{"id":"C1995A00028","name":"Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1994-95","slug":"appropriation-act-no-4-1994-95","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"28 of 1995","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2611,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1995A00028-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1994-95","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 4) 1994‑95\n\nNo. 28 of 1995\n\nAn Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the money appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994‑95, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1995, and for related purposes\n\n\\[Assented to 7 April 1995\\]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 4) J 994‑95.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nIssue and application of $ 399 214 000\n\n3. (1) The Minister may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in Schedule 2, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1995, the sum of $ 399 214 000.\n\n73165 Cat. No. 95 4767 3 ISBN 0644 435611\n\n \n\n(2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).\n\nPayments to States\n\n4\\. (1) In this section and in determinations for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) or (b):\n\n\"Appropriation Act\" means an Act appropriating money for expenditure in respect of a financial year and includes an Act appropriating money, by way of interim provision, for such expenditure.\n\n(2) Payments out of such money appropriated by this Act as is specified in the Division, or unit of a Division, in Schedule 2 that is specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1, being payments that are made to a State for a purpose specified in column 3 of that item, must be made:\n\n(a) on the terms and conditions (if any) that are from time to time determined, in writing, for the purposes of Appropriation Acts, by the Minister specified in column 4 of that item, as being terms and conditions applicable to payments under those Acts to a State for that purpose; and\n\n(b) in the amounts and at the times that are determined, in writing, by the Minister specified in column 5 of that item.\n\n(3) Payments to a State out of such of the money appropriated by this Act as is specified in Division 977 in Schedule 2 must be made in the amounts and at the times determined by the Treasurer.\n\n(4) Payments to a State out of such of the money appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994‑95 as is specified in Item 1 of Division 861 in Schedule 2 to that Act (being payments for the purpose of natural disaster relief and restoration) must be made:\n\n(a) on the terms and conditions (if any) determined, in writing, for the purposes of Appropriation Acts, by the Minister for Finance, as the terms and conditions applicable to payments under those Acts to a State for that purpose; and\n\n(b) in the amounts and at the times determined, in writing, by the Minister for Finance.\n\n \n\n(5) Nothing in this section limits, by implication, the power of the Commonwealth to make payments to a Territory, a local Government body, a body corporate, an organisation or an individual for any purposes for which money is appropriated under Appropriation Acts:\n\n(a) on the terms and conditions; and\n\n(b) in the amounts and at the times;\n\nthat the Commonwealth determines.\n\nMoney appropriated for a program\n\n5\\. If money is appropriated by this Act for a particular program, that money is taken to be appropriated for:\n\n(a) the purpose of payments (including advances) under Acts administered as part of the program; and\n\n(b) any other purposes of the program.\n\n![](image.002.png) \nSCHEDULE 1 Section 4\n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |\n| -------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |\n| Item No. | Division. &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining payments |\n| 1 | Division 821 | Transfer of Repatriation General Hospitals. | Minister for Veterans' Affairs | Minister for Veterans' Affairs |\n| 2 | Division 849 | Payment to Queensland for the Cape York land use study. | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories | Minister for the Environment. Sport and Territories |\n| 3 | Subdivision 1 of Division 891 | Contribution towards measures to combat the transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.Women's Health Program.Innovative health services for homeless youth.National Childhood Immunisation Program. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |\n| 4 | Subdivision 2 of Division 891 | Blood Transfusion Service.Grants for provision of health services (including payments made under the Health Insurance Act 1973).Medicare Agreements ‑other health services.Commonwealth Dental Program for Health Card Holders. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |\n| 5 | Subdivision 4 of Division 891 | Commonwealth/State disability agreement ‑ transfer to States. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |\n| 6 | Subdivision 5 of Division 891 | Child Care Fee Relief. | Minister for Family Services | Minister for Family Services |\n| 7 | Division 931 | Tasmanian wheat freight subsidy ‑capital works.National Landcare Program ‑Payment to the States for the purpose of the Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992.National Forest Policy Program. | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy |\n\n \nSCHEDULE 2 Section 3\n\nABSTRACT\n\n| Page Reference | Departments | Total |\n| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |\n| | | $ |\n| 9 | Attorney‑General's Department........................... | 1 273 000 |\n| 10 | Department of Communications and the Arts........................ | 64 234 000 |\n| 11 | Department of Veterans' Affairs................................. | 23 028 000 |\n| 12 | Department of Employment, Education and Training................... | 8 384 000 |\n| 13 | Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories.................. | 2 086 000 |\n| 14 | Department of Finance....................................... | 115 000 |\n| 15 | Department of Administrative Services............................ | 42 070 000 |\n| 17 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.......................... | 3 900 000 |\n| 18 | Department of Housing and Regional Development.................... | 140 000 |\n| 19 | Department of Human Services and Health......................... | 27 954 000 |\n| 21 | Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs....................... | 370 000 |\n| 22 | Department of Industrial Relations............................... | 819 000 |\n| 23 | Department of Industry, Science and Technology..................... | 807 000 |\n| 24 | Department of Primary Industries and Energy....................... | 77 091 000 |\n| — | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet....................... | — |\n| — | Department of Social Security.................................. | — |\n| — | Department of Tourism...................................... | — |\n| 25 | Department of Transport..................................... | 84 814 000 |\n| 26 | Department of the Treasury................................... | 62 129 000 |\n| | Total.................................................. | 399 214 000 |\n\nDEPARTMENTS\n\n \nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 4) — 1994‑95, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 2) — 1994‑95, Light figures\n\n| Departments | Capital Works and Services | Payments to or for the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory | Other Services | Total |\n| ---------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ------------- |\n| | $ | $ | $ | $ |\n| Attorney‑General's Department.... | 1 123 000 | — | 150 000 | 1 273 000 |\n| | 48 035 000 | 254 823 000 | — | 302 858 000 |\n| Department of Communications and the Arts. | 550 000 | — | 63 684 000 | 64 234 000 |\n| | 324 601 000 | — | 12 000 000 | 336 601 000 |\n| Department of Veterans' Affairs.......... | — | 15 028 000 | 8 000 000 | 23 028 000 |\n| | 11 824 000 | 18 020 000 | — | 29 844 000 |\n| Department of Employment, Education and Training | — | 80 000 | 8 304 000 | 8 384 000 |\n| | 81 398 000 | 6 147 000 | 98 403 000 | 185 948 000 |\n| Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories | 2 085 000 | 1 000 | — | 2 086 000 |\n| | 59 610 000 | 109 430 000 | 20 350 000 | 189 390 000 |\n| Department of Finance (a).............. | 115 000 | — | — | 115 000 |\n| | 2 127 000 | 45 000 000 | 74 515 000 | 121 642 000 |\n| Department of Administrative Services..... | 25 636 000 | — | 16 434 000 | 42 070 000 |\n| | 279 665 000 | — | — | 279 665 000 |\n| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.... | 3 900 000 | — | — | 3 900 000 |\n| | 6 115 000 | — | — | 6 115 000 |\n| Department of Housing and Regional Development | 140 000 | — | — | 140 000 |\n| | 9 995 000 | 389 071 000 | 29 986 000 | 429 052 000 |\n| Department of Human Services and Health... | 5 747 000 | 17 207 000 | 5 000 000 | 27 954 000 |\n| | 27 878 000 | 1 310 216 000 | 32 831 000 | 1 370 925 000 |\n| Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | — | — | 370 000 | 370 000 |\n| | 1 158 000 | 374 000 | — | 1 532 000 |\n| Department of Industrial Relations........ | — | — | 819 000 | 819 000 |\n| | — | — | 844 000 | 844 000 |\n| Department of Industry, Science and Technology | 57 000 | — | 750 000 | 807 000 |\n| | 75 851 000 | 24 326 000 | 12 390 000 | 112 567 000 |\n| Department of Primary Industries and Energy. | — | 46 339 000 | 30 752 000 | 77 091 000 |\n| | 38 440 000 | 192 033 000 | 14 736 000 | 245 209 000 |\n| Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | — | — | — | — |\n| | 2 004 000 | — | 200 000 000 | 202 004 000 |\n| Department of Social Security........... | — | — | — | — |\n| | 78 863 000 | 130 362 000 | — | 209 225 000 |\n| Department of Tourism................ | — | — | — | — |\n| | — | — | — | — |\n\n \nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 4) — 1994‑95, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 2) — 1994‑95, Light figures\n\n| Departments | Capital Works and Services | Payments to or for the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory | Other Services | Total |\n| --------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ------------- |\n| | $ | $ | $ | $ |\n| Department of Transport............... | 81 708 000 | 3 106 000 | — | 84 814 000 |\n| | 173 660 000 | 5 450 000 | 2 780 000 | 181 890 000 |\n| Department of the Treasury............. | 20 000 000 | 31 340 000 | 10 789 000 | 62 129 000 |\n| | 27 185 000 | 446 694 000 | 159 591 000 | 633 470 000 |\n| TOTAL....................... | 141 061 000 | 113 101 000 | 145 052 000 | 399 214 000 |\n| | 1 248 409 000 | 2 931 946 000 | 658 426 000 | 4 838 781 000 |\n\n(a) Does not include $175,000,000 appropriated under Division 864 — Advance to the Minister for Finance in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994‑95.\n\n \nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT\n\n```html\n

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$

$

Division 805.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

142 000

1 913 000

2 150 079

2.— Australian Federal Police

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

981 000

3 143 000

2 291 547

Total: Division 805

1 123 000

Division 807.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Payments to New South Wales Courts Administration to reduce the backlog of corporate prosecutions

150 000

—

—

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

1 273 000

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$

$

Division 810.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

4.— National Gallery Act 1975...................

550 000

—

60 000

Division 812.— OTHER SERVICES

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

12 400 000

10 000 000

1 600 000

03. Australian culture — production of multimedia compact disc

3 450 000

—

—

04. National Academy of Music — Establishment grant..

1 967 000

—

—

05. Grant to establish a visual arts copyright collecting society

400 000

—

—

06. National Institute of Indigenous Performing Arts — Establishment grant

417 000

—

—

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

45 050 000

—

—

Total: Division 812

63 684 000

Total: Department of Communications and the Arts

64 234 000

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$

$

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

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

15 028 000

12 970 000

22 857 761

Division 822.— OTHER SERVICES

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

8 000 000

—

—

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

23 028 000

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$

$

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

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

80 000

4 927 000

11 779 000

Division 832.— OTHER SERVICES

06. Restructuring the Australian Education Centre Network

3 156 000

—

88 117

07. International employment education and training institutional links

4 499 000

—

—

Total: Division 832

7 655 000

Division 833. — AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TRAINING AUTHORITY

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

01. Grants for the Australian Student Traineeship Foundation

649 000

6 500 000

Total: Department of Employment, Education and Training

8 384 000

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$

$

Division 848.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

800 000

3 315 000

4 161 682

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

1 210 000

32 545 000

30 141 332

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

75 000

11 477 000

11 216 372

Total: Division 848

2 085 000

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

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

1 000

700 000

92 257

Total: Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

2 086 000

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$

$

Division 860.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

115 000

1 526 000

2 425 327

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

115 000

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Division 865.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

$

$

$

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

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

3 500 000

27 000 000

25 565 976

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

5 000 000

4 000 000

—

09. Overseas property services — Plant and equipment..

706 000

2 479 000

2 539 268

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

8 390 000

10 078 000

18 289 507

11. Overseas property services Major acquisitions and works

6 940 000

51 795 000

28 245 685

13. Refurbishment and fitout of the Old Parliament House

1 100 000

—

387 577

Total: Division 865

25 636 000

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$

$

Division 866.— OTHER SERVICES

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

2 091 000

—

—

02. Operating Subsidy (for payment to the Department of Administrative Services COMCAR Trust Account)

13 000 000

—

—

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

1 343 000

—

—

Total: Division 866

16 434 000

Total: Department of Administrative Services...

42 070 000

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$

$

Division 873.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

3 900 000

6 115 000

15 142 677

Total: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

3 900 000

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$

$

Division 880.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— National Capital Planning Authority

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

140 000

5 400 000

2 841 205

Total: Department of Housing and Regional Development

140 000

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$

$

Division 890. — CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

5 747 000

9 378 000

9 105 000

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

1.— Health Advancement

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

22 000

28 730 000

26 223 989

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

287 000

10 313 000

8 264 000

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

57 000

2 668 000

1 893 750

09. National Childhood Immunisation Program.......

4 300 000

—

—

4 666 000

2.— Health Care Access

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

793 000

47 114 000

47 030 506

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

7 783 000

138 602 000

111 028 911

07. Medicare Agreements ‑ other health services

1 348 000

105 779 000

98 631 122

08. Commonwealth Dental Program for Health Card Holders

671 000

64 395 000

16 780 030

10 595 000

4.— Assistance for People with Disabilities

02. Commonwealth/State disability agreement — transfer to States

445 000

224 992 000

222 420 000

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$

$

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

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

1 501 000

14 995 000

13 580 133

Total: Division 891

17 207 000

Division 892.— OTHER SERVICES

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

5 000 000

—

—

Total: Department of Human Services and Health

27 954 000

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$

$

Division 904.— OTHER SERVICES

01. International Year for Tolerance 1995 — initiatives..

370 000

—

—

Total: Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs

370 000

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$

$

Division 911.— OTHER SERVICES

03. Establishment of working women's centres to provide advice and assistance to women on workplace issues

819 000

—

—

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

819 000

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$

$

Division 917.— OTHER SERVICES

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

750 000

—

—

Division 918.— AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE

1.— Capital Works and Services

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

57 000

5 541 000

1 056 143

Total: Department of Industry, Science and Technology

807 000

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$

$

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

1.— Industries Development

03. Tasmanian wheat freight subsidy — capital works...

1 500 000

—

—

2.— Infrastructure and Support

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

2 500 000

70 590 000

73 676 003

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

42 309 000

87 626 000

58 299 191

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

30 000

250 000

44 839 000

Total: Division 931

46 339 000

Division 932.— OTHER SERVICES

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

10 620 000

—

—

07. Commonwealth contribution to Farmhand appeal...

10 000 000

—

—

08. Australian and Indonesian Working Group on Agriculture and Food Co‑operation

100 000

—

—

09. Payment in lieu of interest to Australian Quarantine Inspection Service Trust Account

32 000

—

—

10. Maralinga Tjarutja — Nuclear Test Site settlement..

10 000 000

—

—

Total: Division 932

30 752 000

Total: Department of Primary Industries and Energy..

77 091 000

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$

$

Division 970.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

01. Second Sydney Airport land acquisition and works..

5 165 000

2 000 000

733 290

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

76 543 000

134 210 000

228 347 317

Total: Division 970

81708 000

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

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

2 856 000

4 600 000

23 944 392

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

250 000

300 000

—

Total: Division 971

3 106 000

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

84 814 000

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

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

77 000

23 839 000

23 248 166

05. Western Australia — Assistance for Wholesale Sales Tax exemption

191 000

1 000 000

1 422 660

06. Queensland — Assistance for Wholesale Sales Tax exemption

1 072 000

4 000 000

7 169 488

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

30 000 000

—

—

Total: Division 911

31 340 000

Division 978.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Australian National Railways Commission — Debt acquisition

10 789 000

159 591 000

—

Division 980.— AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

1.— Capital Works and Services

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

20 000 000

25 464 000

14 916 311

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

62 129 000

\n```\n\n\\[Minister's second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 9 November 1994\n\nSenate on 8 December 1994\\]\n\nPrinted by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer (169/94)\n\n![](image.003.png)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":1722},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains strictly within its original purpose as stated in the long title: appropriating additional money for specific 1994-95 expenditure. The scope covers supplementary funding for routine government operations including capital works, state grants, and departmental services without expansion into new policy areas beyond the specific appropriations listed."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive tabular schedules with 16 departmental appropriations and specific line-item allocations","Cross-references to Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994-95 for context on previous appropriations","Specific ministerial determination mechanisms required for payments to States (columns 4 and 5 in Schedule 1)","Standard appropriation structure with Capital Works, Payments to States, and Other Services categories"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does**\n\nThis Act authorizes the Australian Government to spend an additional **$399.2 million** from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the financial year ending 30 June 1995. This is supplementary funding (additional to the main budget passed in Appropriation Act No. 2 1994‑95).\n\n**Where the money goes**\n\nThe funding is allocated across government departments for specific purposes:\n\n* **Transport** ($84.8m): Second Sydney Airport land acquisition and transport infrastructure\n* **Primary Industries** ($77.1m): Drought relief payments, Farmhand appeal contribution, Maralinga nuclear test site settlement, and Tasmanian wheat freight subsidies\n* **Communications and Arts** ($64.2m): Redevelopment of East Circular Quay, National Academy of Music, and Indigenous Performing Arts\n* **Treasury** ($62.1m): Tax compensation for Western Australia, financial assistance to the ACT, and Australian National Railways debt acquisition\n* **Administrative Services** ($42.1m): COMCAR trust account payments and Commonwealth office construction\n* **Human Services and Health** ($28.0m): AIDS prevention, immunisation programs, blood transfusion services, and disability transfers to states\n* **Veterans' Affairs** ($23.0m): Transfer of Repatriation General Hospitals to states and 50th Anniversary WWII commemorations\n\n**Key rules**\n\n* Money can only be spent on the specific services listed in Schedule 2\n* Payments to state governments must follow terms and conditions set by the relevant Minister\n* The Treasurer determines timing and amounts for certain state payments under Division 977"},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act does exactly what appropriation acts have always done — it authorises additional government expenditure from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for a specific financial year. Its scope is entirely consistent with its stated purpose: supplementary funding for 1994-95. There is no evidence of mission creep or expansion beyond the traditional function of a supplementary budget appropriation. The payment-to-states machinery provisions (section 4) are standard features of Commonwealth appropriation acts of this era."},"complexity_factors":["Relatively short operative text (5 sections) with most substance in schedules rather than normative provisions","Conditional payment rules in section 4 with multiple subsections referencing specific Divisions, Schedule columns, and written ministerial determinations","Cross-references to an earlier Act (Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994-95) including specific items and divisions within that Act","Dual-column Schedule 1 structure requiring cross-referencing between Schedule 1 columns and Schedule 2 Divisions to determine which minister controls which payment","Section 5 contains a deeming provision that broadens how appropriated funds can be used, adding interpretive uncertainty","Large Schedule 2 with dozens of line items across 16+ departments, subdivided into Capital Works, Payments to States, and Other Services — requires careful navigation","One defined term ('Appropriation Act' in section 4) with a non-obvious inclusive definition","Footnote to Schedule 2 carves out $175 million advance from the total, requiring readers to cross-reference another Act's Division 864"],"plain_english_summary":"## What This Law Does\n\nThis is a **supplementary spending law** — think of it as the Federal Government coming back to Parliament mid-financial year and saying: *\"We need more money than we originally budgeted for. Please approve it.\"*\n\nSpecifically, it authorises the Commonwealth to draw an additional **$399,214,000** (just under $400 million) out of the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the main government bank account that holds public money collected through taxes and other sources) to cover extra spending across a range of government departments for the financial year ending 30 June 1995.\n\n---\n\n## Who It Affects\n\nThis law primarily affects **government departments** and the programs they run. The biggest recipients of this extra funding include:\n\n- **Department of Transport** — $84.8 million (mainly for transport infrastructure, including land acquisition for a second Sydney Airport)\n- **Department of Primary Industries and Energy** — $77.1 million (including drought relief, the Farmhand appeal, the Maralinga nuclear test site settlement, and rural adjustment payments)\n- **Department of Communications and the Arts** — $64.2 million (including $45 million in equity for the Australian Multimedia Enterprise and grants for the Sydney Customs House restoration and a National Academy of Music)\n- **Department of the Treasury** — $62.1 million (including $30 million in tax compensation to Western Australia for privatising the R&I Bank, and debt acquisition from Australian National Railways)\n- **Department of Administrative Services** — $42 million (mainly for overseas property, Commonwealth offices, and COMCAR — the government car service — winding-down costs)\n- **Department of Veterans' Affairs** — $23 million (including $8 million for \"Australia Remembers 1945–1995\" WWII commemoration activities and $15 million for transferring Repatriation General Hospitals to the states)\n- **Department of Human Services and Health** — $28 million (covering AIDS programs, the Women's Health Program, childhood immunisation, dental care for health card holders, and $5 million related to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from pituitary hormones)\n\nOrdinary Australians are affected indirectly through the programs this money funds — drought relief, health services, infrastructure, and more.\n\n---\n\n## Key Rules in the Law\n\nBeyond just unlocking the money, the Act sets out **how payments to states must be made**:\n\n- Payments to states for specific purposes (listed in Schedule 1) must follow **written terms and conditions** set by the relevant minister, and be made in amounts and at times determined by that same (or another designated) minister.\n- The **Treasurer** has separate control over payments to states out of Division 977 (Treasury's state payments).\n- A separate provision governs payments to states for **natural disaster relief** under an earlier appropriation act, placing those under the Finance Minister's control.\n- Money appropriated for a **program** is taken to cover both payments under related Acts and any other purposes of that program — giving departments flexibility in how they use program funds.\n\n---\n\n## Why It Matters\n\nAppropriation Acts like this are a cornerstone of **parliamentary democracy** — the government cannot spend public money without Parliament's approval. This particular Act is one of a series of \"supply\" laws for the 1994–95 financial year, added on top of the main budget appropriation when original estimates proved insufficient. It reflects mid-year funding pressures across nearly every major department, from drought response to overseas property deals to commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Section 1 (Short Title)","severity":"low","reasoning":"While a minor typo, the short title provision is meant to establish the definitive name of the Act. An Act whose short title section mis-states its own name creates a trivial but genuine legal curiosity: technically the Act cites itself incorrectly. In practice courts would read 'J 994' as '1994' but it is a genuine drafting defect.","confidence":0.95,"description":"The short title contains a typographical error: 'Appropriation Act (No. 4) J 994‑95' — the year is rendered as 'J 994' rather than '1994'. The Act purports to cite itself by a name that contains a scrivener's error, meaning the cited short title does not match the actual title used in the heading and throughout the rest of the instrument."},{"type":"other","section":"Schedule 2 — Department of the Treasury (Division 977 total label)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"This is a clear drafting/printing error: the subtotal row beneath the Division 977 items is headed 'Total: Division 911'. Division 911 belongs to the Department of Industrial Relations. This creates genuine ambiguity about whether the subtotal is authorised for Division 977 or whether there is some cross-departmental reference intended. It makes the Schedule internally inconsistent.","confidence":0.97,"description":"The total line for Division 977 (Payments to or for the States etc., under the Department of the Treasury) is mislabelled as 'Total: Division 911' — Division 911 is the Department of Industrial Relations division, not Treasury's payments division. The figure ($31,340,000) appears correct for Division 977, but the label references the wrong division entirely."},{"type":"other","section":"Section 4(4)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Appropriation Acts generally govern only the money they themselves appropriate. Section 4(4) reaches into the operation of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994-95 and imposes new conditions on payments under that Act's Item 1 of Division 861. Whether Act No. 4 can validly override or supplement the payment regime of Act No. 2 is constitutionally and legally questionable. At minimum it creates confusion about which Act governs those payments.","confidence":0.75,"description":"Section 4(4) purports to govern how payments from the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994-95 — a separate, already-enacted statute — must be made, by imposing conditions and timing requirements determined by the Minister for Finance under THIS Act (No. 4). In effect, Act No. 4 attempts to regulate the administration of money appropriated by a prior, separate Act, treating that prior Act's Schedule as if it were subject to the conditions of the later Act. This is an unusual and potentially legally questionable drafting technique: a later appropriation Act imposing binding conditions on payments already authorised by an earlier Act."},{"type":"other","section":"Schedule 2 — Department of Communications and the Arts, Division 812, Item 02","severity":"low","reasoning":"Throughout the Schedule, physical construction, restoration, and works are placed under 'Capital Works and Services' divisions. Classifying a $12.4 million building restoration grant as 'Other Services' is inconsistent with the Act's own internal categorisation logic, though not strictly legally absurd. It may affect how the expenditure is reported and accounted for.","confidence":0.7,"description":"Item 02 under Division 812 (Other Services) is described as a grant to 'Sydney City Council for the restoration of Sydney Customs House', yet it is classified under 'Other Services' rather than 'Capital Works and Services'. A grant for the physical restoration of a heritage building — Sydney Customs House — is quintessentially a capital works expenditure. Its classification as 'Other Services' is anomalous and potentially inconsistent with how the Schedule categorises similar expenditures elsewhere."},{"type":"other","section":"Schedule 2 — Department of Transport, Division 970, Total","severity":"low","reasoning":"Minor typographic issue only — the arithmetic is correct. Flagged for completeness as a drafting defect in the printed Schedule.","confidence":0.98,"description":"The total for Division 970 is printed as '81708 000' (missing the space/comma between '81' and '708'), whereas throughout the rest of the Schedule all figures use consistent spacing (e.g., '81 708 000'). While trivial in isolation, the Abstract and the department summary both show $81,708,000, confirming this is a formatting error in the total line. The items add to $5,165,000 + $76,543,000 = $81,708,000, which is arithmetically correct, so this is purely a typographic inconsistency."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 4(2) — Payments to States governed by conditions determined under THIS Act","section_b":"Section 4(4) — Payments under Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994-95 also governed by conditions determined under THIS Act","confidence":0.72,"description":"Section 4(2) establishes a regime for payments out of money appropriated by this Act (No. 4), with conditions determined by the relevant Minister. Section 4(4) then applies an overlapping but separately-described regime to payments from a different Act entirely — Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994-95 — using the Minister for Finance as the sole determining minister, regardless of which Minister column 4 of Schedule 1 might specify for analogous payments. The two subsections create potentially conflicting authority structures: for payments covered by both regimes, it is unclear whether the general s4(2) mechanism or the specific s4(4) mechanism prevails, and which Minister's determination takes precedence."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Section 3(1) — Appropriation of $399,214,000 for services specified in Schedule 2","section_b":"Schedule 2 Abstract — Three departments listed with zero appropriation (Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet, Dept of Social Security, Dept of Tourism)","confidence":0.65,"description":"Section 3(1) authorises issue of money 'for the services specified in Schedule 2'. The Abstract in Schedule 2 lists the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Department of Social Security, and the Department of Tourism with dashes (—) in both the page reference and total columns, indicating nil appropriation and no page entries. These departments are 'specified' in Schedule 2 but with no money allocated and no detail pages. It is logically contradictory to specify services for which zero money is appropriated — either these departments have services in Schedule 2 (and the money is somewhere) or they do not, in which case they should not appear in the Schedule at all. Their inclusion creates ambiguity about whether they are intended beneficiaries of any residual or unallocated funds."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 4(2)(a) — Terms and conditions determined by Minister specified in Schedule 1, column 4","section_b":"Section 4(3) — Payments out of Division 977 determined solely by the Treasurer","confidence":0.68,"description":"Section 4(2) establishes that payments to States out of money in divisions listed in Schedule 1 are subject to conditions determined by the Minister in column 4. However, section 4(3) carves out Division 977 and gives the Treasurer exclusive authority over amounts and timing, with no reference to terms and conditions at all. Division 977 is not listed in Schedule 1, meaning no column 4 Minister is specified — yet s4(2) purports to apply to 'such money appropriated by this Act as is specified in the Division... in Schedule 2 that is specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1'. The result is that Division 977 payments are partly subject to s4(2) (if read broadly) and separately subject to s4(3), creating an overlapping and potentially contradictory dual-authority regime for the same payments."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1994-95","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1994-95/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1994-95/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1994-95/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1994-95/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1994-95/documents"}}