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Part 2: Expense Measures (continued)

Table 2: Expense measures since the 2015‑16 MYEFO(a)
  2015‑16
$m
2016‑17
$m
2017‑18
$m
2018‑19
$m
2019‑20
$m
PARLIAMENT          
Department of the House of Representatives          
Parliamentary Departments — additional funding 1.0 2.4 1.2 1.2 1.2
Department of the Senate          
Parliamentary Departments — additional funding 3.0
Portfolio total 1.0 5.4 1.2 1.2 1.2
PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET          
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet          
Cashless Debit Card — third trial site nfp
Cyber Security — implementation of Australia's Cyber Security Strategy
Domestic and Family Violence — new initiatives to break the cycle of violence ‑10.0 ‑10.0 ‑12.2
Implementing the National Cities Agenda 4.6 ‑4.6
Indigenous Business Australia — continuity of business support arrangements 23.1
Indigenous Student Success in Higher Education ‑1.3 ‑2.7 ‑2.8 ‑2.8
Towards Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Digital Transformation Office          
myGov operations 1.4 1.4
Trusted Digital Identity Framework
Indigenous Business Australia          
Indigenous Business Australia — continuity of business support arrangements ‑23.1
Indigenous Land Corporation          
Indigenous Land Corporation — concessional loan for Ayers Rock Resort nfp nfp nfp nfp
Portfolio total 1.4 4.7 ‑12.7 ‑17.4 ‑15.0
SOCIAL SERVICES          
Department of Human Services          
A Streamlined Pathway to Permanent Residence for New Zealand Citizens 0.6 .. .. ..
Aged Care Provider Funding          
— further revision of the Aged Care Funding Instrument 0.2 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
— improving the targeting of the viability supplement for regional aged care facilities .. 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.2
Cashless Debit Card — third trial site nfp nfp
Child and Adult Public Dental Scheme 4.1 ‑14.4 ‑14.6 ‑14.7 ‑14.8
Closure of Hunter River and Port Stephens Fisheries — assistance to individuals and businesses — extension
Compulsory Rent Deduction Scheme — establishment nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp
Department of Human Services — administrative efficiencies ‑20.0 ‑20.0 ‑20.0 ‑20.0
Department of Veterans' Affairs — business case for veteran‑centric reform 2.2 3.9
Disability Support Pension — amending portability rules for para‑athletes preparing for the Paralympic Games
Healthier Medicare          
— removing obsolete services from the Medicare Benefits Schedule .. .. .. ..
— trial of health care homes 0.1 2.0 0.7 0.4
Investing in Child Care — ICT System
Job Commitment Bonus — cessation 0.4 1.9 ‑2.3 ‑2.5 ‑2.6
Jobs for Families Package — deferred implementation ‑4.0 ‑32.3 ‑11.3 5.9 8.2
Medicare Benefits Schedule          
— listing of photography with non‑mydriatic retinal cameras .. 0.1 0.2 0.2
— Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the breast .. .. .. ..
— new and amended listings .. .. .. ..
— pause indexation ..
Medicare Benefits Schedule and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Data — efficiencies(b) ..
Mobility Allowance — transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme 2.5 0.2 0.1 0.9
myGov operations 0.8 12.9 9.3 9.3 9.4
National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund 2.9 29.7 29.9 29.5 6.7
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme — new and amended listings 0.3 0.2 0.1 .. ..
Quality Improvement in General Practice — simplification of the Practice Incentives Program 0.1 7.0 0.4 0.3 0.3
Simplifying Student Payments 0.1 2.2 ‑1.1 ‑0.9 ‑1.3
Youth Jobs PaTH (Prepare — Trial — Hire) 0.1 7.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Department of Social Services          
A Streamlined Pathway to Permanent Residence for New Zealand Citizens ‑9.7 ‑24.8 ‑34.2
Australian Disability Enterprises — wage supplementation ‑19.3 ‑38.7 ‑3.2 41.2 20.0
Building Social Cohesion for Recently Arrived Migrants 3.8 3.5 3.6
Cashless Debit Card — third trial site nfp nfp
Countering Violent Extremism — community support and advice services ‑5.0
Disability Support Pension — amending portability rules for para‑athletes preparing for the Paralympic Games 0.2 .. 0.2
Domestic and Family Violence — new initiatives to break the cycle of violence 33.3 33.3 33.3
Investing in Child Care — ICT System
Investment Approach to Welfare — Try, Test and Learn Fund 31.0 31.0 23.9 7.3
Mobility Allowance — transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme 0.7 3.4 13.1 19.2
National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund ‑60.4 ‑136.2 ‑348.9 ‑530.7 ‑711.6
National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children — Third Action Plan 2015‑18 1.8 1.5 1.4 0.4
Reversal of Decision to Remove Backdating of Veterans' Disability Pension Claims ‑0.2 ‑0.2 ‑0.2 ‑0.3
Revised Social Security Agreement with New Zealand nfp nfp nfp nfp
Simplifying Student Payments 0.2 .. .. ..
Strengthening Communities Grants — redesign
Supporting the Financially Vulnerable — financial counselling for problem gamblers 7.1
Youth Employment Package          
— Youth Jobs PaTH (Prepare —Trial — Hire) 0.5 1.4 1.4 1.4
— Work for the Dole — reform ‑14.5 ‑11.9 ‑12.6 ‑12.6
National Disability Insurance Agency          
Mobility Allowance — transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme
National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund ‑15.2 ‑309.1 ‑457.8 ‑285.7 ‑68.5
Portfolio total ‑92.5 ‑413.4 ‑765.2 ‑727.6 ‑790.6
TREASURY          
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission          
Australian Energy Regulator — additional funding 8.0
Country of Origin Labelling — information and compliance 0.4 0.4 1.5 1.2
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority          
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority — modernising data capabilities(c) 2.4 2.8 1.1 1.4
Australian Securities and Investments Commission          
Asia Region Funds Passport 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
Australian Securities and Investments Commission          
— improving outcomes in financial services 22.0 27.6 19.7 12.9
— industry charging arrangements(c)
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Registry Further Market Testing 1.1 5.9
Superannuation Complaints Tribunal — sustaining and modernising functions 2.5
Ten Year Enterprise Tax Plan — implementing a new suite of collective investment vehicles(b) 1.6 1.4 1.0 0.4
Australian Taxation Office          
Applying GST to low value goods imported by consumers(b) 4.2 3.6 3.3 2.6
Australian Taxation Office — Functional and Efficiency Review 0.5 ‑7.4 ‑7.4 ‑7.5
eInvoicing
Higher Education Reform — further consultation ‑0.7 ‑0.4 0.3
National Register of Foreign Ownership of Water Entitlements
Superannuation Reform Package          
— introduce a $1.6 million superannuation transfer balance cap(b) 4.4
— introducing a Low Income Superannuation Tax Offset (LISTO)(b) 101.0 101.1 101.1
— reforming the taxation of concessional superannuation contributions(b) 0.9 2.2 1.1
Tax Integrity Package — establishing the Tax Avoidance Taskforce(b) 48.8 203.3 212.6 214.2
Trans‑Pacific Partnership — implementation 0.4
Department of the Treasury          
Applying GST to low value goods imported by consumers(b) 60.0 90.0 120.0
Asset Recycling Initiative — return of unallocated funds ‑452.7 ‑307.4 ‑93.5
Australian Energy Regulator — additional funding 1.0
Australian Securities and Investments Commission — improving outcomes in financial services 2.0 2.0 2.0
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman — expanded advocacy functions 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.1
Commonwealth Assistance for Western Australia 490.0
eInvoicing
Financial Assistance to the New South Wales (NSW) Government for NSW Police 0.1 2.9 4.6
Financial Technology Innovation 0.2
Hepatitis C Settlement Fund — continuation 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Home and Community Care Services in Western Australia — continuation
Indirect Tax Concession Scheme — diplomatic, consular and international organisation concessions(b) .. .. .. .. ..
Infrastructure Investment Programme          
— efficiencies ‑4.0 ‑0.3 ‑4.2 ‑150.4
— new investments
Mobility Allowance — transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme 0.2
Mosquito Control and Cross Border Liaison in the Torres Strait Protected Zone — continuation
National Coronial Information System — continuation 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund 416.9 160.5 211.4 852.1 ‑3,826.5
National Partnership Agreement — Management of Torres Strait‑Papua New Guinea Cross‑Border Health Issues — extension
National Partnership Agreement on Rheumatic Fever Strategy — extension 0.4
National Partnership Agreement on Specified Projects — Addressing Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
National Water Infrastructure Development Fund — additional funding 9.5
OzFoodNet Program — continuation
Public Hospitals — new funding arrangements 477.5 932.4 1,441.4
Regulatory Reform Agenda — implementation 1.7 2.0 2.0
Review of Australia's Dispute Resolution and Complaints Schemes
Rum Jungle Rehabilitation Project — extension 10.0
Ten Year Enterprise Tax Plan — increase the small business entity turnover threshold(b) ‑15.0 .. .. ..
Tobacco excise — measures to improve health outcomes and combat illicit tobacco(b) 65.0 145.0 235.0
Vaccine Preventable Diseases Surveillance Program
Portfolio total 907.7 ‑178.9 850.7 2,270.1 ‑1,841.8
VETERANS' AFFAIRS          
Department of Veterans' Affairs          
Aged Care Provider Funding          
— further revision of the Aged Care Funding Instrument ‑13.5 ‑23.8 ‑31.7 ‑38.8
— improving the targeting of the viability supplement for regional aged care facilities 0.7 1.3 1.3 1.2
Department of Veterans' Affairs          
— business case for veteran‑centric reform 18.7
— improving processing systems 3.8 1.3
Establishing a Single Appeal Path under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 .. 0.1 0.1 0.1
Healthier Medicare — removing obsolete services from the Medicare Benefits Schedule .. .. .. ..
Incapacity Payments — improved support for veterans 0.3 1.5 1.6 2.3
Medicare Benefits Schedule          
— listing of photography with non‑mydriatic retinal cameras .. 0.1 0.1 0.1
— Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the breast .. .. .. ..
— new and amended listings ‑0.7 ‑1.0 ‑1.0 ‑0.9
— pause indexation ‑9.3 ‑18.2
Mental Health Treatment for Current and Former Members of the Australian Defence Force — improved access 11.4 10.5 11.0 11.6
National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund ‑0.2 ‑1.7 ‑3.4 ‑5.0
New Veteran Public Hospital Pricing Agreements nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme          
— new and amended listings .. .. .. 0.1 0.1
— price amendments .. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Refurbishment of War Graves and Memorials 2.1 4.7 0.3 0.4
Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme — new listings and price amendments 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Reversal of Decision to Remove Backdating of Veterans' Disability Pension Claims 9.6 9.5 9.7 10.0
Spirit of ANZAC Centenary Experience Travelling Exhibition — additional funding 10.0
Support Services for Children of Veterans 0.7 1.4
Veteran Suicide Awareness and Prevention Programs — continuation of Operation Life 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1
Veterans' Review Board — case management system and alternative dispute resolution 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Portfolio total .. 44.6 4.5 ‑20.7 ‑36.7
Decisions taken but not yet announced ‑103.4 476.5 624.8 502.2 ‑1,980.8
Depreciation expense 0.1 2.1 5.1 8.7 9.9
Total impact of expense measures(d) 590.3 1,096.5 ‑720.6 732.8 ‑6,546.7

*  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.