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Appendix A: Policy decisions taken since the 2013‑14 Budget (Continued)

Expense Measures (Continued)

Foreign Affairs and Trade

Assistance to the Philippines — Typhoon Haiyan

Expense ($m)
	2012‑13	2013‑14	2014‑15	2015‑16	2016‑17
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Department of Defence	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Total — Expense	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑

The Government is providing over $40.0 million in assistance and Australian Defence Force logistical support for the recovery response to Typhoon Haiyan.

Australia's $40.0 million contribution includes $15.0 million for the United Nations (UN) flash appeal and other UN organisations, $12.0 million for non‑government organisations assisting with relief efforts including the Australian Red Cross, the International Red Cross and Philippine non‑government organisations; and the deployment of Australian specialists including a medical team, Australian Federal Police disaster management and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) humanitarian personnel.

Funding for this measure is being met from within existing resources including an existing emergency response allocation within DFAT.

Australian Manufacturing Export Base — Export Market Development Grants — additional funding

Expense ($m)
	2012‑13	2013‑14	2014‑15	2015‑16	2016‑17
Australian Trade Commission	‑	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5

The Government will provide additional funding of $50.0 million over four years for the existing Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme. The EMDG programme provides funding for the partial reimbursement of eligible export marketing expenditure for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) exporters. These grants assist SME exporters to enter new markets and become self‑sustaining exporters.

This measure delivers on the Government's election commitment.

Further information can be found in the Coalition's Policy for Trade.

Discontinue the establishment of Australia's diplomatic post — Senegal

Expense ($m)
	2012‑13	2013‑14	2014‑15	2015‑16	2016‑17
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	‑	‑1.4	‑1.3	‑3.4	‑2.9
Related capital ($m)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	‑	‑0.2	..	‑6.7	‑4.3

The Government will achieve savings of $20.3 million (including capital funding of $11.2 million) over four years by discontinuing the establishment of Australia's diplomatic post in Dakar, Senegal.

The savings from this measure will be redirected by the Government to repair the Budget and fund policy priorities.

This measure implements the savings announced in the Government's pre‑election costings document.

Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Expense ($m)
	2012‑13	2013‑14	2014‑15	2015‑16	2016‑17
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑

The Government will provide $200 million over three years commencing in 2014‑15 for the Fourth Replenishment of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund).

The Global Fund is a public‑private partnership and international financing institution that supports large scale prevention and treatment against HIV, AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Australia has contributed to the Global Fund since 2004.

Funding for this measure will be met from within the existing resources of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Refocus the Tourism Industry Regional Development Fund

Expense ($m)
	2012‑13	2013‑14	2014‑15	2015‑16	2016‑17
Australian Trade Commission	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑

The Government will refocus the Tourism Industry Regional Development Fund on infrastructure projects that drive demand to ensure that the benefits of Government investment can be multiplied across the tourism sector.

This measure delivers on the Government's election commitment.

Further information can be found in the Coalition's Policy for Tourism.

The New Colombo Plan

Expense ($m)
	2012‑13	2013‑14	2014‑15	2015‑16	2016‑17
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	‑	5.8	11.6	19.7	20.1

The Government will provide $100.0 million over five years (including $42.9 million in 2017‑18) to establish a New Colombo Plan, an Australian undergraduate study and internship program aimed at lifting knowledge of Asia and the Pacific in Australia and strengthening Australia's people‑to‑people and institutional relationships in the region. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will provide strategic oversight of the New Colombo Plan with the Department of Education delivering the scholarship and student mobility programmes.

This measure delivers on the Government's election commitment.

Further information can be found in the joint press release of 10 December 2013 issued by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Education.

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