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Part 2: Expense Measures (Continued)

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

	2012‑13 $m	2013‑14 $m	2014‑15 $m	2015‑16 $m	2016‑17 $m
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Achieving Results Through Indigenous Education — expansion and extension	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency — establishment	‑	3.4	2.8	2.4	1.7
Award Modernisation Process — industry grants	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Better Schools
— A National Plan for School Improvement — Low Socio‑Economic Status School Communities — re‑direction	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— National Plan for School Improvement — continued support for students with disabilities	‑	17.0	15.4	2.8	1.1
— National Plan for School Improvement — Empowering Local Schools — re‑direction	‑	‑	‑1.0	‑122.0	‑1.0
— National Plan for School Improvement — implementation	17.7	9.7	17.7	12.6	7.1
— National Plan for School Improvement — Literacy and Numeracy funding — re‑direction	‑	‑	‑243.0	‑162.0	‑162.0
— National Plan for School Improvement — new school funding model	‑	473.3	478.7	737.2	1,110.6
— National Plan for School Improvement — non‑government school capital grants — continuation	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— National Plan for School Improvement — Rewards for Great Teachers — re‑direction	‑	‑14.0	‑43.6	‑87.2	‑87.2
— National Plan for School Improvement — Rewards for School Improvement — redirection	‑4.9	‑5.6	‑17.8	‑28.6	‑28.6
— National Plan for School Improvement — Short Term Emergency Assistance funding — continuation	‑	0.7	1.4	1.5	1.5
Cape York Welfare Reform — Embedding and Building	‑	1.1	2.2	1.2	‑
Child Care Workforce — Early Years Quality Fund — establishment	1.5	138.4	168.1	‑	‑
Child Care — more flexible arrangements — trial	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Child Care Assistance — information campaign	8.0	‑	‑	‑	‑
Child Care Management System — Gateway Review	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Child Care Rebate — indexation pause — extension	‑	‑	‑13.9	‑32.5	‑59.4
Child Care Workforce — improved access to Recognition of Prior Learning — increased assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Connecting People with Jobs — extension	..	2.0	1.2	‑	‑
Creative Australia — Creative Young Stars	‑	4.1	3.9	‑	‑
Disability Employment Services
— assistance to employees of former service providers	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Moderate Intellectual Disability Loading — continuation and retargeting	‑	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4
Early Childhood Education — National Partnership Agreement — continuation	‑	3.0	1.5	‑	‑
Fair Entitlements Guarantee scheme — extension to non‑employees in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Industry	..	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3
Family Tax Benefit and Child Care Assistance — realignment of time period for income reconciliation	‑6.6	‑6.6	‑6.4	‑7.0	‑7.5
Family Tax Benefit Part A — Changes to age of eligibility	‑	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5
Fisheries Adjustment Assistance Package — establishment	‑	‑	‑	0.1	0.1
Fraud prevention and compliance — increase compliance for customers with earned income	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Improving incentives to study — extension of the Pensioner Education Supplement for single parents	‑	5.5	11.5	10.5	10.2
Improving incentives to work — extended Pensioner Concession Card entitlements for single parents	‑	0.1	‑	‑	‑
Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000 — extension	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Indigenous Education Scholarships — additional funding	10.0	2.1	4.1	3.3	2.5
Job Services Australia — changed payment arrangements for volunteer job seekers	‑	‑5.0	‑16.9	‑14.4	‑13.1
Jobs, Education and Training Child Care Fee Assistance — continuation of bridging and foundation courses	‑	4.2	5.8	7.2	8.7
MyChild website — enhancement	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Priority Employment Area Initiatives — extension	‑	15.7	‑	‑	‑
Student Start‑up Scholarships — conversion to Income Contingent Loans	‑	‑0.9	‑4.3	‑5.6	‑5.5
Superannuation reforms — extending the normal deeming rules to new superannuation account‑based income streams	‑	‑	‑0.5	‑1.3	‑1.6
Support for the Child Care System Program — additional funding	71.1	‑	‑	‑	‑
Supporting jobseekers in the transition to work — increase and index the income free area for eligible income support recipients	‑	20.9	76.9	77.2	81.7
Youth Attainment and Transitions — extension	‑	62.7	64.7	‑	‑
Fair Work Commission
Child Care Workforce — Early Years Quality Fund — establishment	‑	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5
Workplace Bullying — individual right of recourse	‑	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4
Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate
Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate — operational efficiencies	‑	‑6.0	‑6.0	‑6.0	‑6.0
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman
457 visa program — compliance activities by the Fair Work Ombudsman	‑	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9
National workplace relations system — funding for the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman — continuation	‑	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5
Queensland Working Women's Service — additional funding	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	96.9	741.7	518.8	405.7	869.7
FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Tackling Problem Gambling — establishing the Australian Gambling Research Centre	‑	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Advancing Payments to the States and Territories	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Cape York Welfare Reform — Embedding and Building	‑	3.2	6.5	3.4	‑
Community Development Financial Institutions Pilot — Extension	‑	3.0	‑	‑	‑
Creative Australia
— Indigenous Languages Support — expansion	‑	‑1.6	‑1.6	‑1.7	‑1.7
— Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support — additional funding	‑	‑1.4	‑1.4	‑1.4	‑1.5
DisabilityCare Australia — Transition to Full Scheme	9.9	19.5	4.0	3.0	15.2
Family and Parental Payments — change to rules for receiving payments overseas	‑	0.1	‑7.7	‑9.2	‑9.4
Family payments reform
— continuing indexation pauses on upper income limits and supplements	‑	0.1	‑198.6	‑382.4	‑581.7
— replacing the Baby Bonus	‑	‑162.9	‑266.4	‑302.4	‑324.0
Family Tax Benefit and Child Care Assistance — realignment of time period for income reconciliation	‑130.5	‑112.1	‑96.3	‑97.9	‑99.7
Family Tax Benefit Part A — Changes to age of eligibility	‑	‑10.7	‑22.1	‑22.6	‑23.1
Foundation to Prevent Violence against Women and their Children — establishment	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Fraud prevention and compliance — increase compliance for customers with earned income	‑	‑30.1	‑2.8	‑0.6	‑
Income Management
— continuation and expansion in Western Australia	‑	5.4	‑	‑	‑
— enhanced service delivery	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Longitudinal Surveys — additional funding	‑	2.6	1.8	‑	‑
Municipal and Essential Service Program — extension	‑	44.1	‑	‑	‑
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples — extension	‑	‑	5.0	5.0	5.0
National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness	‑	4.0	‑	‑	‑
Not proceeding with the additional increase to Family Tax Benefit Part A payments	‑	‑615.7	‑620.8	‑630.5	‑646.3
Past Forced Adoption Practices — Support for people affected	‑	0.5	1.6	1.5	1.5
Pension Bonus Scheme — cease late registrations	‑	‑19.5	‑44.8	‑12.2	‑
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse — establishment	7.0	12.4	12.7	12.8	‑
Superannuation reforms — extending the normal deeming rules to new superannuation account‑based income streams	‑	0.1	‑5.1	‑47.7	‑103.4
Supporting Senior Australians
— Housing Help for Seniors — pilot	‑	0.2	9.3	28.9	50.9
— Keeping Seniors connected	‑	6.6	2.1	0.6	0.6
Tackling Problem Gambling
— establishing the Australian Gambling Research Centre	‑	‑1.3	‑1.3	‑1.3	‑1.3
— establishing the National Gambling Reform Regulator	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
DisabilityCare Australia (National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency)
DisabilityCare Australia — Transition to Full Scheme	‑	‑	18.9	181.2	1,414.0
Portfolio total	‑113.5	‑852.3	‑1,205.7	‑1,272.1	‑303.7
FINANCE AND DEREGULATION
Australian Electoral Commission
Pre‑Election Enrolment Stimulation and Information Campaign	0.8	6.5	‑	‑	‑
Referendum on the financial recognition of local government in the Australian Constitution	3.0	40.8	‑	‑	‑
Department of Finance and Deregulation
Addressing gang violence and organised crime — National Anti‑Gang Taskforce, Gang Intelligence Centre and Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce	0.1	‑	‑	‑	‑
Australian Government Grants System(c)	‑	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.5
Better Schools — National Plan for School Improvement — new school funding model	‑	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
BoardLinks — Improving gender balance on Australian Government boards	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Child Care Management System — Gateway Review	‑	..	‑	‑	‑
Child Support System (Cuba) — Replacement	‑	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Improving Government Efficiency — Better Procurement Price Outcomes	‑	0.2	0.4	1.1	1.1
International Communications Network — upgrade(c)	..	0.1	0.1	0.1	‑
National Radioactive Waste Management — securing a site and First Stage business case	‑	0.1	‑	‑	‑
National Telepresence System — increased capacity	‑	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.2
Official development assistance — Enterprise Resource Planning system	..	..	‑	‑	‑
Parliament — Senators and Members Insurance	‑	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp
Personal income tax — increase in the Medicare levy — DisabilityCare Australia(b)	‑	‑	0.2	0.8	1.3
Public Sector Enterprise Resource Planning Systems — investigation study	‑	1.4	1.4	‑	‑
Statistical Infrastructure Project	..	‑	‑	‑	‑
Superannuation reforms — reforming the tax exemption for earnings on superannuation assets supporting retirement income streams(b)	‑	0.5	0.9	‑	‑
Tax administration — enhancing Standard Business Reporting, the Australian Business Register and Australian Business Number administration(b)	‑	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Portfolio total	4.0	52.9	6.4	5.7	8.4
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
AusAID
Australia in the Asian Century — Asian Century Awards	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Nairobi Chancery — construction(c)	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Official development assistance
— Australian Membership of the African Development Bank Group	‑	‑	nfp	nfp	nfp
— cap on asylum seeker costs from existing official development assistance	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Deferring Australia's Growth Target	‑	‑	‑326.5	‑688.2	‑906.5
— Enhancing Australia's Commitment to Development in the Asia‑Pacific Region	‑	12.2	‑	‑	124.5
— Enterprise Resource Planning system	‑	‑1.5	‑	‑	‑
— offsetting savings	..	‑56.9	‑97.8	‑41.7	‑42.2
— support for low income countries through the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust — Stage 1 and Stage 2	‑13.9	‑	‑	‑	‑
Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands — transition	‑	‑	‑	36.8	36.9
Australian Trade Commission
Australia in the Asian Century — Business Engagement Program	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Australia in the Asian Century — dedicated regionally‑based Ambassador to the Association of South East Asian Nations	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Combating People Smuggling — continuation of preventative initiatives	‑	4.3	‑	‑	‑
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade — efficiencies	‑	‑3.3	‑1.7	‑1.7	‑1.8
International Communications Network — upgrade(c)	‑	3.6	7.2	10.2	10.3
Nairobi Chancery — construction(c)	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands — transition	‑	3.7	3.3	3.4	3.4
United Nations Security Council Term	6.9	11.4	7.5	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑7.1	‑26.7	‑407.9	‑681.2	‑775.3

* 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.

(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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