Part 2: Expense Measures (Continued)
Table 2: Expense measures since the 2011‑12 MYEFO(a)
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2011‑12 $m |
2012‑13 $m |
2013‑14 $m |
2014‑15 $m |
2015‑16 $m |
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| PARLIAMENT | |||||
| Department of the House of Representatives | |||||
| Support for the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit — Parliamentary Budget Office | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Department of the Senate | |||||
| Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Portfolio total | - | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET | |||||
| Australian Public Service Commission | |||||
| Australian Public Service Employment and Capability Strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employees — continuation | - | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | - |
| Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | |||||
| Australia to host the Group of 20 in 2014 | - | 24.1 | 78.1 | 212.7 | 1.4 |
| Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman | |||||
| National Health Reform Agreement — establishment of the Administrator and the National Health Funding Body | - | 0.1 | - | - | - |
| Portfolio total | - | 24.8 | 78.7 | 213.3 | 1.4 |
| REGIONAL AUSTRALIA, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ARTS AND SPORT | |||||
| Australian National Maritime Museum | |||||
| National Collecting Institutions — supplementary funding | - | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Australian Sports Commission | |||||
| Active After-School Communities program — extension | - | 19.6 | 19.6 | - | - |
| Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport | |||||
| Adelaide Oval Redevelopment — contribution | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antipodes Centre for Greek Culture — contribution | 2.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Australian National Academy of Music — increased funding | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Bellerive Oval — contribution | 15.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Boosting Music Industry Innovation and Exports | - | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Community Street Soccer and Reclink | - | 1.0 | 1.6 | - | - |
| Cove Enterprise Hub — contribution | 3.4 | - | - | - | - |
| Filming of The Wolverine — contribution | 12.8 | - | - | - | - |
| Football in Western Sydney — contribution | 8.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Gunnedah Rural Museum — contribution | 0.2 | - | - | - | - |
| Illicit Drugs in Sport — savings | - | -1.4 | -1.5 | -1.3 | -1.6 |
| Islamic Museum of Australia — contribution | 1.5 | - | - | - | - |
| Jim Stynes Achievement Scholarships for Young Australians | 3.0 | - | - | - | - |
| King George V Sports and Community Precinct — contribution | 8.7 | - | - | - | - |
| Local Government Financial Assistance Grants — accelerating payments | 1,117.8 | -1,117.8 | - | - | - |
| Manuka Oval lighting upgrade — contribution | - | - | - | - | - |
| National Collecting Institutions — supplementary funding | - | - | .. | .. | .. |
| National Disaster Recovery Taskforce — extension | - | 1.6 | - | - | - |
| National Portrait Gallery — establishment as a statutory authority | - | - | - | - | - |
| Netball Australia — contribution | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norfolk Island — further reforms | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Queensland Irrigated Agriculture Strategy | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.6 | - | - |
| Olympic Park Precinct Community Sports Centre — contribution | 10.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Parliament House Walk — feasibility study | - | 0.1 | - | - | - |
| Port Macquarie foreshore works — contribution | 1.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Private Sector Support for the Arts — amalgamation of Australian Business Arts Foundation with Artsupport | - | 1.6 | 1.6 | - | - |
| Resale Royalty Scheme for Visual Artists — continuation | - | 0.4 | 0.3 | - | - |
| Riverstone Football and Sporting Precinct Community Infrastucture Initiative — redirection | - | -5.0 | -3.0 | - | - |
| Saving Lives in the Water — Under Fives — continuation | - | - | - | - | - |
| Statue of Slim Dusty and Joy McKean — contribution | .. | - | - | - | - |
| Supporting Football in the lead up to the 2015 Asian Cup | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sustainable Australia — promotion of regional living — redirection | -2.1 | -4.3 | -4.4 | -0.1 | - |
| Sydney Cricket Ground upgrade — contribution | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tamworth community facilities for children — contribution | 0.1 | - | - | - | - |
| Taree foreshore development — contribution | 1.2 | - | - | - | - |
| Wayne Richards Park — contribution | 1.8 | - | - | - | - |
| National Archives of Australia | |||||
| National Collecting Institutions — supplementary funding | - | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 |
| National Capital Authority | |||||
| National Capital Authority — additional funding | - | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| National Film and Sound Archive | |||||
| National Collecting Institutions — supplementary funding | - | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| National Gallery of Australia | |||||
| National Collecting Institutions — supplementary funding | - | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| National Library of Australia | |||||
| National Collecting Institutions — supplementary funding | - | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
| National Museum of Australia | |||||
| National Collecting Institutions — supplementary funding | - | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Old Parliament House | |||||
| National Collecting Institutions — supplementary funding | - | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Portfolio total | 1,186.7 | -1,094.6 | 25.7 | 13.0 | 15.7 |
| RESOURCES, ENERGY AND TOURISM | |||||
| Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism | |||||
| Asia Marketing Fund — establishment | - | 8.5 | 14.0 | 17.5 | 21.0 |
| Clean Energy Future — Energy Market Reform | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - |
| Portfolio total | 0.9 | 10.1 | 15.2 | 18.7 | 21.0 |
| SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENT, WATER, POPULATION AND COMMUNITIES | |||||
| Bureau of Meteorology | |||||
| Bureau of Meteorology | |||||
| — increased frontline capabilities | - | 4.2 | - | - | - |
| — website advertising — one-year trial | - | 0.3 | - | - | - |
| Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | |||||
| Antarctica | |||||
| — continuation of shipping support | - | - | - | - | - |
| — maintaining Australia's presence | - | 11.2 | - | - | - |
| Australia-Antarctica Airlink — continuation | - | - | - | - | - |
| Caring for our Country — continuation | -10.6 | -20.7 | -15.0 | -15.0 | -15.0 |
| Commonwealth Environmental Water Office — reduced funding | - | -1.8 | -2.7 | -2.7 | -2.3 |
| Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act — implementation of reforms | - | 5.4 | 5.0 | 8.1 | 8.9 |
| Great Barrier Reef Foundation — contribution | - | - | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Kokoda Track and region — continuation | - | - | - | - | - |
| Melbourne Royal Exhibition Building — protection and promotion — contribution | - | - | - | - | - |
| Regional Marine Planning Program — continuation | - | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| Remediation of land affected by the Tiwi Islands Plantation project — contribution | - | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Water for the Future | |||||
| — Driving Reform in the Murray-Darling Basin — reduced funding | - | - | - | - | -22.2 |
| — National Urban Water and Desalination Plan — reduced funding | -25.7 | - | - | - | - |
| — National Water Security Plan for Cities and Towns — reduction in funding | -6.5 | - | - | - | - |
| — On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency — expansion | - | - | - | - | - |
| — Strategic Sub-System Reconfiguration — pilot program | - | - | - | - | - |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | |||||
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority — Ensuring the Resilience of the Reef — continuation | - | - | - | - | - |
| National Water Commission | |||||
| National Water Commission — continuation | - | -2.3 | -1.3 | -1.2 | -1.2 |
| Raising National Water Standards Program and the Australian Water Fund — termination | -20.9 | - | - | - | - |
| Portfolio total | -63.6 | -3.5 | -10.7 | -7.6 | -28.5 |
| TREASURY | |||||
| Australian Bureau of Statistics | |||||
| Australian wine industry — support | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - |
| Statistics on foreign ownership in the agricultural sector | - | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | |||||
| Australian Competition and Consumer Commission — additional legal expense funding | - | 4.3 | - | - | - |
| Petrol Commissioner and formal monitoring of petrol prices — continuation | - | 0.9 | 0.9 | - | - |
| Australian Prudential Regulation Authority | |||||
| Australian Prudential Regulation Authority — sustaining capacity | - | 15.7 | 16.2 | 19.7 | 23.8 |
| Australian Securities and Investments Commission | |||||
| Australian Securities and Investments Commission | |||||
| — enhanced market supervision | - | 12.3 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 |
| — operational funding | - | 15.5 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 28.8 |
| Future of Financial Advice Reform | - | 3.1 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| Insolvency Practitioners — Modernisation and Harmonisation of the Regulatory Framework(c) | - | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Stronger Super — self managed superannuation funds auditor registration | - | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Tax compliance — maintaining the cross agency approach to preventing abuse of secrecy jurisdictions (Project Wickenby)(b) | - | - | 0.7 | 0.6 | - |
| Australian Taxation Office | |||||
| Australian Business Register — towards a better business future(b) | - | 23.3 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.9 |
| Australian Screen Production Incentive — Producer Offset — defining a documentary | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia's civilian engagement in Afghanistan — an integrated whole-of-government approach — continuation | - | - | - | - | - |
| Company tax cut — do not proceed(b) | - | -0.6 | -1.2 | - | - |
| Fringe benefits tax — further reform of living-away-from-home allowances and benefits(b) | - | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.6 |
| GST — compliance program — two year extension(b) | - | - | - | 97.2 | 98.1 |
| Heavy Vehicle Road User Charging | - | -166.0 | -172.0 | -177.0 | -183.0 |
| Official development assistance — Pacific Police Development Program — continuation | - | - | - | - | - |
| Personal income tax | |||||
| — better targeting of the employment termination payment tax offset(b) | 2.9 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | - |
| — consolidate the dependency offsets into one(b) | - | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - |
| Replacing the Education Tax Refund with a Schoolkids Bonus | -812.0 | -852.0 | -857.0 | -884.0 | -901.0 |
| Spreading the Benefits of the Boom — company loss carry back(b) | - | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Stronger Shipping for a Stronger Economy — minor amendments(b) | - | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Stronger Super | |||||
| — implementation of SuperStream reforms | 18.3 | 62.7 | 93.3 | 71.8 | 58.7 |
| — self managed superannuation funds auditor registration | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Superannuation | |||||
| — deferral of higher concessional contributions cap(b) | - | -22.7 | -15.0 | 0.5 | 7.7 |
| — reduction of higher tax concession for contributions of very high income earners(b) | - | 13.9 | 23.9 | 23.0 | 19.1 |
| Tax compliance | |||||
| — maintaining the cross agency approach to preventing abuse of secrecy jurisdictions (Project Wickenby)(b) | - | - | 29.7 | 18.3 | - |
| — managing tax debt in challenging times: a balanced and differentiated approach(b) | - | 37.6 | 30.3 | 27.1 | 11.0 |
| Department of the Treasury | |||||
| Adelaide Oval Redevelopment — contribution | 30.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Australia to host the Group of 20 in 2014 | - | 3.4 | 35.1 | 4.6 | 0.8 |
| Building Australia Fund — Torrens and Goodwood Junctions rail project | - | - | - | - | 232.1 |
| Caring for our Country — continuation | 10.9 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Company tax cut — do not proceed(b) | - | -16.0 | -31.0 | -46.0 | -61.0 |
| Dental health | |||||
| — alleviating pressure on public dental waiting lists | - | 69.2 | 155.2 | 119.6 | - |
| — reallocation of Commonwealth Dental Health Program funding | - | -94.3 | -96.7 | -99.0 | - |
| Duty free allowances — cigarettes and tobacco(b) | - | 12.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 |
| Economic Potential of Senior Australians — Advisory Panel on Positive Ageing | - | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Fire Service Levy — reduction | - | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| Fringe benefits tax | |||||
| — further reform of living-away-from-home allowances and benefits(b) | - | - | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| — reform of airline transport fringe benefits(b) | .. | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| GST | |||||
| — compliance program — two year extension(b) | - | - | - | 235.7 | 318.4 |
| — Government response to Board of Taxation report: GST cross-border transactions: minor changes(b) | - | * | - | - | - |
| — GST-free health supplies — minor changes(b) | - | - | - | - | - |
| — GST-free nicotine replacement therapy(b) | - | - | - | - | - |
| — limiting the Commissioner of Taxation's ability to backdate GST registrations(b) | - | * | * | * | * |
| — reduced input tax credits for credit unions(b) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| — sale of a corporation's property by a mortgagee or chargee(b) | - | - | - | - | - |
| — treatment of appropriations — minor change(b) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Health and Hospitals Fund — 2011 Regional Priority Round | - | 10.0 | 43.5 | 82.8 | 63.4 |
| Hepatitis C Litigation Settlement Scheme — continuation | - | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Intermodal Terminal at Moorebank In Western Sydney — Defence relocation(c) | - | -118.3 | -269.1 | 158.1 | - |
| Living Longer. Living Better — supporting long stay older patients | - | -37.5 | -37.5 | -37.5 | -37.5 |
| Manuka Oval lighting upgrade — contribution | 2.5 | - | - | - | - |
| Melbourne Royal Exhibition Building — protection and promotion — contribution | 20.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Murdoch University Px2 outreach program — expansion | -5.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Nation Building | |||||
| — additional funding for the Pacific Highway | - | - | 231.0 | 1,025.0 | 1,400.0 |
| — Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program — continuation | - | 10.0 | 30.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| Nation Building 2 Program — Black Spots program — continuation | - | - | - | 60.0 | 60.0 |
| Nation Building Program | |||||
| — Northern Territory road projects | 50.0 | - | - | - | - |
| — redirection | - | -24.7 | -8.7 | - | - |
| National Bowel Cancer Screening Program — expansion | - | - | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| National Health and Hospitals Network — Aged care — expand access to multi-purpose services — cessation | -50.0 | -35.0 | -35.0 | - | - |
| National Immunisation Program — extended listing of Prevenar 13® | - | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| National Transport Regulatory reforms — implementation assistance | 6.6 | 21.3 | - | - | - |
| Natural Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding — donation to Queensland flood appeal | 2.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Official development assistance — African Development Bank Group membership | - | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Papua New Guinea — Staged handover of tuberculosis patients by Queensland Health | - | 0.9 | .. | - | - |
| Reforming Australia's Biosecurity System — maintaining core biosecurity operations | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Schools | |||||
| — Reward Payments for School Improvement — reduction | - | - | - | -8.1 | -16.2 |
| — Supporting implementation of the More Support for Students with Disabilities Initiative | 0.5 | 0.3 | .. | - | - |
| Social and Community Services — Queensland pay equity regulation — back pay | 7.7 | - | - | - | - |
| Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory | |||||
| — child, youth, family and community wellbeing | - | 13.4 | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| — community safety and justice | - | 21.3 | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| — Health | - | 9.1 | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| — healthy homes | - | 4.9 | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| — improving Indigenous housing in the Northern Territory | - | 22.4 | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| — municipal and essential services in the Northern Territory — extension | - | 5.0 | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| — remote engagement and coordination | - | 4.4 | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| — tackling alcohol abuse | - | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| Stronger Super — implementation of SuperStream reforms | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Sydney Cricket Ground upgrade — contribution | 50.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Tax administration — restore Commissioner's ability to delay paying a refund(b) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tax compliance — managing tax debt in challenging times: a balanced and differentiated approach(b) | - | 104.5 | 135.6 | 99.8 | 51.5 |
| Temporary Assistance to Tasmanian exporters accessing international markets | 20.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Water for the Future — National Water Security Plan for Cities and Towns — reduction in funding | -10.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Portfolio total | -650.8 | -829.4 | -592.2 | 913.4 | 1,266.3 |
| VETERANS' AFFAIRS | |||||
| Australian War Memorial | |||||
| National Collecting Institutions — supplementary funding | - | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs | |||||
| Anzac Centenary Program 2014-18 | - | 12.0 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 6.9 |
| Digital Productivity — Trial of In-Home Telehealth for Veterans | - | - | - | - | - |
| Living Longer. Living Better | |||||
| — addressing workforce pressures | - | - | 11.7 | 24.9 | 40.1 |
| — improving the Aged Care Funding Instrument | - | -8.3 | -41.7 | -56.6 | -66.7 |
| — means testing | - | 0.2 | 0.8 | -8.9 | -19.0 |
| — older Australians from diverse backgrounds | - | -0.3 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 14.0 |
| — residential care | - | 2.1 | 2.2 | 20.1 | 29.9 |
| — staying at home | - | - | - | -5.0 | -18.5 |
| Means test exemptions for the Western Australian Country Fuel Card and the Cost of Living Rebate Scheme — extension | - | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Medicare Benefits Schedule | |||||
| — new and revised listings | .. | .. | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| — removal of Outer Metropolitan Specialist Trainees' items | - | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| National Bowel Cancer Screening Program — expansion | - | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| National e-Health Program — continuation | - | 1.5 | 1.1 | - | - |
| Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme | |||||
| — new and amended listings | .. | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.3 |
| — price changes | -0.2 | -1.2 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -1.0 |
| Portability of Australian Government Payments | - | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| Reclassification of Australian Defence Force service — Operation Quickstep (Tonga) | - | .. | .. | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme — New listings and price increases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Review of Military Compensation Arrangements — Government response | - | 2.1 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| Social and Community Services — Queensland pay equity regulation — back pay | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - |
| Suicide awareness and prevention — continuation of Operation Life | - | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Telehealth — redirection of funding | - | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.6 |
| Portfolio total | .. | 9.4 | 7.7 | 10.2 | -5.7 |
| Decisions taken but not yet announced | 119.4 | -130.3 | -126.1 | 163.9 | -274.7 |
| Depreciation expense | - | 12.2 | 54.2 | 77.9 | 81.1 |
| Total impact of expense measures(d) | 1,951.4 | 201.2 | 773.2 | 3,094.6 | 3,230.7 |
* 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 expenses, no sign before an estimate indicates increased expenses.
(b) These measures can also be found in the revenue measures summary table.
(c) These measures can also be found in the capital measures summary table.
(d) Measures may not add due to rounding.
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