{"id":"C1995A00157","name":"Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1995-96","slug":"appropriation-act-no-3-1995-96","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"157 of 1995","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2615,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1995A00157-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1995-96","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 3) 1995‑96\n\nNo. 157 of 1995\n\n![](image.003.png)![](image.002.png)An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the money appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96, for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1996, and for related purposes\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\n\\[Assented to 16 December 1995\\]\n\nPART 1 ‑ GENERAL\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1995‑96.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nIssue and application of $ 836 356 000\n\n3. (1) The Minister may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in the Schedule, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1996, the sum of $ 836 356 000.\n\n76438 Cat. No. 95 6002 5 ISBN 0644 346973\n\n \n\n(2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).\n\nAdditional appropriation in respect of increases in salaries\n\n4. Section 4 of the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96 has effect, on and from the commencement of this Act, as if the reference in subsection (2) of that section to the Schedule to that Act included a reference to the Schedule to this Act.\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) other purposes of the program, being purposes for which appropriation has been made in an earlier Act (other than the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1995‑96).\n\nNet annotated appropriations\n\n6. (1) If the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule includes the words \"(net appropriation — see section 6)\", the Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that any money received by the Department, statutory authority, or other body, for which the appropriation is made (\"relevant agency\"):\n\n(a) from the sale, leasing or hiring out of, or other dealing with, goods or other personal property; or\n\n(b) from the sale of real property used for the purpose of providing staff residential accommodation or from the leasing of real property for that purpose; or\n\n(c) from the provision of services; or\n\n(d) from a person (\"employee\") appointed or employed by, or performing services for, the Commonwealth as payment for any benefit provided (whether to the employee or another person) in respect of the appointment or employment of, or the services performed by, the employee; or\n\n \n\n(e) from the sub‑leasing of real property, or the resale of goods used in fitting out premises, under a property resource agreement between the Minister and the Minister responsible for the relevant agency;\n\nmay be credited to that item, subdivision or Division, to the extent and on the conditions agreed between the Minister and the Minister responsible for the relevant agency.\n\n(2) If the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purported to have been paid in respect of:\n\n(a) a sale, or other transaction, referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (e); or\n\n(b) the provision of services; or\n\n(c) any benefit referred to in paragraph (1)(d);\n\nthat amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be money received from that sale or other transaction, from the provision of those services or as payment for that benefit (as the case may be), whether or not money has in fact been received in payment of that amount.\n\nPayments to Departments out of money appropriated for the purposes of certain employment subsidy schemes or programs\n\n7. (1) The Minister may determine in writing that an employment subsidy scheme or program for which money is appropriated under an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule is an approved employment subsidy scheme or program for the purposes of this Act.\n\n(2) If the Minister makes a determination under subsection (1) about an employment subsidy scheme or program, the Minister must (either in that determination or in another written instrument) declare either:\n\n(a) that any payment out of money appropriated for the scheme or program is an approved payment for the purposes of this Act; or\n\n(b) that only payments out of money appropriated from the scheme or program that are to be applied for a purpose specified in the declaration are approved payments for the purposes of this Act.\n\n(3) In making a determination under subsection (1) or a declaration under subsection (2), the Minister is to observe any guidelines determined by the Minister under subsection (4).\n\n \n\n(4) The Minister may determine in writing guidelines to be observed in making:\n\n(a) a determination under subsection (1); or\n\n(b) a declaration under subsection (2).\n\n(5) If:\n\n(a) a payment (whether real or notional) is made to a Department out of money appropriated for the purposes of an employment subsidy scheme or program that is an approved employment subsidy scheme or program for the purposes of this Act; and\n\n(b) the payment is an approved payment for the purposes of this Act; and\n\n(c) an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule appropriates money to that Department for running costs;\n\nthe Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that any money received by the Department by way of such a payment may be credited to that item, subdivision or Division.\n\n(6) If:\n\n(a) the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purporting to be a payment to a Department; and\n\n(b) that payment is an approved payment for the purposes of this Act;\n\nthat amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (5), to be money received by the Department by way of such a payment, whether or not money has in fact been received in respect of the payment.\n\n(7) In this section:\n\n\"Department\" has the same meaning as in the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nDepartment of Communications and the Arts\n\n8\\. (1) If a body to be known as the National Film and Sound Archive is established by legislation before 1 July 1996, this Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the appropriation of an amount to the Department of Communications and the Arts under subdivision 1 or 2 of Division 160 in the Schedule were:\n\n(a) an appropriation to the Department (for the purpose set out in the subdivision) of so much of that amount as is determined by the Minister, being an amount that is not less than the expenditure incurred by the Department in meeting running costs or on other services (as the case may be) preparatory to the establishment of the body; and\n\n(b) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the body for its purposes in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending on 30 June 1996.\n\n(2) If a body to be known as the National Science and Technology Centre is established by legislation before 1 July 1996, this Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the appropriation of an amount to the Department of Communications and the Arts under subdivision 1 of Division 163 in the Schedule were:\n\n(a) an appropriation to the Department (for the purpose set out in the subdivision) of so much of that amount as is determined by the Minister, being an amount that is not less than the expenditure incurred by the Department in meeting running costs preparatory to the establishment of the body; and\n\n(b) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the body for its purposes in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending on 30 June 1996.\n\n \n\nDepartment of Industry, Science and Technology\n\n9\\. (1) If a body to be known as the Gene Technology Authority is established by legislation before 1 July 1996, this Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the appropriation of an amount to the Department of Industry, Science and Technology under subdivision 1 of Division 380 in the Schedule were:\n\n(a) an appropriation to the body of so much of that amount as is determined, in writing, by the Minister to be required for the purposes of the body in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending on 30 June 1996; and\n\n(b) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the Department for the purpose of meeting its running costs.\n\n(2) If a payment is made for the purposes of the Industry Innovation Program out of money appropriated under item 01 of subdivision 3 of Division 380 in the Schedule, the Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that any money received by the Department of Industry, Science and Technology:\n\n(a) as repayment of an amount that:\n\n(i) was paid for the purposes of the Program out of money appropriated under that item or out of money appropriated for the Industry Innovation Program under a previous appropriation; and\n\n(ii) was not spent; or\n\n(b) as payment of fees charged for attendance at a seminar or conference held for the purposes of the Program; or\n\n(c) from the sale of publications made available for the purposes of the Program.\n\nmay be credited to that item to the extent and on the conditions agreed between the Minister and the Minister responsible for the Department.\n\n \n\n(3) If the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purporting to be:\n\n(a) a repayment of an amount referred to in paragraph (2)(a); or\n\n(b) a payment in respect of:\n\n(i) a seminar or conference referred to in paragraph (2)(b); or\n\n(ii) a publication referred to in paragraph (2)(c);\n\nthat amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (2), to be money received as repayment of that amount or as payment in respect of the seminar, conference or publication (as the case may be), whether or not money has in fact been received in payment of that amount.\n\nDepartment of the Prime Minister and Cabinet\n\n10\\. If a body to be known as the Economic Planning Advisory Commmission is established by legislation during the year ending on 30 June 1996, this Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the appropriation of an amount to the Department under subdivision 1 of Division 502 in the Schedule were:\n\n(a) an appropriation to the Department (for the purpose set out in the subdivision) of so much of that amount as is determined by the Minister, being an amount that is not less than the expenditure incurred by the Department in meeting running costs preparatory to the establishment of the body; and\n\n(b) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the body for its purposes in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending on 30 June 1996.\n\n \n\nDepartment of the Treasury\n\n11. (1) This section applies if a body to be known as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is established by legislation before 1 July 1996.\n\n(2) This Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:\n\n(a) the appropriation of an amount to the Prices Surveillance Authority under subdivision 1 of Division 673 in the Schedule were:\n\n(i) an appropriation to the Prices Surveillance Authority (for the purposes set out in the subdivision) of so much of that amount as is determined, in writing, by the Minister, being an amount that is not less than the expenditure incurred by the Authority in meeting its running costs before the establishment of the body; and\n\n(ii) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the body for the purpose of meeting its running costs in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending on 30 June 1996; and\n\n(b) the appropriation of an amount to the Trade Practices Commission under subdivision 1 of Division 676 in the Schedule were:\n\n(i) an appropriation to the Trade Practices Commission (for the purposes set out in the subdivision) of so much of that amount as is determined, in writing, by the Minister, being an amount that is not less than the expenditure incurred by the Commission in meeting its running costs or on other services (as the case may be) before the establishment of that body; and\n\n(ii) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the body for the purpose of meeting its running costs or for expenditure on other services (as the case may be) in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending on 30 June 1996.\n\n \n\nAct to be subject to Loan Act\n\n12. This Act has effect subject to the Loan Act 1994.\n\nAccounting errors etc. may be corrected after close of financial year\n\n13. 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\nPART 2 ‑ SPECIAL APPLICATION OF ACT\n\nDefinitions\n\n14. In this Part:\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 the Schedule;\n\n\"operative day\" means the day on which the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences.\n\nApplication of Part\n\n15. This Part applies if the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences before 30 June 1996.\n\n \n\nAct to have effect subject to modifications\n\n16\\. (1) This Act has effect on and after the operative day subject to the modifications set out in the following subsections.\n\n(2) After section 2 the following section is inserted:\n\nInterpretation\n\n\"2A. In this Part:\n\n'Agency' has the same meaning as in the Financial Management and Accountability Act;\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;\n\nwhichever is in force.\".\n\n(3) Section 6 is omitted and the following section is substituted:\n\nNet annotated appropriations\n\n\"6. If:\n\n(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule includes the words \"net appropriation — see section 6\"; and\n\n(b) there is in force an agreement (entered into under section 31 of the Financial Management Accountability Act) between:\n\n(i) the Minister; and\n\n(ii) the Minister responsible for the Agency for which the appropriation is made or the Chief Executive of that Agency (as the case requires);\n\nto the effect that payments to the Commonwealth in consideration for any service, benefit, activity, transaction or other matter specified in the agreement can be added to the amount appropriated to the Agency under the item, subdivision or Division, to the extent and on the conditions set out in the agreement;\n\n \n\nthe item, subdivision or Division is taken to specify that those payments (whether real or notional) may be credited to the item, subdivision or Division to the extent and on the conditions set out in the agreement.\".\n\n(4) Section 7 is modified:\n\n(a) by omitting from subsection (5) \"Department\" (first and second occuring) substituting \"Agency\";\n\n(b) by omitting from subsection (5) all the words from and including \"the Schedule\" (second occurring) and substituting \"the item, subdivision or Division is taken to specify that the payment may be credited to the item, subdivision or Division\";\n\n(c) by omitting subsection (6) and (7).\n\nNote: The heading to section 7 is altered by omitting Departments and substituting Agencies.\n\n(5) After section 7 the following sections are inserted;\n\nCertain amounts taken to be appropriated\n\n\"7A. If an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule specifies, or is taken to specify, 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\"7B. Any expenditure in excess of a specific appropriation or not specifically provided for by appropriation may be charged to such item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule 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 \n\n(6) Section 10 is omitted and the following section is substituted:\n\nConsolidated Revenue Fund not to be debited after close of financial year\n\n\"10. (1) An amount appropriated under section 3 or 4 may not be debited from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1996.\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(7) 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 an account that was established or continued in existence by an Act (\"relevant Act\"); and\n\n(b) that account formed part of the Trust Fund established under the Audit Act 1901; and\n\n(c) the relevant Act has established a component of the Reserved Money Fund to replace that account;\n\nthe item is modified by omitting the reference to the account and substituting a reference to that component of the Reserved Money Fund.\n\n(8) 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 \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(9) 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(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(10) Any item that refers to payments under section 34A(1) of the Audit Act 1901 is modified by adding at the end \"or under section 33(1) of the Financial Management and Accountability Act\".\n\n \n\nAmendment of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96\n\n17. The Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:\n\n(a) there were substituted for paragraphs 20(4)(a) and (b) of that Act the following paragraph:\n\n\"(a) by omitting from subsection (5) 'Department' (first and second occurring) and substituting 'Agency';\"; and\n\n(b) there were added after subsection 20(4) of that Act the following note:\n\n![](image.004.png)\"Note: The heading to section 8 is altered by omitting 'Departments' and substituting Agencies'.\"\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE Section 3\n\nABSTRACT\n\n| Page Reference | Departments | Total |\n| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |\n| | | $ |\n| 21 | Attorney‑General's Department..................... | 45 775 000 |\n| 27 | Department of Communications and the Arts.................. | 32 799 000 |\n| 31 | Department of Defence................................ | 187 324 000 |\n| 33 | Department of Veterans' Affairs........................... | 40 020 000 |\n| 35 | Department of Employment, Education and Training............. | 91 542 000 |\n| 38 | Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories............ | 11 166 000 |\n| 41 | Department of Finance................................. | 13 367 000 |\n| 43 | Department of Administrative Services...................... | 49 273 000 |\n| 45 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.................... | 27 414 000 |\n| 48 | Department of Housing and Regional Development.............. | 11 482 000 |\n| 50 | Department of Human Services and Health................... | 42 802 000 |\n| 54 | Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs................. | 20 714 000 |\n| 56 | Department of Industrial Relations......................... | 4 968 000 |\n| 58 | Department of Industry, Science and Technology............... | 44 229 000 |\n| 61 | Department of Primary Industries and Energy.................. | 7 852 000 |\n| 64 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet................. | 22 669 000 |\n| 67 | Department of Social Security............................ | 72 040 000 |\n| 69 | Department of Tourism................................ | 484 000 |\n| 71 | Department of Transport............................... | 48 651 000 |\n| 73 | Department of the Treasury.............................. | 61 785 000 |\n| | Total............................................ | 836 356 000 |\n\nDEPARTMENTS\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 3) 1995‑96, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96, Light figures\n\n```html\n

Departments

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

Attorney‑General's Department.....

37 577 000

8 198 000

45 775 000

560 063 000

315 430 000

875 493 000

Department of Communications and the Arts..

2 679 000

30 120 000

32 799 000

140 520 000

1 024 368 000

1 164 888 000

Department of Defence.................

102 827 000

84 497 000

187 324 000

5 071 028 000

5 445 239 000

10 516 267 000

Department of Veterans' Affairs...........

9 122 000

30 898 000

40 020 000

235 747 000

1 520 954 000

1 756 701 000

Department of Employment, Education and Training

55 085 000

36 457 000

91 542 000

944 496 000

2 412 413 000

3 356 909 000

Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

8 195 000

2 971 000

11 166 000

246 277 000

301 296 000

547 573 000

Department of Finance (a)...............

9 656 000

3 711 000

13 367 000

166 481 000

174 501 000

340 982 000

Department of Administrative Services......

7 918 000

41 355 000

49 273 000

291 253 000

339 677 000

630 930 000

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.....

9 412 000

18 002 000

27 414 000

478 456 000

1 855 465 000

2 333 921 000

Department of Housing and Regional Development

7 386 000

4 096 000

11 482 000

51 832 000

65 709 000

117 541 000

Department of Human Services and Health....

2 522 000

40 280 000

42 802 000

247 732 000

2 557 450 000

2 805 182 000

Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs.

6 762 000

13 952 000

20 714 000

322 196 000

120 662 000

442 858 000

Department of Industrial Relations.........

4 781 000

187 000

4 968 000

110 816 000

52 069 000

162 885 000

Department of Industry, Science and Technology

24 053 000

20 176 000

44 229 000

440 107 000

1 003 807 000

1 443 914 000

Department of Primary Industries and Energy..

6 116 000

1 736 000

7 852 000

168 884 000

299 618 000

468 502 000

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

5 137 000

17 532 000

22 669 000

93 286 000

957 455 000

1 050 741 000

Department of Social Security............

72 040 000

—

72 040 000

1 304 301 000

26 483 000

1 330 784 000

Department of Tourism................

247 000

237 000

484 000

10 683 000

93 868 000

104 551 000

\n```\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 3) 1995‑96, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96, Light figures\n\n| Departments | Running Costs | Other Services | Total |\n| ---------------------------------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- |\n| | $ | $ | $ |\n| Department of Transport................ | — | 48 651 000 | 48 651 000 |\n| | 79 916 000 | 146 761 000 | 226 677 000 |\n| Department of the Treasury.............. | 61 430 000 | 355 000 | 61 785 000 |\n| | 1 555 595 000 | 221 498 000 | 1 777 093 000 |\n| Total........................ | 432 945 000 | 403 411 000 | 836 356 000 |\n| | 12 519 669 000 | 18 934 723 000 | 31 454 392 000 |\n\n(a) Does not include appropriation in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96 under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance, $215 000 000 and under Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings, $20 000 000.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT\n\nSUMMARY\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 3) 1995‑96, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96, Light figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

120

Administrative......................

—

1 948 000

1 948 000

60 562 000

68 167 000

128 729 000

121

Legal Practice......................

3 224 000

—

3 224 000

54 010 000

—

54 010 000

122

Australian Federal Police...............

6 664 000

660 000

7 324 000

180 936 000

3 908 000

184 844 000

123

Australian Institute of Criminology........

—

791 000

791 000

—

3 441 000

3 441 000

124

Australian Securities Commission.........

—

—

—

—

121 677 000

121 677 000

125

Australian Security Intelligence Organization.

—

789 000

789 000

—

56 809 000

56 809 000

126

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

773 000

—

773 000

8 929 000

—

8 929 000

127

Criminology Research Council...........

—

—

—

—

258 000

258 000

128

High Court of Australia................

—

194 000

194 000

—

7 420 000

7 420 000

129

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

309 000

30 000

339 000

17 233 000

676 000

17 909 000

130

Law Reform Commission..............

—

332 000

332 000

—

3 892 000

3 892 000

131

National Crime Authority..............

2 331 000

—

2 331 000

44 625 000

—

44 625 000

132

Office of Parliamentary Counsel..........

434 000

—

434 000

5 996 000

—

5 996 000

133

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions..

7 246 000

—

7 246 000

50 820 000

150 000

50 970 000

134

Family Court of Australia..............

1 139 000

3 254 000

4 393 000

67 256 000

32 897 000

100 153 000

135

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

1 989 000

160 000

2 149 000

28 612 000

8 898 000

37 510 000

136

Administrative Appeals Tribunal..........

863 000

20 000

883 000

16 448 000

6 285 000

22 733 000

\n```\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT\n\nSUMMARY — continued\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 3) 1995‑96, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96, Light figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

137

Companies and Securities Advisory Committee

—

20 000

20 000

—

799 000

799 000

138

Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence..

173 000

—

173 000

4 181 000

3 000

4 184 000

139

National Native Title Tribunal..........

11 429 000

—

11 429 000

8 512 000

100 000

8 612 000

140

Industrial Relations Court of Australia.....

1 003 000

—

1 003 000

11 943 000

50 000

11 993 000

Total..........................

37 577 000

8 198 000

45 775 000

560 063 000

315 430 000

875 493 000

\n```\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT\n\n```html\n

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Additional appropriation for 1995‑96

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96

Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 120.— ADMINISTRATIVE

2.— Other Services

01. Australian organisations — Grants........

900 000

4 706 000

3 456 248

09. Marriage counselling organisations and related grants (including payments under the Family Law Act 1975 and the Marriage Act 1961)

500 000

28 433 000

21 994 000

13. Payments under subsection 34A(1) of the Audit Act 1901.

548 000

—

1 213

Total: Division 120

1 948 000

Division 121.— LEGAL PRACTICE

1.— Running Costs (including payments to the Legal Practice Trust Account) (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

3 224 000

54 010 000

49 722 597

Division 122.— AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

6 664 000

180 936 000

233 411 800

2.— Other Services

02. International Police Commission — Membership

660 000

671 000

—

Total: Division 122

7 324 000

Division 123.— AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY

1.— For expenditure under the Criminology Research Act 1971

791 000

3 441 000

3 691 000

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$

$

$

Division 125.—AUSTRALIAN SECURITY
INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION

1.— Operating expenses (Recoveries and miscellaneous revenue may be credited to this item)

653 000

56 809 000

55 620 037

2.— Other Services......................

01. Compensation and legal expenses...........

136 000

—

—

Total: Division 125

789 000

Division 126.— AUSTRAC

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

773 000

8 929 000

6 634 526

Division 128. — HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

1.— For expenditure under the High Court of Australia Act 1979

194 000

7 420 000

7 465 000

Division 129.— HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

309 000

17 233 000

17 301 117

2.— Other Services......................

01. Aboriginal Deaths in Custody — Legal and Field Officer Training

30 000

676 000

137 601

Total: Division 129

339 000

Division 130.— LAW REFORM COMMISSION

1.— For expenditure under the Law Reform Commission Act 1973

332 000

3 892 000

3 894 000

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$

$

$

Division 131.— NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

2 331 000

44 625 000

43 554 304

Division 132.— OFFICE OF PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

434 000

5 996 000

4 913 593

Division 133.— OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

7 246 000

50 820 000

43 200 489

Division 134.— FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

1 139 000

67 256 000

56 541 532

3.— Other Services....................

01. Accommodation expenses............

3 254 000

32 162 000

29 782 828

Total: Division 134

4 393 000

Division 135.— FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

1 989 000

28 612 000

24 808 637

2.— Judges' Long Leave................

50 000

300 000

280 585

3.— Other Services....................

03. Compensation and legal expenses.......

110 000

80 000

40 316

Total: Division 135

2 149 000

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$

$

$

Division 136. — ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

863 000

16 448 000

14 006 823

2.— Other Services..................

01. Accommodation expenses — (money received in relation to services provided by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal may be credited to this item)

20 000

6 285 000

5 805 959

Total: Division 136

883 000

Division 137.— COMPANIES AND SECURITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

1.— For expenditure under Part 9 of the Australian Securities Commission Act 1989

20 000

799 000

754 000

Division 138.— AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

173 000

4 181 000

5 151 994

Division 139.— NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

11 429 000

8 512 000

6 030 98

Division 140.— INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT OF AUSTRALIA

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

1 003 000

11 943 000

9 696 103

Total: Attorney‑General's Department

45 775 000

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Other Services

Total

$

$

$

150

Administrative....................

—

24 130 000

24 130 000

92 424 000

121 383 000

213 807 000

151

Broadcasting and Television Services.....

—

3 000 000

3 000 000

—

700 332 000

700 332 000

152

Australian Broadcasting Authority.......

—

340 000

340 000

—

11 984 000

11 984 000

153

Australian Telecommunications Authority..

—

294 000

294 000

—

12 447 000

12 447 000

154

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

1 535 000

—

1 535 000

33 598 000

—

33 598 000

155

Australia Council..................

—

301 000

301 000

—

72 616 000

72 616 000

156

Australian Film Commission...........

—

89 000

89 000

—

20 455 000

20 455 000

157

Australian Film, Television and Radio School.

—

17 000

17 000

—

13 047 000

13 047 000

158

National Gallery of Australia...........

—

866 000

866 000

—

20 726 000

20 726 000

159

Australian National Maritime Museum....

—

16 000

16 000

—

13 947 000

13 947 000

160

National Film and Sound Archive........

544 000

—

544 000

9 706 000

965 000

10 671 000

161

National Library of Australia...........

—

1 009 000

1 009 000

—

33 024 000

33 024 000

162

National Museum of Australia..........

—

58 000

58 000

—

3 442 000

3 442 000

163

National Science and Technology Centre...

600 000

—

600 000

4 792 000

—

4 792 000

Total..........................

2 679 000

30 120 000

32 799 000

140 520 000

1 024 368 000

1 164 888 000

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$

$

$

Division 150.— ADMINISTRATIVE

3.— Grants and Contributions

04. Grant to establish a visual arts copyright collecting society

8 000

311 000

400 000

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

22 400 000

—

—

22 408 000

4.— Cultural Development Program

02. Payments to other cultural program activities (including payments to relevant trust accounts)

1 722 000

58 474 000

47 043 898

Total: Division 150

24 130 000

Division 151. — BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES

3.— For payments in respect of technical services provided under Part VII of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 or in respect of associated services

3 000 000

100 518 000

83 448 358

Division 152.— AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING AUTHORITY

1.— For expenditure under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992

340 000

11 984 000

12 350 000

Division 153.— AUSTRALIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY

1.— For expenditure under the Telecommunications Act 1991

294 000

12 447 000

12 609 000

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$

$

$

Division 154.— SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AGENCY

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

1 535 000

33 598 000

32 801 446

Division 155.— AUSTRALIA COUNCIL

1.— For expenditure under the Australia Council Act 1975

301 000

72 616 000

64 279 000

Division 156.— AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION

1.— For expenditure under the Australian Film Commission Act 1975

89 000

20 455 000

19 804 000

Division 157.— AUSTRALIAN FILM, TELEVISION AND RADIO SCHOOL

1.— For expenditure under the Australian Film, Television and Radio School Act 1973

17 000

13 047 000

10 947 000

Division 158.— NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA

1.— For expenditure under the National Gallery Act 1975

866 000

20 726 000

19 140 000

Division 159.— AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM

1.— For expenditure under the Australian National Maritime Museum Act 1990

16 000

13 947 000

13 514 000

Division 160. — NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

544 000

9 706 000

10 316 038

Division 161.— NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA

1.— For expenditure under the National Library Act 1960

1 009 000

33 024 000

31 247 000

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$

$

Division 162. — NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA

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

58 000

3 442 000

6 435 000

Division 163.— NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

600 000

4 792 000

7 498 180

Total: Department of Communications and the Arts

32 799 000

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Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

180

Administrative.................

102 827 000

30 065 000

132 892 000

5 071 028 000

142 793 000

5 213 821 000

181

Equipment and Stores.............

—

—

—

—

4 066 767 000

4 066 767 000

182

Defence Co‑operation......

—

—

—

—

80 352 000

80 352 000

183

Defence Production..............

—

249 000

249 000

—

26 196 000

26 196 000

184

Australian Defence Industries Ltd.....

—

—

—

—

15 025 000

15 025 000

185

Defence Facilities...............

—

46 387 000

46 387 000

—

846 811 000

846 811 000

186

Defence Housing................

—

2 796 000

2 796 000

—

267 295 000

267 295 000

187

Avalon Airport Geelong Limited.....

—

5 000 000

5 000 000

—

—

—

Total......................

102 827 000

84 497 000

187 324 000

5 071 028 000

5 445 239 000

10 516 267 000

Department of Veterans' Affairs

195

Administrative.................

9 122 000

4 956 000

14 078 000

235 747 000

53 763 000

289 510 000

196

Other Benefits..................

—

24 359 000

24 359 000

—

1 453 710 000

1 453 710 000

197

Australian War Memorial..........

—

1 583 000

1 583 000

—

13 481 000

13 481 000

Total........................

9 122 000

30 898 000

40 020 000

235 747 000

1 520 954 000

1 756 701 000

Total............................

111 949 000

115 395 000

227 344 000

5 306 775 000

6 966 193 000

12 272 968 000

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$

$

$

Division 180.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 7)

102 827 000

5 071 028 000

4 913 801 248

2.— Other Services

03. Payments under subsection 34A(1) of the Audit Act 1901.

296 000

104 000

110 078

05. Woomera Village — Operating expenses (for payment to the Defence Support Centre, Woomera, Trust Account).

531 000

7 207 000

6 744 000

06. Voyager Compensation — Actions commenced since 1 December 1988

25 000 000

20 000 000

—

07. Compensation and legal expenses......

3 510 000

73 699 000

70 119 154

08. Payments to the University of New South Wales for running costs of the University College at the Australian Defence Force Academy

502 000

32 849 000

32 821 000

11. Grant to the Australian Red Cross.....

30 000

—

—

12. Unexploded ordnance clearance.......

96 000

—

123 359

13. Grants to museums — Preservation of Defence heritage

100 000

—

—

30 065 000

Total: Division 180

132 892 000

Division 183.— DEFENCE PRODUCTION..

249 000

26 196 000

19 818 220

Division 185.— DEFENCE FACILITIES....

1.— Construction, Acquisitions and Leases..

46 387 000

543 720 000

563 890 97

Division 186.— DEFENCE HOUSING......

2 796 000

267 295 000

342 218 684

Division 187.— AVALON AIRPORT GEELONG LIMITED

01. Aerospace Technologies of Australia Aircraft Services Proprietary Limited — Operating subsidy

5 000 000

—

—

Total: Department of Defence...........

187 324 000

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$

$

$

Division 195.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

9 122 000

235 747 000

214 108 477

2.— Repatriation Hospitals (for payment to relevant Repatriation Hospital operations trust accounts)

167 000

14 513 000

196 082 000

4.— Other Services

01. War Graves — Commemoration, care and maintenance

100 000

6 193 000

5 372 137

02. Payments under subsection 34A(1) of the Audit Act 1901.

1 000

58 000

32 825

03. Medical examinations, fares and expenses of veterans and dependants

240 000

4 999 000

4 745 493

05. Compensation and legal expenses......

350 000

651 000

1 397 151

11. Hostel Development Scheme.........

982 000

9 602 000

6 907 900

12. Accommodation expenses for non‑trust account institutions

449 000

3 225 000

942 572

15. \"Australia Remembers 1945‑1995\": 50th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War Commemorative Activities

2 667 000

2 000 000

6 229 358

4 789 000

Total: Division 195

14 078 000

Division 196.— OTHER BENEFITS

03. Maintenance of patients in non‑departmental institutions

24 040 000

746 704 000

615 208 928

05. Veterans' children education scheme....

244 000

6 577 000

6 326 347

06. Vehicle assistance scheme..........

61 000

485 000

458 573

07. Payments to persons and organisations in respect of agreed joint ventures and support for day clubs for the care and welfare of veterans, war widows and dependants

14 000

1 515 000

1 129 913

Total: Division 196

24 359 000

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$

$

$

Division 197.— AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL

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

1 583 000

13 481 000

13 816 000

Total: Department of Veterans' Affairs....

40 020 000

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Other Services

Total

$

$

$

220

Administrative.................

54 818 000

4 758 000

59 576 000

938 547 000

2 291 394 000

3 229 941 000

221

Anglo‑Australian Telescope Board

—

—

—

—

3 164 000

3 164 000

222

National Board of Employment, Education and Training

267 000

—

267 000

5 949 000

934 000

6 883 000

223

Australian National Training Authority.

—

3 542 000

3 542 000

—

71 863 000

71 863 000

224

Employment Services Regulatory Authority

—

28 157 000

28 157 000

—

45 058 000

45 058 000

Total......................

55 085 000

36 457 000

91 542 000

944 496 000

2 412 413 000

3 356 909 000

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$

$

$

Division 220.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

54 818 000

938 547 000

879 546 025

2.— Assistance for Schools.............

04. Teacher Professional Development Program

1 339 000

23 631 000

19 758 174

4.— Special Education and Income Support

01. Aboriginal education — Direct assistance

2 000 000

49 411 000

43 095 809

6.— Other Services

11. Framework for open learning........

80 000

2 232 000

2 071 790

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

1 339 000

4 000 000

3 867 733

1 419 000

Total: Division 220

59 576 000

Division 222.— NATIONAL BOARD OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

267 000

5 949 000

5 485 876

Division 223.— AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TRAINING AUTHORITY

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

3 542 000

57 788 000

76 480 600

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$

$

$

Division 224.— EMPLOYMENT SERVICES REGULATORY AUTHORITY

1.— For expenditure under the Employment Services Act 1994

28 157 000

45 058 000

15 999 000

Total: Department of Employment, Education and Training

91 542 000

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Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

260

Administrative..................

—

103 000

103 000

60 141 000

67 671 000

127 812 000

261

Australian Heritage Commission......

—

265 000

265 000

—

9 295 000

9 295 000

262

Australian Sports Drug Agency.......

—

116 000

116 000

—

3 412 000

3 412 000

263

Australian Nature Conservation Agency.

—

1 166 000

1 166 000

—

77 748 000

77 748 000

264

Australian Sports Commission.......

—

956 000

956 000

—

86 075 000

86 075 000

265

Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology.

6 557 000

—

6 557 000

131 737 000

2 242 000

133 979 000

266

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

—

—

—

—

11 307 000

11 307 000

267

Antarctic Division...............

1 638 000

103 000

1 741 000

40 018 000

19 409 000

59 427 000

268

Territories.....................

—

262 000

262 000

14 381 000

24 137 000

38 518 000

Total.......................

8 195 000

2 971 000

11 166 000

246 277 000

301 296 000

547 573 000

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$

$

Division 260.— ADMINISTRATIVE

2.— Sport and Recreation Program.......

39 000

411 000

14 788 492

3.— Environment Program (including payments to relevant trust accounts)

64 000

66 768 000

38 193 801

Total: Division 260

103 000

Division 261.— AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COMMISSION

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

265 000

9 295 000

7 584 000

Division 262. — AUSTRALIAN SPORTS DRUG AGENCY

1.— For expenditure under the Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990

116 000

3 412 000

2 894 000

Division 263.— AUSTRALIAN NATURE CONSERVATION AGENCY

1.— For expenditure under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975

1 166 000

77 748 000

63 826 000

Division 264.— AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION

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

956 000

86 075 000

84 358 000

Division 265.— COMMONWEALTH BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

6 557 000

131 737 000

124 152 594

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$

$

Division 267.— ANTARCTIC DIVISION

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

1 638 000

40 018 000

41 099 886

2.— Other Services

01. Shipping (net appropriation — see section 6)

103 000

18 862 000

17 612 599

Total: Division 267

1 741 000

Division 268.— TERRITORIES

2.— Territories Program (including payments to relevant trust accounts) (net appropriation — see section 6)

262 000

24 137 000

35 456 439

Total: Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

11 166 000

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Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

280

Administrative..................

4 520 000

3 711 000

8 231 000

87 506 000

174 098 000

261 604 000

281

Australian National Audit Office......

1 567 000

—

1 567 000

51 287 000

53 000

51 340 000

282

Commonwealth Superannuation Administration

3 244 000

—

3 244 000

26 235 000

350 000

26 585 000

283

Office of Government Information Technology

325 000

—

325 000

1 453 000

—

1 453 000

Total........................

9 656 000

3 711 000

13 367 000

166 481 000

174 501 000

340 982 000

Department of Administrative Services

300

Administrative..................

3 865 000

39 137 000

43 002 000

155 814 000

248 829 000

404 643 000

301

Australian Electoral Commission......

1 545 000

218 000

1 763 000

63 161 000

56 688 000

119 849 000

302

Ministerial and Parliamentary Services..

2 508 000

—

2 508 000

72 098 000

34 160 000

106 258 000

303

Royal Commissions and Inquiries......

—

2 000 000

2 000 000

180 000

—

180 000

Total........................

7 918 000

41 355 000

49 273 000

291 253 000

339 677 000

630 930 000

Total...........................

17 574 000

45 066 000

62 640 000

457 734 000

514 178 000

971 912 000

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$

$

$

Division 280.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

4 520 000

87 506 000

77 139 350

2.— Other Services

01. South Australia and Tasmania — Pensions for former State railways' employees

1 457 000

45 700 000

52 908 171

04. Payments under subsection 34A(1) of the Audit Act 1901.

1 000

40 000

87 640

06. Bank fees and interest charges (recoveries of fees may be credited to this item)

2 196 000

11 364 000

16 610 382

07. Interest on trustee moneys (for payment to the Defence Service Homes Insurance Trust Account)

7 000

6 000

—

09. Compensation and legal expenses......

50 000

—

—

3 711 000

Total: Division 280

8 231 000

Division 281.— AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

1 567 000

51 287 000

39 755 154

Division 282.— COMMONWEALTH SUPERANNUATION ADMINISTRATION

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

3 244 000

26 235 000

29 331 704

Division 283.— OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

325 000

1 453 000

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

13 367 000

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$

$

$

Division 300.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

3 865 000

155 814 000

157 695 446

2.— Other Services

02. Political Exchange Program.........

203 000

393 000

184 642

03. Leases to be assigned, refurbished or terminated

280 000

520 000

1 916 777

07. Career transition program (for payment to the Department of Administrative Services Business Services Trust Account)

22 000 000

57 907 000

47 609 474

22 483 000

3.— Estate Management

01. Estate management expenses.........

76 000

9 352 000

8 769 290

02. Fire protection — Commonwealth property

2 372 000

12 598 000

12 438 996

2 448 000

4.— Overseas Property Services

01. Rent.........................

507 000

66 279 000

63 853 783

02. Other services (money received from refunds of taxation by overseas governments, the sale of furniture and fittings overseas plus receipts from rental from, and disposal of surplus properties in Papua New Guinea, that part of which is equal to the costs of renting or disposing of those properties, may be credited to this item)

13 699 000

37 385 000

32 709 320

14 206 000

Total: Division 300

43 002 000

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$

$

$

Division 301.— AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

1 545 000

63 161 000

60 045 058

2.— Other Services..................

01. Conduct of Commonwealth elections, referendums and industrial ballots

218 000

56 426 000

10 114 523

Total: Division 301

1 763 000

Division 302.— MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

2 508 000

72 098 000

74 627 245

Division 303.— ROYAL COMMISSIONS AND INQUIRIES

2.— Other Services

01. Inquiries — Operating costs.........

2 000 000

—

—

Total: Department of Administrative Services

49 273 000

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Other Services

Total

$

$

$

315

Administrative..................

5 379 000

955 000

6 334 000

425 075 000

146 650 000

571 725 000

316

Australia‑Japan Foundation...

102 000

—

102 000

828 000

968 000

1 796 000

317

Australian Agency for International Development.

3 931 000

10 427 000

14 358 000

52 553 000

1 235 724 000

1 288 277 000

318

Australian Secret Intelligence Service..

—

2 748 000

2 748 000

—

31 916 000

31 916 000

319

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

—

429 000

429 000

—

39 573 000

39 573 000

320

Australian Trade Commission........

—

3 443 000

3 443 000

—

400 634 000

400 634 000

Total........................

9 412 000

18 002 000

27 414 000

478 456 000

1 855 465 000

2 333 921 000

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Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 315.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

5 379 000

425 075 000

457 062 067

2.— Other Services

03. Compensation and legal expenses......

380 000

212 000

442 984

3.— Contributions to International Organizations

15. Contribution to the Preparatory Commission for the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention

575 000

—

—

Total: Division 315

6 334 000

Division 316.— AUSTRALIA‑JAPAN FOUNDATION

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

102 000

828 000

847 395

Division 317.— AUSTRALIAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

3 931 000

52 553 000

45 600 053

3.— Country Programs

02. South‑East Asia programs....

3 478 000

252 155 000

254 138 432

7.— Community and Commercial Programs

03. Development Import Finance Facility...

6 949 000

120 000 000

123 050 731

Total: Division 317

14 358 000

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Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 318.— AUSTRALIAN SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

1.— Operating expenses (Recoveries and miscellaneous revenue may be credited to this item)

2 708 000

31 916 000

33 764 712

2.— Other Services

01. Compensation and legal expenses......

40 000

—

495 853

Total: Division 318

2 748 000

Division 319.— AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (for payment to the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Trust Fund)

429 000

39 573 000

36 715 000

Division 320. — AUSTRALIAN TRADE COMMISSION

1.— For expenditure under the Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 other than payments under the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974

3 443 000

163 722 000

189 360 000

Total: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

27 414 000

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Other Services

Total

$

$

$

330

Administrative..................

6 854 000

3 850 000

10 704 000

45 535 000

57 326 000

102 861 000

331

National Capital Planning Authority....

532 000

246 000

778 000

6 297 000

8 383 000

14 680 000

Total........................

7 386 000

4 096 000

11 482 000

51 832 000

65 709 000

117 541 000

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Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 330.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

6 854 000

45 535 000

41 501 776

2.— Other Services

03. Regional economic development......

800 000

17 650 000

1 917 241

04. Regional strategic infrastructure.......

3 000 000

19 700 000

1 782 500

3 800 000

3.— Housing and Crisis Accommodation

01. First Home Owners Scheme (for expenditure under the First Home Owners Act 1983)

50 000

20 000

1 863 548

Total: Division 330

10 704 000

Division 331.— NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING AUTHORITY

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

532 000

6 297 000

8 191 613

2.— Other Services

02. Maintenance of national land.........

246 000

8 334 000

6 895 381

Total: Division 331

778 000

Total: Department of Housing and Regional Development

11 482 000

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Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

340

Administrative..................

2 522 000

38 078 000

40 600 000

246 445 000

2 190 894 000

2 437 339 000

341

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

—

166 000

166 000

—

6 960 000

6 960 000

342

National Food Authority...........

—

—

—

—

7 000 000

7 000 000

343

Health Insurance Commission.......

—

—

—

—

257 290 000

257 290 000

344

Australian Hearing Services Authority..

—

1 910 000

1 910 000

—

91 366 000

91 366 000

345

Australian Institute of Family Studies...

—

86 000

86 000

—

3 072 000

3 072 000

346

Nuclear Safety Bureau............

—

40 000

40 000

—

868 000

868 000

347

Professional Services Review Scheme..

—

—

—

1 287 000

—

1 287 000

Total.......................

2 522 000

40 280 000

42 802 000

247 732 000

2 557 450 000

2 805 182 000

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Expenditure for 1994‑95

Division 340.— ADMINISTRATIVE

$

$

$

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

2 522 000

246 445 000

254 731 484

2.— Other Services

02. Community organisations support program

581 000

7 885 000

7 829 644

04. Health and Community Services Ministerial Council (for payment to the Health and Community Services Ministerial Council Trust Account)

493 000

1 046 000

1 349 578

05. International health...............

74 000

9 419 000

9 179 123

09. Emergency relief................

2 500 000

14 842 000

19 480 749

3 648 000

3.— Health Advancement

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

3 854 000

13 698 000

15 892 298

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

326 000

23 959 000

23 046 686

03. Health research (including payments to the Medical Research Endowment Fund under the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992)

105 000

159 192 000

144 316 485

04. Public health...................

134 000

10 222 000

9 764 961

05. Family planning.................

143 000

14 542 000

14 276 000

07. Payments to human quarantine and communicable disease surveillance (including expenditure under the Human Quarantine Act 1908)

33 000

349 000

310 013

09. National Cervix Screening Program....

847 000

1 665 000

703 175

10. Therapeutic Goods (including payment to the Therapeutic Goods Administration Trust Account)

477 000

21 280 000

22 687 000

11. National Childhood Immunisation Program

209 000

5 780 000

1 279 237

6 128 000

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$

$

$

4.— Health Care Access

02. Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia — Grant‑in‑aid

150 000

16 319 000

20 081 000

03. Grants to service providers (including payments under the Health Insurance Act 1973)

2 001 000

21 630 000

18 422 999

2 151 000

5.— Residential Care for Older People (including expenditure under the Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act 1954)

02. Services to rural, remote and other special needs groups

250 000

20 856 000

10 404 652

03. Community based support programs for the aged

949 000

48 135 000

32 752 046

04. Other services for residential aged care..

196 000

23 839 000

16 591 340

1 395 000

6.— Assistance for People with Disabilities

01. Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service (for payment to the Rehabilitation Service Trust Account)

1 996 000

125 286 000

124 516 000

02. Other (including expenditure under the Disability Services Act 1986)

1 963 000

212 495 000

201 933 634

04. Australian Government Health Service (including payment to the Australian Government Health Service Trust Account)

17 000

—

3 913 000

3 976 000

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

03. National Child Protection Council.....

1 004 000

2 667 000

1 356 772

04. Child care expenses for Sole Parents undergoing training.

10 228 000

—

—

11 232 000

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$

$

$

9.— Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services

01. Health Services Program...........

8 548 000

83 300 000

—

02. Substance Abuse Services...........

1 000 000

16 800 000

—

9 548 000

Total: Division 340

40 600 000

Division 341.— AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE

1.— For expenditure under the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987

166 000

6 960 000

8 099 000

Division 344.— AUSTRALIAN HEARING SERVICES AUTHORITY

1.— For expenditure under the Hearing Services Act 1991

1 910 000

91 366 000

92 845 000

Division 345.— AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF FAMILY STUDIES

1.— For expenditure under Part XIVA of the Family Law Act 1975

86 000

3 072 000

3 170 000

Division 346. — NUCLEAR SAFETY BUREAU

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

40 000

868 000

823 000

Total: Department of Human Services and Health

42 802 000

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Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

360

Administrative..................

6 303 000

13 952 000

20 255 000

298 809 000

120 662 000

419 471 000

361

Immigration Review Tribunal........

173 000

—

173 000

7 890 000

—

7 890 000

362

Refugee Review Tribunal...........

286 000

—

286 000

15 497 000

—

15 497 000

Total........................

6 762 000

13 952 000

20 714 000

322 196 000

120 662 000

442 858 000

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Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 360.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

6 303 000

298 809 000

284 031 782

2.— Other Services

01. Contribution to the secretariat for inter‑governmental consultations on asylum, refugee and migration policies

3 000

79 000

68 120

03. International Organization for Migration — Contribution.

116 000

849 000

858 749

06. Accommodation and services for refugees and migrants in migrant transitory accommodation

762 000

1 707 000

1 622 016

10. Grants to the Australian Red Cross Society for the Asylum Seeker Assistance Scheme

7 173 000

8 427 000

14 837 000

12. Accommodation expenses — Migrant and detention centres

5 130 000

2 992 000

4 417 688

13. International Year for Tolerance 1995 — initiatives

96 000

190 000

134 000

13 280 000

3.— Embarkation and Passage Costs

01. Refugee, humanitarian and assisted movements —Passage and associated costs

672 000

4 399 000

3 978 864

Total: Division 360

20 255 000

Division 361.— IMMIGRATION REVIEW TRIBUNAL

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

173 000

7 890 000

6 067 823

Division 362.— REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL

1.—Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

286 000

15 497 000

12 492 937

Total: Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs

20 714 000

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Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

365

Administrative..................

1 497 000

—

1 497 000

60 351 000

23 511 000

83 862 000

366

Affirmative Action Agency.........

173 000

—

173 000

2 830 000

—

2 830 000

367

Australian Trade Union Training Authority

—

162 000

162 000

—

8 775 000

8 775 000

368

Australian Industrial Registry........

3 082 000

—

3 082 000

46 679 000

—

46 679 000

369

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission

—

25 000

25 000

—

19 782 000

19 782 000

370

Remuneration Tribunal............

29 000

—

29 000

956 000

—

956 000

371

COMCARE...................

—

—

—

—

1 000

1 000

Total........................

4 781 000

187 000

4 968 000

110 816 000

52 069 000

162 885 000

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$

$

$

Division 365. — ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

1 497 000

60 351 000

57 252 773

Division 366. — AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AGENCY

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

173 000

2 830 000

2 171 469

Division 367. — AUSTRALIAN TRADE UNION TRAINING AUTHORITY

1.— For expenditure under the Trade Union Training Authority Act 1975

162 000

8 775 000

10 102 000

Division 368. — AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL REGISTRY

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

3 082 000

46 679 000

43 563 768

Division 369.— NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMISSION

1.— For expenditure under the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Act 1985

25 000

19 782 000

20 176 000

Division 370.— REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

29 000

956 000

1 037 655

Total: Department of Industrial Relations..

4 968 000

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Other Services

Total

$

$

$

380

Administrative.................

2 337 000

17 176 000

19 513 000

96 069 000

512 879 000

608 948 000

381

Australian Customs Service........

21 716 000

—

21 716 000

337 548 000

3 829 000

341 377 000

382

Australian Institute of Marine Science.

—

—

—

—

16 604 000

16 604 000

383

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

—

—

—

—

49 777 000

49 777 000

384

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation

—

3 000 000

3 000 000

—

25 600 000

25 600 000

385

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

—

—

—

—

391 997 000

391 997 000

386

Australian Manufacturing Council Secretariat

—

—

—

3 606 000

—

3 606 000

387

National Standards Commission.....

—

—

—

—

2 001 000

2 001 000

388

Anti‑Dumping Authority....

—

—

—

1 785 000

—

1 785 000

389

Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Development Authority

—

—

—

1 099 000

1 120 000

2 219 000

Total.......................

24 053 000

20 176 000

44 229 000

440 107 000

1 003 807 000

1 443 914 000

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$

$

$

Division 380. — ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

2 337 000

96 069 000

84 819 971

2.— Bounty and Subsidy Assistance

01. Bounty, and advances on account of bounty, under the Bounty (Books) Act 1986

3 073 000

19 247 000

23 299 791

03. Bounty, and advances on account of bounty, under the Bounty (Ships) Act 1989

4 857 000

22 843 000

22 958 596

7 930 000

3.— Assistance for Industry Research and Development

01. Industry Innovation Program (including payments under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986)

580 000

61 096 000

45 639 231

02. Co‑operative Research Centres.

8 161 000

126 579 000

103 695 847

8 741 000

4.— Industry Assistance

03. National Space Program............

505 000

3 405 000

4 484 846

Total: Division 380

19 513 000

Division 381.— AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

21 716 000

337 548 000

332 783 659

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$

$

$

Division 384. — EXPORT FINANCE AND INSURANCE CORPORATION

1.— For expenditure under the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

02. Payments in respect of National Interest business

3 000 000

20 800 000

24 030 313

Total: Department of Industry, Science and Technology

44 229 000

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Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

490

Administrative...................

1 877 000

1 736 000

3 613 000

99 001 000

288 872 000

387 873 000

491

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

561 000

—

561 000

16 342 000

—

16 342 000

492

Australian Geological Survey Organisation

3 678 000

—

3 678 000

53 541 000

78 000

53 619 000

493

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

—

—

—

—

10 616 000

10 616 000

494

National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals

—

—

—

—

52 000

52 000

Total.........................

6 116 000

1 736 000

7 852 000

168 884 000

299 618 000

468 502 000

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$

$

$

Division 490. — ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

1 877 000

99 001 000

94 001 875

2.— Other Services

01. Compensation and legal expenses......

295 000

282 000

170 310

02. Payment for community service obligations (for payment to the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service Trust Account)

222 000

38 757 000

37 492 001

517 000

4.— Infrastructure and Support

05. Rural Communities Access Programs...

480 000

11 583 000

11 495 465

11. New South Wales and Queensland Electricity Grid Interconnection — Contribution to Feasibility Study

156 000

1 683 000

1 887 458

636 000

5.— Research and Assessment

01. Payment to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation — Contribution to the operating costs of the Australian Animal Health Laboratory

171 000

5 608 000

6 179 000

08. Fisheries Resources Research........

412 000

1 531 000

2 026 606

583 000

Total: Division 490

3 613 000

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$

$

Division 491.— AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

561 000

16 342 000

19 830 463

Division 492. — AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

3 678 000

53 541 000

60 821 823

Total: Department of Primary Industries and Energy

7 852 000

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Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

500

Administrative..................

2 214 000

726 000

2 940 000

48 420 000

20 992 000

69 412 000

501

Commonwealth Ombudsman........

663 000

—

663 000

8 704 000

—

8 704 000

502

Economic Planning Advisory Commission

288 000

—

288 000

3 028 000

—

3 028 000

503

Governor‑General's Office and Establishments

209 000

—

209 000

7 805 000

2 976 000

10 781 000

504

Merit Protection and Review Agency...

290 000

—

290 000

4 711 000

—

4 711 000

505

Office of the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security

85 000

—

85 000

584 000

—

584 000

506

Office of National Assessments......

580 000

—

580 000

6 690 000

—

6 690 000

507

Public Service Commissioner........

808 000

—

808 000

13 344 000

10 000

13 354 000

508

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

—

14 417 000

14 417 000

—

893 781 000

893 781 000

509

Torres Strait Regional Authority......

—

2 225 000

2 225 000

—

34 118 000

34 118 000

510

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

—

164 000

164 000

—

5 578 000

5 578 000

Total.......................

5 137 000

17 532 000

22 669 000

93 286 000

957 455 000

1 050 741 000

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Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Additional appropriation for 1995‑96

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96

Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 500.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

2 214 000

48 420 000

42 840 171

2.— Other Services

04. Official establishments, other than Governor‑General's residences

26 000

4 122 000

3 520 186

09. Reconciliation process between the Commonwealth and Aboriginals

700 000

4 517 000

4 354 556

726 000

Total: Division 500

2 940 000

Division 501.— COMMONWEALTH OMBUDSMAN

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

663 000

8 704 000

7 689 986

Division 502.— ECONOMIC PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

288 000

3 028 000

2 503 871

Division 503.— GOVERNOR‑GENERAL'S OFFICE AND ESTABLISHMENTS

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

209 000

7 805 000

7 416 223

Division 504.— MERIT PROTECTION AND REVIEW AGENCY

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

290 000

4 711 000

5 283 178

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Additional appropriation for 1995‑96

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96

Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 505.— OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR‑GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

85 000

584 000

780 485

Division 506.— OFFICE OF NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

580 000

6 690 000

6 378 920

Division 507.— PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

808 000

13 344 000

17 935 257

Division 508.— ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION

1.— For expenditure under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989

02. Support for Aboriginal Hostels.......

567 000

27 845 000

29 107 000

04. Assistance for native title claims......

13 850 000

12 840 000

13 375 000

Total: Division 508

14 417 000

Division 509.— TORRES STRAIT REGIONAL AUTHORITY

1.— For expenditure under Part 3A of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989

01. Operating expenses...............

2 225 000

18 562 000

16 062 000

Division 510.— AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES

1.— For expenditure under the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989

164 000

5 578 000

5 550 000

Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

22 669 000

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Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

560

Administrative......................

72 040 000

—

72 040 000

1 304 301 000

26 483 000

1 330 784 000

Total............................

72 040 000

—

72 040 000

1 304 301 000

26 483 000

1 330 784 000

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Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Additional appropriation for 1995‑96

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96

Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 560.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

72 040 000

1 304 301 000

1 124 007 095

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

72 040 000

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Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

600

Administrative..................

247 000

—

247 000

10 683 000

13 839 000

24 522 000

601

Australian Tourist Commission.......

—

237 000

237 000

—

80 029 000

80 029 000

Total........................

247 000

237 000

484 000

10 683 000

93 868 000

104 551 000

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Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Additional appropriation for 1995‑96

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96

Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 600.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

247 000

10 683 000

9 052 011

Division 601. — AUSTRALIAN TOURIST COMMISSION

1.— For expenditure under the Australian Tourist Commission Act 1987

237 000

80 029 000

79 303 000

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

484 000

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Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

650

Administrative................

—

2 930 000

2 930 000

79 916 000

58 651 000

138 567 000

651

Australian National Railways Commission

—

39 340 000

39 340 000

—

35 000 000

35 000 000

652

Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

—

447 000

447 000

—

8 700 000

8 700 000

653

Civil Aviation Safety Authority.....

—

5 934 000

5 934 000

—

34 587 000

34 587 000

654

Shipping Industry Reform Authority..

—

—

—

—

750 000

750 000

655

Airservices Australia............

—

—

—

—

9 073 000

9 073 000

Total......................

—

48 651 000

48 651 000

79 916 000

146 761 000

226 677 000

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Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Additional appropriation for 1995‑96

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96

Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 650. — ADMINISTRATIVE

2.— Other Services

01. Free or concessional fares...........

430 000

3 970 000

3 499 999

02. Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme.

2 500 000

40 500 000

39 499 995

Total: Division 650

2 930 000

Division 651.— AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS COMMISSION

1.— For expenditure under the Australian National Railways Commission Act 1983

39 340 000

35 000 000

26 995 240

Division 652.— AUSTRALIAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY

1.— For expenditure under the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990

447 000

8 700 000

12 990 999

Division 653. — CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

1.— For expenditure under the Civil Aviation Act 1988

5 934 000

34 587 000

27 650 000

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

48 651 000

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Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

670

Administrative................

1 930 000

300 000

2 230 000

44 112 000

200 919 000

245 031 000

671

Australian Bureau of Statistics......

14 101 000

—

14 101 000

223 653 000

69 000

223 722 000

672

Australian Taxation Office........

39 403 000

55 000

39 458 000

1 202 558 000

17 592 000

1 220 150 000

673

Prices Surveillance Authority......

692 000

—

692 000

4 434 000

—

4 434 000

674

Insurance and Superannuation Commission

3 760 000

—

3 760 000

35 159 000

337 000

35 496 000

675

Industry Commission............

372 000

—

372 000

20 728 000

435 000

21 163 000

676

Trade Practices Commission.......

1 172 000

—

1 172 000

24 951 000

2 146 000

27 097 000

Total......................

61 430 000

355 000

61 785 000

1 555 595 000

221 498 000

1 777 093 000

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Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Additional appropriation for 1995‑96

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96

Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 670.— ADMINISTRATIVE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

1 930 000

44 112 000

41 053 689

2.— Other Services

02. Loan management expenses.........

300 000

4 945 000

6 118 453

Total: Division 670

2 230 000

Division 671.— AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

14 101 000

223 653 000

211 405 345

Division 672.— AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

39 403 000

1 202 558 000

1 093 651 278

2.— Other Services..................

03. Compensation relating to administration of taxation assessments

10 000

50 000

54 894

04. Compensation relating to administration of collections and assessments under the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 and the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

45 000

35 000

23 721

55 000

Total: Division 672

39 458 000

Division 673. — PRICES SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

692 000

4 434 000

3 504 178

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Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Additional appropriation for 1995‑96

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995‑96

Expenditure for 1994‑95

$

$

$

Division 674.— INSURANCE AND SUPERANNUATION COMMISSION

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

3 760 000

35 159 000

33 861 862

Division 675.— INDUSTRY COMMISSION

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

372 000

20 728 000

22 729 635

Division 676.— TRADE PRACTICES COMMISSION

1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)

1 172 000

24 951 000

19 173 465

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

61 785 000

\n```\n\n\\[Minister's second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 26 October 1995\n\nSenate on 29 November 1995\\]\n\n![](image.005.png)Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer (162/95)\n\n![](image.006.png)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Section 8(1) and Section 8(2)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The Schedule names Divisions after the not-yet-established bodies (National Film and Sound Archive — Division 160; National Science and Technology Centre — Division 163), yet the operative sections treat those amounts as departmental appropriations contingent on the bodies being established. This creates an internal ambiguity about who actually holds the appropriation prior to establishment — the Department or a legal nullity.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The Act appropriates money to the National Film and Sound Archive (Division 160) and the National Science and Technology Centre (Division 163) as distinct entities in the Schedule — bodies that may not yet exist. The sections provide that if these bodies are established by legislation before 1 July 1996, the Act is taken to have 'at all times' had effect as if the appropriation were split between the Department and the new body. However, money in Division 160 is already labelled 'National Film and Sound Archive' and Division 163 'National Science and Technology Centre' in the Schedule, yet those bodies are not yet established. The Act simultaneously treats these as departmental appropriations and as appropriations to bodies that don't exist yet."},{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Section 8(1) — retroactive effect","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Retroactive legal recharacterisation of expenditure already incurred creates genuine accounting and legal compliance problems. Money spent by the Department on running costs before the new body is established might be retroactively deemed to have been spent by a body that did not exist at the time of spending. The Auditor-General would face an impossible task reconciling accounts that legally changed character after the fact.","confidence":0.82,"description":"Section 8(1) provides that if the National Film and Sound Archive is established by legislation before 1 July 1996, this Act 'has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect' as if the appropriation were split. This means a future legislative event (royal assent to establishing legislation) would retroactively alter the legal meaning of this Act from its commencement date, potentially reclassifying expenditure that has already occurred under a different appropriation head."},{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Section 9(1) — Gene Technology Authority","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Unlike sections 8 and 11 where the Schedule at least names the bodies in Division headings, section 9 applies to a generic running costs item with no earmark for the Gene Technology Authority. The mechanism for determining the Minister's allocation 'in writing' after the body is established is the only safeguard, but the retroactive deeming still operates on expenditure already incurred.","confidence":0.78,"description":"Section 9(1) applies the same retroactive impossibility mechanism to the Gene Technology Authority under Division 380 of the Schedule. However, the Schedule itself does not include a Division or line item labelled 'Gene Technology Authority' — Division 380 is the generic 'Administrative' division for the Department of Industry, Science and Technology. The retroactive recharacterisation therefore applies to an undifferentiated running costs appropriation, making it impossible to determine after the fact which portion of expenditure was 'required for the purposes of the body.'"},{"type":"other","section":"Section 10 — Economic Planning Advisory Commission","severity":"low","reasoning":"The Schedule (Division 502) names the Economic Planning Advisory Commission as if it already exists and appropriates running costs to it directly, while the operative section treats it as a departmental appropriation contingent on establishment. The Commission is also listed in the abstract table as a separate division under Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. This is a drafting inconsistency rather than a logical impossibility, but it creates uncertainty about the status of the appropriation.","confidence":0.7,"description":"Section 10 provides for retroactive recharacterisation of the Division 502 appropriation if the Economic Planning Advisory Commission is established 'during the year ending on 30 June 1996.' Unlike sections 8, 9 and 11, this section does not require establishment 'before 1 July 1996' — it uses the phrase 'during the year.' However, 'during the year ending on 30 June 1996' and 'before 1 July 1996' are substantively identical periods, making the different drafting formulation potentially confusing without being materially different. More significantly, Division 502 in the Schedule is already labelled 'Economic Planning Advisory Commission' and running costs are appropriated to it — yet the body may not exist."},{"type":"other","section":"Section 16(3) — substituted Section 6","severity":"low","reasoning":"Section 16(3) substitutes a new section 6 that contains the phrase 'section 31 of the Financial Management Accountability Act' — dropping the word 'and'. The defined term throughout the Act (sections 14 and 16(2)) is 'Financial Management and Accountability Act'. Under strict construction, the reference in the substituted section 6 is to a different, non-existent Act. While courts would likely apply a purposive approach, this is a genuine drafting flaw in operative text.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The substituted section 6 (operative after the 'operative day' when the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences) requires, as a condition for net appropriations, that there be 'in force an agreement (entered into under section 31 of the Financial Management Accountability Act).' However, the reference is to 'the Financial Management Accountability Act' — a typographical error omitting 'and' — when the defined term is 'Financial Management and Accountability Act'. This typo appears in the operative legal text and could be argued to create a reference to a non-existent Act."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Section 7(3) — guidelines before guidelines exist","severity":"low","reasoning":"The structure creates a chicken-and-egg problem: the Minister must observe guidelines when making the first determination, but guidelines may not yet exist. The practical resolution is that no guidelines = no constraint, but the drafting of 'is to observe any guidelines' creates an obligation that is vacuous if guidelines don't exist and potentially circular if the Minister is supposed to make guidelines before making determinations.","confidence":0.65,"description":"Section 7(3) requires the Minister to observe any guidelines determined under subsection (4) when making determinations under subsections (1) and (2). However, subsection (4) merely empowers the Minister to make guidelines — it does not require their existence. If no guidelines have been determined, subsection (3) requires observance of a null set. More absurdly, the Minister must make a determination under (1) before or simultaneously with making guidelines under (4), yet (3) requires the guidelines to pre-exist the determination."},{"type":"other","section":"Section 5 — exclusion of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1995-96","severity":"low","reasoning":"The deliberate exclusion of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1995-96 from the list of earlier acts whose purposes can be adopted is technically valid but creates an asymmetry: purposes in Act No. 1 are incorporated but purposes in Act No. 2 are not, even though both precede Act No. 3. This is likely intentional (Act No. 2 is typically a different type of appropriation) but could create gaps where programs funded under Act No. 3 cannot access purposes established only in Act No. 2.","confidence":0.6,"description":"Section 5 provides that money appropriated for a program is taken to be appropriated for purposes 'for which appropriation has been made in an earlier Act (other than the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1995-96).' The exclusion of Act No. 2 from the list of earlier acts whose purposes can be incorporated is logically peculiar — Act No. 3 (this Act) is supplementary to Act No. 1, but Act No. 2 (typically a supply act or Senate appropriation) is specifically excluded. This means programs funded under Act No. 3 cannot draw on purposes established in Act No. 2, even though Act No. 2 preceded Act No. 3 and was an 'earlier Act.'"}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 13 (original Act — accounting corrections after 30 June 1996)","section_b":"Section 16(6) — substituted Section 10 (Financial Management and Accountability Act version — no debiting after 30 June 1996)","confidence":0.72,"description":"Section 13 of the original Act permits the Minister to take action after 30 June 1996 to correct errors or mispostings, with no explicit limitation to inter-Fund transfers only. However, the substituted section 10(2) inserted by section 16(6) permits post-30-June-1996 action only to correct errors or balance Funds 'if the action does not result in an amount being debited from a Fund otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another Fund.' Section 13 contains the same restriction in paragraph form but applies to 'the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the Trust Fund or the Loan Fund' — the old Fund structure — while substituted section 10 applies to 'Funds (within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act)' — a different and potentially broader set of funds. When the operative day arrives and section 16 applies, both section 13 and substituted section 10 are simultaneously in force with different fund references."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 6 (net annotated appropriations — original)","section_b":"Section 16(3) — substituted Section 6 (Financial Management and Accountability Act version)","confidence":0.76,"description":"The original section 6 permits credits to a net appropriation item based on receipts from specified categories (sale of goods, services, employee benefits, subleasing) subject to agreement between the Minister and the responsible Minister. The substituted section 6 (operative after the FMA Act commences) permits credits based on any payments 'in consideration for any service, benefit, activity, transaction or other matter specified in the agreement' under section 31 of the FMA Act. The substituted version is significantly broader in scope — it is not limited to the specific categories in the original section 6. During the transition period, if both are construed as operative (section 16(1) says the Act has effect 'subject to the modifications'), the broader substituted version supersedes the narrower original, potentially expanding the classes of receipts that can be credited to appropriation items beyond what Parliament originally authorised in the Schedule items that reference 'see section 6.'"},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Section 11(2)(a) — appropriation to Prices Surveillance Authority before ACCC establishment","section_b":"Section 11(2)(b) — appropriation to Trade Practices Commission before ACCC establishment","confidence":0.68,"description":"Section 11 provides that if the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is established, both the Prices Surveillance Authority (Division 673) and Trade Practices Commission (Division 676) appropriations are retroactively recharacterised — a portion going to each existing body for pre-establishment costs, and the balance going to the ACCC. However, sub-paragraph (a)(i) requires the PSA portion to cover 'running costs before the establishment of the body' while sub-paragraph (b)(i) requires the TPC portion to cover 'running costs or on other services...before the establishment of that body.' The asymmetry means the PSA cannot use its pre-establishment portion for 'other services' (only running costs), while the TPC can. If the ACCC absorbs both bodies, there is no logical reason for this distinction, and it could create a gap where pre-establishment 'other services' expenditure by the PSA cannot be characterised under either the pre-establishment PSA portion or the post-establishment ACCC portion."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 15 (Part 2 applies only if FMA Act commences before 30 June 1996)","section_b":"Section 14 — definition of 'operative day'","confidence":0.71,"description":"Section 14 defines 'operative day' as 'the day on which the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences' and section 15 makes Part 2 applicable only if the FMA Act 'commences before 30 June 1996.' However, section 14 also defines the FMA Act as either the 'Financial Management and Accountability Act 1995' or the 'Financial Management and Accountability Act 1996' — the latter being an Act not yet passed at the time of assent (16 December 1995). If the FMA Act ultimately passed is titled the '1996' version and commences on or after 30 June 1996, Part 2 never applies, but the definition of 'operative day' in section 14 remains in the Act pointing to an Act that never triggered Part 2. More critically, if the '1996' version commences exactly on 30 June 1996, section 15's condition ('before 30 June 1996') is not met and Part 2 is inapplicable, leaving the original provisions operative for a financial year that has already ended."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act does not expand beyond its original purpose. It is a standard supplementary appropriation — a well-established category of Commonwealth financial legislation used to provide additional funding mid-year. The technical complexity in Part 2 (the Financial Management and Accountability Act transitional provisions) reflects the government anticipating a concurrent major reform of Commonwealth financial administration, but this is a procedural adaptation rather than a substantive expansion of scope. The agency-transition provisions for new bodies (sections 8–11) are similarly incidental housekeeping, ensuring money flows to the right legal entity if machinery-of-government changes occur before year end. The Act's purpose — appropriating approximately $836 million in supplementary funding for the financial year ending 30 June 1996 — is precisely what its title and preamble describe."},"complexity_factors":["Part 2 (sections 14–17) creates a self-modifying legislative mechanism that rewrites provisions of both this Act and the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995-96 contingent on when the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences — a nested conditional structure that is unusual even for appropriation legislation","Section 16 contains 10 subsections, several of which substitute or modify entire sections of this Act with new text, creating a document-within-a-document drafting style requiring readers to mentally splice texts together","Multiple agency-transition provisions (sections 8–11) contain conditional appropriation-splitting rules for five different prospective bodies — the ACCC, National Film and Sound Archive, National Science and Technology Centre, Gene Technology Authority, and Economic Planning Advisory Commission — each with its own logic","Cross-references to at least 8 other Acts: Audit Act 1901, Loan Act 1994, Financial Management and Accountability Act, Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995-96, Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1995-96, and various agency-establishing Acts","Net appropriation provisions (section 6) cover five distinct categories of commercial receipts with separate conditions and require bilateral ministerial agreements to activate","The Schedule spans 20 departments, hundreds of line items, and presents data across three columns for each (this Act, No. 1 Act, prior year expenditure), requiring constant cross-referencing","Section 7 on employment subsidy schemes requires a two-stage ministerial determination process (declaration of scheme, then approval of payments) before funds can be credited to running costs","The Act amends the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995-96 directly (section 17), making it a hybrid appropriation/amendment instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"## What This Law Does\n\n**The Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1995-96** is a mid-year budget law. Think of it as the government writing itself a supplementary cheque — in this case, for **$836,356,000 (roughly $836 million)** — on top of the money already approved earlier in the financial year.\n\n### Why does this exist?\n\nAt the start of each financial year, Parliament passes an Appropriation Act (No. 1) to fund government operations. If the government discovers during the year that it needs more money than originally budgeted, it comes back to Parliament for an additional appropriation. That's what this Act is.\n\n### Who is affected?\n\nEvery major Commonwealth department gets a slice of this money, including:\n- **Department of Social Security** – $72 million (the largest single recipient in this Act)\n- **Department of Defence** – $187 million\n- **Department of Employment, Education and Training** – $91.5 million\n- **Department of the Treasury** – $61.8 million\n- **Attorney-General's Department** – $45.8 million\n\nAll up, **20 federal departments** receive additional funding.\n\n### How does the money flow?\n\nThe money comes out of the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** — the main account into which all Commonwealth taxes and revenue are deposited. The law gives the Minister for Finance the legal authority to draw on this fund and pay it out to agencies.\n\n### Key technical rules the Act sets:\n\n- **Net appropriations (Section 6):** Some agencies can \"top up\" their budget by keeping money they earn from commercial activities (like selling goods or services), rather than returning it to Treasury.\n- **Employment subsidy schemes (Section 7):** Departments running approved job schemes can receive payments credited back to their running costs budget.\n- **Transition rules for new bodies (Sections 8–11):** If certain new statutory bodies (like the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, or a National Film and Sound Archive) were created before 30 June 1996, this Act reorganises the money so the new body gets its share rather than the parent department holding all of it.\n- **Salary increases (Section 4):** If public sector salaries increase under the prior Appropriation Act (No. 1), those increases also apply to positions covered by this Act.\n- **Post-year-end corrections (Section 13):** Even after the financial year closes, the Minister can fix accounting errors in the books, as long as no money is actually lost from the public accounts.\n\n### Part 2 — A Law Within a Law\n\nThe Act contains a contingency provision: if the **Financial Management and Accountability Act** (a major overhaul of Commonwealth financial administration) came into force before 30 June 1996, then this Act would automatically update itself — swapping out old references to \"Departments\" for \"Agencies\" and adjusting which accounting frameworks apply. This was a deliberate design to future-proof the legislation during a period of administrative reform."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-3-1995-96","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-3-1995-96/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-3-1995-96/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-3-1995-96/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-3-1995-96/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-3-1995-96/documents"}}