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

Expense Measures

Table 2: Expense measures since the 2013‑14 Budget^(a)

	2012‑13 $m	2013‑14 $m	2014‑15 $m	2015‑16 $m	2016‑17 $m
Expense measures since the 2013 Pre‑Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook
AGRICULTURE
Department of Agriculture
Australian Animal Welfare Strategy — reduction of funding	‑	‑0.7	‑0.4	‑	‑
Carbon Farming Futures — redirection	‑	‑4.7	‑	‑	‑
Carbon Farming Initiative — Landcare Communication campaign — cessation	‑	‑1.0	‑	‑	‑
Extra assistance to support farmers
— reallocation of concessional loan funding	‑	nfp	‑	‑	‑
— water‑related infrastructure	‑	‑5.9	‑	‑	‑
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — reduced funding	‑	‑0.5	‑	‑	‑
Independent Inspector General of Animal Welfare and Live Animal Exports — cessation	‑	‑1.0	‑1.0	‑1.0	‑1.0
Indonesia‑Australia Red Meat and Cattle Partnership	‑	0.9	2.8	2.8	1.3
Repeal of the Carbon Tax — abolishing land initiatives and unnecessary bureaucracies	‑	‑	‑4.8	‑6.0	‑4.7
Repeal of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax — cessation of certain social security payments	‑	‑0.1	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	‑12.9	‑3.4	‑4.2	‑4.4
ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S
Attorney‑General's Department
Australian Victims of Terrorism Overseas Payment	‑	21.6	4.2	1.5	‑
Legal Policy Reform and Advocacy Funding — redirection	‑	‑4.6	‑6.5	‑16.3	‑15.7
Restoring Native Title Respondent Funding	‑	0.6	1.1	0.6	‑
Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Programme	‑	12.2	‑	‑	‑
Safer Suburbs Programme — Taxi Security Scheme	‑	‑0.2	‑0.5	‑	‑
Small business and primary producer emergency assistance — concessional interest rate loans	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Australian Crime Commission
Operation Sovereign Borders — enhancing people smuggling intelligence gathering, disruption and joint policing	‑	0.1	0.3	0.1	‑
Australian Federal Police
Operation Sovereign Borders — enhancing people smuggling intelligence gathering, disruption and joint policing	‑	10.1	18.0	8.7	‑
Australian Human Rights Commission
Portrayal of senior Australians in the media — redirection of funding	‑	‑	‑0.6	‑0.4	‑
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Operation Sovereign Borders — enhancing people smuggling intelligence gathering, disruption and joint policing	‑	0.3	0.7	0.3	‑
Family Court and Federal Circuit Court
Reform of Australia's Protection Status Determination System — reversal	‑	‑	‑0.8	‑0.8	‑0.3
Federal Court of Australia
Reform of Australia's Protection Status Determination System — reversal	‑	‑	‑0.4	‑0.4	‑0.2
Portfolio total	‑	40.2	15.4	‑6.7	‑16.2
COMMUNICATIONS
Department of Communications
Creative Australia — community based radio services — reduced funding	‑	‑1.3	‑0.4	‑0.4	‑0.4
Digital Business Kits — reduced funding	‑	‑0.1	‑0.2	‑0.1	‑0.1
Digital Productivity — Digital Communities — Digital Hubs, Local Government and Community Engagement — reduced funding	‑	‑0.1	‑	‑	‑
New NBN‑enabled business models and applications — reduced funding	‑	‑0.7	‑0.6	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	‑2.2	‑1.2	‑0.5	‑0.5
DEFENCE
Department of Defence
Assistance to the Philippines — Typhoon Haiyan	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Free basic health care to all Australian Defence Force family members	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Operation Slipper
— Al Minhad Air Base — extension	‑	66.5	‑	‑	‑
— Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft — extension	‑	29.5	4.2	‑	‑
Operation Sovereign Borders — Operation Resolute — extension	‑	31.6	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	127.5	4.2	‑	‑
EDUCATION
Australian Research Council
Australian Research Council — redirection	‑	‑15.8	‑30.8	‑28.7	‑27.7
Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence — reduction in funding	‑	‑3.3	‑3.3	‑3.4	‑
Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes — clinical research	‑	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
Department of Education
2013‑14 Humanitarian Programme	‑	‑1.3	‑4.1	‑6.5	‑9.1
Australia‑Indonesia Centre — establishment	‑	0.8	2.5	2.5	1.8
Building Stronger Communities Fund — reversal	‑	‑104.5	‑107.9	‑132.9	‑182.9
Department of Education — reduction in funding	‑	‑1.4	‑0.9	‑	‑
Education grant programmes — reduced funding	‑	‑3.4	‑7.1	‑7.9	‑8.2
Education Investment Fund regional priorities round — cessation	‑	‑15.3	‑63.7	‑108.5	‑
Higher Education Reward Funding — reduction in funding	‑	‑2.5	‑	‑	‑
InSITE grants — Initiatives Supporting Innovation in Teacher Education — reversal	‑	‑0.8	‑1.9	‑2.8	‑2.6
Students First
— A fairer funding agreement for schools — Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory	‑	116.3	218.8	347.9	504.2
— A fairer funding agreement for schools — implementation funding for non‑government representative bodies	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
— Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority — reduction in funding	‑	‑1.7	‑6.2	‑6.7	‑5.4
— Flexible literacy learning for remote primary schools	‑	4.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
— Independent Public Schools Fund — establishment	‑	10.0	20.0	20.0	20.0
— Agriculture in Education	‑	1.0	1.0	‑	‑
Trade Training Centres — cessation	‑	‑	‑28.0	‑88.9	‑78.0
Portfolio total	‑	‑10.9	1.5	‑2.9	225.1
EMPLOYMENT
Department of Employment
2013‑14 Humanitarian Programme	‑	‑4.3	‑9.1	‑9.0	‑9.0
Addressing the Backlog and Reintroducing Temporary Protection Visas	‑	1.7	‑	‑	‑
Experience+ Job Bonus — cessation	‑	‑	‑2.8	‑2.8	‑2.8
Green Army — establishment	‑	..	‑	‑	‑
Job Commitment Bonus — establishment	‑	0.1	0.4	29.8	55.2
Mature Age Participation — job seeker assistance — cessation	‑	‑3.0	‑7.7	‑	‑
Migrant Communities Employment Fund — cessation	‑	‑3.4	‑3.2	‑	‑
Relocation Assistance to Take up a Job programme — establishment	‑	..	3.7	4.2	3.7
Seniors Employment Incentive Payment — establishment	‑	0.3	18.4	60.1	59.2
Tasmanian forestry workers assistance project — cessation	‑	‑	‑1.2	‑1.2	‑
Tasmanian Jobs programme — pilot	‑	0.2	4.5	1.0	‑
Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate
Australian Building and Construction Commission — re‑establishment	‑	5.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman
Registered Organisations Commission — establishment	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	‑3.4	12.9	92.1	116.5
ENVIRONMENT
Clean Energy Regulator
Former Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency — reduction in funding	‑	‑0.4	‑0.8	‑0.8	‑0.8
Repeal of the Carbon Tax
— abolishing business compensation	‑	‑	‑679.2	‑1,408.6	‑2,192.4
— abolishing energy market compensation	‑	‑	‑513.8	‑	‑
Climate Change Authority
Repeal of the Carbon Tax — abolishing land initiatives and unnecessary bureaucracies	‑	‑2.3	‑8.7	‑8.6	‑8.6
Department of the Environment
Biodiversity Fund — reduced funding	‑	‑0.2	‑0.3	‑0.7	‑0.3
Caring for our Country — redirection of funding	‑	‑6.7	‑	‑	‑
Former Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency — reduction in funding	‑	‑3.7	‑6.9	‑6.9	‑6.9
Green Army — establishment	‑	1.0	50.7	98.5	147.3
— abolishing land initiatives and unnecessary bureaucracies	‑	‑16.6	‑24.7	‑19.9	‑18.8
— abolishing other measures	‑	‑0.6	‑6.1	‑11.1	‑11.7
Water — rephase four years of spending over six years	‑	‑12.4	‑18.7	‑29.9	‑29.1
Portfolio total	‑	‑41.9	‑1,208.6	‑1,388.1	‑2,121.4
FINANCE
Department of Finance
Funding for pre‑existing measures affecting the public sector	‑	nfp	nfp	‑	‑
Green Army — establishment	‑	0.1	‑	‑	‑
National Commission of Audit	‑	1.0	‑	‑	‑
Payments to Animals Australia Incorporated — discontinue	‑	..	..	..	..
Restoring integrity in the Australian tax system(b)	‑	‑0.5	‑0.9	‑	‑
Revert to Pre‑2010 Election Non‑Government Personal Staffing Ratios	‑	‑0.8	‑1.7	‑1.7	‑1.7
Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Programme	‑	1.0	‑	‑	‑
Portfolio total	‑	0.7	‑2.7	‑1.8	‑1.8
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Operation Sovereign Borders — enhancing people smuggling intelligence gathering, disruption and joint policing	‑	6.6	10.6	6.5	‑
Australian Trade Commission
Australian Manufacturing Export Base — Export Market Development Grants — additional funding	‑	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Refocus the Tourism Industry Regional Development Fund	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Assistance to the Philippines — Typhoon Haiyan	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Discontinue the establishment of Australia's diplomatic post — Senegal	‑	‑1.4	‑1.3	‑3.4	‑2.9
Former Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency — reduction in funding	‑	‑0.6	‑1.2	‑1.2	‑1.2
Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Indonesia‑Australia Red Meat and Cattle Partnership	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
The New Colombo Plan	‑	5.8	11.6	19.7	20.1
Portfolio total	‑	22.9	32.3	34.1	28.4
HEALTH
Department of Health
2013‑14 Humanitarian Programme	‑	‑9.2	‑22.8	‑33.7	‑45.7
Addressing the Backlog and Reintroducing Temporary Protection Visas	‑	0.7	‑	‑	‑
Albury‑Wodonga cardiac catheterisation laboratory	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Ballina Hospital — upgrades	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Bear Cottage — children's palliative care	‑	2.0	‑	‑	‑
Cairns Mental Health Carers Support Hub	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Chemotherapy services — continuation	‑	28.0	54.2	‑	‑
Commonwealth Medical Internships — additional funding	‑	6.0	11.0	11.0	12.0
Dental Reform — communications	‑	‑1.7	‑	‑	‑
Donation to Western Australian Children's Health Telethon	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Healthier Communities — Priority Infrastructure Programme	‑	‑8.0	‑19.0	‑	‑
Heffron Park upgrade — contribution reversal	‑	‑11.2	‑4.8	‑	‑
Hummingbird House — support for children's hospice	‑	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Integrated Cancer Care Centre Victoria — Peter's Project	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Karratha Country Club — Grassing the Greens — contribution reversal	‑	‑0.4	..	‑	‑
Maintaining the Voluntary Dental Graduate Year Programme	‑	‑12.3	‑16.0	‑4.9	‑7.6
Meakin Park Junior Sporting Association — facilities upgrade reversal	‑	‑0.5	‑0.1	‑	‑
Medicare Benefits Schedule — new and amended listings	‑	1.7	3.9	4.7	5.2
Palmerston Hospital	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
— new and amended listings	‑	28.0	20.2	33.8	40.8
— price amendments	‑	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.6
Priority Health Initiatives	‑	‑23.8	‑106.8	‑83.3	‑51.6
Public Hospital System — additional funding	‑	‑	‑	‑	‑
Sporting Communities Initiative — reversal	‑	‑0.8	‑16.3	‑	‑
Thebarton Oval Redevelopment Project — contribution reversal	‑	‑4.6	‑2.0	‑	‑
Uncommitted Health Portfolio Funding — redirection of funding	‑	‑13.2	‑7.5	‑6.7	‑6.9
Youth e‑mental health platform	‑	2.5	1.5	1.0	‑
Portfolio total	‑	‑15.2	‑102.1	‑75.9	‑51.5
HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
2013‑14 Humanitarian Programme	‑	‑3.6	‑6.9	‑9.1	‑12.1
Addressing the Backlog and Reintroducing Temporary Protection Visas	‑	4.1	‑	‑	‑
Australian Victims of Terrorism Overseas Payment	‑	2.8	0.3	0.2	..
Green Army — establishment	‑	4.4	..	‑1.0	‑1.6
Job Commitment Bonus — establishment	‑	1.2	4.0	2.0	2.5
Medicare Benefits Schedule — new and amended listings	‑	..	..	..	..
Paid Parental Leave — removing the mandatory obligation for employers to administer payments	‑	‑1.3	‑0.2	‑0.2	‑0.3
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme — new and amended listings	‑	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.7
Reducing superannuation compliance costs for small business	‑	‑1.2	‑6.1	‑6.2	‑6.2
Relocation Assistance to Take up a Job programme — establishment	‑	0.6	..	..	..
Repeal of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax — cessation of certain social security payments	‑	7.6	‑3.0	‑3.6	‑5.0
Portfolio total	‑	15.1	‑11.5	‑17.5	‑21.8

* 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) Measures may not add due to rounding.

 

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