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Appendix A: Policy Decisions taken since the 2012-13 Budget (Continued)

Expense Measures

Table 2: Expense measures since the 2012‑13 Budget^(a)

	2011‑12 $m	2012‑13 $m	2013‑14 $m	2014‑15 $m	2015‑16 $m
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Changes to agricultural production levies(b)	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S
Attorney‑General's Department
Asian Football Cup — assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Emergency services and natural disaster resilience — contribution to the Australian Capital Territory Government	‑	4.0	4.0	‑	‑
More convenient access to online government services	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
Law enforcement agencies — improving integrity	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Australian Crime Commission
Law enforcement agencies — improving integrity	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Tax compliance — maintaining the integrity of the tax and superannuation system(b)	‑	‑	0.8	0.8	0.8
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Anti‑dumping — feasibility study into an independent Commonwealth authority	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Asian Football Cup — assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Customs' compliance assurance system — expansion(b)	‑	0.5	4.5	4.2	4.3
Law enforcement agencies — improving integrity	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Australian Federal Police
Asian Football Cup — assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Law enforcement agencies — improving integrity	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Asian Football Cup — assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Independent Reviewer of Adverse Security Assessments — establishment	‑	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
Family Court of Australia
Courts — additional funding and changes in fees	‑	4.0	7.2	6.7	6.9
Federal Court of Australia
Courts — additional funding and changes in fees	‑	1.2	1.5	1.1	1.1
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia
Courts — additional funding and changes in fees	‑	1.3	1.8	0.7	0.7
Portfolio total	‑	13.2	22.0	15.8	16.0
BROADBAND, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
National Broadband Network — metropolitan rollout	‑	20.0	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	20.0	‑	‑	‑
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Clean Energy Regulator
Energy Brix Australia Corporation — assistance	‑	‑	‑27.9	‑29.4	‑33.5
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Legal assistance — ex‑gratia payment	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Low Carbon Communities — additional funding	‑	‑0.5	0.5	‑	‑
Voluntary Action Pledge Fund — deferral	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	‑0.5	‑27.4	‑29.4	‑33.5
CROSS PORTFOLIO
Various Agencies
Courts — additional funding and changes in fees	‑	‑1.7	‑0.9	‑0.9	‑0.9
Targeted savings — public service efficiencies	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Whole of Government Savings from Paused Grants Programs	‑	‑157.5	20.9	35.9	11.4
Portfolio total	‑	‑159.2	20.0	35.0	10.5
DEFENCE
Department of Defence
Australia's Contribution to the Sustainment of the Afghan National Security Forces	‑	‑	‑	76.8	77.5
Bushmaster vehicles — acquisition(c)	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	-	-	76.8	77.5
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Building Australia's Future Workforce - Productivity Education and Training Fund - revised arrangements	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Caltex workers — assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Centre for Workplace Leadership — establishment	‑	1.7	3.6	3.4	3.4
Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations — redirection of funding	‑	‑	‑0.1	‑0.1	‑0.1
Fair Entitlements Guarantee — enhancement	‑	‑0.7	‑1.1	0.8	0.8
Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters — amended implementation arrangements	‑	..	..	4.2	10.1
Improving educational outcomes - Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience	1.4	‑	‑	‑	‑
Improving educational outcomes - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Thamarrurr School	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Mature Age Participation — job seeker assistance — extended eligibility	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
More convenient access to online government services	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Office of Asbestos Safety — establishment	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
OneSteel workers — assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Queensland Public Sector Workers — assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Remote Jobs and Communities Program — reclassification of five Alice Springs town camps and other boundary changes	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Resources Sector Jobs Board — increased awareness	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
School Education
— Anti‑bullying project	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Attendance Data Measurement Project	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Australian Indigenous Education Foundation	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Education for Sustainability	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Greenacres Disability Services — support for Indigenous Students with disability	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Let's Read program	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Life Education Australia	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Rock the Schools Initiative	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— The Big Issue Classroom	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Schools
— Indigenous Ranger Cadetships — extension	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership — extension	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Pathways into Teaching — redirection	‑	‑	‑1.4	‑0.4	‑
Student income support
— general interest charge on student income support debt(b)	‑	‑	..	..	..
— Student Start‑up Scholarships — pause indexation	‑	‑0.1	‑0.2	‑0.4	‑0.6
Trade Training Centres in Schools program — extension and rephasing	‑	‑	‑35.0	‑40.6	‑75.0
Portfolio total	1.4	0.9	‑34.2	‑33.1	‑61.4
FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Baby Bonus — reduce to $3,000 for second and subsequent children	‑	0.3	‑169.2	‑170.0	‑175.7
Bali memorial service — assistance to victims and their families	‑	3.3	‑	‑	‑
Better Start for Children with Disability — extension of eligibility	‑	‑0.2	‑0.2	‑0.2	‑0.2
Improving educational outcomes — Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Thamarrurr School	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Income Management — Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Low Carbon Communities — additional funding	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
National Regulatory System for Community Housing Providers — National Regulatory Council — Contribution	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	3.4	‑169.4	‑170.1	‑175.9
FINANCE AND DEREGULATION
Australian Electoral Commission
More convenient access to online government services	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Department of Finance and Deregulation
Overseas travel entitlements for the leader of the Opposition and the leaders of minority parties	‑	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Portfolio total	‑	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
AusAID
Australia's Contribution to the Sustainment of the Afghan National Security Forces	‑	‑	‑	19.2	19.4
Australian Trade Commission
Australian Trade Commission — existing savings measures — continuation	‑	‑	‑	‑2.2	‑2.2
Export Market Development Grants program — retargeting	‑	‑25.0	‑25.0	‑25.0	‑25.0
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Auschwitz‑Birkenau Foundation	0.5	‑	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	0.5	‑25.0	‑25.0	‑8.0	‑7.8
HEALTH AND AGEING
Australian National Preventive Health Agency
Advertising media campaigns — reduction	‑	‑13.5	‑	‑	‑
Preventive Health — investing in preventative health initiatives	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Department of Health and Ageing
Advertising media campaigns — reduction	‑	‑5.2	‑	‑	‑
Better Start for Children with Disability — extension of eligibility	‑	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2
Dental health reform
— Child Dental Benefits Schedule	‑	0.9	191.3	604.7	636.9
— flexible grants program	‑	‑	‑	50.5	55.5
— Medicare Teen Dental Plan - redirection of funding	‑	‑	‑35.9	‑97.7	‑106.5
— National Partnership Agreement for adult public dental services	‑	‑	‑	0.8	0.8
Health and Hospitals Fund — Queensland Regional Acute/Subacute/Extended Inpatient Mental Health Services project — cancellation	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Life Saving Drugs Program — new and amended listings	‑	‑0.5	‑1.2	‑1.4	‑1.5
Medical Indemnity Insurance — Reduction in subsidies under the Premium Support Scheme	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Medicare Benefits Schedule
— amending telehealth geographical eligibility	‑	‑7.1	‑28.9	‑44.8	‑47.7
— new and amended listings	‑	‑2.3	‑2.3	‑2.8	‑3.2
— telehealth — new items	‑	‑0.1	‑1.1	‑1.8	‑1.9
National Immunisation Program — extended listing of Gardasil®	‑	19.4	24.5	22.1	25.6
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
— new and amended listings	‑	12.8	‑9.3	‑48.1	‑89.7
— price changes	‑	2.5	2.8	2.9	3.1
— price reduction of high potency cholesterol‑lowering medicines	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Preventive Health — investing in preventative health initiatives	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Private Health Insurance Rebate
— indexing the Government's contribution	‑	3.0	‑36.5	‑218.9	‑451.7
— removal of rebate on lifetime health cover loading	‑	0.3	‑124.2	‑133.9	‑140.6
Springfield Cancer Care Centre	‑	0.9	10.4	10.1	‑
Tasmania's Health System — additional funding	‑	6.9	41.8	54.1	54.1
Therapeutic Goods Administration — blueprint reforms	‑	2.3	4.0	4.0	1.3
Video conferencing for the after hours GP helpline — staged implementation	‑	‑20.0	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	0.5	35.7	199.9	‑65.4
HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Baby Bonus — reduce to $3,000 for second and subsequent children	‑	6.0	1.8	0.5	0.3
Bali memorial service — assistance to victims and their families	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Better Start for Children with Disability — extension of eligibility	‑	..	..	..	..
Building Australia's Future Workforce — Change to eligibility criteria for Connections Interviews	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Dental health reform
— Child Dental Benefits Schedule	‑	0.5	12.1	15.5	16.3
— Medicare Teen Dental Plan — redirection of funding	‑	‑	‑1.2	‑5.9	‑6.0
Income Management — Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands	‑	‑0.1	..	‑	‑
Medicare Benefits Schedule
— amending telehealth geographical eligibility	‑	1.3	‑0.2	‑0.3	‑0.3
— new and amended listings	‑	0.2	0.1	..	..
— telehealth — new items	‑	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1
More convenient access to online government services	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme — new and amended listings	‑	0.2	0.1	0.1	..
Private Health Insurance Rebate
— indexing the Government's contribution	‑	0.2	0.3	..	‑
— removal of rebate on lifetime health cover loading	‑	1.3	1.2	0.7	0.7
Student income support
— general interest charge on student income support debt(b)	‑	‑	2.0	2.7	1.8
— Student Start‑up Scholarships — pause indexation	‑	..	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	10.1	16.3	13.3	12.8
IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Asian Football Cup — assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Biometrics — introduction into selected Australian visa processing arrangements overseas	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
More convenient access to online government services	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Response to the expert panel
— Humanitarian migration program — additional places from 2012‑13	‑	92.4	107.4	114.0	117.9
— Irregular Migration — research	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Permanent migration program - additional family stream places from 2012‑13	‑	8.2	13.7	15.8	17.0
— Regional capacity building initiatives	‑	10.0	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	110.6	121.1	129.8	134.9
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND TERTIARY EDUCATION
Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
Alcoa's Point Henry aluminium smelter — assistance	42.0	‑	‑	‑	‑
Australian Apprenticeship Access Program — reduction	‑	‑3.0	‑4.0	‑4.0	‑
Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program
— modifications	‑	‑10.3	‑18.9	‑9.8	‑1.3
— remove standard recommencement incentive payment for non‑NSNL workers	‑	‑3.5	‑3.5	‑3.4	‑3.4
Australian Paper's Maryvale Pulp and Paper Mill — assistance	‑	4.2	2.9	2.4	‑
Energy Brix Australia Corporation — assistance	25.8	9.8	38.0	61.7	‑
Green Building Fund — redirection	‑	‑0.5	‑0.6	‑	‑
Higher Education - Facilitation Funding — cessation	‑	‑	‑52.6	‑106.9	‑110.6
Manufacturing Leaders Group	‑	0.7	1.0	1.1	1.3
Parenting Payment recipients — additional training support for grandfathered recipients	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Premium Fresh Tasmania — assistance	‑	0.3	‑	‑	‑
South‑East South Australia Innovation and Investment Fund — redirection	‑	‑1.4	‑	‑	‑
Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope — pre‑construction activities	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Student Income Support — delay Masters by coursework for a further three years	‑	‑	‑32.3	‑66.5	‑68.2
Student income support — Student Start‑up Scholarships — pause indexation	‑	‑2.7	‑12.7	‑26.3	‑39.1
Sustainable Research Excellence - sustainable growth	‑	‑79.4	‑158.6	‑154.0	‑106.8
Targeting skills in need
— Better targeting part‑time and casual incentives	‑	‑19.2	‑77.4	‑90.4	‑89.8
— Kickstart for trades	‑	1.7	35.5	20.3	‑
— Removing incentives for Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas	‑	‑1.8	‑23.0	‑29.5	‑29.3
— Support for Adult Australian Apprentices -amended arrangements	‑	‑17.6	‑12.0	‑25.9	‑25.6
Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Structural Adjustment Program — redirection	‑	‑2.3	‑2.3	‑2.4	‑
Unique Student Identifier — introduction	‑	‑	‑2.5	‑2.0	‑2.1
United States Studies Centre — additional support	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
University of Tasmania — Experimental Aquaculture Facility and the National Institute for Future Forest Industries	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Unique Student Identifier Agency
Unique Student Identifier — introduction	‑	‑	2.5	2.0	2.1
Portfolio total	67.8	‑125.1	‑320.5	‑433.7	‑472.7
INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT
Department of Infrastructure and Transport
Macquarie Point Railyards Precinct — remediation	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Nation Building 2 Program — Northern Territory Regional Roads Productivity Package	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Nation Building Program — Kennedy Highway road projects	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
REGIONAL AUSTRALIA, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ARTS AND SPORT
Australian Sports Commission
Football Federation Australia — debt forgiveness	4.0	‑	‑	‑	‑
Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
Adelaide's West Beach recreation reserve — contribution	1.0	‑	‑	‑	‑
Asian Football Cup — assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Australian Ballet's new production facility — contribution	2.0	‑	‑	‑	‑
Australian Workers Heritage Centre — contribution	0.8	‑	‑	‑	‑
Boyer Mill Structural Adjustment — assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Burnie City Council stormwater infrastructure project	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Centre of Excellence for Hockey — contribution	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Community projects in North Queensland — contribution	0.3	‑	‑	‑	‑
Construction of a safe anchorage at Mission Beach — contribution	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Energy Brix Australia Corporation — assistance	‑	‑9.8	..	‑22.7	30.0
Greater Western Sydney Australian Football League Club — Multicultural Centre — contribution	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Hobart City Council Accelerated Energy Efficient Street Light Roll Out project — contribution	3.4	‑	‑	‑	‑
Illicit Drugs in Sport — reduction in funding	‑	‑	‑1.2	‑1.2	‑1.2
Major Sporting Events Taskforce — additional funding	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Moonah Arts Centre — redevelopment	4.0	‑	‑	‑	‑
National Integrity of Sports Unit — establishment	‑	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5
New Town Bay Centre for Rowing Education — contribution	2.5	‑	‑	‑	‑
Norfolk Island — financial assistance	‑	4.5	‑	‑	‑
Premium Fresh Tasmania — assistance	‑	‑0.3	‑	‑	‑
Queensland reconstruction — funding the use of local council day labour	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Regional Structural Adjustment Assistance Program — monitoring framework	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Tamworth community facilities for children — additional contribution	0.1	‑	‑	‑	‑
Wellesley Park sporting facilities — upgrade	1.2	‑	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	19.2	‑5.2	‑0.7	‑23.5	29.3
RESOURCES, ENERGY AND TOURISM
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Advanced Lignite Demonstration Program — establishment	‑	‑	‑	‑19.0	19.0
Contract for Closure program — cessation	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism — departmental funding	‑	9.0	10.5	‑	‑
Energy Brix Australia Corporation — assistance	25.0	‑	‑	‑	‑
Low Emissions Technology Demonstration Fund - reduction in funding	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑100.0
Tourism Industry Regional Development Fund — establishment	‑	8.5	11.0	9.5	7.0
Portfolio total	25.0	17.5	21.5	‑9.5	‑74.0
SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENT, WATER, POPULATION AND COMMUNITIES
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Australia‑Antarctica shipping capability - second stage business case	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Director of National Parks
World Parks Congress 2014	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
TREASURY
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Online retail sales — tracking	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Australian Securities and Investments Commission — additional operational funding	‑	10.0	10.0	‑	‑
Bank accounts and life insurance policies — reform of arrangements relating to transfer of unclaimed monies to ASIC	‑	16.0	0.3	0.3	0.4
Company monies — reform of arrangements relating to transfer of unclaimed monies	‑	4.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
Future of Financial Advice Reform — accountant's exemption — transitional relief	‑	‑2.0	‑5.9	‑1.4	2.8
Australian Taxation Office
Conservation tillage offset — change to eligibility criteria	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Linking the Australian carbon pricing mechanism and European Union emissions trading scheme(b)	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Monthly PAYG instalments for large companies(b)	‑	2.4	4.0	2.6	2.5
More convenient access to online government services	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Private Health Insurance Rebate
— indexing the Government's contribution	‑	2.2	1.6	0.1	0.1
— removal of rebate on lifetime health cover loading	‑	1.2	1.1	2.8	0.1
Superannuation
— reform of arrangements relating to transfer of lost member accounts to the ATO(b)	‑	39.8	43.9	6.6	6.1
— reform of SMSF levy arrangements(b)	‑	0.6	1.3	0.8	0.5
SuperStream — reduction in Superannuation Supervisory levy	‑	‑2.0	‑9.6	‑8.4	‑7.3
Tax compliance — maintaining the integrity of the tax and superannuation system(b)	‑	24.3	140.7	139.0	140.8
Department of the Treasury
Asia Pacific Financial Forum	‑	0.3	‑	‑	‑
Construction of a safe anchorage at Mission Beach — contribution	5.5	‑	‑	‑	‑
Customs' compliance assurance system — expansion(b)	‑	‑	7.6	7.6	7.6
Dental health reform — National Partnership Agreement for adult public dental services	‑	‑	‑	200.0	295.0
Energy Security	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Fringe benefits tax
— reform of living‑away‑from‑home allowances and benefits(b)	‑	0.7	‑	‑	‑
— removal of concessional treatment of 'in‑house' fringe benefits if accessed through a salary sacrifice arrangement(b)	‑	5.0	10.0	35.0	35.0
GST
— reforms to the GST margin scheme(b)	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— restrictions on GST refunds — revisions and changed start date(b)	‑	‑	..	6.0	6.0
Health and Hospitals Fund — Queensland Regional Acute/Subacute/Extended Inpatient Mental Health Services project — cancellation	‑	‑1.9	‑2.8	‑5.4	‑10.0
Indirect Tax Concession Scheme — diplomatic and consular concessions(b)	..	..	..	..	..
Lowy Institute for International Policy — establishment of a G20 Studies Centre	2.0	‑	‑	1.0	1.0
Macquarie Point Railyards Precinct — remediation	50.0	‑	‑	‑	‑
Nation Building 2 Program — Northern Territory Regional Roads Productivity Package	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Nation Building Program — Kennedy Highway road projects	10.5	‑	‑	‑	‑
National Immunisation Program — extended listing of Gardasil®	‑	‑17.7	‑17.7	‑17.5	‑17.5
Parenting Payment recipients — additional training support for grandfathered recipients	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Queensland reconstruction — funding the use of local council day labour	‑	‑	11.2	7.2	‑
Schools — Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership — extension	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Superannuation Consumer Centre — investment fund	‑	1.0	2.0	7.0	‑
Tasmania's Health System — additional funding	‑	31.9	46.7	49.6	40.0
Tax compliance — maintaining the integrity of the tax and superannuation system(b)	‑	61.8	6.0	6.2	6.3
Tax laws — miscellaneous amendments(b)	‑	..	..	..	..
Trade Training Centres in Schools program — extension and rephasing	‑	‑	9.1	‑48.1	‑115.8
Women on Boards Accelerator Program	0.2	‑	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	68.2	177.8	260.0	391.3	393.8
VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Medicare Benefits Schedule
— amending telehealth geographical eligibility	‑	‑0.4	‑1.4	‑2.0	‑2.4
— new and amended listings	‑	‑0.1	‑0.1	‑0.1	‑0.1
— telehealth — new items	‑	..	‑0.1	‑0.1	‑0.1
More convenient access to online government services	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
— new and amended listings	‑	‑0.7	‑2.9	‑6.0	‑9.0
— price changes	‑	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
— price reduction of high potency cholesterol‑lowering medicines	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme — new listing and price amendments	‑	..	..	..	..
Student income support — Student Start-up Scholarships — pause indexation	‑	..	..	‑0.1	‑0.1
Supplementary Allowance — extension	‑	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.2
Portfolio total	‑	‑0.9	‑4.1	‑7.8	‑11.3
Decisions taken but not yet announced	‑15.0	177.3	613.9	448.1	449.6
Depreciation expense	‑	‑	0.5	0.9	0.9
Total impact of expense measures(d)	167.0	215.5	529.9	595.9	223.5

* 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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