting and Western Ring Road	150.0	-150.0	-	-	-
— road infrastructure — Douglas Arterial Road	44.0	-14.0	-15.0	-15.0	-
— road infrastructure — Holbrook Bypass	201.5	-55.0	-55.0	-55.0	-36.5
— road infrastructure — Ipswich Motorway	500.0	-391.8	-108.2	-	-
— road infrastructure — Superway and Northern Expressway	56.0	-56.0	-	-	-
— road infrastructure — Tiger Brennan Drive	25.1	-25.1	-	-	-
National Health and Hospitals Network
— Aged care — supporting long stay older patients	-	-	-	-	-
— Hospitals — flexible funding for emergency departments, elective surgery and sub-acute care	125.0	25.0	25.0	25.0	-
— Hospitals — four hour national access target for emergency departments — facilitation and reward funding	-	150.0	100.0	100.0	150.0
— Hospitals — four hour national access targets for emergency departments — capital funding	100.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	-
— Hospitals — improving access to elective surgery — capital funding	75.0	50.0	25.0	-	-
— Hospitals — improving access to elective surgery — facilitation and reward funding	-	300.0	118.0	116.0	116.0
— Hospitals — new sub-acute hospital beds	-	233.6	317.6	446.6	625.5
— Mental health — expanding the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre model	-	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
— rebalancing financial responsibility in the federation	-	-	-38.1	-61.7	-77.0
— Prevention — increasing the excise and excise-equivalent customs duty on tobacco products	25.0	115.0	115.0	120.0	130.0
National Quality Agenda for Early Childhood Education and Care — National Partnership transition support	-	7.7	13.1	21.3	19.1
Overseas development assistance — World Bank — increased capital for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)(b)	-	-	-	-	-
Population Strategy	-	1.3	-	-	-
Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal — Commonwealth contribution	0.5	-	-	-	-
Skills for Sustainable Growth — Productivity Places Program National Partnership — redirection of funding	-	-	-	-	-375.9
St James Ethics Centre — additional funding	-	0.6	-	-	-
Standard Business Reporting — ongoing funding	-3.2	3.9	4.3	4.5	4.5
Stronger, fairer, simpler tax reform — development and implementation	8.1	41.5	10.3	5.2	-
Stronger, Fairer, Simpler tax reform — Infrastructure Fund	-	-	-	700.0	735.0
Stronger, fairer, simpler tax reform— growth dividend(c)	-	-	-	32.0	62.0
Work and Holiday visa (Subclass 462) — addition of new participant countries(c)	-	2.0	2.8	2.9	3.7
Productivity Commission
Renewable Energy Target — industry reviews	-	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Portfolio total	1,330.6	731.2	1,623.3	2,604.1	2,606.8
VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Aged care — meeting demand for high-level aged care	-	-7.9	-12.7	-12.1	-11.0
Centenary of ANZAC — seed funding	-	-	-	-	-
Clarke Review
— lower the age to establish domicile to under 21 years for British Commonwealth and Allied veterans	-	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
— provide Australian Defence Force British nuclear test participants with compensation equivalent to non-warlike or hazardous service	0.1	8.6	8.6	9.8	11.0
— reclassify submarine special operations that were conducted in the period 1978 to 1992 as warlike service	-	1.8	3.1	4.2	6.0
Extend qualifying service to service in Ubon for the period 31 May 1962 to 27 July 1962	-	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.9
F-111 Deseal/Reseal maintenance workers — further support	2.2	18.4	13.3	11.8	11.1
Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement	-	-7.3	-8.4	-7.7	-7.3
Medicare Benefits Schedule
— restructure of items to provide better primary care services	-0.1	-1.7	-1.7	-1.7	-1.6
— new and revised listings	..	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
— rebates for cataract-related items — revision	0.8	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.9
— revision of access for specialist consultation items	-	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
National Health and Hospitals Network
— General practice and primary care — coordinated diabetes care	-	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.8
— Workforce — more general practice training rotations for junior doctors	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
— Workforce — more places on the General Practice Training Program	-	-	0.2	0.7	1.4
— Workforce — support for practice nurses	-	-	3.4	6.2	6.4
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
— biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs — more cost-effective arrangements	-	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp
— further pricing reform	-	-2.0	-10.9	-29.0	-29.2
— minor new listings	0.3	0.9	1.4	1.8	2.1
Preventable Admissions and Improved Community Care program	..	8.6	-10.2	-38.4	-54.2
Revised arrangements for efficient funding of chemotherapy drugs	-	3.2	2.0	1.6	1.6
Stronger, fairer, simpler tax reform
— 50 per cent discount for interest income(c)	-	-	-	0.2	0.2
— standard deduction for work-related expenses and the cost of managing tax affairs(c)	-	-	-	-	..
Veterans' Ambulance Travel Funding — changed fee arrangements	-	-	-	-	-
War Widow/er pension — removal of entitlement for new claimants who enter a de facto relationship	-	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.8
Portfolio total	3.1	25.8	-9.1	-49.2	-60.5
Decisions taken but not yet announced(e)	50.0	449.2	510.4	201.4	126.3
Depreciation expense	1.5	39.2	78.2	95.5	111.9
Total impact of expense measures(f)	1,916.1	3,468.0	1,690.6	-2,574.4	-3,194.3

* 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.

1. A minus sign before an estimate indicates a reduction in expenses, no sign before an estimate indicates a gain in expenses.
2. These measures can also be found in the capital measures summary table.
3. These measures can also be found in the revenue measures summary table.
4. Funding in the National Health and Hospitals Network measures reflects national roll-out of the reform.
5. These include defence contracts and measures that are commercially sensitive, under negotiation or relate to national security.
6. Measures may not add due to rounding.

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