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Part 2: Expense Measures (Continued)

Table 2: Expense measures since the 2010‑11 MYEFO^(a)

	2010‑11 $m	2011‑12 $m	2012‑13 $m	2013‑14 $m	2014‑15 $m
HEALTH AND AGEING
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Australian National Radiation Dose Register — continuation	-	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4
Cancer Australia
Cancer Australia
— building cancer expertise in the new Cancer Australia	-	-0.5	-0.4	0.5	0.4
— maintaining support for women with gynaecological cancers	-	1.2	1.6	1.6	1.6
— supporting men with prostate cancer	-	1.3	1.3	1.3	-
Department of Health and Ageing
A Better Start for Children with Disability — Early intervention	-	5.7	10.0	6.1	3.4
Aged Care
— additional community places	5.1	-11.7	-27.0	-34.8	-57.8
— Residential aged care viability supplement — continuation and expansion	-	13.3	-	-	-
Aged care accommodation facility in Hughenden — contribution	-	4.4	-	-	-
Australian Red Cross Society — additional funding — extension	-	5.1	-	-	-
Better access initiative for occupational therapists and social workers — continuation	-	-	-	-	-
Bringing Them Home and Expanding Link Up Programs for the Stolen Generations — continuation	-	2.5	10.3	11.9	14.4
Coordinated diabetes care — pilot	-	-	-	-	-
Council of Australian Governments Diabetes Grants — rationalisation	-	-	-16.2	-16.5	-16.8
Dental Health
— dental internship year	-	14.3	17.2	11.0	10.2
— National Advisory Council	-	0.5	-	-	-
Diagnostic Imaging — reforms	-	2.5	6.9	38.2	55.1
Drought Assistance
— Exceptional Circumstances assistance for primary producers	..	0.1	-	-	-
— Exceptional Circumstances assistance for small businesses	..	..	-	-	-
Drought policy reform — pilot of new measures in Western Australia — extension and expansion	-	0.2	-	-	-
Establishing Quality Health Standards in Indigenous Health Services — continuation	-	-3.0	-2.4	-2.5	-2.8
Health and Ageing portfolio — administrative efficiencies	-	26.3	-14.0	-30.1	-38.8
Health and Hospitals Fund — Regional Priority Round	-	43.4	104.5	116.0	85.0
Healthy and active ageing — Ambassador for the Ageing program — continuation	-	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2
Hearing Services Program
— better targeted services	-	3.9	-25.0	-35.8	-79.4
— improved access to hearing services	-	5.3	11.7	14.1	16.7
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program Register	-	3.5	3.7	3.8	4.0
Latent tuberculosis testing — continuation(c)	-	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Life Saving Drugs Program
— funding for Soliris® (eculizumab)	9.9	27.4	30.1	32.9	35.6
— revised arrangements for efficient funding of Fabrazyme®	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Maintaining seasonal and pandemic influenza surveillance	-	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Medicare Benefits Schedule
— enhanced management framework	-	5.6	5.7	-	-
— new and revised listings	-	3.1	5.5	6.2	6.8
— pathology services	-	-64.0	-90.5	-109.3	-142.1
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program — continuation	-	32.5	34.5	35.3	36.4
National Cord Blood Collection Network — funding to support Cord Blood Banks for people with leukaemia, lymphoma and other life threatening diseases	-	-1.5	0.2	0.4	0.4
National Diabetes Services Scheme — removing inconsistencies in access to needles	-	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9
National Health and Hospitals Network — General practice and primary care — coordinated diabetes care — deferral	-	-	-	-	-
National Health Reform Agreement — change in payment arrangements	-	-	-	-	-
National Immunisation Program
— addition of Prevenar 13®	0.1	0.3	-	-	-
— listing of Menitorix®	0.1	0.2	-	-	-
— Prevenar 13® vaccine — catch up program	0.1	0.6	..	-	-
National Medical Stockpile — strengthening management arrangements	-	4.3	2.4	-	-
National Mental Health Reform
— leadership in mental health reform — continuation	-	-	-	-	-
— Better Access Initiative — rationalisation of allied health treatment sessions	-	-12.5	-26.3	-34.6	-44.3
— Better Access Initiative — rationalisation of GP mental health services	-	-49.9	-80.1	-85.0	-90.5
— coordinated care and flexible funding for people with severe and persistent mental illness	-	-25.4	35.5	69.1	117.6
— Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre model — further expansion	-	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6
— establishment of a National Mental Health Commission	-	-1.9	-4.3	-4.3	-4.3
— establishment of a single mental health online portal	-	1.9	2.9	3.0	3.3
— expansion of Access to Allied Psychological Services	-	16.1	31.1	43.7	53.1
— expansion of Support for Day to Day Living in the Community program	-	2.4	4.1	4.2	4.4
— expansion of youth mental health	-	13.5	22.5	34.9	61.4
— health and wellbeing checks for three year olds	-	1.0	6.6	0.9	1.3
— National Partnership Agreement on Mental Health	-	0.5	..	..	0.1
— research funding	-	-	-	-	-
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
— amendment to the listing of ciprofloxacin for flood affected areas	0.1	-	-	-	-
— biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs — amendments to more cost-effective arrangements	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp
— extension and amendments to listings from 1 March 2011	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
— improving sustainability through enhanced post-market surveillance	-	0.2	-1.0	-2.1	-4.0
— new and extensions to listings from 1 February 2011	21.3	54.0	57.9	58.4	57.7
— new listing from 1 July 2011	-	8.3	9.8	9.8	9.0
— new listing from 1 May 2011	0.6	4.1	9.1	14.6	19.4
— new listings from 1 April 2011	3.1	15.6	18.4	19.6	21.2
— new listings from 1 June 2011	..	-1.2	-1.3	-1.6	-1.8
— price increases to currently listed medicines	0.5	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.9
Primary care — continuation of incentives to improve access to after-hours care	-	-	-	-	-
Primary Care — redirection of the domestic violence referral points project	-	-4.8	-5.3	-5.4	-5.5
Primary Health Care — Medicare Locals and after hours care	-	16.7	33.8	-3.2	-2.3
Reform of family payments — pause indexation of upper limits and thresholds for a further two years	-	-	-0.4	-2.0	-3.5
Regional health and aged care — dedicated unit	-	-	-	-	-
Rural Health — Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program — continuation	-	-	-	-	-
Specialist Obstetrician Locum Scheme — continuation of funding	-	-	-	-	-
National Health and Medical Research Council
National Mental Health Reform — research funding	-	-	-	-	-
Portfolio total	42.1	171.4	189.1	176.4	131.0
HUMAN SERVICES
Centrelink
Building Australia's Future Workforce
— incentives for single parents and Parenting Payment reforms	-	-	-	-	-
— supporting families with teenagers	1.0	-	-	-	-
Cape York Welfare Reform Trial — extension	-	-	-	-	-
Child Care Rebate — additional payment option	10.7	2.3	2.1	4.5	5.2
Community Development Employment Projects program — eligibility for the Approved Program of Work Supplement	0.1	-	-	-	-
Disability Support Pension — portability changes	0.2	-	-	-	-
Drought Assistance
— Exceptional Circumstances assistance for primary producers	0.4	-	-	-	-
— Exceptional Circumstances assistance for small businesses	..	-	-	-	-
— interim income support for primary producers — Delungra area	0.1	-	-	-	-
— interim income support for small business — Delungra area	..	-	-	-	-
— professional advice and planning grant — wind up costs	-1.2	-	-	-	-
— re-establishment assistance — extension	-	-	-	-	-
Drought policy reform — pilot of new measures in Western Australia — extension and expansion	-	-	-	-	-
Family Tax Benefit Part A — more flexible advances	3.5	-	-	-	-
Healthy Start for School	4.7	-	-	-	-
Natural Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding
— assistance to business affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasi	7.0	-	-	-	-
— assistance to individuals affected by floods in Queensland and other states	13.6	-	-	-	-
— assistance to individuals affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasi	6.4	-	-	-	-
Reform of family payments — pause indexation of Family Tax Benefit supplements for three years	0.2	-	-	-	-
Department of Human Services
A Better Start for Children with Disability — Early intervention	-	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Aged Care — Residential aged care viability supplement — continuation and expansion	-	0.2	-	-	-
Building Australia's Future Workforce
— wage subsidy for the very long-term unemployed	-	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
— Audit of Disability Support Pension new claim assessments	-	-	-	-	-
— changes to the eligibility criteria for Youth Allowance (Other) and Newstart Allowance	-	7.5	3.1	2.2	2.2
— Community Innovation through Collaboration	-	4.2	12.3	11.3	10.4
— Compulsory Participation Plans and Support for Teenage Parents — targeted locations	-	9.7	4.7	2.0	2.0
— Compulsory participation requirements for jobless families — targeted locations	-	12.0	8.7	6.7	6.7
— connection interviews and jobseeker workshops	-	4.0	4.8	4.4	4.4
— Disability Support Pension — allow all recipients to work up to 30 hours a week	-	0.7	2.7	-	-
— Disability Support Pension — participation requirements	-	8.3	14.9	25.7	18.8
— implementation of more efficient and accurate assessments for Disability Support Pension	-	2.8	1.4	1.1	1.1
— improved access to the Language, Literacy, and Numeracy Program	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
— improved services — tailored support for job seekers	-	3.8	4.1	5.5	6.1
— incentives for single parents and Parenting Payment reforms	-	2.9	6.0	2.3	2.9
— increased obligations for very long-term unemployed job seekers	-	..	1.6	1.7	1.7
— Priority Employment Area initiatives — extension	-	3.1	3.1	-	-
— services to assist single parents enter the workforce	-	-	-	-	-
— streamlining services for jobseekers	-	8.7	7.9	6.3	6.2
— supporting families with teenagers	-	-3.4	-19.2	-24.9	-25.1
— targeted locations income management and extension of the School Enrolment and Attendance Measure	-	14.5	19.8	19.7	19.6
— transitional activities for early school leavers	-	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cape York Welfare Reform Trial — extension	-	1.4	1.5	-	-
Centrelink — call centre supplementation	-	51.0	-	-	-
Child protection and voluntary income management in Western Australia — continuation	-	10.8	-	-	-
Community Development Employment Projects program
— continuation of grandfathered wage arrangements	-	-2.2	-	-	-
— eligibility for the Approved Program of Work Supplement	-	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.2
Diagnostic Imaging — reforms	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Digital Television Switchover — assistance	-	6.4	22.9	11.8	0.2
Disability Support Pension — portability changes	-	1.6	1.6	1.2	1.1
Drought Assistance
— Exceptional Circumstances assistance for primary producers	-	0.3	-	-	-
— Exceptional Circumstances assistance for small businesses	-	0.4	-	-	-
— professional advice and planning grant — wind up costs	-	1.3	-	-	-
— re-establishment assistance — extension	-	0.5	..	-	-
— transitional income support — extension	-	1.6	..	-	-
Drought policy reform — pilot of new measures in Western Australia — extension and expansion	-	7.4	0.1	-	-
Employment Services Arrangements
— efficiencies	-	1.1	-15.0	-15.2	-15.3
— New Enterprise Incentive Scheme — continuation and extension to Disability Employment Services job seekers	-	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
Family Tax Benefit Part A — more flexible advances	-	22.0	11.6	11.2	11.2
Fraud prevention and compliance — improving compliance with income reporting	-	3.2	2.1	1.6	2.6
Healthy Start for School	-	3.5	1.2	1.2	1.4
Medicare Benefits Schedule — new and revised listings	-	0.1	0.1	..	0.1
National Mental Health Reform
— Better Access Initiative — rationalisation of allied health treatment sessions	-	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4
— health and wellbeing checks for three year olds	-	-	..	-	-
Natural Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding
— assistance to business affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasi	-	-	-	-	-
— assistance to individuals affected by floods in Queensland and other states	-	-	-	-	-
— assistance to individuals affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasi	-	-	-	-	-
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
— new and extensions to listings from 1 February 2011	-	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8
— new listing from 1 July 2011	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
— new listings from 1 April 2011	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Primary Care — redirection of the domestic violence referral points project	-	0.2	-	-	-
Prisoner of War Recognition Supplement — establishment	-	0.1	..	..	..
Provisional Partner Visa Holders — Entitlement to Special Benefit	-	1.1	-0.9	-1.0	-1.1
Reform of Family Payments — Aligning Family Tax Benefit Part A eligibility with Youth Allowance age of independence	-	1.5	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2
Reform of family payments
— pause indexation of Family Tax Benefit supplements for three years	-	0.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0.5
— pause indexation of upper limits and thresholds for a further two years	-	0.1	-5.0	-14.5	-14.7
Service Delivery Reform
— improving access — claiming Medicare benefits online	-	1.2	0.9	-0.9	-1.7
— improving access — extending services through Medicare and Centrelink one-stop-shops	-	8.1	9.0	9.2	1.4
— improving access — extension of rural mobile services and outreach support for the homeless	-	2.7	4.8	8.0	8.9
— improving access — single web and telephone service	-	11.8	5.7	4.6	3.8
— improving portfolio business — improving online services	-	41.5	25.2	15.6	21.4
— improving portfolio business — integrated business operation and workflow management system	-	-41.6	-98.8	-100.2	-100.7
— improving portfolio business — simplifying and automating online services	-	-6.3	-23.9	-47.5	-62.8
— improving services — increased support for people needing assistance	-	11.3	18.1	21.9	21.6
— improving services — involving users and the community in designing improved service delivery	-	4.6	4.6	1.9	1.9
— integrating the portfolio — corporate integration	-	65.6	40.9	18.5	12.4
— integrating the portfolio — information and communications technology integration	-	10.6	3.0	-10.2	-32.0
Social Security Agreement with Hungary	-	1.4	2.8	0.4	0.4
Strengthening Compliance for Child Support	-	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.5
Medicare Australia
A Better Start for Children with Disability — Early intervention	0.2	-	-	-	-
Better access initiative for occupational therapists and social workers — continuation	-	-	-	-	-
Healthy Start for School	0.1	-	-	-	-
Medicare Benefits Schedule — new and revised listings	0.1	-	-	-	-
National Health and Hospitals Network — General practice and primary care — coordinated diabetes care — deferral	-	-	-	-	-
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
— new and extensions to listings from 1 February 2011	0.3	-	-	-	-
— new listings from 1 April 2011	..	-	-	-	-
Primary care — continuation of incentives to improve access to after-hours care	-	-	-	-	-
Primary Care — redirection of the domestic violence referral points project	0.1	-	-	-	-
Portfolio total	47.5	323.3	102.6	-1.6	-65.5
IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Afghanistan Passport and Visa Issuing System Capacity Building Project Phase III	-	6.1	3.7	-	-
Border Security
— initiatives to address irregular population flow in source and transit countries	7.4	14.3	11.6	-	-
— reintegration assistance program — continuation	-	-	-	-	-
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
— grant program efficiencies	-	-1.7	-1.7	-1.8	-1.8
— reduction in funding to corporate support, policy and program design and service delivery functions	-	-29.7	-47.6	-51.5	-69.4
Initiatives to Increase Migration to Regional Australia	-	-	-	-	-
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters — additional funding	-	0.6	-	-	-
Natural Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding — assistance to business affected by the Queensland Floods	-	-	-	-	-
New Skilled Migration Points test	-	-	-	-	-
Refugee Status Determinations for offshore entry persons — streamlined processes	-	48.8	50.7	-	-
Regional Cooperation Framework — Transfer of Irregular Maritime Arrivals to Malaysia	-	28.8	18.2	15.6	13.3
Skilled Migrant Selection Model	-	2.6	0.3	0.3	0.3
Temporary Business (Subclass 457) Visa Program — improved processing	-	3.1	2.3	2.3	2.3
The People of Australia — Australia's Multicultural Policy	-	-	-	-	-
Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal
Migration Review Tribunal — Refugee Review Tribunal — changes to application fees	-	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5
Portfolio total	7.4	76.3	41.0	-31.6	-51.8
INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
National Transport Regulators — additional funding	-	4.4	5.6	-	-
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
National Transport Regulators — additional funding	-	2.3	4.9	-	-
Department of Infrastructure and Transport
Airport building controllers — increased funding	-	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6
Infrastructure Australia — expansion	-	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0
Nation Building
— additional funding for the Pacific Highway	-	-	-	-	-
— rail infrastructure — Moreton Bay Rail Link	-	-	-	-	-
Nation Building Program — F3 to Sydney Orbital feasibility study — deferral	-	-	-	-	-
Nation Building Program 2 — Constitution Avenue	-	-	-	-	-42.0
National Transport Regulators — additional funding	-	-	-	-	-
Natural Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding
— deferral of other infrastructure projects	-	-	-	-	-
— reinstatement of infrastructure projects in Queensland	-	-	-	-	-
— withdrawal of funding for O-Bahn city access project	-	-	-	-	-
Regional Aviation Access Program — airstrip upgrades — extension	-	14.0	14.0	-	-
Regional Infrastructure Fund
— administration	-	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0
— Mackay Ring Road	-	-	-	-	-
— Scone Level Crossing	-	-	-	-	-
Sustainable Australia
— major urban renewal	-	10.0	10.0	-	-
— managed motorways	-	0.4	0.5	0.5	-
Portfolio total	-	44.5	48.5	14.0	-28.4
INNOVATION, INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation — additional funding for decommissioning activities	-	2.5	4.2	1.0	1.0
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Tasmanian Information and Communication Technologies Centre — continuation	-	2.7	4.0	4.0	4.0
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Australia-China Science and Research Fund — establishment	-	2.0	4.0	3.0	-
Buy Australian at Home and Abroad	-	5.1	9.5	10.1	9.8
Carbon Capture and Storage Flagships — reduction and deferral of funding	-100.0	-	-	-	-
Collaborative Research Networks — redirect funding	-	-	-	-10.3	-10.4
Cooperative Research Centres — redirect funding	-	-2.5	-9.6	-14.2	-7.1
Enterprise Connect — redirect funding	-	-2.0	-2.0	-2.0	-
National Construction Code — increased funding	-	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.5
Natural Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding
— capping the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Vehicle Scheme	-	-41.4	-24.6	-30.0	-
— cessation of the Green Car Innovation Fund	-40.9	-7.5	-102.3	-102.9	-180.6
— not proceeding with the Cleaner Car Rebate Scheme	-	-	-	-	-
Science for Australia's Future — inspiring Australia	-	7.0	7.0	7.0	-
Small Business Support Line — continuation	-	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8
South-East South Australian Innovation and Investment Fund — establishment	-	3.0	7.0	-	-
Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope — supporting the Australia-New Zealand bid	-	8.9	11.8	10.0	9.5
WaterMark Certification Scheme — administrative arrangements	-	-	-	-	-
Portfolio total	-140.9	-18.7	-87.5	-120.9	-170.5

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