Part 2: Payments for Specific Purposes (continued)
Community services
In 2015‑16, the Commonwealth will provide funding of $2.5 billion to support state community services, including $1.4 billion through the National Disability SPP and $1.1 billion through National Partnership payments, as detailed in Table 2.7.
| $million | 2014‑15 | 2015‑16 | 2016‑17 | 2017‑18 | 2018‑19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Disability SPP | 1,393.7 | 1,442.2 | 1,493.2 | 1,551.8 | 1,616.7 |
| Changed roles and responsibilities — adjustment to achieve budget neutrality(a) | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| National Partnership payments | |||||
| Transitioning responsibilities for aged care and disability services — Specialist disability services(a) | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| Assisting preparation towards the trial of the National Disability Insurance Scheme | 4.3 | 0.6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| Home and Community Care(a) | 586.4 | 617.2 | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| Municipal and essential services transition fund | 130.9 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| National Occasional Care Programme | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | ‑ |
| Northern Territory remote Aboriginal investment | |||||
| Community safety | ‑ | 71.8 | 66.7 | 57.7 | 51.4 |
| Municipal and essential services | ‑ | 154.8 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| Pay equity for the social and community services sector | 135.1 | 107.7 | 158.4 | 197.7 | 240.6 |
| Payments from the DisabilityCare Australia Fund | ‑ | 68.2 | 186.3 | 321.2 | 1,813.2 |
| Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Community services | 79.6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| Trial of My Way sites | 12.5 | 46.3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| Total | 2,344.5 | 2,510.9 | 1,906.6 | 2,130.5 | 3,721.8 |
(a) Where applicable, funding amounts are not published as negotiations are yet to be finalised.
National Disability Agreement
The National Disability Agreement commits the Commonwealth and the states to strive, through the provision of disability support services, to help people with disabilities and their carers achieve an enhanced quality of life and participate as valued members of the community.
To meet these objectives, governments have agreed to reform their services, including to:
- improve the provision of services and opportunities to enhance the capacity of people with disability;
- ensure that services are person‑centred and provide timely access to the necessary support needs;
- identify, plan and respond to the development and support needs of people with disability at an early stage and at key life transition points; and
- support the role of carers and families, including through strengthening their informal support networks.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | 445.9 | 346.9 | 280.2 | 153.4 | 99.6 | 30.3 | 22.9 | 14.5 | 1,393.7 |
| 2015‑16 | 459.9 | 359.3 | 290.2 | 160.8 | 102.3 | 31.0 | 23.6 | 15.1 | 1,442.2 |
| 2016‑17 | 474.6 | 372.3 | 300.7 | 168.7 | 105.1 | 31.6 | 24.5 | 15.7 | 1,493.2 |
| 2017‑18 | 491.6 | 387.3 | 312.8 | 177.6 | 108.4 | 32.4 | 25.4 | 16.3 | 1,551.8 |
| 2018‑19 | 510.5 | 403.8 | 326.2 | 187.4 | 112.1 | 33.2 | 26.4 | 17.0 | 1,616.7 |
The National Disability SPP is the funding associated with the National Disability Agreement. The Commonwealth is providing funding to the states under this National SPP to support disability services.
Growth factor
The Intergovernmental Agreement defines the growth factor for the National Disability SPP as the rolling five year average of year‑on‑year growth in nominal Gross Domestic Product.
For the purpose of calculating indexation, the Disabilities Assistance Package forms part of the base to calculate funding for 2012‑13 onwards.
The growth factor for the National Disability SPP is currently estimated to be 3.50 per cent in 2015‑16.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| 2015‑16 | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| 2016‑17 | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| 2017‑18 | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| 2018‑19 | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
(a) Funding amounts are not published as negotiations are yet to be finalised.
Under the National Partnership on transitioning responsibilities for aged care and disability services, the Commonwealth makes an adjustment to ensure the budget neutrality of changes to Commonwealth and state roles and responsibilities for aged care and disability services as part of the National Health Reform arrangements.
National Partnership payments for community services
In addition to the National Disability SPP, the Commonwealth will provide funding through National Partnerships as detailed below.
National Partnership on transitioning responsibilities for aged care and disability services
The National Partnership on transitioning responsibilities for aged care and disability services implements changes to the roles and responsibilities associated with the Commonwealth taking full funding, policy and operational responsibility for basic community care services for people aged 65 years and over (50 years and over for Indigenous Australians), as well as funding responsibility for specialist disability services to people aged 65 years and over (50 years and over for Indigenous Australians).
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| 2015‑16 | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| 2016‑17 | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| 2017‑18 | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| 2018‑19 | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
(a) Funding amounts are not published as negotiations are yet to be finalised.
The Commonwealth is providing funding for specialist disability services for people aged 65 years and over (50 years and over for Indigenous Australians), in participating states.
Victoria has agreed to transition responsibilities for aged care and disability services. Discussions between Western Australia and the Commonwealth are ongoing.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 0.6 | 3.7 | ‑ | 4.3 |
| 2015‑16 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 0.6 | ‑ | ‑ | 0.6 |
| 2016‑17 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2017‑18 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2018‑19 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on assisting preparation towards the trial of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. In recognition of the unique circumstances in these states, the funding is assisting the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania in the transition to the new operating environment under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and supported the Australian Capital Territory to expand services ahead of the trial of the NDIS.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | ‑ | 410.5 | ‑ | 175.9 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 586.4 |
| 2015‑16 | ‑ | 432.0 | ‑ | 185.2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 617.2 |
| 2016‑17 | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | nfp |
| 2017‑18 | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | nfp |
| 2018‑19 | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | nfp | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | nfp |
(a) Funding for 2016‑17 onwards is provisioned for in the Contingency Reserve subject to negotiations.
(b) Funding for Western Australia in 2015‑16 includes $4.1 million of total funding which relates to the trial of My Way sites.
The Commonwealth is currently providing funding to Victoria and Western Australia to continue the joint Commonwealth‑state Home and Community Care programme. This programme provides funding for basic community care services that support older people, younger people with a disability and their carers to remain living in their own home and communities.
The Commonwealth and Victoria are working on transitioning Home and Community Care responsibilities for older people to the Commonwealth. Discussions between Western Australia and the Commonwealth are ongoing.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | ‑ | 12.5 | ‑ | 90.0 | 15.0 | 13.4 | ‑ | ‑ | 130.9 |
| 2015‑16 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2016‑17 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2017‑18 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2018‑19 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on the municipal and essential services transition fund. This National Partnership assists the states to take on responsibility for municipal and essential services in remote Indigenous communities.
A new spending measure associated with this National Partnership is discussed in Budget Paper No. 2, Budget Measures 2015‑16.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | ‑ | 1.1 | ‑ | 0.5 | 0.3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 |
| 2015‑16 | ‑ | 1.2 | ‑ | 0.5 | 0.3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 |
| 2016‑17 | ‑ | 1.2 | ‑ | 0.5 | 0.3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.1 |
| 2017‑18 | ‑ | 1.2 | ‑ | 0.6 | 0.3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.1 |
| 2018‑19 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
The Commonwealth will provide funding for the National Partnership on the National Occasional Care Programme. This National Partnership will support non‑Child Care Benefit approved child care service providers, particularly in rural, regional and remote areas.
National Partnership on Northern Territory remote Aboriginal investment
The Commonwealth will provide funding for the National Partnership on Northern Territory remote Aboriginal investment. This continues the Commonwealth's investment in the Northern Territory to address Indigenous disadvantage.
The National Partnership will support action in the Northern Territory to further the Commonwealth's priorities for Indigenous affairs: to get children to school, adults into jobs and make communities safer. The National Partnership simplifies and streamlines arrangements, and will decrease Commonwealth intervention in areas where the Northern Territory has primary responsibility.
This National Partnership is discussed further in the Affordable Housing, Education, and Health sections of this Part.
Funding for this National Partnership is a new spending measure in the 2015‑16 Budget. This measure is discussed in Budget Paper No. 2, Budget Measures 2015‑16.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2015‑16 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 71.8 | 71.8 |
| 2016‑17 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 66.7 | 66.7 |
| 2017‑18 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 57.7 | 57.7 |
| 2018‑19 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 51.4 | 51.4 |
The Commonwealth will provide funding to the Northern Territory to support delivery of services and initiatives to make communities safer, including those that improve child safety and combat alcohol abuse. This funding will also improve the safety of individuals, families and communities and provide communities with increased capacity to take more responsibility for their safety.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2015‑16 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 154.8 | 154.8 |
| 2016‑17 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2017‑18 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2018‑19 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
The Commonwealth will provide funding to assist the Northern Territory to take responsibility for the ongoing delivery of municipal and essential services in Indigenous communities.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | 12.1 | 23.9 | 63.6 | 21.9 | 7.0 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 135.1 |
| 2015‑16 | 17.6 | 28.5 | 34.2 | 16.0 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 107.7 |
| 2016‑17 | 25.6 | 46.8 | 42.3 | 25.3 | 9.9 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 158.4 |
| 2017‑18 | 32.5 | 59.9 | 49.3 | 32.6 | 12.6 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 197.7 |
| 2018‑19 | 39.9 | 74.3 | 56.8 | 40.8 | 15.5 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 240.6 |
(a) Funding includes supplementation for the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission decision of 29 August 2013.
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on pay equity for the social and community services sector. This National Partnership funds the Commonwealth's share of the wage increases arising from Fair Work Australia's decision on 1 February 2012 to grant an Equal Remuneration Order in the Social and Community Services sector.
The Commonwealth's commitment includes providing funding for its share of the wage increases for in‑scope programmes funded through existing National SPPs and National Partnership agreements.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2015‑16 | 27.5 | 21.3 | ‑ | nfp | 6.3 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 68.2 |
| 2016‑17 | 56.9 | 44.0 | 35.6 | nfp | 13.1 | 4.1 | 12.5 | 1.8 | 186.3 |
| 2017‑18 | 156.4 | 45.6 | 36.9 | nfp | 13.6 | 4.2 | 43.8 | 1.8 | 321.2 |
| 2018‑19 | 1,182.5 | 129.7 | 118.7 | nfp | 295.2 | 12.0 | 15.7 | 5.2 | 1,813.2 |
(a) As Western Australia has not yet agreed to full implementation of the NDIS, funding is not published. A funding allocation of $8.9 million for 2015‑16, $18.4 million for 2016‑17, $19.0 million for 2017‑18 and $54.2 million for 2018‑19 is set aside should Western Australia agree to the offer.
The Commonwealth is working with the states on finalising arrangements for the transition to full scheme NDIS by 1 July 2019. The Commonwealth will provide funding through the National Partnership on payments from the DisabilityCare Australia Fund.
The Commonwealth will assist the states with their contribution to the NDIS for 10 years by allocating some of the payments going into the DisabilityCare Australia Fund, which came into effect on 1 July 2014. The annual amount flowing into the Fund to be set aside for the states will be $854 million in 2015‑16, which will grow in future years by 3.5 per cent per year.
The states will be able to draw down from the Fund when they meet key conditions such as agreement to fully roll out the NDIS and milestones relating to the participation of people with significant and permanent disability in the scheme.
National Partnership on Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory.
This National Partnership is discussed further in the Affordable Housing, Education, and Health sections of this Part.
The measure taken in the 2015‑16 Budget as part of this programme is discussed in Budget Paper No. 2, Budget Measures 2015‑16. Part of this measure involves the replacement of the National Partnership on Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory with the National Partnership on Northern Territory remote Aboriginal investment from 2015‑16.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 79.6 | 79.6 |
| 2015‑16 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2016‑17 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2017‑18 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2018‑19 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
The Commonwealth is funding social services for Indigenous children, families and individuals. This includes services to increase the safety and wellbeing of Indigenous children, youth and families, tackle alcohol abuse, and improve policing and legal assistance services, including specific services to Alice Springs town camps and municipal and essential services to outstations and homelands.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014‑15 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 12.5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 12.5 |
| 2015‑16 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 46.3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 46.3 |
| 2016‑17 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2017‑18 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
| 2018‑19 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on trial of My Way sites. This National Partnership assists Western Australia with the trial of My Way in the Lower South West region from 1 July 2014 and the Cockburn/Kwinana region from 1 July 2015.
The My Way sites run in parallel with the NDIS trial site in the Perth Hills region for two years from 1 July 2014. Together, the trials in Western Australian will provide support to around 8,400 eligible participants. The trials seek to inform the delivery of disability reform by evaluating the merits of the My Way and NDIS trial sites during the trial period.
A new spending measure associated with this National Partnership is discussed in Budget Paper No. 2, Budget Measures 2015‑16.