{"id":"C2025A00005","name":"Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2024-2025","slug":"appropriation-act-no-4-2024-2025","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"5 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":436426,"registerId":"C2025A00005-fast-fetch-1775953625529","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2024-2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAppropriation Act (No. 4) 2024‑2025\n\nNo. 5, 2025\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAn Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, and for related purposes\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1 Short title\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Definitions\n\n4 Portfolio statements\n\n5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth\n\nPart 2—Appropriation items\n\n6 Summary of appropriations\n\n7 State, ACT, NT and local government items\n\n8 Administered items\n\n9 Administered assets and liabilities items\n\n10 Other departmental items\n\n11 Corporate entity items\n\nPart 3—Advance to the Finance Minister\n\n12 Advance to the Finance Minister\n\nPart 4—Miscellaneous\n\n13 Crediting amounts to special accounts\n\n14 Conditions etc. applying to State, ACT, NT and local government items\n\n15 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund\n\n16 Repeal of this Act\n\nSchedule 1—Payments to or for the States, ACT, NT and local government\n\nSchedule 2—Services for which money is appropriated\n\n \n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\n \n\n \n\nAppropriation Act (No. 4) 2024-2025\n\nNo. 5, 2025\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAn Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, and for related purposes\n\n[Assented to 14 February 2025]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Short title\n\n  This Act is the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2024‑2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this Act The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 14 February 2025\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.\n\n3  Definitions\n\n  In this Act:\n\nadministered assets and liabilities item means an amount set out in Schedule 2 in relation to a non‑corporate entity opposite the heading “Administered Assets and Liabilities”.\n\nadministered item means an amount set out in Schedule 2 opposite an outcome for a non‑corporate entity under the heading “New Administered Outcomes”.\n\ncorporate entity means:\n\n (a) a corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or\n\n (b) a Commonwealth company within the meaning of that Act.\n\ncorporate entity item means the amount set out in Schedule 2 in relation to a corporate entity under the heading “Non‑operating”.\n\nexpenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets, making loans or paying liabilities.\n\nFinance Minister means the Minister administering this Act.\n\nitem means any of the following:\n\n (a) a State, ACT, NT and local government item;\n\n (b) an administered item;\n\n (c) an administered assets and liabilities item;\n\n (d) an other departmental item;\n\n (e) a corporate entity item.\n\nnon‑corporate entity means:\n\n (a) a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or\n\n (b) the High Court.\n\nother departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 2 in relation to a non‑corporate entity opposite the heading “Equity Injections”.\n\nPortfolio Additional Estimates Statements means the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act and the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2024‑2025.\n\nPortfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2024‑2025 and the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2024‑2025.\n\nportfolio statements means:\n\n (a) the Portfolio Budget Statements; and\n\n (b) the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements.\n\nspecial account has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n\nState, ACT, NT and local government item means an amount set out in Schedule 2 opposite an outcome for a non‑corporate entity under the heading “Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government”.\n\n4  Portfolio statements\n\n  The portfolio statements are declared to be relevant documents for the purposes of section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.\n\nNote: See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 which provides that the material that may be considered in the interpretation of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the Act to be a relevant document.\n\n5  Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth\n\n  For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between non‑corporate entities are to be treated as if they were real transactions.\n\nNote: This section applies, for example, to a “payment” between non‑corporate entities that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of the effects of this section is that the payment will be debited from an appropriation for the paying non‑corporate entity, even though no payment is actually made from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This is consistent with section 76 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n\nPart 2—Appropriation items\n\n \n\n6  Summary of appropriations\n\n  The total of the items specified in Schedule 2 is $5,080,634,000.\n\nNote 1: Items in Schedule 2 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.\n\nNote 2: Sections 74 to 75 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 also provide for the adjustment of amounts appropriated by this Act.\n\n7  State, ACT, NT and local government items\n\n (1) The amount specified in a State, ACT, NT and local government item for an outcome for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for the purpose of making payments to or for the States, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and local government authorities for the purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.\n\n (2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome.\n\n8  Administered items\n\n (1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.\n\n (2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome.\n\n9  Administered assets and liabilities items\n\n (1) The amount specified in an administered assets and liabilities item for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified for the entity:\n\n (a) in Schedule 2 to this Act; or\n\n (b) in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2024‑2025; or\n\n (c) in Schedule 2 to the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2024‑2025; or\n\n (d) in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2024‑2025.\n\n (2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome.\n\n10  Other departmental items\n\n  The amount specified in an other departmental item for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the entity.\n\n11  Corporate entity items\n\n (1) The amount specified in a corporate entity item for a corporate entity may be paid to the entity to be applied for the purposes of the entity.\n\n (2) If:\n\n (a) an Act provides that a corporate entity must be paid amounts that are appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of the entity; and\n\n (b) Schedule 2 contains a corporate entity item for that entity;\n\nthen the entity must be paid the full amount specified in the item.\n\nPart 3—Advance to the Finance Minister\n\n \n\n12  Advance to the Finance Minister\n\n (1) If the Finance Minister determined an amount under subsection 12(2) of the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2024‑2025 before the commencement of this Act, the amount is to be disregarded for the purposes of subsection 12(3) of that Act.\n\nNote: This means that, after the commencement of this Act, the Finance Minister has access to $600 million under section 12 of the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2024‑2025, regardless of amounts that have already been determined under that section.\n\n (2) If:\n\n (a) this Act appropriates an amount for particular expenditure; and\n\n (b) before the commencement of this Act, the Finance Minister determined an amount (the advanced amount) under section 12 of the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2024‑2025 for the expenditure;\n\nthe amount appropriated by this Act for the expenditure is taken to be reduced (but not below nil) by the advanced amount.\n\nPart 4—Miscellaneous\n\n \n\n13  Crediting amounts to special accounts\n\n  If any of the purposes of a special account is a purpose that is covered by an item (whether or not the item expressly refers to the special account), then amounts may be debited against the appropriation for that item and credited to that special account.\n\n14  Conditions etc. applying to State, ACT, NT and local government items\n\n (1) This section applies to any payment made out of money appropriated by a State, ACT, NT and local government item for an outcome specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1.\n\n (2) The payment:\n\n (a) must be made on the terms and conditions (if any) from time to time determined, in the way described in subsection (3), as applying to payments made:\n\n (i) in relation to the outcome; and\n\n (ii) to or for a State, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory or a local government authority; and\n\n (iii) out of money appropriated by an annual Appropriation Act; and\n\n (b) must be made in accordance with any determination in writing made by the Minister specified, in column 4 of the table in Schedule 1, for the outcome as to amounts and times of payments.\n\n (3) The way of determining the terms and conditions applying to payments described in paragraph (2)(a) is for the Minister specified, in column 3 of the table in Schedule 1, for the outcome to make the determination in writing before or after the commencement of this Act.\n\n (4) Determinations mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) and determinations made under paragraph (2)(b) are not legislative instruments.\n\n (5) This section does not limit the Commonwealth’s power to:\n\n (a) apply terms and conditions to payments made out of money that is not appropriated by a State, ACT, NT and local government item; or\n\n (b) determine the amounts and times of those payments.\n\n15  Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund\n\n  The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as affected by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n\n16  Repeal of this Act\n\n  This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2027.\n\nSchedule 1—Payments to or for the States, ACT, NT and local government\n\nNote: See section 14.\n\n \n\n \n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  | Minister | Minister |\n|  |  | determining | determining |\n| Entity | Outcome | conditions | payments |\n|  |  |  |  |\n| Department of Education | Improved early learning, schooling, student educational outcomes and transitions to and from school through access to quality early childhood education and care, support, parent engagement, quality teaching and learning environments | Minister for Education<br> | Minister for Education<br> |\n| National Indigenous Australians Agency | Lead the development and implementation of the Australian Government's agenda to support the self-determination and aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities through working in partnership and effectively delivering programs | Minister for Indigenous Australians | Minister for Indigenous Australians |\n\n\nSchedule 2—Services for which money is appropriated\n\nNote: See sections 6 and 15.\n\n \n\n| Abstract |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Portfolio | Total |\n|  | $'000 |\n|  |  |\n| Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 250 |\n| Attorney‑General's | 12,855 |\n| Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | 3,683,834 |\n| Defence | 494,032 |\n| Education | 6,819 |\n| Finance | 245,868 |\n| Foreign Affairs and Trade | 75,735 |\n| Health and Aged Care | 48,189 |\n| Home Affairs | 51,524 |\n| Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts | 373,488 |\n| Prime Minister and Cabinet | 3,785 |\n| Social Services | 59,946 |\n| Treasury | 24,309 |\n|  |  |\n| Total | 5,080,634 |\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n| APPROPRIATIONS |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- SUMMARYSummary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Portfolio Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry ‑ ‑ 250 250\n- ‑ ‑ 283,330 283,330\n- Attorney‑General's ‑ ‑ 12,855 12,855\n- ‑ 3,000 179,083 182,083\n- Climate Change, Energy, the ‑ ‑ 3,683,834 3,683,834\n- Environment and Water ‑ ‑ 2,722,845 2,722,845\n- Defence ‑ ‑ 494,032 494,032\n- ‑ ‑ 11,647,907 11,647,907\n- Education 3,034 ‑ 3,785 6,819\n- 130,538 ‑ 33,561 164,099\n- Employment and Workplace Relations ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 69,831 69,831\n- Finance ‑ ‑ 245,868 245,868\n- ‑ 6,536 1,564,766 1,571,302\n- Foreign Affairs and Trade ‑ ‑ 75,735 75,735\n- ‑ ‑ 443,170 443,170\n- Health and Aged Care ‑ ‑ 48,189 48,189\n- ‑ ‑ 123,477 123,477\n- Home Affairs ‑ ‑ 51,524 51,524\n- ‑ ‑ 146,510 146,510\n- Industry, Science and Resources ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 200,398 200,398\n- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional ‑ ‑ 373,488 373,488\n- Development, Communications and 919,237 ‑ 3,723,530 4,642,767\n- the Arts\n- Prime Minister and Cabinet 3,785 ‑ ‑ 3,785\n- 3,744 ‑ 31,654 35,398\n- Social Services ‑ ‑ 59,946 59,946\n- ‑ ‑ 242,392 242,392\n- Treasury ‑ ‑ 24,309 24,309\n- ‑ ‑ 1,578,231 1,578,231\n- Total: Bill 4 6,819 ‑ 5,073,815 5,080,634\n- 1,053,519 9,536 22,990,685 24,053,740\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries ‑ ‑ 250 250\n- and Forestry ‑ ‑ 283,330 283,330\n- Total: Agriculture, Fisheries and ‑ ‑ 250 250\n- Forestry ‑ ‑ 283,330 283,330\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES\n- AND FORESTRY\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 250\n- 46,116\n- 57,257\n- Total: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and ‑ ‑ 250\n- Forestry\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Attorney‑General's Department ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 3,166 3,166\n- Administrative Review Tribunal ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 2,316 2,316\n- Australian Criminal Intelligence ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Commission ‑ ‑ 23,606 23,606\n- Australian Federal Police ‑ ‑ 3,440 3,440\n- ‑ ‑ 44,550 44,550\n- Australian Security Intelligence ‑ ‑ 100 100\n- Organisation ‑ ‑ 87,053 87,053\n- Australian Transaction Reports and ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Analysis Centre ‑ ‑ 15,050 15,050\n- High Court of Australia ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 550 550\n- National Anti‑Corruption Commission ‑ ‑ 9,315 9,315\n- ‑ ‑ 1,692 1,692\n- Office of the Director of Public ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Prosecutions ‑ 3,000 ‑ 3,000\n- Office of Parliamentary Counsel ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 600 600\n- Office of the Special Investigator ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 500 500\n- Total: Attorney‑General's ‑ ‑ 12,855 12,855\n- ‑ 3,000 179,083 182,083\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 3,440\n- 44,550\n- 65,535\n- Total: Australian Federal Police ‑ ‑ 3,440\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE\n- ORGANISATION\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 100\n- 87,053\n- 70,118\n- Total: Australian Security Intelligence ‑ ‑ 100\n- Organisation\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- NATIONAL ANTI‑CORRUPTION COMMISSION\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 9,315\n- 1,692\n- 31,465\n- Total: National Anti‑Corruption Commission ‑ ‑ 9,315\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of Climate Change, ‑ ‑ 3,680,833 3,680,833\n- Energy, the Environment and Water ‑ ‑ 2,586,585 2,586,585\n- Payments to corporate entities:\n- Australian Institute of Marine Science ‑ ‑\n- 11,416 11,416\n- Director of National Parks 300 300\n- 72,288 72,288\n- Sydney Harbour Federation Trust ‑ ‑\n- 18,911 18,911\n- Bureau of Meteorology ‑ ‑ 2,701 2,701\n- ‑ ‑ 28,093 28,093\n- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Authority ‑ ‑ 5,552 5,552\n- Total: Climate Change, Energy, the ‑ ‑ 3,683,834 3,683,834\n- Environment and Water ‑ ‑ 2,722,845 2,722,845\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE,\n- ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER\n- Non‑operating\n- Administered Assets and Liabilities 3,680,833\n- 2,567,280\n- 8,820,397\n- Total: Department of Climate Change, Energy, ‑ ‑ 3,680,833\n- the Environment and Water\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Non‑operating\n- $'000\n- DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE,\n- ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER\n- FOR PAYMENT TO\n- DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL PARKS 300\n- 72,288\n- 36,883\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 2,701\n- 28,093\n- 9,232\n- Total: Bureau of Meteorology ‑ ‑ 2,701\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- DEFENCE PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of Defence ‑ ‑ 484,030 484,030\n- ‑ ‑ 10,468,740 10,468,740\n- Australian Signals Directorate ‑ ‑ 10,002 10,002\n- ‑ ‑ 1,017,281 1,017,281\n- Australian Submarine Agency ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 52,843 52,843\n- Department of Veterans' Affairs ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 2,521 2,521\n- Payments to corporate entities:\n- Australian War Memorial ‑ ‑\n- 106,522 106,522\n- Total: Defence ‑ ‑ 494,032 494,032\n- ‑ ‑ 11,647,907 11,647,907\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- DEFENCE PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 484,030\n- 10,468,740\n- 11,539,024\n- Total: Department of Defence ‑ ‑ 484,030\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- DEFENCE PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- AUSTRALIAN SIGNALS DIRECTORATE\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 10,002\n- 1,017,281\n- 1,094,367\n- Total: Australian Signals Directorate ‑ ‑ 10,002\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- EDUCATION PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of Education 3,034 ‑ 3,785 6,819\n- 130,538 ‑ 33,561 164,099\n- Total: Education 3,034 ‑ 3,785 6,819\n- 130,538 ‑ 33,561 164,099\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- EDUCATION PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION\n- Operating\n- Outcome 1 ‑\n- Improved early learning, schooling, student 3,034 ‑ 3,034\n- educational outcomes and transitions to and 130,538 ‑ 130,538\n- from school through access to quality early 152,204 ‑ 152,204\n- childhood education and care, support, parent\n- engagement, quality teaching and learning\n- environments\n- Total: Operating 3,034 ‑ 3,034\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 3,785\n- 33,561\n- 22,377\n- Total: Non‑operating 3,785\n- Total: Department of Education 3,034 ‑ 6,819\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of Employment and ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Workplace Relations ‑ ‑ 69,831 69,831\n- Total: Employment and Workplace ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Relations ‑ ‑ 69,831 69,831\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- FINANCE PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of Finance ‑ ‑ 245,868 245,868\n- ‑ ‑ 1,564,766 1,564,766\n- Parliamentary Workplace Support ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Service ‑ 6,536 ‑ 6,536\n- Total: Finance ‑ ‑ 245,868 245,868\n- ‑ 6,536 1,564,766 1,571,302\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- FINANCE PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 3,564\n- 765,503\n- 545,230\n- Administered Assets and Liabilities 242,304\n- 799,263\n- 449,238\n- Total: Department of Finance ‑ ‑ 245,868\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of Foreign Affairs and ‑ ‑ 61,942 61,942\n- Trade ‑ ‑ 402,255 402,255\n- Australian Secret Intelligence Service ‑ ‑ 2,593 2,593\n- ‑ ‑ 38,382 38,382\n- Australian Trade and Investment ‑ ‑ 11,200 11,200\n- Commission ‑ ‑ 2,533 2,533\n- Total: Foreign Affairs and Trade ‑ ‑ 75,735 75,735\n- ‑ ‑ 443,170 443,170\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND\n- TRADE\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 16,442\n- 160,823\n- 81,134\n- Administered Assets and Liabilities 45,500\n- 241,432\n- 26,351\n- Total: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ‑ ‑ 61,942\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- AUSTRALIAN SECRET INTELLIGENCE\n- SERVICE\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 2,593\n- 38,382\n- 11,632\n- Total: Australian Secret Intelligence Service ‑ ‑ 2,593\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- AUSTRALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT\n- COMMISSION\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 11,200\n- 2,533\n- 1,583\n- Total: Australian Trade and Investment ‑ ‑ 11,200\n- Commission\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- HEALTH AND AGED CARE PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of Health and Aged Care ‑ ‑ 40,928 40,928\n- ‑ ‑ 75,299 75,299\n- Payments to corporate entities:\n- Australian Digital Health Agency ‑ ‑\n- 45,773 45,773\n- Australian Sports Commission ‑ ‑\n- 355 355\n- Aged Care Quality and Safety ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Commission ‑ ‑ 150 150\n- Office of the Inspector‑General of Aged ‑ ‑ 7,261 7,261\n- Care ‑ ‑ 1,900 1,900\n- Total: Health and Aged Care ‑ ‑ 48,189 48,189\n- ‑ ‑ 123,477 123,477\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- HEALTH AND AGED CARE PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGED CARE\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 6,391\n- 9,623\n- 227,405\n- Administered Assets and Liabilities 34,537\n- 65,676\n- 43,887\n- Total: Department of Health and Aged Care ‑ ‑ 40,928\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- HEALTH AND AGED CARE PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR‑GENERAL OF\n- AGED CARE\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 7,261\n- 1,900\n- 3,331\n- Total: Office of the Inspector‑General of Aged ‑ ‑ 7,261\n- Care\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- HOME AFFAIRS PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of Home Affairs ‑ ‑ 51,524 51,524\n- ‑ ‑ 130,299 130,299\n- National Emergency Management ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Agency ‑ ‑ 16,211 16,211\n- Total: Home Affairs ‑ ‑ 51,524 51,524\n- ‑ ‑ 146,510 146,510\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- HOME AFFAIRS PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 2,976\n- 113,898\n- 72,857\n- Administered Assets and Liabilities 48,548\n- 16,401\n- 2,083\n- Total: Department of Home Affairs ‑ ‑ 51,524\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND RESOURCES PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of Industry, Science and ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Resources ‑ ‑ 73,848 73,848\n- Payments to corporate entities:\n- Australian Nuclear Science and ‑ ‑\n- Technology Organisation 70,711 70,711\n- Commonwealth Scientific and ‑ ‑\n- Industrial Research Organisation 50,100 50,100\n- Geoscience Australia ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 5,739 5,739\n- Total: Industry, Science and ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Resources ‑ ‑ 200,398 200,398\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of Infrastructure, ‑ ‑ 373,488 373,488\n- Transport, Regional Development, 919,237 ‑ 3,600,461 4,519,698\n- Communications and the Arts\n- Payments to corporate entities:\n- Australian National Maritime Museum ‑ ‑\n- 4,608 4,608\n- National Film and Sound Archive of ‑ ‑\n- Australia 6,983 6,983\n- National Gallery of Australia ‑ ‑\n- 42,243 42,243\n- National Library of Australia ‑ ‑\n- 26,733 26,733\n- National Museum of Australia ‑ ‑\n- 12,140 12,140\n- National Portrait Gallery of Australia ‑ ‑\n- 211 211\n- Old Parliament House ‑ ‑\n- 5,318 5,318\n- National Archives of Australia ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 12,075 12,075\n- National Capital Authority ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 12,758 12,758\n- Total: Infrastructure, Transport, ‑ ‑ 373,488 373,488\n- Regional Development, 919,237 ‑ 3,723,530 4,642,767\n- Communications and the Arts\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE,\n- TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT,\n- COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS\n- Non‑operating\n- Administered Assets and Liabilities 373,488\n- 3,600,461\n- 3,137,027\n- Total: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, ‑ ‑ 373,488\n- Regional Development, Communications\n- and the Arts\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Payments to corporate entities:\n- Aboriginal Hostels Limited ‑ ‑\n- 2,357 2,357\n- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and ‑ ‑\n- Torres Strait Islander Studies 3,043 3,043\n- Indigenous Business Australia ‑ ‑\n- 22,850 22,850\n- National Indigenous Australians 3,785 ‑ ‑ 3,785\n- Agency 3,744 ‑ 2,101 5,845\n- Office of National Intelligence ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 1,303 1,303\n- Total: Prime Minister and Cabinet 3,785 ‑ ‑ 3,785\n- 3,744 ‑ 31,654 35,398\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- NATIONAL INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS\n- AGENCY\n- Operating\n- Outcome 1 ‑\n- Lead the development and implementation of the 3,785 ‑ 3,785\n- Australian Government's agenda to support the 3,744 ‑ 3,744\n- self‑determination and aspirations of Aboriginal 3,635 ‑ 3,635\n- and Torres Strait Islander peoples and\n- communities through working in partnership and\n- effectively delivering programs\n- Total: National Indigenous Australians Agency 3,785 ‑ 3,785\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- SOCIAL SERVICES PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- NDIS Quality and Safeguards ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Commission ‑ ‑ 18,106 18,106\n- Services Australia ‑ ‑ 59,946 59,946\n- ‑ ‑ 224,286 224,286\n- Total: Social Services ‑ ‑ 59,946 59,946\n- ‑ ‑ 242,392 242,392\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- SOCIAL SERVICES PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- SERVICES AUSTRALIA\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 59,946\n- 224,286\n- 89,722\n- Total: Services Australia ‑ ‑ 59,946\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- TREASURY PORTFOLIOSUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025\n- Entity Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Non- operating Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000\n- Department of the Treasury ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- ‑ ‑ 1,544,000 1,544,000\n- Australian Bureau of Statistics ‑ ‑ 11,102 11,102\n- ‑ ‑ 3,304 3,304\n- Australian Competition and Consumer ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑\n- Commission ‑ ‑ 1,100 1,100\n- Australian Taxation Office ‑ ‑ 13,207 13,207\n- ‑ ‑ 29,827 29,827\n- Total: Treasury ‑ ‑ 24,309 24,309\n- ‑ ‑ 1,578,231 1,578,231\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- TREASURY PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 11,102\n- 3,304\n- 7,732\n- Total: Australian Bureau of Statistics ‑ ‑ 11,102\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- TREASURY PORTFOLIOAdditional Appropriation (bold figures)—2024‑2025 Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2024‑2025 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2023‑2024\n- Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government New Administered Outcomes Total\n- $'000 $'000 $'000\n- AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE\n- Non‑operating\n- Equity Injections 13,207\n- 29,827\n- 20,787\n- Total: Australian Taxation Office ‑ ‑ 13,207\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[Minister’s second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 4 February 2025\n\nSenate on 12 February 2025]\n\n \n\n \n\n(3/25)\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose as a supplementary appropriation bill. It follows the standard structure of annual Appropriation Acts (No. 3 and No. 4) which provide additional estimates mid-year. The scope has not expanded beyond the traditional framework of appropriating funds for government expenditure across portfolios."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple defined terms (11 definitions in section 3) including cross-references to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013","Five distinct categories of appropriation items with different spending rules (State/ACT/NT/local government items, administered items, administered assets and liabilities items, other departmental items, and corporate entity items)","Extensive tabular schedules (Schedule 1 and 2) with detailed portfolio breakdowns showing three-year comparisons (2023-2024 actual, 2024-2025 budget, and 2024-2025 additional)","Interaction with four other Appropriation Acts (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 for 2024-2025) requiring cross-referencing for administered assets and liabilities items","Technical provisions for notional transactions (section 5) and advance payments to the Finance Minister (section 12) that modify standard appropriation mechanics","Conditional logic for determinations by multiple ministers with explicit exclusions from legislative instrument status (section 14)"],"plain_english_summary":"This legislation authorises the Australian Government to spend an extra **$5.08 billion** from the national bank account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) during the 2024-2025 financial year.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Supplements the main budget**: This is the fourth appropriation (spending) bill for the year, providing additional funds beyond what was approved in the original budget. Think of it as a \"top-up\" when the government needs more money than originally planned.\n- **Funds specific purposes**: The money is allocated across government departments for particular outcomes—such as climate change programs, defence capabilities, education, and Indigenous affairs.\n- **Different types of spending**: The Act covers several distinct categories:\n  - **Payments to states and territories**: Money given to state governments, the ACT, NT, and local councils (about $6.8 million)\n  - **Administered programs**: Day-to-day government activities and services (minimal new funding in this bill)\n  - **Assets and liabilities**: Large-scale investments and financial arrangements (over $3.6 billion, mostly for climate and environment programs)\n  - **Equity injections**: Capital funding to government agencies and corporate entities (about $1.4 billion, including Defence, the Bureau of Meteorology, and various intelligence agencies)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Government agencies**: Departments and corporate entities like the Australian Federal Police, Bureau of Meteorology, and National Anti-Corruption Commission receive capital funding.\n- **State and territory governments**: Small amounts for specific education and Indigenous affairs programs.\n- **Taxpayers**: This authorises the government to draw on public funds, adding to the year's total spending.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nAppropriation bills are the legal foundation for all government spending. Without this legislation, the government cannot legally pay for these additional programs and operations. The large allocation to Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ($3.68 billion) reflects significant policy priorities, while Defence receives nearly half a billion dollars in additional equity funding."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act performs the ordinary function of an additional appropriation by authorising specified payments and injections for the 2024‑25 year and includes routine interpretive and accounting rules. The Part 3 interaction with the Finance Minister’s advance (disregarding earlier determinations when computing access to $600 million and reducing new appropriations by any previously advanced amounts) adjusts how earlier advance powers operate but is within the normal scope of managing appropriations. It does not materially expand the Act beyond its core purpose of authorising specified expenditure, so the scope has not grown significantly beyond the Act’s stated object (appropriating additional money and related mechanics)."},"complexity_factors":["Single schedule (Schedule 2) listing ~14 portfolios with multiple line items and totals (large numeric table)","Defined terms in section 3 that cross‑refer to PGPA Act and Acts Interpretation Act (~12 principal definitions: administered item, corporate entity, non‑corporate entity, item types, portfolio statements, special account, etc.)","Cross‑references to other appropriation instruments and statutes (Appropriation Act (No. 1), (No. 2), (No. 3) 2024‑2025, and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013)","Conditional adjustments and interactions in Part 3: subsection 12(1) and 12(2) create offsets and disregards of prior determinations (a source of nested logic)","Multiple treatment rules for different item categories (State/territory payments, administered items, administered assets/liabilities, other departmental, corporate entity items) across sections 7–11","Ministerial determination power for payment terms and conditions with explicit non‑legislative instrument status (section 14 and Schedule 1)","Notional transaction rule treating intra‑Commonwealth transfers as debits against appropriations (section 5)","Repeal clause with fixed date (section 16) resulting in temporal limits to implementation"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Act does (mechanically)**\n\n- Appropriates an additional $5,080,634,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the Government’s main bank account) to pay for specific items and programs listed in Schedule 2 (see section 6 and Schedule 2). The money is grouped by portfolio and by type of appropriation (payments to states/territories/local government, administered outcomes, administered assets/liabilities, equity injections/other departmental, and non‑operating payments to corporate entities) (sections 3, 6, Schedule 2).\n\n- Declares the set of Portfolio Budget Statements and Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (the published budget documents) to be relevant extrinsic material for interpreting the Act (section 4). That means those documents can be used when deciding what an appropriation item is intended to cover (Acts Interpretation Act reference in s4).\n\n- Treats internal (notional) transactions between non‑corporate Commonwealth entities as if cash actually moved for appropriation purposes — so an intra‑Commonwealth “payment” will be debited against the paying entity’s appropriation even if no CRF cash changes hands (section 5).\n\n- Explains how each type of item may be applied: payments to states/territories/local governments for specified outcomes (section 7); administered items and assets/liabilities may be used to achieve named outcomes (sections 8–9); departmental items may be used for departmental expenditure (section 10); and corporate entity items are paid to corporate Commonwealth entities and must be fully paid where another Act requires payment of parliamentary appropriations (section 11).\n\n- Adjusts the operation of an earlier appropriation power (the Finance Minister’s advance under the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2024‑2025). It (a) treats any determinations made under that advance before this Act commenced as disregarded when computing the Finance Minister’s $600 million access under that other Act (so the Minister has access to $600 million regardless of prior determinations), and (b) treats any amounts previously advanced for expenditure that this Act also appropriates as reducing the new appropriation for that expenditure (but not below zero) (section 12).\n\n- Allows amounts to be debited against an appropriation item and credited into a special account where a special account’s purposes overlap the item (section 13).\n\n- Requires any payments to states/territories/local governments out of the relevant items to be made on terms and conditions (if any) determined in writing by the Minister specified in Schedule 1; those written determinations are not legislative instruments (section 14 and Schedule 1).\n\n- Appropriates the Consolidated Revenue Fund as necessary to give effect to the Act and ties the Act’s operation to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (section 15). The Act is set to repeal on 1 July 2027 (section 16).\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Commonwealth departments and agencies listed in Schedule 2: they are the recipients of the appropriations (definitions and Schedule 2). Significant recipients in this schedule include the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ($3,683,834,000), Defence ($494,032,000), Infrastructure/Transport/Regional Development/Communications and the Arts ($373,488,000), Finance ($245,868,000), and a range of other departments and corporate entities with smaller amounts (Schedule 2).\n\n- State and territory governments and local government authorities where Schedule 2 items are expressed as “Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government” (sections 3 and 7, Schedule 1 and Schedule 2).\n\n- Corporate Commonwealth entities and Commonwealth companies receiving non‑operating payments or equity injections (section 11 and Schedule 2).\n\n- The Finance Minister (as defined in the Act) who has specified powers under the earlier Appropriation Act that this Act modifies (section 12).\n\n- The general taxpayer base, because the Consolidated Revenue Fund finances the payments (section 15).\n\n**Why it matters (practical implications and administrative mechanics)**\n\n- The Act authorises a one‑off top‑up of government spending across many portfolios. The money is now legally available for the purposes and recipients that the schedules and portfolio statements describe (section 6, Schedule 2; section 4 for interpretive material).\n\n- Portfolio statements are formally linked to statutory interpretation (section 4). Administrators and auditors will rely on those statements to decide whether proposed expenditure falls within an outcome — reducing legal ambiguity but also elevating the role of those published documents in implementation.\n\n- Notional intra‑Commonwealth transactions will count against appropriations even where no cash leaves the CRF (section 5). That affects internal accounting and the way departments plan and record transfers between Commonwealth entities.\n\n- The Act modifies an earlier Ministerial advance mechanism so the Finance Minister’s available advance (under the other Act) is effectively refreshed to $600 million regardless of earlier determinations, while ensuring any amounts already advanced for a particular expenditure reduce the appropriation for that expenditure here (section 12). Practically, that preserves central flexibility for the Finance Minister but avoids double‑counting of the same expenditure.\n\n- Payments to states/territories/local governments are subject to terms and conditions set by the relevant Minister in writing, but those determinations are not parliamentary (not legislative) instruments (section 14 and Schedule 1). That gives executive flexibility but reduces parliamentary scrutiny that normally attaches to legislative instruments.\n\n**Costs, incentives and implementation trade‑offs (testing the official purpose claim: appropriating additional money for expenditure)**\n\n- Who pays: the Consolidated Revenue Fund (section 15). The direct cost is the sum appropriated ($5.08 billion) and the opportunity cost is that these funds are not available for other uses.\n\n- Who decides: ministers named in the Act and the Finance Minister exercise continuing discretion over timing, conditions and internal advances (sections 12, 14 and Schedule 1). Administrative decisions (written determinations) set the precise delivery timetable and conditions.\n\n- Concentration of benefit: a small number of departments receive large shares of the package (for example, climate/environment ~$3.68bn). Those concentrated allocations create strong, identifiable benefit flows to particular public programs and agencies (Schedule 2).\n\n- Diffuse cost: the financial impact is borne across the public revenue base rather than a specific private party; taxpayers ultimately fund the CRF outlays (section 15).\n\n- Compliance and administrative burden: the Act permits conditions to be attached by ministers in writing (section 14). That introduces compliance work for recipients (states, agencies, corporate entities) and administrative oversight for Commonwealth departments.\n\n- Implementation risk and discretion: written determinations are not legislative instruments (section 14(4)), so the content of conditions will not be subject to the automatic parliamentary disallowance procedures that apply to legislative instruments. That increases executive flexibility but reduces formal parliamentary review and raises reliance on administrative governance.\n\n- Accounting and budgeting interactions: the Act explicitly treats internal notional transactions as debits against appropriations (section 5) and cross‑references the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act for adjustment powers (note to s6 and s15). Departments must reconcile these accounting rules with cash flow and accrual budgeting.\n\n- Effect on private sector markets: most appropriations fund government operations, transfers to other governments or injections into public corporate entities. These can indirectly affect private markets (for example, infrastructure spending can create contracting opportunities; equity injections into public entities change public capital in particular markets), but the Act does not itself change private legal rights or direct regulation.\n\n**Key sections to look up if you need the legal mechanics**\n- Definitions and scope: section 3\n- Total amount and schedule: section 6 and Schedule 2\n- Treatment of internal Commonwealth transactions: section 5\n- How each item may be applied: sections 7–11\n- Finance Minister advance interactions: section 12\n- Crediting to special accounts: section 13\n- Ministerial conditions on payments to states/territories/local government: section 14 and Schedule 1\n- Appropriation of the CRF and link to PGPA Act: section 15\n- Repeal date: section 16\n\n(References in parentheses indicate the relevant section or schedule in the Act.)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-2024-2025","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-2024-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-2024-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-2024-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-2024-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-2024-2025/documents"}}