{"id":"C1994A00089","name":"Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994-95","slug":"appropriation-act-no-2-1994-95","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"89 of 1994","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2585,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1994A00089-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994-95","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 2) 1994‑95\n\n![](image.002.png)No. 89 of 1994\n\nAn Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1995, and for related purposes\n\n\\[Assented to 24 June 1994\\]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994‑95.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nIssue and application of $ 5 013 781 000\n\n3. (1) The Minister may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in Schedule 2, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1995, the sum of $ 5 013 781 000.\n\n55001 Cat. No. 94 4808 9\n\n(2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).\n\nPayments to States\n\n4\\. (1) In this section and in determinations for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) or (b):\n\n“Appropriation Act” means an Act appropriating money for expenditure in respect of a financial year and includes an Act appropriating money, by way of interim provision, for such expenditure.\n\n(2) Payments out of such money appropriated by this Act as is specified in the Division, or unit of a Division, in Schedule 2 that is specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1, being payments that are made to a State for a purpose specified in column 3 of that item, must be made:\n\n(a) on the terms and conditions (if any) that are from time to time determined, in writing, for the purposes of Appropriation Acts, by the Minister specified in column 4 of that item, as being terms and conditions applicable to payments under those Acts to a State for that purpose; and\n\n(b) in the amounts and at the times that are determined, in writing, by the Minister specified in column 5 of that item.\n\n(3) Payments to a State out of such of the money appropriated by this Act as is specified in Division 977 in Schedule 2 must be made in the amounts and at the times determined by the Treasurer.\n\n(4) Nothing in this section limits, by implication, the power of the Commonwealth to make payments to a Territory, a local Government body, a body corporate, an organisation or an individual for any purposes for which money is appropriated under Appropriation Acts:\n\n(a) on the terms and conditions; and\n\n(b) in the amounts and at the times;\n\nthat the Commonwealth determines.\n\nMoney appropriated for a program\n\n5. If money is appropriated by this Act for a particular program, that money is taken to be appropriated for:\n\n(a) the purpose of payments (including advances) under Acts administered as part of the program; and\n\n(b) any other purposes of the program.\n\nDepartment of Primary Industries and Energy\n\n6. (1) This section applies in relation to the program of cash grants to wine‑makers described in item 1 of Division 932 in Schedule 2 as “Wine Industry package — cash grants to winemakers”.\n\nNote: The Commonwealth proposes under the program to provide financial assistance to winemakers during the financial years 1994‑95, 1995‑96 and 1996‑97.\n\n(2) In spite of section 10 of the Industry Commission Act 1989, the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy may make payments by way of cash grants to winemakers out of money appropriated, for the purposes of the program, under this Act or any future Appropriation Act, even though the Minister administering the Industry Commission Act 1989 has not received any report of the Industry Commission about the provision of financial assistance to the wine industry.\n\n![](image.003.png)Note: The effect of subsections 10(1) and 11(1) of the Industry Commission Act 1989 (the Act) is to preclude any action “in respect of the provision of financial assistance for over 2 years by the Commonwealth Government to an industry” unless the action is taken within 12 months after the Minister administering the Act has received a report of the Industry Commission in relation to the matter.\n\nSCHEDULE 1 Section 4\n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 Minister determining | Column 5 Minister determining |\n| -------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |\n| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | conditions | payments |\n| 1 | Division 821 | Transfer of Repatriation General Hospitals.Improving delivery of veterans’ care via community‑based facilities in Victoria. | Minister for Veterans’ Affairs | Minister for Veterans’ Affairs |\n| 2 | Division 849 | Australian Heritage Commission ‑ For payment under the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975.Payment to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority for payment to Queensland for the day‑to‑day management in relation to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.Payments to the States for the management of World Heritage Properties.Assistance for water and sewerage services.Payment to compensate for the effects of national capital influences on the cost of providing municipal services.Payments to the States and the Northern Territory for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in the administration of the Sea Installations Act 1987.Assistance for World Heritage Nominations.Payment to Queensland for the Cape York land use study.Payment to Queensland for structural adjustment assistance for Fraser Island.Assistance to New South Wales for capital works associated with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories |\n\nSCHEDULE 1 — continued\n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 Minister determining | Column 5 Minister determining |\n| -------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |\n| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | conditions | payments |\n| 2 | Division 849 (cont) | Australian Nature Conservation Agency — For expenditure under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975: Assistance to the States to acquire, repair and restore properties transferred from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.Payment to Queensland for the Daintree Rescue Strategy. | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories |\n| 3 | Subdivision 1 of Division 881 | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (for expenditure under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1989).Crisis Accommodation.Social Housing Subsidy Program.Referral services for women escaping domestic violence in rural and remote areas. | Minister for Housing and Regional Development | Minister for Housing and Regional Development |\n| 4 | Subdivision 2 of Division 881 | Payment to Western Australia for sewerage and water quality infrastructure.Payment to Western Australia for urban and recreation facilities. | Minister for Housing and Regional Development | Minister for Housing and Regional Development |\n| 5 | Subdivision 1 of Division 891 | National Drug Strategy. Contribution towards measures to combat the transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.Women’s Health Program.Innovative health services for homeless youth.National program for early detection of breast cancer.Organised approach to cervical cancer screening.Contribution towards immunisation against Haemophilus influenza type b disease.National Mental Health Program. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |\n\nSCHEDULE 1 — continued\n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 Minister determining | Column 5 Minister determining |\n| -------- | ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |\n| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | conditions | payments |\n| 6 | Subdivision 2 of Division 891 | Blood Transfusion Service.Grants for provision of health services (including payments made under the Health Insurance Act 1973).Alternative General Practice Funding arrangements.Reducing waiting times for elective surgery.Bone marrow and organ donor register.Medicare Agreements other health services.Commonwealth Dental Program for Health Card Holders.Development and distribution of public patients’ hospital charter. Palliative Care. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |\n| 7 | Subdivision 3 of Division 891 | Residential Care for Older People. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Sevices and Health |\n| 8 | Subdivision 4 of Division 891 | Commonwealth/State disability agreement‑ transition payments.Commonwealth/State disability agreement ‑transfer to States.Nursing Home payments. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |\n| 9 | Subdivision 5 of Division 891 | Child Care Fee Relief.Other Services for Families with Children. | Minister for Family Services | Minister for Family Services |\n| 10 | Subdivision 6 of Division 891 | Home and Community Care (for expenditure under the Home and Community Care Act 1985). | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |\n| 11 | Division 916 | Enterprise Development Program.Multifunction Polis ‑Payments to South Australia.Industry Innovation Program. | Minister for Industry, Science and Technology | Minister for Industry Science and Technology |\n\nSCHEDULE 1 — continued\n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 Minister determining | Column 5 Minister determining |\n| -------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ |\n| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | conditions | payments |\n| 12 | Division 931 | Tasmanian wheat freight subsidy.National Landcare Program ‑Payment to the States for the purpose of the Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992.Commonwealth/Tasmania Forest Industry Package.Murray‑Darling Basin ‑Natural Resources Management Strategy.North Queensland Community Rainforests Revegetation Program.Payment to New South Wales ‑ Funding for a safety officer for the timber industry.Commonwealth/New South Wales Forest Industry Package.Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign.Exotic Disease Preparedness Program ‑ Feral animal control. | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy |\n| 13 | Division 949 | Compensation for extension of fringe benefits to pensioners and older long‑term allowees and beneficiaries. | Minister for Social Security | Minister for Social Security |\n\nSCHEDULE 2 Section\n\nABSTRACT\n\n| Page Reference | Departments and Services | Total |\n| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |\n| | | $ |\n| 12 | Attorney‑General’s Department........................... | 302 858 000 |\n| 14 | Department of Communications and the Arts......................... | 336 601 000 |\n| 16 | Department of Veterans’ Affairs................................. | 29 844 000 |\n| 17 | Department of Employment, Education and Training................... | 185 948 000 |\n| 19 | Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories................... | 189 390 000 |\n| 22 | Department of Finance....................................... | 121 642 000 |\n| 23 | Advance to the Minister for Finance.............................. | 175 000 000 |\n| 24 | Department of Administrative Services............................ | 279 665 000 |\n| 26 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade........................... | 6 115 000 |\n| 27 | Department of Housing and Regional Development.................... | 429 052 000 |\n| 29 | Department of Human Services and Health.......................... | 1 370 925 000 |\n| 32 | Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs....................... | 1 532 000 |\n| 33 | Department of Industrial Relations............................... | 844 000 |\n| 34 | Department of Industry, Science and Technology...................... | 112 567 000 |\n| 36 | Department of Primary Industries and Energy........................ | 245 209 000 |\n| 39 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet........................ | 202 004 000 |\n| 40 | Department of Social Security.................................. | 209 225 000 |\n| 41 | Department of Tourism....................................... | — |\n| 42 | Department of Transport...................................... | 181 890 000 |\n| 44 | Department of the Treasury.................................... | 633 470 000 |\n| | Total................................................ | 5 013 781 000 |\n\nDEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nAppropriation — 1994‑95\\*, Heavy figures\n\nEstimated Expenditure — 1993‑94, Light figures\n\n| Departments | Capital Works and Services | Payments to or for the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory | Other Services | Total |\n| ---------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ------------- |\n| | $ | $ | $ | $ |\n| Attorney‑General’s Department... | 48 035 000 | 254 823 000 | — | 302 858 000 |\n| | 32 809 000 | 254 975 000 | — | 287 784 000 |\n| Department of Communications and the Arts. | 324 601 000 | — | 12 000 000 | 336 601 000 |\n| | 324 305 000 | — | 14 100 000 | 338 405 000 |\n| Department of Veterans’ Affairs......... | 11 824 000 | 18 020 000 | — | 29 844 000 |\n| | 9 698 000 | 32 796 000 | — | 42 494 000 |\n| Department of Employment, Education and Training | 81 398 000 | 6 147 000 | 98 403 000 | 185 948 000 |\n| | 13 238 000 | 11 779 000 | 3 680 000 | 28 697 000 |\n| Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories | 59 610 000 | 109 430 000 | 20 350 000 | 189 390 000 |\n| | 52 536 000 | 105 984 000 | 2 246 000 | 160 766 000 |\n| Department of Finance (*)............. | 2 127 000 | 45 000 000 | 74 515 000 | 121 642 000 |\n| | 3 152 000 | 46 686 000 | 39 125 000 | 88 963 000 |\n| Department of Administrative Services.... | 279 665 000 | — | — | 279 665 000 |\n| | 253 339 000 | — | — | 253 339 000 |\n| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade... | 6 115 000 | — | — | 6 115 000 |\n| | 15 027 000 | — | — | 15 027 000 |\n| Department of Housing and Regional Development | 9 995 000 | 389 071 000 | 29 986 000 | 429 052 000 |\n| | 7 216 000 | 331 283 000 | — | 338 499 000 |\n| Department of Human Services and Health.. | 27 878 000 | 1 310 216 000 | 32 831 000 | 1 370 925 000 |\n| | 36 515 000 | 1 106 447 000 | 8 900 000 | 1 151 862 000 |\n| Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | 1 158 000 | 374 000 | — | 1 532 000 |\n| | 1 528 000 | 200 000 | — | 1 728 000 |\n| Department of Industrial Relations....... | — | — | 844 000 | 844 000 |\n| | — | — | 1 270 000 | 1 270 000 |\n| Department of Industry, Science and Technology | 75 851 000 | 24 326 000 | 12 390 000 | 112 567 000 |\n| | 68 232 000 | 20 224 000 | 37 305 000 | 125 761 000 |\n| Department of Primary Industries and Energy | 38 440 000 | 192 033 000 | 14 736 000 | 245 209 000 |\n| | 17 390 000 | 160 801 000 | 1 100 000 | 179 291 000 |\n| Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | 2 004 000 | — | 200 000 000 | 202 004 000 |\n| | 685 000 | — | — | 685 000 |\n| Department of Social Security.......... | 78 863 000 | 130 362 000 | — | 209 225 000 |\n| | 26 877 000 | 138 757 000 | 1 604 000 | 167 238 000 |\n| Department of Tourism............... | — | — | — | — |\n| | 1 442 000 | — | 2 000 000 | 3 442 000 |\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nAppropriation — 1994‑95\\*, Heavy figures\n\nEstimated Expenditure — 1993‑94, Light figures\n\n| Departments and Services | Capital Works and Services | Payments to or for the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory | Other Services | Total |\n| -------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ------------- |\n| | $ | $ | $ | $ |\n| Department of Transport.............. | 173 660 000 | 5 450 000 | 2 780 000 | 181 890 000 |\n| | 542 209 000 | 28 350 000 | 220 000 | 570 779 000 |\n| Department of the Treasury............ | 27 185 000 | 446 694 000 | 159 591 000 | 633 470 000 |\n| | 50 461 000 | 457 897 000 | 4 750 000 | 513 108 000 |\n| TOTAL...................... | 1 248 409 000 | 2 931 946 000 | 658 426 000 | 4 838 781 000 |\n| | 1 456 659 000 | 2 696 179 000 | 116 300 000 | 4 269 138 000 |\n\n\\* Does not include $175,000,000 appropriated under Division 864 — Advance to the Minister for Finance.\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nATTORNEY‑GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 805. — CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Departmental plant and equipment..............

7 026 000

9 530 000

4 836 000

02. Construction of Departmental facilities...........

3 450 000

13 445 000

12 995 000

03. Federal Court of Australia....................

725 000

6 925 000

100 000

04. AUSTRAC..............................

1 913 000

2 293 000

2 293 000

13 114 000

32 193 000

20 224 000

2.— Australian Federal Police

01. Plant and equipment........................

3 143 000

3 610 000

3 273 000

02. Buildings and works........................

9 370 000

3 882 000

1 012 000

03. Construction of Norfolk Island police station........

315 000

—

—

12 828 000

7 492 000

4 285 000

3.— Advances and Loans

01. Contingency funding (for payment to the Legal Practice Trust Account) (money received as repayments of the contingency funding may be credited to this item)

8 000 000

8 000 000

—

4.— Australian Securities Commission — For expenditure under the Australian Securities Commission Act 1989.

14 093 000

8 300 000

8 300 000

Total: Division 805

48 035 000

55 985 000

32 809 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nAttorney‑General’s Department — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 806.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity — Payments under co‑operative arrangements with the States

904 000

884 000

884 000

02. Payments for the provision of legal aid............

122 875 000

120 788 000

120 788 000

03. Legal Aid — Grants to supplement voluntary and community legal aid schemes

8 426 000

8 995 000

8 995 000

04. Companies and securities regulation — Compensation for loss of revenue

122 618 000

124 308 000

124 308 000

Total: Division 806

254 823 000

254 975 000

254 975 000

OTHER SERVICES

Establishment grant (for payment to the Legal Practice Trust Account)

—

22 000 000

—

Total: Attorney‑General’s Department.......

302 858 000

332 960 000

287 784 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 810.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Spectrum Management Agency.................

3 175 000

6 407 000

4 015 000

02. National Science and Technology Centre..........

550 000

—

—

03. Australian Archives........................

326 000

3 228 000

2 843 000

4 051 000

9 635 000

6 858 000

2.— Equity, Advances and Loans

01. Telstra Corporation Limited — Equity contributions...

250 000 000

250 000 000

250 000 000

3.— National Library of Australia — For expenditure under the National Library Act 1960

1 971 000

630 000

630 000

National Gallery of Australia — For expenditure under the National Gallery Act 1975

—

120 000

120 000

National Museum of Australia — For expenditure under the National Museum of Australia Act 1980

—

3 000 000

3000 000

Total: Division 810

256 022 000

263 385 000

260 608 000

Division 811.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES — BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION

1.— For expenditure under the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

01. General activities—Domestic services............

7 307 000

7 500 000

7 500 000

2.— Provision and installation of radio and television transmitters and ancillary buildings, works and technical equipment for national broadcasting

61 272 000

77 157 000

53 997 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDepartment of Communications and the Arts — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

For expenditure under the Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

Capital works and services....................

—

750 000

750 000

National Radio Network.....................

—

1 450 000

1 450 000

—

2 200 000

2 200 000

Total: Division 811

68 579 000

86 857 000

63 697 000

Division 812.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Australia festival — Washington................

2000 000

—

—

02. Redevelopment of East Circular Quay — Grant to Sydney City Council for the restoration of Sydney Customs House

10 000 000

24 000 000

1 600 000

Total: Division 812

12 000 000

24 000 000

1 600 000

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES

Other Services

Payment to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for establishment of subscription television broadcasting services

—

12 500 000

12 500 000

Total: Department of Communications and the Arts.....

336 601 000

386 742 000

338 405 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 820.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings and Works

01. Repatriation blocks at mental hospitals............

1 201 000

863 000

—

02. Construction of Departmental facilities............

1 045 000

1 851 000

1 570 000

2 246 000

2 714 000

1 570 000

2.— Plant and Equipment

01. Specialised equipment (for payment to relevant Repatriation Hospital operations trust accounts)

6 680 000

8 162 000

8 128 000

3.— Australian War Memorial — For expenditure under the Australian War Memorial Act 1980

2 048 000

—

—

4.— War Graves

01. Kokoda Memorial Project....................

850 000

—

—

Total: Division 820

11 824 000

10 876 000

9 698 000

Division 821. — PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Transfer of Repatriation General Hospitals.........

12 970 000

26 426 000

26 426 000

02. Improving delivery of veterans’ care via community‑based facilities in Victoria

5 050 000

13 250 000

4 420 000

Transfer of nurse education to Higher Education Institutes (for expenditure under the States Grants (Nurse Education Transfer Assistance) Act 1985

—

1 950 000

1 950 000

Total: Division 821

18 020 000

41 626 000

32 796 000

Total: Department of Veterans’ Affairs..............

29 844 000

52 502 000

42 494 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 830.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Plant and Equipment

01. Computer equipment........................

81 398 000

10 738 000

10 738 000

Contribution towards the development of library facilities for the John Curtin International Centre for Regional Co‑operation

—

2 500 000

2 500 000

Total: Division 830

81 398 000

13 238 000

13 238 000

Division 831.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Advanced English for Migrants Program...........

4 927 000

11 779 000

11 779 000

02. National equity research and information for schools...

30 000

—

—

03. National Asian languages/studies strategy for Australian schools

1 190 000

—

—

Total: Division 831

6 147 000

11 779 000

11 779 000

Division 832.— OTHER SERVICES

01. International marketing of Australian education and training services (for payment to the Australian International Education Foundation international marketing trust account)

4 000 000

—

—

02. National survey of Australia’s literacy skills........

500 000

—

—

03. New labour market measures to establish the national training wage for the long‑term unemployed, employee retention bonus payments and new work opportunities

82 690 000

—

—

04. National equity research and information for schools...

320 000

—

—

05. National Asian languages/studies strategy for Australian schools

4 393 000

—

—

Restructuring the Australian Education Centre Network

—

3 680 000

3 680 000

Total: Division 832

91 903 000

3 680 000

3 680 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDepartment of Employment, Education and Training — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 833. — AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TRAINING AUTHORITY

1.— For expenditure under section 11 of the Australian National Training Authority Act 1992

01. Grants for the Australian Student Traineeship Foundation

6 500 000

—

—

Total: Department of Employment, Education and Training

185 948 000

28 697 000

28 697 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, SPORT AND TERRITORIES\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 848 — CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Antarctic Program.........................

3 315 000

5 449 000

5 449 000

02. Territories Program.........................

32 545 000

33 316 000

30 147 000

03. Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology...........

11 477 000

11 217 000

11 217 000

47 337 000

49 982 000

46 813 000

2.— Australian Nature Conservation Agency — For expenditure under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975

5 763 000

5 163 000

5 163 000

3.— Australian Sports Commission — For expenditure under the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989

6 510 000

560 000

560 000

Total: Division 848

59 610 000

55 705 000

52 536 000

Division 849.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

1.— Australian Heritage Commission — For payment under the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975

4 436 000

4 342 000

4 342 000

2.— Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority — For payment under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

01. Payment to the Authority for payment to Queensland for the day‑to‑day management in relation to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

3 719 000

3 669 000

3 669 000

3.— Payments to the States for the management of World Heritage Properties

13 740 000

13 801 000

11 951 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDepartment of the Environment, Sport and Territories — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

4.— Other payments to the Australian Capital Territory

01. Assistance for water and sewerage services.........

7 579 000

7 358 000

7 322 000

02. Payment to compensate for the effects of national capital influences on the cost of providing municipal services

18 851 000

18 302 000

18 211 000

Assistance for the sealing and removal of asbestos insulation from residential dwellings

—

1 651 000

1 651 000

26 430 000

27 311 000

27 184 000

5.— Payments to the States and the Northern Territory for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in the administration of the Sea Installations Act 1987

30 000

30 000

—

6.— Assistance for World Heritage Nominations.......

475 000

475 000

—

7.— Payment to Queensland for the Cape York land use study

700 000

793 000

93 000

8.— Payment to Queensland for structural adjustment assistance for Fraser Island

4 760 000

13 260 000

8 500 000

9.— Assistance to New South Wales for capital works associated with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

50 000 000

50 000 000

50 000 000

10.— Australian Nature Conservation Agency — For expenditure under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975: Assistance to the States to acquire, repair and restore properties transferred from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

1 072 000

—

—

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDepartment of the Environment, Sport and Territories — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

11.— Payment to Queensland for the Daintree Rescue Strategy

4 068 000

—

—

Assistance to the Northern Territory for the Mimosa Pigra Control Program

—

245 000

245 000

Total: Division 849

109 430 000

113 926 000

105 984 000

Division 850. — OTHER SERVICES

01. Payment to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority for the operation of the Omega navigation station

900 000

—

—

Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Property: Ex Gratia payment to Benders Pty Ltd

—

2 246 000

2 246 000

Total: Division 850

900 000

2 246 000

2 246 000

Division 851. — AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION

1.— For expenditure under the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989

01. Sydney 2000 Olympic Games athlete preparation strategy.

19 450 000

—

—

Total: Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

189 390 000

171 877 000

160 766 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF FINANCE\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 860. — CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Department of Finance......................

1 526 000

2 551 000

2 551 000

02. Commonwealth Superannuation Administration......

601 000

315 000

315 000

Australian National Audit Office...............

—

286 000

286 000

Total: Division 860

2 127 000

3 152 000

3 152 000

Division 861. — PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Natural disaster relief and restoration.............

45 000 000

70 000 000

46 350 000

Payments to Tasmania in relation to the termination of the Gordon River Power Development, Stage Two

—

336 000

336 000

Total: Division 861

45 000 000

70 336 000

46 686 000

Division 862. — OTHER SERVICES

01. Costs of major asset sales.....................

74 515 000

55 000 000

39 125 000

Total: Department of Finance....................

121 642 000

128 488 000

88 963 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nADVANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 864. — ADVANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE

To enable the Minister:

(a) to make advances that will be recovered during the financial year; and

(b) to make money available for expenditure:

(i) that the Minister is satisfied is urgently required and:

(A) was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to include appropriation for that expenditure in the Bill for this Act before the introduction of that Bill into the House of Representatives; or

(B) was erroneously omitted from, or understated in, the Bill for this Act; and

(ii) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament;

including payments by way of financial assistance to a State, the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory on such terms and conditions, if any, as the Minister determines; and

(c) to make money available for expenditure, pending authorisation under section 32 of the Audit Act 1901 to that expenditure

175 000 000

140 000 000

*

* Estimated expenditure is shown under the appropriation to which it will be charged.

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 865. — CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Departmental plant and equipment...............

2 706 000

2 627 000

2 627 000

02. Departmental buildings and works...............

200 000

820 000

820 000

03. Commonwealth offices — Major construction and refurbishment

116 052 000

140 707 000

114 390 000

04. Commonwealth offices — Construction and refurbishment under $6 000 000 (money received as payment from the sale of surplus or uneconomic Commonwealth office property, not being money received in respect of any such property the agreed valuation of which exceeds $6 000 000, may be credited to this item)

27 000 000

34 927 000

26 162 000

05. Commonwealth offices — Acquisition of sites and buildings under $6 000 000 (money received as payment from the sale of surplus or uneconomic Commonwealth office property, not being money received in respect of any such property the agreed valuation of which exceeds $6 000 000, may be credited to this item)

4000 000

—

—

06. Instalment purchases of sites and buildings — Capital..

18 879 000

16 846 000

16 846 000

07. Instalment purchases of sites and buildings — Interest..

6 885 000

9 147 000

9 147 000

08. Dredging of Kedron Brook Floodway, Brisbane, Queensland

6 920 000

—

—

09. Overseas property services — Plant and equipment....

2 479 000

2 562 000

2 562 000

10. Overseas property services — Acquisitions, buildings and works under $6 000 000 (refunds of taxation payments in relation to acquisitions, buildings and works overseas under $6 000 000 and moneys received as payment from the sale of surplus or uneconomic Australian Government properties overseas, not being money received in respect of any such property the agreed sale price of which exceeds $6 000 000, may be credited to this item)

10 078 000

31 571 000

29 139 000

11. Overseas property services — Major acquisitions and works

51 795 000

40 890 000

30 126 000

12. Overseas property services — Instalment purchases of sites and buildings

2 671 000

—

—

Departmental acquisitions of sites and buildings.....

—

350 000

—

Refurbishment and fitout of the Old Parliament House.

—

543 000

543 000

Commonwealth Offices — Acquisition of sites and buildings

—

14 677 000

14 677 000

249 665 000

295 667 000

247 039 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDepartment of Administrative Services — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

2.— Advances and Loans

01. Loan facility (for payment to the Department of Administrative Services Business Services Trust Account) (money received as repayments of the loan facility may be credited to this item)

30 000 000

30 000 000

5 500 000

Capital advance (for payment to the Department of Administrative Services Business Services Trust Account)

—

800 000

800 000

30 000 000

30 800 000

6 300 000

Total: Division 865

279 665 000

326 467 000

253 339 000

Total: Department of Administrative Services.........

279 665 000

326 467 000

253 339 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 873.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Computer equipment........................

6115 000

15 381 000

15 027 000

Total: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.......

6 115 000

15 381 000

15 027 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 880.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— National Capital Planning Authority

01. National Works...........................

5 400 000

4 431 000

3 416 000

02. Off‑site infrastructure for Block 1, Section 15, York Park, Barton

1 745 000

3 800 000

3 800 000

7 145 000

8 231 000

7 216 000

2.— Murray‑Darling Basin Commission — For expenditure under the Murray‑Darling Basin Act 1983

01. Regional Development......................

2 850 000

—

—

Total: Division 880

9 995 000

8 231 000

7 216 000

Division 881.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

1.— Housing and Crisis Accommodation

01. Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (for expenditure under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1989)

105 113 000

103 299 000

103 299 000

02. Crisis Accommodation......................

5 486 000

5 410 000

5 410 000

03. Social Housing Subsidy Program................

8 000 000

—

04. Referral services for women escaping domestic violence in rural remote areas

1 808 000

625 000

100 000

120 407 000

109 334 000

108 809 000

2.— Urban Infrastructure

01. Payment to Western Australia for sewerage and water quality infrastructure

2 710 000

10 980 000

8 270 000

02. Payment to Western Australia for urban and recreation Facilities

6 500 000

8 000 000

1 500 000

9 210 000

18 980 000

9 770 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDepartment of Housing and Regional Development — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

3.— Better Cities Program

01. General purpose capital assistance to the States......

259 454 000

261 800 000

212 617 000

Social Justice Research

Grants for locational disadvantage studies..........

—

87 000

87 000

Total: Division 881

389 071 000

390 201 000

331 283 000

Division 882.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Regional economic development................

14 230 000

—

—

02. Regional strategic infrastructure................

9 805 000

—

—

03. Supported Accommodation Assistance Program — National case management strategies, research and development

3 900 000

—

—

04. Reform of local government business regulation......

1 620 000

—

—

05. New work opportunities......................

431 000

—

—

Total: Division 882

29 986 000

—

—

Total: Department of Housing and Regional Development.

429 052 000

398 432 000

338 499 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 890.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Departmental plant and equipment...............

9 378 000

9 105 000

9 105 000

02. Construction of Departmental facilities............

5 500 000

7 365 000

1 865 000

03. Medical research institutes — capital funding.......

13 000 000

10 000 000

10 000 000

Construction of blood fractionation facilities........

—

15 545 000

15 545 000

Total: Division 890

27 878 000

42 015 000

36 515 000

Division 891.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

1.— Health Advancement

01. National Drug Strategy......................

20 068 000

19 527 000

19 527 000

02. Contribution towards measures to combat the transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

28 730 000

30 111 000

25 526 000

03. Women’s Health Program....................

10 313 000

9 580 000

8 535 000

04. Innovative health services for homeless youth.......

2 668 000

2 371 000

1 951 000

05. National program for early detection of breast cancer..

39 936 000

28 335 000

24 600 000

06. Organised approach to cervical cancer screening.....

7 146 000

7 500 000

5 317 000

07. Contribution towards immunisation against Haemophilus influenza type b disease

9 723 000

12 650 000

11 364 000

08. National Mental Health Program................

17 170 000

1 242 000

1 242 000

135 754 000

111 316 000

98 062 000

2.— Health Care Access

01. Blood Transfusion Service....................

47 114 000

52 550 000

48 294 000

02. Grants for provision of health services (including payments made under the Health Insurance Act 1973)

138 602 000

132 278 000

114 386 000

03. Nationally funded medical specialty centres (for payment to the Medical Specialty Centres Trust Account)

2 696 000

2 657 000

2 657 000

04. Alternative General Practice Funding arrangements...

5 993 000

6 002 000

—

05. Reducing waiting times for elective surgery.........

37 934 000

17 750 000

—

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDepartment of Human Services and Health — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

06. Bone marrow and organ donor register............

672 000

544 000

544 000

07. Medicare Agreements ‑ other health services..

105 779 000

98 516 000

98 516 000

08. Commonwealth Dental Program for Health Card Holders

64 395 000

18 482 000

17 451 000

09. Development and distribution of public patients’ hospital charter

361 000

584 000

584 000

10. Palliative Care............................

13 028 000

12 624 000

12 624 000

Assistance for the provision of antivenoms..........

—

2 000 000

Hospital Funding Grants and health services restructuring payments outside the 1993‑98 Medicare Agreements

—

3 072 000

3 072 000

Transfer of nurse education to higher education institutes (for expenditure under the States Grants (Nurse Education Transfer Assistance) Act 1985)

—

21 908 000

21 567 000

416 574 000

368 967 000

319 695 000

3.— Residential Care for Older People..............

37 849 000

34 254 000

34 254 000

4.— Assistance for People with Disabilities

01. Commonwealth/State disability agreement — transition payments

41 481 000

30 599 000

24 020 000

02. Commonwealth/State disability agreement — transfer to States

224 992 000

222 420 000

222 420 000

03. Nursing Home payments.....................

3 906 000

3 876 000

3 876 000

270 379 000

256 895 000

250 316 000

5.— Services for Families with Children (including expenditure under the Child Care Act 1972)

01. Child Care Fee Relief.......................

14 995 000

13 582 000

13 582 000

02. Other Services for Families with Children..........

36 061 000

23 204 000

19 953 000

51 056 000

36 786 000

33 535 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDepartment of Human Services and Health — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

\n```\n\n| 6.— Home and Community Care (for expenditure under the Home and Community Care Act 1985) | 398 604 000 | 370 686 000 | 370 585 000 |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------- | ------------- |\n| Total: Division 891 | 1 310 216 000 | 1 178 904 000 | 1 106 447 000 |\n| Division 892.— OTHER SERVICES | | | |\n| 01. Interim child care supply initiative — capital loans. | 3 600 000 | — | — |\n| 02. National Childhood Immunisation Program...... | 5 779 000 | — | — |\n| 03. Health access for survivors of torture and trauma... | 836 000 | — | — |\n| 04. Refined accountability framework for nursing homes | 251 000 | — | — |\n| 05. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Services — flexible service models and development grants | 673 000 | — | — |\n| 06. International search for unrelated bone marrow.... | 700 000 | — | — |\n| 07. Breast cancer fundraising foundation.......... | 2 000 000 | — | — |\n| 08. National telephone typewrite relay service....... | 2 179 000 | — | — |\n| 09. National telephone typewriter relay service...... | 2 200 000 | — | — |\n| 10. National Mental Health Program............. | 12 467 000 | — | — |\n| 11. Improved psychogeriatric services for people with dementia | 750 000 | — | — |\n| 12. Professional Services Review scheme.......... | 1 396 000 | — | — |\n| Private health sector reform................ | — | 8 900 000 | 8 900 000 |\n| Total: Division 892 | 32 831 000 | 8900 000 | 8 900 000 |\n| Total: Department of Human Services and Health.... | 1 370 925 000 1 | 1 229 819 000 | 1 151 862 000 |\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 902.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Adult Migrant English Centres.................

38 000

1 181 000

3000

02. Computer equipment — Translating and Interpreting Service

1 120 000

2 500 000

1 380 000

Expansion of Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.

—

3 945 000

145 000

Total: Division 902

1 158 000

7 626 000

1 528 000

Division 903. — PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Supervision and welfare support for refugee minors without parents in Australia

374 000

363 000

200 000

Total: Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs...

1 532 000

7 989 000

1 728 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 911. — OTHER SERVICES

01. Payments to the Coal Mining Industry Long Service Leave (Funding) Corporation

739 000

—

—

02. Industrial Relations Legislation Reform — Information Campaign

105 000

1 800 000

1 270 000

Total: Division 911

844 000

1 800 000

1 270 000

Total: Department of Industrial Relations............

844 000

1 800 000

1 270 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 915. — CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. National Space Program —capital outlays..........

4 782 000

3 465 000

2 688 000

02. Major national research facilities program..........

7 500 000

—

—

12 282 000

3 465 000

2 688 000

2.— Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation — For expenditure under the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act 1987

15 880 000

17 589 000

17 589 000

3.— Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation — For expenditure under the Science and Industry Research Act 1949

35 500 000

24 911 000

24 911 000

4.— Advances and Loans

01. Capital advance to the CSIRO for magnesium pilot plant.

2 800 000

12 300 000

12 300 000

Australian Institute of Marine Science — For expenditure under the Australian Institute of Marine Science Act 1972.

—

1 070 000

1 070 000

Total: Division 915

66 462 000

59 335 000

58 558 000

Division 916. — PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Enterprise Development Program...............

20 026 000

18 324 000

18 324 000

02. Multifunction Polis — Payments to South Australia...

3000 000

1 650 000

1 650 000

03. Industry Innovation Program..................

1 300 000

—

—

Western Australia — Grant for steel project study.....

—

250 000

250 000

Total: Division 916

24 326 000

20 224 000

20 224 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDepartment of Industry, Science and Technology — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 917.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Support for Australian bids for infrastructure projects in Asia

2 970 000

—

—

02. Support for Australian suppliers................

2 300 000

—

—

03. Enterprise Networking Program................

7 120 000

—

—

Establishment Grant for Asset Purchase (for payment to the Australian Industrial Property Organisation Trust Account)

—

4 788 000

4 783 000

Working Capital Grants (for payment to the Australian Industrial Property Organisation Trust Account)

—

6 572 000

6 572 000

Ex Gratia payment to Taiyo Corporation...........

—

750 000

750 000

Total: Division 917

12 390 000

12 110 000

12 105 000

Division 918.— AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE

1.— Capital Works and Services

01. Plant and equipment........................

3 848 000

11 422 000

8 561 000

02. Buildings and works........................

5 541 000

5 091 000

1 113 000

9 389 000

16 513 000

9 674 000

Other Services

Compensation for defendants and others in the Midford Paramount Case

—

25 200 000

25 200 000

Total: Division 918

9 389 000

41 713 000

34 874 000

Total: Department of Industry, Science and Technology..

112 567 000

133 382 000

125 761 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND ENERGY\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 930.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Australian Geological Survey Organisation — Plant and equipment

1 703 000

1 462 000

1 248 000

02. Australian Geological Survey Organisation — New building construction

22 037 000

9 000 000

1 163 000

Construction of Departmental facilities............

—

1 050 000

1 044 000

23 740 000

11 512 000

3 455 000

2.—Murray‑Darling Basin Commission — For expenditure under the Murray‑Darling Basin Act 1983 and for a natural resources management strategy

01. Contribution to salinity and other constructions and investigations

4 900 000

3 523 000

3 058 000

02. Contribution to natural resources management strategy works and measures

1 900 000

1 900 000

1 877 000

6 800 000

5 423 000

4 935 000

3.— Advances and Loans

01. Contingency fund (for payment to the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service Trust Account)

7 000 000

14 000 000

4 000 000

02. Working capital advance (for payment to the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service Trust Account)

500 000

12 000 000

5 000 000

03. Contingency fund (for payment to the National Residue Survey Trust Account)

400 000

400 000

—

Working capital advance (for payment to the National Residue Survey Trust Account)

—

200 000

—

7 900 000

26 600 000

9 000 000

Total: Division 930

38 440 000

43 535 000

17 390 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDepartment of Primary Industries and Energy — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 931. — PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

1.— Industries Development

01. Payment to the Northern Territory in lieu of uranium royalties

1 390 000

1 390 000

1 390 000

02. Tasmanian wheat freight subsidy................

2 700 000

2 700 000

2 700 000

Payment to New South Wales in relation to Commonwealth Superannuation Liabilities for certain employees of the Joint Coal Board

—

2 617 000

2 617 000

4 090 000

6 707 000

6 707 000

2.— Infrastructure and Support

01. National Landcare Program — Payment to the States for the purpose of the Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992

70 590 000

74 841 000

73 676 000

02. Rural adjustment under the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1988 and the Rural Adjustment Act 1992

87 626 000

73 858 000

58 300 000

03. Commonwealth/Tasmania Forest Industry Package....

5 628 000

7 516 000

6 444 000

04. Monitoring and maintenance of former mine site rehabilitation — payment to the Northern Territory

226 000

262 000

262 000

05. Murray‑Darling Basin — Natural Resources Management Strategy

6 900 000

6 900 000

6 900 000

06. North Queensland Community Rainforests Revegetation Program

1 500 000

850 000

850 000

07. Sugar Industry Program......................

9 095 000

8 000 000

3 095 000

08. Payment to New South Wales — Funding for a safety officer for the timber industry

70 000

70 000

70 000

09. Commonwealth/New South Wales Forest Industry Package

1 930 000

—

—

Payment of loan to Victoria for Superannuation arrangements for former Victorian Meat Inspectors

1 101 000

—

National Forest Policy Program.................

—

250 000

250 000

183 565 000

173 648 000

149 847 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDepartment of Primary Industries and Energy — continued\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

3.— Research and Assessment

01. Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign

4 136 000

4000 000

4000 000

02. Exotic Disease Preparedness Program — Feral animal control

242 000

237 000

237 000

Australian Capital Territory — Rural Assistance.....

—

58 000

—

Exotic Animal Disease Eradication..............

—

10 000

10 000

4 378 000

4 305 000

4 247 000

Total: Division 931

192 033 000

184 660 000

160 801 000

Division 932.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Wine Industry package — cash grants to winemakers...

900 000

—

—

02. Wine Industry package — export development grant...

500 000

—

—

03. Tri‑State Fruit Fly Strategy — Commonwealth Contribution

213 000

—

—

04. Operating Subsidy for meat inspection (for payment to the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service Trust Account)

7 300 000

—

—

05. Lead Abatement: Ethanol Bounty Scheme..........

5 823 000

—

—

Grant to Winegrape Growers’ Council of Australia....

—

50 000

50 000

Operating Subsidy (for payment to the Australian and New Zealand Minerals and Energy Council Energy Sector Trust Account)

—

1 050 000

1 050 000

Total: Division 932

14 736 000

1 100 000

1 100 000

Total: Department of Primary Industries and Energy....

245 209 000

229 295 000

179 291 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 937.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Governor‑General’s Office and establishments

2 004 000

685 000

685 000

Division 938. — OTHER SERVICES

01. Purchase and management of land for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders for social, cultural or economic purposes (for payment to the relevant trust account)

200 000 000

—

—

Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet...

202 004 000

685 000

685 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 948. — CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Computer equipment........................

78 863 000

49 843 000

26 877 000

Division 949.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Compensation for extension of fringe benefits to pensioners and older long‑term allowees and beneficiaries

130 362 000

146 137 000

138 757 000

OTHER SERVICES

Assistance to persons affected by New South Wales bushfire disaster

—

7 309 000

1 552 000

Supplementation of shortfall in trust account balance — (for payment to Services for Other Governments and Non‑departmental Bodies Trust Account)

—

12 000

12 000

Ex Gratia payment to May Therese Asmar in lieu of Age Pension

—

40 000

40 000

Total:

—

7 361 000

1 604 000

Total: Department of Social Security...............

209 225 000

203 341 000

167 238 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF TOURISM\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

Construction of Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘93 — Taejon, South Korea

—

1 399 000

1 372 000

Construction of Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘92 — Seville, Spain

—

70 000

70 000

Total:

—

1 469 000

1 442 000

OTHER SERVICES

Partnership Australia Program.................

—

2 000 000

2 000 000

Total: Department of Tourism....................

—

3 469 000

3 442 000

\n```\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT\n\n```html\n

1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 970. — CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Second Sydney Airport land acquisition and works

2 000 000

7 899 000

5 899 000

02. Contribution towards the development of Badgerys Creek Airport

350 000

370 000

370 000

03. Funding for transport infrastructure (including for payment to the Australian Land Transport Development Trust Account

134 210 000

404 350 000

304 140 000

Contribution towards airport infrastructure improvements

—

12 700 000

12 700 000

136 560 000

425 319 000

323 109 000

2.— Equity, Advances and Loans

01. National Rail Corporation — Equity contribution.....

37 100 000

58 700 000

58 700 000

Australian National Railways Commission — Equity Contribution

—

160 400 000

160 400 000

37 100 000

219 100 000

219 100 000

Total: Division 970

173 660 000

644 419 000

542 209 000

Division 971.— PAYMENT TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Funding for transport infrastructure..............

4 600 000

29 650 000

27 550 000

02. Payment of amounts equal to penalties resulting from prosecutions under the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985

550 000

550 000

550 000

03. Tasmania — Compensation payment in respect of the Bass Strait passenger service

300 000

250 000

250 000

Total: Division 971

5 450 000

30 450 000

28 350 000

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1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 972.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Survey work — Alice Springs ‑ Darwin rail link

2 780 000

1 000 000

220 000

Total: Department of Transport...................

181 890 000

675 869 000

570 779 000

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1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 977.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Northern Territory — Commonwealth contribution to the Northern Territory Debt Sinking Fund

946 000

1 014 000

1 014 000

02. Northern Territory — Payment of interest on Northern Territory Debt Sinking Fund balances

29 000

35 000

35 000

03. Australian Capital Territory — Financial assistance grant for local government purposes

23 839 000

23 396 000

23 248 000

04. Assistance for Debt Redemption................

117 000 000

86 000 000

82 143 000

05. Western Australia — Assistance for Wholesale Sales Tax exemption

1 000 000

1 423 000

1 423 000

06. Queensland — Assistance for Wholesale Sales Tax exemption

4 000 000

8 961 000

7 807 000

07. South Australia — Special assistance package.......

234 000 000

150 000 000

150 000 000

08. Australian Capital Territory — Special revenue assistance

65 880 000

83 717 000

80 966 000

Australian Capital Territory — General revenue grant..

—

103 250 000

95 640 000

Australian Capital Territory — General purpose capital grant

—

16 760 000

15 480 000

Payment to South Australia — Program Transfer Assistance Grants

—

141 000

141 000

Total: Division 977

446 694 000

474 697 000

457 897 000

Division 978. — OTHER SERVICES

01. Australian National Railways Commission — Debt acquisition

159 591 000

—

—

Payments to assist residents of Martin Street, Armidale.

—

4 750 000

457 000

Examination of Darwin as Australia’s northern link to East Asia

—

2 000 000

—

Grants to assist owners and residents of contaminated land in Armidale (including for payment to the relevant trust accounts)

—

4 293 000

4 293 000

Total: Division 978

159 591 000

11 043 000

4 750 000

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1994‑95

1993‑94

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

Equity, Advances and Loans

Commonwealth Development Bank — Capital Funding.

—

30 000 000

30 000 000

Division 979.— AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

1.— Capital Works and Services

01. Plant and equipment........................

1 221 000

706 000

706 000

02. Construction of facilities.....................

500 000

1 302 000

802 000

Total: Division 979

1 721 000

2 008 000

1 508 000

Division 980. — AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

1.— Capital Works and Services

01. Plant and equipment........................

25 464 000

45 624 000

18 124 000

INSURANCE AND SUPERANNUATION COMMISSION

Capital Works and Services

Plant and equipment........................

—

829 000

829 000

Total: Department of the Treasury.................

633 470 000

564 201 000

513 108 000

\n```\n\n\\[Minister’s second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 10 May 1994\n\n![](image.004.png)Senate on 8 June 1994\\]\n\nPrinted by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer (62/94)\n\n![](image.005.png)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":1186},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains within its intended scope as a supply bill for the 1994-95 financial year. While Section 6 creates a specific exemption for wine industry grants that bypasses normal Industry Commission reporting requirements, this is a targeted provision within the appropriation framework rather than an expansion of the Act's general purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Lengthy tabular schedules (Schedule 2) containing hundreds of line-item appropriations across 20+ departments","Cross-references to multiple other Acts including the Industry Commission Act 1989, Audit Act 1901, and various state grant Acts","Conditional payment structures for states (Section 4) requiring ministerial determinations of terms, amounts and timing","Specific override provision (Section 6) creating an exception to the Industry Commission Act requirements","Nested definitions (Section 4(1)) defining 'Appropriation Act' for the purposes of state payments"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis is a **supply bill** (budget legislation) that authorises the Australian Government to spend approximately **$5 billion** from the Consolidated Revenue Fund during the 1994-95 financial year.\n\n**Who it affects and how**\n\n* **Government departments**: The Act allocates money to specific departments including Health, Veterans' Affairs, Education, Environment, and Primary Industries.\n* **States and Territories**: It sets up a framework for payments to states for specific purposes like hospital funding, disability services, housing assistance, and managing World Heritage areas. These payments come with conditions set by designated Ministers.\n* **Specific industries**: Section 6 contains a special provision allowing cash grants to winemakers under the \"Wine Industry package\" without needing prior approval from the Industry Commission (which is normally required under the *Industry Commission Act 1989*).\n\n**Key features**\n\n* **$175 million \"Advance to the Minister for Finance\"**: A contingency fund allowing the Finance Minister to make urgent payments that were unforeseen when the Budget was prepared, or to fix errors/omissions in the appropriations.\n* **Detailed schedules**: The Act includes extensive tables (Schedule 2) showing exactly how much each department gets for capital works, payments to states, and other services.\n* **Program flexibility**: Money appropriated for a particular program can be used for any purpose of that program, including making payments under other Acts.\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nWithout this legislation, the government would not have legal authority to spend public money. This Act provides the legal foundation for running government services, paying grants to states, and funding specific initiatives like Olympic Games preparation, medical research, and rural health programs for that financial year."},"summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act is entirely consistent with its original and narrow purpose: authorising specific Commonwealth expenditure for the 1994–95 financial year. Appropriation (No. 2) Acts have always served as the second tranche of annual budget appropriations, covering capital works, payments to States, and other services not included in the main Appropriation Act. The Act does not expand or contract its scope beyond what is typical for this class of legislation. The one notable feature — the section 6 override of the Industry Commission Act requirement for the wine industry — is a purpose-specific carve-out confined to a defined program and three financial years, and is not an expansion of the Act's fundamental nature as a spending authority instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Massive Schedule 2 spanning 20 departments with hundreds of individual line items across three spending categories (Capital Works, Payments to States, Other Services)","Schedule 1 uses a five-column cross-referencing table linking Division numbers to purposes and two different Ministers — one for payment conditions, one for payment timing","Section 4 contains conditional logic governing payments to States, with subsections referencing column numbers within Schedule 1 and defined terms within that same section","Section 5 creates a deeming provision (money 'is taken to be appropriated for') that interacts with other program-level legislative schemes","Section 6 explicitly overrides sections 10 and 11 of the Industry Commission Act 1989, creating a carve-out with forward-looking application across three financial years (1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97)","The Advance to the Minister for Finance (Division 864) contains deeply nested conditional logic: paragraph (b)(i)(A)/(B) structure with sub-conditions about foreseeability and timing","Multiple cross-references to external Acts throughout Schedule 2 (e.g. Supported Accommodation Assistance Act, Home and Community Care Act, Australian Heritage Commission Act, Murray-Darling Basin Act, etc.)","Dual financial year comparator columns in Schedule 2 (current appropriation vs prior year estimated appropriation vs prior year estimated expenditure) add interpretive layers","Subdivisions within Divisions in Schedule 1 (e.g. 'Subdivision 1 of Division 881') create additional cross-referencing complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"## What This Law Does\n\nThis is an **Appropriation Act** — essentially, the Commonwealth Government's \"permission slip\" to spend public money. Without Parliament passing this kind of Act, the Government cannot legally spend money from the national purse (called the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** — think of it as Australia's main government bank account).\n\n**Specifically, this Act:**\n- Authorises the Government to spend up to **$5,013,781,000** (just over $5 billion) during the financial year ending 30 June 1995\n- This is a **second** appropriation for that year (the \"(No. 2)\" tells you that a first appropriation Act was passed earlier in the budget cycle — this one covers additional or capital/services spending not included in the main budget)\n\n**Who does this affect?**\nVirtually every Australian, because the money funds federal government services across 20 departments, including:\n- **Health services** — Medicare, mental health, HIV/AIDS programs, dental care for health card holders, cancer screening\n- **Housing** — crisis accommodation, social housing, the Better Cities Program\n- **Education & training** — computer equipment for employment services, language programs, new training wage measures\n- **Social security** — compensation payments to pensioners for fringe benefit changes\n- **Environment** — Great Barrier Reef management, World Heritage properties, the Daintree, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games infrastructure\n- **Primary industries** — wine industry grants, Landcare, the Murray-Darling Basin, rural adjustment\n- **Transport** — road and rail infrastructure, National Rail Corporation equity\n- **Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs** — $200 million for land purchase for Indigenous Australians\n- **Defence-adjacent** — war graves (Kokoda Memorial), veterans' hospital transfers\n\n**Key structural features:**\n- **Schedule 1** sets out which government payments to States must meet specific conditions, and which Minister controls those conditions and payment timing\n- **Schedule 2** is the detailed spending breakdown — it lists every department and every line item of spending, divided into: Capital Works & Services, Payments to States/Territories, and Other Services\n- A **$175 million \"Advance to the Minister for Finance\"** is included — this is a safety valve allowing the Finance Minister to spend on urgent, unforeseen needs (or things accidentally left out of the budget) without waiting for Parliament to pass another law\n- **Section 6** is unusual: it specifically overrides a requirement under the *Industry Commission Act 1989* that normally requires an Industry Commission report before the government can give financial assistance to the wine industry for more than 2 years. This lets the Minister pay cash grants to winemakers for 1994–95 through 1996–97 even without that report\n\n**Why does it matter?**\nThis Act is the legal foundation for billions of dollars of government spending. Without it, the Government would have no authority to pay for hospitals, schools, roads, environmental programs, or public servants. It is a routine but constitutionally essential part of how Australia's federal finances work each year."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Section 3(1) read with the Preamble and Assent date","severity":"low","reasoning":"An appropriation act receiving Royal Assent before the financial year commences is standard Australian parliamentary practice (this is a No. 2 Act, typically passed before or at the start of the year). The advance mechanism references 'unforeseen' items relative to the Bill's introduction date, which is coherent. The oddity is minor and well understood in practice.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The Act was assented to on 24 June 1994 but appropriates money 'for the year ending on 30 June 1995' — a year that had already begun approximately 8 months earlier (1 July 1993... wait, no: financial year 1994-95 begins 1 July 1994). The Act received Royal Assent on 24 June 1994, meaning it commenced before the financial year it appropriates for had even begun. This is not inherently absurd for an appropriation act, but the Advance to the Minister for Finance provision (Division 864) permits expenditure for items 'unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to include appropriation... in the Bill for this Act before the introduction of that Bill into the House of Representatives'. The Bill was introduced on 10 May 1994 and the Act commenced 24 June 1994 — before the financial year started on 1 July 1994. This creates a temporal oddity where the 'advance' mechanism for unforeseen expenses can be triggered during a financial year that has not yet commenced."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Section 6(2) read with the note citing sections 10(1) and 11(1) of the Industry Commission Act 1989","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The drafters were clearly aware of the conflict (hence the explanatory note) and deliberately overrode the Industry Commission Act for this specific program. However, it is logically absurd that a money appropriation act — which should merely authorise expenditure — is simultaneously used to suspend the operation of a separate substantive regulatory statute. The provision is self-contradicting at the level of the legislative scheme: the whole point of s 10 of the Industry Commission Act is to prevent exactly this kind of grant being made without independent review.","confidence":0.82,"description":"Section 6(2) authorises the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy to make cash grants to winemakers 'even though the Minister administering the Industry Commission Act 1989 has not received any report of the Industry Commission about the provision of financial assistance to the wine industry.' The attached note explains that ss 10(1) and 11(1) of the Industry Commission Act preclude any action 'in respect of the provision of financial assistance for over 2 years' unless taken within 12 months after the Minister has received a relevant Industry Commission report. Section 6 therefore explicitly authorises action that another Act of Parliament — the Industry Commission Act 1989 — expressly prohibits. While later Acts can impliedly override earlier ones, this creates a direct, acknowledged tension between two concurrent Commonwealth statutes, with the Appropriation Act overriding a substantive regulatory safeguard designed to ensure independent review of industry assistance."},{"type":"other","section":"Schedule 2, Division 892, items 08 and 09 (Department of Human Services and Health)","severity":"high","reasoning":"Two line items for what is plainly the same service (differentiated only by a typographical error) creates genuine legal and practical uncertainty: does the Commonwealth have authority to spend both amounts on the same service? Can it spend both, only one, or up to the combined total? This is not merely an amusing quirk — it creates real compliance risk for the department administering the expenditure and potentially allows double-appropriation of funds for a single purpose.","confidence":0.92,"description":"Division 892 (Other Services, Department of Human Services and Health) contains two almost identically described line items: item 08 'National telephone typewrite relay service' ($2,179,000) and item 09 'National telephone typewriter relay service' ($2,200,000). These appear to appropriate money twice for what is almost certainly the same service (the 'typewrite' in item 08 being an obvious typographical error for 'typewriter'). Together they appropriate $4,379,000 for a single service, with no explanation for the duplication or the slightly different amounts."},{"type":"other","section":"Schedule 2 Abstract (Total) vs. Section 3(1) appropriation amount","severity":"low","reasoning":"The arithmetic is correct once the footnote is applied, and the Advance to the Minister for Finance is separately listed in the Abstract. The missing section number in the Schedule 2 header is a drafting oversight but unlikely to create practical legal difficulty given the overall coherence of the amounts. Confidence is moderate that this is a genuine issue rather than a deliberate choice.","confidence":0.55,"description":"Section 3(1) appropriates 'the sum of $5,013,781,000'. The Schedule 2 Abstract grand total for all departments listed also shows $5,013,781,000. However, the detailed Schedule 2 summary table shows a 'TOTAL' of $4,838,781,000, accompanied by a footnote stating '* Does not include $175,000,000 appropriated under Division 864 — Advance to the Minister for Finance.' Adding $175,000,000 to $4,838,781,000 gives $5,013,781,000. This is arithmetically consistent, but the Schedule 2 heading says 'SCHEDULE 2 Section' — the section reference is blank, creating a potential ambiguity about which operative provision Schedule 2 is attached to."},{"type":"other","section":"Division 864 (Advance to the Minister for Finance) — condition at paragraph (b)(i)(A)","severity":"low","reasoning":"In practice, Appropriation Acts No. 2 commence before the financial year and any pre-year expenditure would be trivial. The Audit Act 1901 (referenced in Division 864(c)) governs the mechanics. This is a technical temporal tension rather than an operational absurdity.","confidence":0.4,"description":"The Advance allows the Minister to make money available for expenditure that 'was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to include appropriation for that expenditure in the Bill for this Act before the introduction of that Bill into the House of Representatives.' The Bill was introduced on 10 May 1994 and the Act commenced 24 June 1994 — before the 1994-95 financial year started on 1 July 1994. This means the Advance could theoretically be used from commencement (24 June 1994) to cover expenditure that became 'unforeseen' between 10 May 1994 and 24 June 1994, but the appropriation is only 'for the year ending 30 June 1995'. Any expenditure from the Advance before 1 July 1994 would be for a financial year that had not yet commenced, creating a potential mismatch between the appropriation period and the period during which the Advance could be drawn."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"high","section_a":"Section 6(2) — authorisation to make wine industry cash grants without Industry Commission report","section_b":"Section 6(2) note, citing sections 10(1) and 11(1) of the Industry Commission Act 1989 — prohibition on financial assistance over 2 years without Industry Commission report","confidence":0.88,"description":"Section 6(2) of this Act expressly authorises the Minister to make payments 'even though the Minister administering the Industry Commission Act 1989 has not received any report of the Industry Commission about the provision of financial assistance to the wine industry.' Sections 10(1) and 11(1) of the Industry Commission Act 1989 expressly preclude action 'in respect of the provision of financial assistance for over 2 years by the Commonwealth Government to an industry' unless taken within 12 months after receipt of such a report. The note to s 6(2) acknowledges the proposed assistance will span 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97 — three years — which falls squarely within the Industry Commission Act's prohibition. These two provisions are in direct conflict: the later Act permits what the earlier Act forbids."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"Schedule 2, Division 892, item 08 — 'National telephone typewrite relay service' ($2,179,000)","section_b":"Schedule 2, Division 892, item 09 — 'National telephone typewriter relay service' ($2,200,000)","confidence":0.9,"description":"Two consecutive line items in Division 892 (Other Services, Department of Human Services and Health) appropriate different amounts for what appears to be the same service, distinguished only by a typographical error ('typewrite' vs 'typewriter'). This creates an internal contradiction within Schedule 2: either the same service has been funded twice (double-appropriation), or two genuinely distinct items have been given virtually identical names (making it impossible to distinguish which appropriation applies to which expenditure). Either way, compliance with the appropriation is impossible to determine with certainty."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 4(2) — payments to States must be made on terms determined by the specified Minister","section_b":"Section 4(3) — payments to States out of Division 977 money must be made in amounts and at times determined by the Treasurer","confidence":0.72,"description":"Section 4(2) establishes a general regime under which State payments must be made on conditions determined by the Minister specified in Schedule 1, Column 4, and in amounts/times determined by the Minister in Column 5. Section 4(3) creates a carve-out for Division 977 payments, which are determined solely by the Treasurer as to amounts and timing, with no reference to terms and conditions. Division 977 is a very large appropriation ($446,694,000) covering payments to States and Territories. The interaction between these subsections is potentially contradictory: it is unclear whether the general terms-and-conditions power in s 4(2)(a) applies to Division 977 payments (since s 4(3) only addresses amounts and timing, not conditions), or whether Division 977 payments are entirely outside the s 4(2) regime. If the former, two Ministers could have overlapping authority over Division 977 payments; if the latter, there is no statutory mechanism for imposing conditions on these very large transfers."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Section 3(1) — appropriates $5,013,781,000 for 'services specified in Schedule 2'","section_b":"Schedule 2 detailed summary table footnote — 'Does not include $175,000,000 appropriated under Division 864'","confidence":0.65,"description":"Section 3(1) directs that money may be issued and applied 'for the services specified in Schedule 2'. The Advance to the Minister for Finance (Division 864, $175,000,000) is listed in Schedule 2 but the summary table footnote states it is excluded from the Schedule 2 departmental totals. This creates an internal tension: if Division 864 is 'in' Schedule 2 (as the Abstract and the detailed listing confirm), then s 3(1) authorises its expenditure for 'services specified in Schedule 2'. But the Advance by definition covers services NOT specified in Schedule 2 (it covers unforeseen or understated items). The Advance's inclusion in Schedule 2 while being used for items outside Schedule 2 creates a mild logical circularity."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1994-95","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1994-95/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1994-95/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1994-95/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1994-95/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1994-95/documents"}}