{"id":"C1995A00061","name":"Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1995-96","slug":"appropriation-act-no-2-1995-96","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"61 of 1995","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2613,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1995A00061-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"‑ GENERAL","content":"PART 1 ‑ GENERAL\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1995‑96.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nIssue and application of $ 4 365 461 000\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 1996, the sum of $ 4 365 461 000.\n\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"74480","sectionType":"section","heading":"Cat. No. 95 5230 8 ISBN 0644 436271","content":"74480 Cat. No. 95 5230 8 ISBN 0644 436271\n\n \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.\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 \n\n(b) any other purposes of the program.\n\nAccounting errors etc. may be corrected after close of financial year\n\n6. The fact that the appropriation of an amount under this Act ceases (because of section 36 of the Audit Act 1901) to have effect at the end of 30 June 1996 does not prevent the Minister from taking action after that day:\n\n(a) to correct errors or mispostings in the official accounting records of the Commonwealth; or\n\n(b) to balance the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the Trust Fund or the Loan Fund;\n\nif the action does not result in an amount being debited from one of those Funds otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another of those Funds.\n\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"‑ SPECIAL APPLICATION OF ACT","content":"PART 2 ‑ SPECIAL APPLICATION OF ACT\n\nDefinitions\n\n7. In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n\"Financial Management and Accountability Act\" means the Act to be cited as:\n\n(a) the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1995; or\n\n(b) the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1996;\n\n\"item\" means an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 2;\n\n\"operative day\" means the day on which the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences.\n\nApplication of Part\n\n8. This Part applies if the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences before 30 June 1996.\n\nAct to have effect subject to modifications\n\n9. (1) This Act has effect on and after the operative day subject to the modifications set out in the following subsections.\n\n \n(2) After section 2 the following section is inserted:\n\nInterpretation\n\n\"2A. In this Part:\n\n'Financial Management and Accountability Act' means:\n\n(a) the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1995; or\n\n(b) the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1996; whichever is in force.\".\n\n(3) After section 5 the following sections are inserted:\n\nCertain amounts taken to be appropriated\n\n\"5A. If an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 2 specifies that payments (whether the word \"payments\" or \"money\" or any other word is used) of a certain description may be credited to the item, subdivision or Division:\n\n(a) amounts equal to payments (whether real or notional) of that description credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund during the financial year ending on 30 June 1996 are taken to have been appropriated for the purpose or services referred to in that item, subdivision or Division; and\n\n(b) the Minister is authorised to issue and apply those amounts accordingly.\n\nDebiting of expenditure charged to Minister's advance\n\n\"5B. Any expenditure in excess of a specific appropriation or not specifically provided for by appropriation may be charged to an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 2 as the Minister directs but the total expenditure so charged in the year ending 30 June 1996, after deduction of amounts of repayments, must not at any time exceed the amount appropriated for that year under the head 'Advance to the Minister for Finance'.\".\n\n(4) Section 6 is omitted and the following section is substituted;\n\nConsolidated Revenue Fund not to be debited after close of financial year\n\n\"6. (1) An amount appropriated under section 3 may not be debited from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1996.\n\n \n\n(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the Minister from taking action after 30 June 1996:\n\n(a) to correct errors or mispostings in the financial accounting records of the Commonwealth; or\n\n(b) to balance the Funds (within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act);\n\nif the action does not result in an amount being debited from a Fund otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another Fund.\".\n\n(5) If:\n\n(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item indicates that amounts appropriated under the item are to be paid into a particular account, being a Trust Account that was established under section 62A of the Audit Act 1901; and\n\n(b) under a determination by the Minister (under section 20 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act) establishing a component of the Reserved Money Fund, amounts of that kind that, immediately before the operative day, were to be placed to the credit of the Trust Account are allowed or required to be transferred from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to that component of the Reserved Money Fund;\n\nthe item is modified by omitting the reference to the Trust Account and substituting a reference to that component of the Reserved Money Fund.\n\nNote: In each case, the name of the component is the same as the name of the account that it replaces except that for \"Trust Account\" or \"Account\" (as the case may be) \"Reserve\" is substituted.\n\n(6) If:\n\n(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item indicates that amounts apppropriated under the item are to be paid into a particular account, being a Trust Account that was established under section 62A of the Audit Act 1901; and\n\n \n\n(b) under a determination by the Minister (under section 21 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act) establishing a component of the Commercial Activities Fund, amounts of that kind that, immediately before the operative day, were to be placed to the credit of the Trust Account are allowed or required to be transferred from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to that component of the Commercial Activities Fund;\n\nthe item is modified by omitting the reference to the Trust Account and substituting a reference to that component of the Commercial Activities Fund.\n\nNote: In each case, the name of the component is the same as the name of the account that it replaces except that for \"Trust Account\" or \"Account\" (as the case may be)\" ‑ Commercial Activities\" is substituted.\n\n![](image.002.png) \n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Section 4","content":"SCHEDULE 1 Section 4\n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |\n| -------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |\n| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining 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 to New South Wales for capital works associated with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.Payment to Queensland for the Daintree Rescue Strategy. | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories |\n\n \n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |\n| -------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |\n| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining payments |\n| 3 | Division 861 | Natural disaster relief and restoration. | Minister for Finance | Minister for Finance |\n| 4 | Subdivision 1 of Division 881 | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (for expenditure under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994).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| 5 | Subdivision 2 of Division 881 | Payment to Western Australia for sewerage and water quality infrastructure. | Minister for Housing and Regional Development | Minister for Housing and Regional Development |\n| 6 | Subdivision 4 of Division 881 | Australian Capital Territory ‑ Financial assistance grant for local government purposes. | Minister for Housing and Regional Development | Minister for Housing and Regional Development |\n| 7 | 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.National Cervix Screening Program.National Education Program on Female Genital Mutilation.National Childhood Immunisation Program. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |\n\n \n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |\n| -------- | ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |\n| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining payments |\n| 8 | Subdivision 2 of Division 891 | Blood Transfusion Service.Grants for provision of health services (including payments made under the Health Insurance Act 1973).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.National Mental Health Program. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |\n| 9 | Subdivision 3 of Division 891 | Residential Care for Older People. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |\n| 10 | Subdivision 4 of Division 891 | Commonwealth/State disability agreement ‑ transition payments.Commonwealth/State disability agreement ‑ transfer to States. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |\n| 11 | Subdivision 5 of Division 891 | Child Care assistance.Other Services for Families with Children. | Minister for Family Services | Minister for Family Services |\n| 12 | 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| 13 | Division 916 | EnterpriseDevelopment Program.Multifunction Polis ‑Payments to South Australia.Industry Innovation Program.Enterprise Networking Program. | Minister for Industry, Science and Technology | Minister for Industry, Science and Technology |\n\n \n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |\n| -------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ |\n| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining payments |\n| 14 | Division 931 | Tasmanian wheat freight scheme ‑ subsidy for wheat shipment.Tasmanian wheat freight scheme ‑ grant to upgrade Devonport wheat storage facilities.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.National Forest Policy Program.Commonwealth/New South Wales Forest Industry Package.Payments to State Rural Adjustment Scheme authorities for costs associated with issuing drought exceptional circumstances certificates.Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign.Exotic Disease Preparedness Program ‑ Feral animal control.Remote sensing of land coverage. | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy |\n| 15 | 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\n \n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Section 3","content":"SCHEDULE 2 Section 3\n\nABSTRACT\n\n| Page Reference | Departments and Services | Total |\n| -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |\n| | | $ |\n| 17 | Attorney‑General's Department......................... | 308 486 000 |\n| 19 | Department of Communications and the Arts...................... | 100 345 000 |\n| 21 | Department of Veterans' Affairs............................... | 38 524 000 |\n| 22 | Department of Employment, Education and Training................. | 89 880 000 |\n| 24 | Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories................ | 145 495 000 |\n| 26 | Department of Finance..................................... | 39 733 000 |\n| 27 | Advance to the Minister for Finance............................ | 175 000 000 |\n| 28 | Department of Administrative Services.......................... | 305 737 000 |\n| 30 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade......................... | 10 775 000 |\n| 31 | Department of Housing and Regional Development.................. | 326 249 000 |\n| 33 | Department of Human Services and Health........................ | 1 474 934 000 |\n| 36 | Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs..................... | 425 000 |\n| 37 | Department of Industrial Relations............................. | — |\n| 38 | Department of Industry, Science and Technology................... | 102 663 000 |\n| 40 | Department of Primary Industries and Energy...................... | 352 322 000 |\n| 43 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet..................... | 10 393 000 |\n| 44 | Department of Social Security................................ | 144 107 000 |\n| — | Department of Tourism..................................... | — |\n| 45 | Department of Transport.................................... | 178 215 000 |\n| 46 | Department of the Treasury.................................. | 562 178 000 |\n| | Total.............................................. | 4 365 461 000 |\n\nDEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES\n\n \n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96\\*, Heavy figures\n\nEstimated Expenditure — 1994‑95, 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. | 30 694 000 | 275 199 000 | 2 593 000 | 308 486 000 |\n| | 30 566 000 | 254 703 000 | — | 285 269 000 |\n| Department of Communications and the Arts | 79 929 000 | — | 20 416 000 | 100 345 000 |\n| | 309 081 000 | — | 69 450 000 | 378 531 000 |\n| Department of Veterans' Affairs....... | 3 206 000 | 34 218 000 | 1 100 000 | 38 524 000 |\n| | 8 834 000 | 31 384 000 | — | 40 218 000 |\n| Department of Employment, Education and Training | 56 717 000 | 7 166 000 | 25 997 000 | 89 880 000 |\n| | 21 830 000 | 5 597 000 | 27 276 000 | 54 703 000 |\n| Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories | 45 809 000 | 99 686 000 | — | 145 495 000 |\n| | 57 041 000 | 107 688 000 | — | 164 729 000 |\n| Department of Finance (*)........... | 4 559 000 | 35 000 000 | 174 000 | 39 733 000 |\n| | 2 242 000 | 25 000 000 | — | 27 242 000 |\n| Department of Administrative Services.. | 298 846 000 | — | 6 891 000 | 305 737 000 |\n| | 244 676 000 | — | 3 434 000 | 248 110 000 |\n| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. | 6 250 000 | — | 4 525 000 | 10 775 000 |\n| | 10 015 000 | — | 1 000 000 | 11 015 000 |\n| Department of Housing and Regional Development | 11 566 000 | 302 072 000 | 12 611 000 | 326 249 000 |\n| | 6 470 000 | 364 615 000 | — | 371 085 000 |\n| Department of Human Services and Health | 39 218 000 | 1 415 769 000 | 19 947 000 | 1 474 934 000 |\n| | 31 523 000 | 1 218 404 000 | 5 000 000 | 1 254 927 000 |\n| Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | 44 000 | 381 000 | — | 425 000 |\n| | 1 130 000 | 323 000 | — | 1 453 000 |\n| Department of Industrial Relations..... | — | — | — | — |\n| | — | — | 843 000 | 843 000 |\n| Department of Industry, Science and Technology | 64 823 000 | 32 640 000 | 5 200 000 | 102 663 000 |\n| | 64 193 000 | 22 100 000 | 222 000 | 86 515 000 |\n| Department of Primary Industries and Energy | 26 769 000 | 312 152 000 | 13 401 000 | 352 322 000 |\n| | 14 143 000 | 241 505 000 | 22 762 000 | 278 410 000 |\n| Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | 1 393 000 | 9 000 000 | — | 10 393 000 |\n| | 1 754 000 | 300 000 | 200 000 000 | 202 054 000 |\n| Department of Social Security........ | 12 862 000 | 131 245 000 | — | 144 107 000 |\n| | 72 512 000 | 130 362 000 | — | 202 874 000 |\n| Department of Tourism............. | — | — | — | — |\n| | — | — | — | — |\n\n \n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96\\*, Heavy figures\n\nEstimated Expenditure — 1994‑95, 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.......... | 177 615 000 | 600 000 | — | 178 215 000 |\n| | 259 653 000 | 8 406 000 | — | 268 059 000 |\n| Department of the Treasury........ | 150 298 000 | 397 880 000 | 14 000 000 | 562 178 000 |\n| | 47 185 000 | 348 118 000 | — | 395 303 000 |\n| TOTAL.................. | 1 010 598 000 | 3 053 008 000 | 126 855 000 | 4 190 461 000 |\n| | 1 182 848 000 | 2 758 505 000 | 329 987 000 | 4 271 340 000 |\n\n\\* Does not include $175 000 000 appropriated under Division 864 — Advance to the Minister for Finance.\n\n \n\nATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 805.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

6 388 000

7 026 000

1 884 000

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

3 500 000

3 450 000

1 131 000

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

—

725 000

725 000

AUSTRAC.............................

—

2 055 000

2 055 000

9 888 000

13 256 000

5 795 000

2.— Australian Federal Police

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

3 954 000

4 124 000

3 124 000

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

1 450 000

9 370 000

8 526 000

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

—

315 000

315 000

5 404 000

13 809 000

11 965 000

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

—

02. Loan (for payment to the Auscript ‑ Commonwealth Reporting Service Trust Account)

1 000 000

—

—

9 000 000

8 000 000

—

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

6 402 000

14 093 000

12 806 000

Total: Division 805

30 694 000

49 158 000

30 566 000

\n```\n\n \n\nAttorney‑General's Department — continued\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

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

918 000

904 000

904 000

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

132 945 000

122 875 000

122 875 000

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

14 918 000

8 426 000

8 426 000

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

126 418 000

122 618 000

122 498 000

Total: Division 806

275 199 000

254 823 000

254 703 000

Division 807.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Assistance to people who are unable to pay disbursement costs for civil law claims

2 593 000

—

—

Total: Attorney‑General's Department.

308 486 000

303 981 000

285 269 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 810.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

2 814 000

3 175 000

3 175 000

02. Refurbishment and fitout of the Old Parliament House

2 000 000

1 100 000

1 000 000

03. Redevelopment of the National Film and Sound Archive Acton accommodation

11 600 000

—

—

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

—

550 000

550 000

Australian Archives.......................

—

326 000

326 000

16 414 000

5 151 000

5 051 000

2.— Equity, Advances and Loans

01. Telstra Corporation Limited — Equity contributions.

—

250 000 000

250 000 000

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

6 542 000

1 971 000

1 971 000

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

3 000 000

550 000

550 000

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

01. Development at the Sydney Customs House.......

2 834 000

—

—

Total: Division 810

28 790 000

257 672 000

257 572 000

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

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

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

5 264 000

7 307 000

7 307 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of Communications and the Arts — continued\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

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

45 875 000

61 272 000

44 202 000

Total: Division 811

51 139 000

68 579 000

51 509 000

Division 812.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Assistance to the Western Australian Maritime Museum for projects relating to marine archaeology

208 000

—

—

02. Assistance for transfer of \"Australia II\" to the Western Australian Maritime Museum

208 000

—

—

03. Television production assistance..............

20 000 000

—

—

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

—

2 000 000

2 000 000

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

—

22 400 000

22 400 000

Equity in Australian Multimedia Enterprise.......

—

45 050 000

45 050 000

Total: Division 812

20 416 000

69 450 000

69 450 000

Total: Department of Communications and the Arts...

100 345 000

395 701 000

378 531 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 820.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings and Works

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

346 000

1 201 000

1 201 000

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

21 000

1 045 000

1 045 000

367 000

2 246 000

2 246 000

2.— Plant and Equipment

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

269 000

6 680 000

3 690 000

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

1 920 000

2 048 000

2 048 000

4.— War Graves

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

650 000

850 000

850 000

Total: Division 820

3 206 000

11 824 000

8 834 000

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

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

33 136 000

27 998 000

27 998 000

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

1 082 000

5 050 000

3 386 000

Total: Division 821

34 218 000

33 048 000

31 384 000

Division 822.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Grant to the National Trust of Australia (Western Australia) for the acquisition of surplus Commonwealth land in East Victoria Park, Perth

1 100 000

—

—

Total: Department of Veterans' Affairs........

38 524 000

44 872 000

40 218 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 830.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Plant and Equipment

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

56 717 000

81 398 000

21 830 000

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

01. Advanced English for Migrants Program

5 087 000

5 007 000

5 007 000

02. National Asian languages/studies strategy for Australian schools

2 079 000

1 190 000

560 000

National equity research and information for schools.

—

30 000

30 000

Total: Division 831

7 166 000

6 227 000

5 597 000

Division 832.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Civics and Citizenship Education ‑ Curriculum and professional development and adult and community education course delivery

2 467 000

—

—

02. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum Human Resources Development Working Group Participation/South East Asian Ministers of Education Organisation Feasibility ‑ Grants and Contributions

530 000

—

—

National equity research and information for schools.

—

320 000

320 000

Restructuring the Australian Education Centre Network

—

3 156 000

3 156 000

Total: Division 832

2 997 000

3 476 000

3 476 000

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

1995‑96

1994‑95

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. Implementation of the Australian Vocational Training System — Transitional Funding

23 000 000

23 800 000

23 800 000

Total: Department of Employment, Education and Training

89 880 000

114 901 000

54 703 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, SPORT\n\nAND TERRITORIES\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 848.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

2 400 000

4 115 000

4 115 000

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

25 823 000

33 755 000

29 101 000

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

13 023 000

11 552 000

11 552 000

41 246 000

49 422 000

44 768 000

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

4 563 000

5 763 000

5 763 000

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

—

6 510 000

6 510 000

Total: Division 848

45 809 000

61 695 000

57 041 000

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

5 006 000

4 436 000

4 436 000

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

3 775 000

3 719 000

3 719 000

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

10 038 000

13 740 000

12 786 000

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

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

4.— Other payments to the Australian Capital Territory

01. Assistance for water and sewerage services

7 573 000

7 579 000

7 497 000

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

18 836 000

18 851 000

18 649 000

26 409 000

26 430 000

26 146 000

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 to New South Wales for capital works associated with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

50 000 000

50 000 000

50 000 000

7.— Payment to Queensland for the Daintree Rescue Strategy

4 428 000

4 068 000

4 068 000

Payment to Queensland for structural adjustment assistance for Fraser Island

—

4 760 000

4 760 000

Assistance for World Heritage Nominations.......

—

475 000

—

Payment to Queensland for the Cape York Land Use Study

—

701 000

701 000

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

1 072 000

Total: Division 849

99 686 000

109 431 000

107 688 000

Total: Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

145 495 000

171 126 000

164 729 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF FINANCE\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 860.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

4 559 000

1 641 000

1 641 000

Commonwealth Superannuation Administration....

—

601 000

601 000

Total: Division 860

4 559 000

2 242 000

2 242 000

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

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

35 000 000

45 000 000

25 000 000

Division 862.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Supplementation for Finance Central Accounting System Charges for Payments Services (for payment to relevant trust accounts)

174 000

—

—

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

39 733 000

47 242 000

27 242 000

\n```\n\n \n\nADVANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

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

175 000 000

*

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

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 865.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

2 774 000

2 706 000

2 706 000

02. Commonwealth offices — Major construction and refurbishment

110 043 000

116 052 000

79 530 000

03. Commonwealth offices — Construction, acquisition 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)

33 515 000

53 545 000

30 744 000

04. Instalment purchases of sites and buildings — Capital

16 324 000

18 879 000

18 879 000

05. Instalment purchases of sites and buildings — Interest

4 351 000

6 885 000

6 885 000

06. Dredging of Kedron Brook Floodway, Brisbane, Queensland

8 900 000

6 920 000

200 000

07. Acquisition and development — Old Brisbane Airport terminal site

3 350 000

—

—

08. Overseas property services — Plant and equipment..

3 411 000

3 185 000

3 185 000

09. Overseas property services — Acquisitions, buildings and works under $6 000 000 (refunds of taxation by overseas governments, 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)

17 727 000

25 941 000

25 941 000

10. Overseas property services — Major acquisitions and works

65 645 000

73 735 000

73 735 000

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

2 806 000

2 671 000

2 671 000

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

—

200 000

200 000

268 846 000

310 719 000

244 676 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of Administrative Services — continued\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

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

—

Total: Division 865

298 846 000

340 719 000

244 676 000

Division 866.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Grant to Fairfield and Bankstown Councils for repairs to Villawood drain

2 125 000

—

—

02. Payment for fuel excise (for payment to the Department of Administrative Services Business Services Trust Account)

4 766 000

—

—

Establishment Grant (for payment to the Department of Administrative Services COMCAR Trust Account)

—

2 091 000

2 091 000

Redundancy Payments (for payment to the Department of Administrative Services COMCAR Trust Account)

—

1 343 000

1 343 000

Total: Division 866

6 891 000

3 434 000

3 434 000

Total: Department of Administrative Services..

305 737 000

344 153 000

248 110 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 873.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

2 550 000

10 015 000

10 015 000

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

3 700 000

—

—

Total: Division 873

6 250 000

10 015 000

10 015 000

Division 874.— OTHER SERVICES

01. International Fund for Ireland................

1 500 000

1 000 000

1 000 000

02. Contribution to the World Trade Organization.....

2 250 000

—

—

03. Contribution to the International Fact Finding Commission

20 000

—

—

04. War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia....

714 000

—

—

05. Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order (for payment to the relevant trust account)

41 000

—

—

Total: Division 874

4 525 000

1 000 000

1 000 000

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

10 775 000

11 015 000

11 015 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 880.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— National Capital Planning Authority

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

5 135 000

5 540 000

2 984 000

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

1 674 000

1 745 000

636 000

03. Design and redevelopment of Russell Hill Precinct..

1 800 000

—

—

8 609 000

7 285 000

3 620 000

2.— Murray‑Darling Basin Commission — For expenditure under the Murray‑Darling Basin Act 1993

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

2 957 000

2 850 000

2 850 000

Total: Division 880

11 566 000

10 135 000

6 470 000

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 1994)

118 071 000

105 113 000

100 503 000

02. Social Housing Subsidy Program..............

6 000 000

8 000 000

750 000

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

1 108 000

1 808 000

700 000

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

6 124 000

—

—

Crisis Accommodation.....................

—

5 486 000

5 486 000

131 303 000

120 407 000

107 439 000

2.— Urban Infrastructure

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

435 000

2 710 000

2 275 000

Payment to Western Australia for urban and recreation facilities

—

6 500 000

6 500 000

435 000

9 210 000

8 775 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of Housing and Regional Development — continued\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

3.— Better Cities Programs

01. Mark I — General purpose capital assistance to the States

120 178 000

259 454 000

224 454 000

02. Mark II — General purpose capital assistance to the States

20 000 000

—

—

140 178 000

259 454 000

224 454 000

4.— Other

01. Northern Territory — Construction and maintenance of strategic roads on Aboriginal land

5 200 000

—

—

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

24 956 000

23 947 000

23 947 000

30 156 000

23 947 000

23 947 000

Total: Division 881

302 072 000

413 018 000

364 615 000

Division 882.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Support for Community Housing and Housing Reform

2 700 000

—

—

02. For activities in relation to promotion of better urban development, management and design, including industry development

7 900 000

—

—

03. Integrated Local Area Planning — Coastal management

1 165 000

—

—

04. New homes for old — Expanding housing choices for older Australians

311 000

—

—

05. Greenhouse Partnership 21C — Urban Public Transport pilot project

535 000

—

—

Total: Division 882

12 611 000

—

—

Total: Department of Housing and Regional Development

326 249 000

423 153 000

371 085 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 890.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

15 922 000

15 125 000

15 125 000

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

5 450 000

5 500 000

50 000

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

10 000 000

13 000 000

13 000 000

31 372 000

33 625 000

28 175 000

2.— Advances and Loans

01. Child care —Capital loans...................

7 846 000

3 600 000

3 348 000

Total: Division 890

39 218 000

37 225 000

31 523 000

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

1.— Health Advancement

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

22 129 000

20 068 000

20 068 000

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

28 470 000

28 752 000

28 752 000

03. Women's Health Program...................

10 084 000

10 600 000

9 875 000

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

2 594 000

2 725 000

2 294 000

05. National program for early detection of breast cancer.

44 098 000

39 936 000

33 197 000

06. National Cervix Screening Program............

6 666 000

7 146 000

4 692 000

07. National Education Program on Female Genital Mutilation

575 000

—

—

08. National Childhood Immunisation Program.......

15 140 000

4 300 000

4 300 000

Contribution towards immunisation against Haemophilus influenza type b disease

—

9 723 000

9 723 000

129 756 000

123 250 000

112 901 000

2.— Health Care Access

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

48 969 000

47 907 000

47 907 000

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

128 607 000

146 385 000

115 204 000

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

2 761 000

2 696 000

2 696 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of Human Services and Health — continued\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

04. Reducing waiting times for elective surgery.......

27 255 000

37 934 000

5 000 000

05. Bone marrow and organ donor register..........

697 000

672 000

672 000

06. Medicare Agreements ‑ other health services

113 003 000

107 127 000

106 333 000

07. Commonwealth Dental Program for Health Card Holders

105 808 000

65 066 000

61 326 000

08. Development and distribution of public patients' hospital charter

493 000

361 000

239 000

09. Palliative Care..........................

13 622 000

13 028 000

13 028 000

10. National Mental Health Program..............

29 937 000

17 170 000

8 485 000

Alternative General Practice Funding arrangements..

—

5 993 000

—

471 152 000

444 339 000

360 890 000

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

40 710 000

37 849 000

36 152 000

4.— Assistance for People with Disabilities

01. Commonwealth/State disability agreement — transition payments

59 626 000

41 481 000

41 481 000

02. Commonwealth/State disability agreement — transfer to States

236 374 000

229 343 000

229 043 000

296 000 000

270 824 000

270 524 000

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

01. Child Care assistance......................

18 846 000

16 496 000

16 496 000

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

35 481 000

36 061 000

22 837 000

54 327 000

52 557 000

39 333 00

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of Human Services and Health — continued\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

6.— Home and Community Care (for expenditure under the Home and Community Care Act 1985)

423 824 000

398 604 000

398 604 000

Total: Division 891

1 415 769 000

1 327 423 000

1 218 404 000

Division 892.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Pituitary hormones initiatives...........

365 000

—

—

02. Hepatitis C surveillance and education.....

1 601 000

—

—

03. Performance measures for standards of quality and outcomes in Australian hospitals

1 690 000

—

—

04. Additional training posts for medical specialists

1 800 000

—

—

05. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health — Specialist Services

3 000 000

—

—

06. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health — Mental Health Program

1 500 000

—

—

07. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health — Training Relief Program

1 000 000

—

—

08. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health — Hearing Services Program

1 000 000

—

—

09. Health Australia — Tobacco Harm Minimisation Strategy

6 783 000

—

—

10. Development and piloting of strategies to address the problem of youth suicide

1 068 000

—

—

11. National Education Program on Female Genital Mutilation

140 000

—

—

Professional Services Review scheme......

—

1 396 000

—

Implementation of the findings of the Independent Inquiry into the use of Pituitary Derived Hormones in Australia and Creutzfeldt‑Jakob Disease (for payment to the Human Pituitary Hormones Trust Account)

—

5 000 000

5 000 000

Total: Division 892

19 947 000

6 396 000

5 000 000

Total: Department of Human Services and Health

1 474 934 000

1 371 044 000

1 254 927 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 902.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

44 000

38 000

10 000

Computer equipment — Translating and Interpreting Service

—

1 120 000

1 120 000

Total: Division 902

44 000

1 158 000

1 130 000

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

381 000

374 000

323 000

Total: Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs

425 000

1 532 000

1 453 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

OTHER SERVICES

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

—

739 000

739 000

Industrial Relations Legislation Reform — Information Campaign

—

105 000

104 000

Total: Division 911

—

844 000

843 000

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

—

844 000

843 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 915.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

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

2 715 000

4 782 000

4 342 000

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

15 347 000

7 500 000

—

18 062 000

12 282 000

4 342 000

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

15 825 000

15 880 000

15 880 000

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

25 600 000

35 500 000

35 500 000

Advances and Loans

Capital advance to the CSIRO for magnesium pilot plant.

—

2 800 000

2 800 000

Total: Division 915

59 487 000

66 462 000

58 522 000

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

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

27 500 000

20 026 000

17 800 000

02. Multifunction Polis — Payments to South Australia..

3 000 000

3 000 000

3 000 000

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

2 000 000

1 300 000

1 300 000

04. Enterprise Networking Program...............

140 000

—

—

Total: Division 916

32 640 000

24 326 000

22 100 000

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

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 917.— OTHER SERVICES

01. International Standards Harmonisation (for payment to the Joint Accreditation Scheme ‑ Australia and New Zealand Trust Account)

300 000

—

—

02. Assistance to the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industries

2 350 000

—

—

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

750 000

750 000

—

Ex Gratia payment to Mr Frank Kelly...........

—

222 000

222 000

Total: Division 917

3 400 000

972 000

222 000

Division 918.— AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE

1.— Capital Works and Services

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

3 082 000

3 848 000

2 327 000

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

2 254 000

5 598 000

3 344 000

5 336 000

9 446 000

5 671 000

2.— Other Services

01. Compensation to certain indigenous communities for loss of access to rebate following repeal of subsection 164(1)(b) of the Customs Act 1901 and subsection 78A(1)(b) of the Excise Act 1901

1 800 000

—

—

Total: Division 918

7 136 000

9 446 000

5 671 000

Total: Department of Industry, Science and Technology

102 663 000

101 206 000

86 515 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND ENERGY\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

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

4 333 000

1 703 000

1 703 000

02. Australian Geological Survey Organisation — New building construction

9 500 000

22 037 000

6 580 000

13 833 000

23 740 000

8 283 000

2.—Murray‑Darling Basin Commission — For expenditure under the Murray‑Darling Basin Act 1993 and for a natural resources management strategy

01. Contribution to salinity and other constructions and investigations

6 036 000

4 900 000

4 014 000

02. Contribution to natural resources management strategy works and measures

1 900 000

1 900 000

1 846 000

7 936 000

6 800 000

5 860 000

3.— Advances and Loans

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

5 000 000

7 000 000

—

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

—

500 000

—

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

—

400 000

—

5 000 000

7 900 000

—

Total: Division 930

26 769 000

38 440 000

14 143 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of Primary Industries and Energy — continued\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

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

1 250 000

1 390 000

1 053 000

02. Tasmanian wheat freight scheme — subsidy for wheat shipment

2 700 000

2 700 000

2 700 000

03.Tasmanian wheat freight scheme — grant to upgrade Devonport wheat storage facilities

1 500 000

1 500 000

—

5 450 000

5 590 000

3 753 000

2.— Infrastructure and Support

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

79 555 000

73 090 000

73 090 000

02. Rural adjustment under the States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1988 and the Rural Adjustment Act 1992

196 116 000

143 385 000

143 385 000

03. Commonwealth/Tasmania Forest Industry Package..

3 556 000

5 628 000

3 072 000

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

146 000

226 000

226 000

05. Murray‑Darling Basin — Natural Resources Management Strategy

6 900 000

6 900 000

6 900 000

06. North Queensland Community Rainforests Revegetation Program

1 150 000

1 500 000

1 500 000

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

8 595 000

9 095 000

4 255 000

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

530 000

30 000

—

09. Commonwealth/New South Wales Forest Industry Package

5 360 000

1 930 000

500 000

10. Payments to State Rural Adjustment Scheme authorities for costs associated with issuing drought exceptional circumstances certificates

100 000

240 000

240 000

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

—

70 000

70 000

302 008 000

242 094 000

233 238 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of Primary Industries and Energy — continued\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

3.— Research and Assessment

01. Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign

2 883 000

4 136 000

4 052 000

02. Exotic Disease Preparedness Program — Feral animal control

251 000

242 000

242 000

03. Remote sensing of land coverage............

1 560 000

—

—

Exotic animal disease eradication............

—

220 000

220 000

4 694 000

4 598 000

4 514 000

Total: Division 931

312 152 000

252 282 000

241 505 000

Division 932.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Citrus Industry market diversification grant......

2 400 000

365 000

365 000

02. Drought and Climate Research and Development Program

1 813 000

1 387 000

1 387 000

03. National Electricity Market Management and Code Administrator Companies — Contribution towards establishment costs

4 000 000

—

—

04. National Radioactive Waste Repository........

475 000

—

—

05. Coal Australia promotion program...........

2 000 000

—

—

06. Clean Food Production Program.............

1 732 000

—

—

07. Industry co‑operative agreements program to facilitate voluntary greenhouse gas reductions

591 000

—

—

08. Remote sensing of land coverage............

390 000

—

—

Drought relief payments scheme.............

—

10 620 000

10 620 000

Commonwealth contribution to Farmhand appeal..

—

10 000 000

10 000 000

Survey of Government Assistance Programs to Farm Families

—

390 000

390 000

Total: Division 932

13 401 000

22 762 000

22 762 000

Total: Department of Primary Industries and Energy

352 322 000

313 484 000

278 410 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 937.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

01. Governor‑General's Office and establishments

1 393 000

2 004 000

1 754 000

Division 938.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. For expenditure under part 9 of the Native Title Act 1993

9 000 000

—

—

Assistance associated with the non‑religious aspects of the 1995 Papal visit

—

300 000

300 000

Total: Division 938

9 000 000

300 000

300 000

OTHER SERVICES

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

200 000 000

Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

10 393 000

202 304 000

202 054 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 948.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

12 862 000

78 863 000

72 512 000

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

131 245 000

130 362 000

130 362 000

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

144 107 000

209 225 000

202 874 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

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.

3 365 000

7 165 000

3 800 000

02. Contribution towards the development of Badgerys Creek Airport

6 950 000

350 000

—

03. Funding for transport infrastructure............

32 000 000

210 753 000

178 753 000

04. Implementation of Noise Amelioration Program for Sydney Airport

105 000 000

40 000 000

40 000 000

05. Standardisation of Grain Branch Lines in South Australia

5 000 000

—

—

152 315 000

258 268 000

222 553 000

2.— Equity, Advances and Loans

01. National Rail Corporation — Equity contribution..

22 300 000

37 100 000

37 100 000

02. Australian National Railways Commission — Payment of interest bearing advances

3 000 000

—

—

25 300 000

37 100 000

37 100 000

Total: Division 970

177 615 000

295 368 000

259 653 000

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

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

300 000

550 000

400 000

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

300 000

550 000

550 000

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

—

7 456 000

7 456 000

Total: Division 971

600 000

8 556 000

8 406 000

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

178 215 000

303 924 000

268 059 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 976.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Equity, Advances and Loans

01. Proposed new Housing Loans Insurance Company —Capital funding

85 000 000

—

—

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

01. Assistance for Debt Redemption..............

68 800 000

117 000 000

116 000 000

02. Australian Capital Territory — Special revenue assistance

49 080 000

65 880 000

65 880 000

03. South Australia — Special assistance package.....

80 000 000

234 000 000

159 000 000

04. Tax compensation for the privatisation of the R & I Bank of Western Australia

200 000 000

30 000 000

—

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

—

946 000

946 000

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

—

29 000

29 000

Western Australia — Assistance for Wholesale Sales Tax exemption

—

1 191 000

1 191 000

Queensland — Assistance for Wholesale Sales Tax exemption

—

5 072 000

5 072 000

Total: Division 977

397 880 000

454 118 000

348 118 000

Division 978.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Proposed new Housing Loans Insurance Company —Payments in respect of insurance claims

12 000 000

—

—

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of the Treasury — continued\n\n

1995‑96

1994‑95

Estimated Appropriation

Estimated Expenditure

$

$

$

Division 979.— AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

1.— Capital Works and Services

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

5 298 000

1 221 000

1 221 000

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

—

500 000

500 000

Total: Division 979

5 298 000

1 721 000

1 721 000

Division 980.— AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

1.— Capital Works and Services

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

60 000 000

45 464 000

45 464 000

2.— Other Services

01. Test case litigation program for tax law clarification.

2 000 000

—

—

Total: Division 980

62 000 000

45 464 000

45 464 000

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

562 178 000

501 303 000

395 303 000

\n```\n\n\\[Minister's second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 9 May 1995\n\nSenate on 7 June 1995\\]\n\n![](image.003.png)Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer (63/95)‑1\n\n![](image.004.png)","sortOrder":4}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act is a standard annual budget appropriation bill — its No. 2 designation means it is a supplementary or capital-focused appropriation to accompany the main Appropriation Act (No. 1) for the same financial year. The scope has not changed from the original intent of this class of legislation: to authorise specific government spending from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for a single financial year. The Part 2 transitional provisions (sections 7–9) are a forward-looking technical adaptation to an anticipated change in the financial management legislative framework, not an expansion of scope. All spending purposes are bounded by the schedules and expire at 30 June 1996."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely long Schedule 2 — itemised spending across 20+ departments with hundreds of individual line items, each with three columns of financial data (1995-96 appropriation, 1994-95 estimated appropriation, 1994-95 estimated expenditure)","Conditional Part 2 (sections 7–9) — the entire operative structure of the Act rewrites itself if a separate Act (the Financial Management and Accountability Act) commences before a specified date, creating a parallel legislative regime within the one Act","Nested cross-references to multiple external Acts — including the Audit Act 1901, the Financial Management and Accountability Act (which had not yet been passed), and numerous program-specific Acts (e.g., Home and Community Care Act 1985, Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994, Child Care Act 1972, Native Title Act 1993)","Schedule 1 contains a five-column table linking Division numbers, payment purposes, and two different Ministers (one for conditions, one for payment timing), creating a matrix of ministerial responsibility","Section 9(5) and 9(6) include triggered modifications to the Schedule — if certain trust accounts are converted to components of the Reserved Money Fund or Commercial Activities Fund, the Schedule text is automatically amended by substituting references, without any amending instrument","Multiple funding categories within Schedule 2 (Capital Works and Services; Payments to States, NT and ACT; Other Services; Advances and Loans; Equity) each subject to different legal and accounting rules","Dual defined terms in section 7 for 'Financial Management and Accountability Act' covering two alternative possible citation names (1995 or 1996), reflecting legislative uncertainty at the time of drafting","Section 6 (and its Part 2 substitute) deals with post-financial-year accounting correction powers — an exception to the general rule that appropriations expire on 30 June 1996"],"plain_english_summary":"The Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1995–96 authorises the withdrawal of $4,365,461,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to pay specified Commonwealth services and programs, including $3.05 billion in payments to States and Territories and a $175 million contingency advance to the Finance Minister. \n\nIt affects Commonwealth agencies, state/territory recipients and program beneficiaries, and matters because it is Parliament’s statutory approval to spend public money under the Constitution."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":1857},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original scope as a standard supply/appropriation bill for the 1995-96 financial year. It authorizes specific departmental expenditures and State payments without expanding beyond the traditional purpose of enabling government spending for that budget period."},"complexity_factors":["Detailed appropriation schedules (Schedules 1 and 2) with granular breakdowns across 15+ departments and specific program items","Conditional modification provisions in Part 2 that only apply if the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences before 30 June 1996","Cross-references to multiple statutes including the Audit Act 1901, Financial Management and Accountability Act, and various department-specific Acts","Dual ministerial determination requirements for State payments (separate Ministers determining conditions vs amounts)","Complex accounting provisions allowing post-financial year error corrections and fund balancing","Interaction between Trust Accounts under the Audit Act and new Fund components under the FMA Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act is a **supply bill** that authorizes the Australian Government to spend **$4.37 billion** from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the government's main bank account) during the 1995-96 financial year.\n\n**What the money pays for:**\nThe Act allocates funding across federal departments for:\n- **Health**: Cancer screening programs, immunization, hospital funding, mental health services, and blood transfusions\n- **Education**: Vocational training, English programs for migrants, and Asian language studies\n- **Veterans' Affairs**: Repatriation hospitals and war memorials\n- **Environment**: Heritage protection, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and Olympic Games infrastructure in Sydney\n- **Housing**: Crisis accommodation, community housing, and urban development\n- **Legal services**: Legal aid for disadvantaged Australians and federal court facilities\n- **Foreign affairs**: International contributions and diplomatic facilities\n\n**Key features:**\n- **Payments to States**: The Act sets rules for how federal money is paid to State governments, requiring specific Ministers to set terms and conditions\n- **Contingency fund**: It includes a $175 million \"advance\" allowing the Minister for Finance to cover urgent, unforeseen spending needs\n- **Transitional rules**: Special provisions apply if the *Financial Management and Accountability Act* commences during the financial year, changing how certain trust accounts and accounting corrections work\n\n**Why it matters**: Without this legislation, the government cannot legally pay for these services, programs, or staff salaries after 30 June 1996. It is essential for the ongoing operation of federal government functions."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Section 2 and Section 3","severity":"low","reasoning":"This is a standard feature of Australian appropriation law and not truly absurd — supply bills are routinely passed before or at the start of the financial year. The No. 2 Act supplements the No. 1 Act passed earlier. The timing is tight but legally coherent under established constitutional practice.","confidence":0.35,"description":"The Act commences on the day it receives Royal Assent (29 June 1995), yet it appropriates money 'for the year ending on 30 June 1996' — a year that had already been running for nearly 9 months before the Act commenced. 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In practice only one was enacted (the FMA Act 1997, which superseded both), so the contingency provisions in Part 2 may never have been operative.","confidence":0.8,"description":"The definition of 'Financial Management and Accountability Act' in section 7 covers an Act to be cited as either 'the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1995' OR 'the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1996'. At the time of enactment (June 1995), neither Act existed. The definition thus refers to a future Act whose year of citation was itself uncertain — the legislation defines a key operative term by reference to a statute that did not yet exist and whose name was not yet known."},{"type":"other","section":"Section 8","severity":"low","reasoning":"The FMA Act ultimately enacted was the 1997 Act, commencing 1 January 1998. The contingency in section 8 (commencement before 30 June 1996) was never satisfied. This is confirmed by historical record. The entire Part 2 was drafted for a contingency that did not materialise, making it legislative dead weight. This is an amusing quirk rather than a compliance problem.","confidence":0.85,"description":"Part 2 (sections 8-9) applies only 'if the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences before 30 June 1996'. The Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 did not commence until 1 January 1998 — well after 30 June 1996. This means the entire operative machinery of Part 2, including the substituted version of section 6 and other modifications, never came into effect. Part 2 is therefore a dead letter — elaborate provisions that achieved nothing."},{"type":"other","section":"Section 9(4) vs Section 6","severity":"low","reasoning":"This is a consequence of Part 2 being a dead letter (see section 8 issue). The practical effect is minimal since the financial year is long closed, but it illustrates how the contingent drafting approach can leave ambiguous which regime governs.","confidence":0.75,"description":"Section 9(4) purports to omit section 6 and substitute a new version that prohibits debiting from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1996. However, since section 8 requires Part 2 to apply only if the FMA Act commenced before 30 June 1996 (which it did not), section 9(4) never operated. The result is that the original section 6 — which allows post-30-June error corrections without restriction on debiting — remained in force. This creates a theoretical tension: the original section 6 arguably permits broader post-year-end action than the intended replacement."},{"type":"other","section":"Schedule 2 — Abstract total vs sum of departmental totals","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Section 3 appropriates $4,365,461,000 inclusive of all items including the advance. The footnote in the detailed table is technically accurate (the advance is in a separate Division), but the presentation creates genuine confusion about what the Act authorises. Both figures appear in Schedule 2 as 'totals', which is misleading.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The Abstract in Schedule 2 states the total appropriation is $4,365,461,000. However, the footnote to the summary table states this figure 'Does not include $175,000,000 appropriated under Division 864 — Advance to the Minister for Finance.' Yet the Abstract itself includes a line item for 'Advance to the Minister for Finance' of $175,000,000, and the sum of all departmental totals in the Abstract adds to $4,365,461,000 including that advance. The detailed departmental summary table below the Abstract shows a TOTAL of only $4,190,461,000 with a footnote excluding the $175M advance — meaning there are two competing 'totals' presented for the same appropriation, one including and one excluding the advance, creating confusion about what is actually appropriated under section 3."},{"type":"other","section":"Division 864 — Advance to the Minister for Finance (Schedule 2)","severity":"low","reasoning":"This is a long-standing feature of Australian appropriation law and not unique to this Act. The gap is real in theory but addressed in practice by the alternative limb covering items 'erroneously omitted from, or understated in, the Bill'. 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The notes describe different naming conventions for the Reserved Money Fund (subsection 5) versus the Commercial Activities Fund (subsection 6), which is actually correct and intentional given the different fund names. On close reading this is not truly absurd — the two funds have different naming conventions — but the parallel structure of the notes could mislead a reader into thinking the same rule applies to both.","confidence":0.4,"description":"Section 9(5) contains a Note stating that 'the name of the component is the same as the name of the account that it replaces except that for \"Trust Account\" or \"Account\" (as the case may be) \"Reserve\" is substituted.' However, section 9(6) contains a Note stating that the substitution is '\"- Commercial Activities\"' not '\"Reserve\"'. The two notes use different substitution formulas for what is ostensibly the same structural principle (replacing Trust Account names), which is internally inconsistent within the same section."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 6 (original)","section_b":"Section 9(4) (substituted Section 6)","confidence":0.75,"description":"The original section 6 permits post-30-June-1996 action by the Minister to correct errors or mispostings and to balance the Consolidated Revenue Fund, Trust Fund, or Loan Fund, provided no net debit from a Fund results. The substituted section 6 in section 9(4) is more restrictive: it prohibits any debit from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1996, with a narrower exception covering only correction of errors or balancing 'the Funds (within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act)'. The two versions conflict in scope: the original refers to three specific funds (CRF, Trust Fund, Loan Fund), while the substituted version refers to 'the Funds' as defined in a different (and potentially non-existent) Act. Since Part 2 never operated, the original section 6 governs, but the intention was clearly for the stricter substituted version to apply."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 3(1) — appropriation of $4,365,461,000","section_b":"Schedule 2 detailed departmental summary (footnoted total of $4,190,461,000)","confidence":0.9,"description":"Section 3(1) appropriates exactly $4,365,461,000. The Schedule 2 departmental summary table shows a TOTAL of $4,190,461,000 with a footnote 'Does not include $175,000,000 appropriated under Division 864'. The $175M is included in the Abstract total and in the main appropriation figure in section 3, but excluded from the detailed summary total. A reader relying on the Schedule 2 summary total ($4,190,461,000) rather than the Abstract total or section 3 would reach a different figure than the amount actually appropriated by law."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Section 4(2) — payments must be made on Minister-determined terms and conditions","section_b":"Section 4(4) — Commonwealth power to make payments to Territories, local government bodies etc. not limited","confidence":0.7,"description":"Section 4(2) imposes mandatory requirements (payments 'must be made' on terms and conditions determined by specified Ministers) for payments to States from specified Divisions. Section 4(4) then provides that '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' on whatever terms the Commonwealth determines. This creates an asymmetry: State payments are tightly conditioned under subsection (2), while the Commonwealth retains unfettered discretion for payments to Territories and other bodies even from the same appropriation. A Territory could receive money from a Division listed in Schedule 1 without the conditions that would apply if the same money went to a State."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Section 8 — Part 2 applies only if FMA Act commences before 30 June 1996","section_b":"Section 9(1) — 'This Act has effect on and after the operative day subject to the modifications'","confidence":0.65,"description":"Section 8 makes the application of Part 2 conditional on the FMA Act commencing before 30 June 1996. Section 9(1) then states categorically that 'This Act has effect on and after the operative day subject to the modifications set out in the following subsections.' Read in isolation, section 9(1) appears unconditional — it does not repeat the condition from section 8. 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