{"id":"BILL-QLD-3235","name":"Appropriation (Supplementary 2023–2024) Bill 2024","slug":"appropriation-supplementary-2023-2024-bill-2024","collection":"bill","jurisdiction":"qld","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":"2023-01-01","administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":446119,"registerId":"BILL-QLD-3235:current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2023-01-01","status":"in_force","reasons":null,"registeredAt":"2026-05-06T12:45:23.478Z"},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"retrieval-0001","sectionType":"document_chunk","heading":"Document excerpt 1","content":"# Appropriation (Supplementary 2023–2024) Bill 2024\n\nQueensland\nAppropriation (Supplementary\n2023–2024) Bill 2024\n\nQueensland\nAppropriation (Supplementary 2023–2024)\nBill 2024\nContents\nPage\n1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n2 Supplementary appropriation for 2023–2024 based on unforeseen\nexpenditure included in the consolidated fund financial report . . 4\nSchedule 1 Supplementary appropriation for 2023–2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5\n\n2024\nA Bill\nfor\nAn Act authorising the Treasurer to pay amounts from the\nconsolidated fund for particular departments for the financial\nyear starting 1 July 2023\n\n[s 1]\nAppropriation (Supplementary 2023–2024) Bill 2024\nPage 4\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nThe Parliament of Queensland enacts—\n1 Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Supplementary\n2023–2024) Act 2024.\nNote—\nUnder the Financial Accountability Act 2009, section 5, words used in\nthis Act that are defined under the Financial Accountability Act 2009\nhave the same meaning the words have in that Act, subject to a contrary\nintention in this Act.\n2 Supplementary appropriation for 2023–2024 based on\nunforeseen expenditure included in the consolidated\nfund financial report\n(1) The Treasurer is authorised to pay $1,128,388,000 from the\nconsolidated fund for departments as stated in schedule 1 for\nthe financial year starting 1 July 2023.\n(2) For each department, the total amount mentioned for the\ndepartment in schedule 1 is appropriated for the financial year\nfor the department for application to its departmental services,\nequity adjustment and administered items as stated in\nschedule 1.\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n\nSchedule 1\nAppropriation (Supplementary 2023–2024) Bill 2024\nPage 5\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nSchedule 1 Supplementary appropriation\nfor 2023–2024\nsection 2\nDepartment Amount\n$’000\nDepartment of Education\nControlled items\ndepartmental services ..\nequity adjustment ..\nAdministered items 163,507\nTotal amount for department 163,507\nDepartment of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and\nChild Safety (formerly Department of Child Safety,\nSeniors and Disability Services)\nControlled items\ndepartmental services 212,790\nequity adjustment ..\nAdministered items ..\nTotal amount for department 212,790\n1\n2\n3\n\nSchedule 1\nAppropriation (Supplementary 2023–2024) Bill 2024\nPage 6\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nDepartment of Housing and Public Works (formerly\nDepartment of Housing, Local Government, Planning\nand Public Works)\nControlled items\ndepartmental services 135,033\nequity adjustment 1,633\nAdministered items ..\nTotal amount for department 136,666\nDepartment of Primary Industries (formerly\nDepartment of Agriculture and Fisheries)\nControlled items\ndepartmental services 58,300\nequity adjustment ..\nAdministered items ..\nTotal amount for department 58,300\nDepartment of State Development, Infrastructure and\nPlanning (formerly Department of State Development\nand Infrastructure)\nControlled items\ndepartmental services ..\nequity adjustment 100\nAdministered items 30,000\nTotal amount for department 30,100\nDepartment Amount\n$’000\n\nSchedule 1\nAppropriation (Supplementary 2023–2024) Bill 2024\nPage 7\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nDepartment of Trade, Employment and Training\n(formerly Department of Employment, Small Business\nand Training)\nControlled items\ndepartmental services 2,500\nequity adjustment ..\nAdministered items ..\nTotal amount for department 2,500\nDepartment of Transport and Main Roads\nControlled items\ndepartmental services ..\nequity adjustment 202,019\nAdministered items 10,000\nTotal amount for department 212,019\nQueensland Corrective Services\nControlled items\ndepartmental services 39,646\nequity adjustment ..\nAdministered items ..\nTotal amount for department 39,646\nDepartment Amount\n$’000\n\nSchedule 1\nAppropriation (Supplementary 2023–2024) Bill 2024\nPage 8\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nQueensland Fire Department\nControlled items\ndepartmental services 24,742\nequity adjustment ..\nAdministered items ..\nTotal amount for department 24,742\nQueensland Health\nControlled items\ndepartmental services 217,321\nequity adjustment ..\nAdministered items 143\nTotal amount for department 217,464\nQueensland Police Service\nControlled items\ndepartmental services 2,835\nequity adjustment ..\nAdministered items ..\nTotal amount for department 2,835\nDepartment Amount\n$’000\n\nSchedule 1\nAppropriation (Supplementary 2023–2024) Bill 2024\nPage 9\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nQueensland Treasury\nControlled items\ndepartmental services 2,819\nequity adjustment ..\nAdministered items ..\nTotal amount for department 2,819\nCEASED ENTITY\nDepartment of Energy and Climate\nControlled items\ndepartmental services ..\nequity adjustment ..\nAdministered items 25,000\nTotal amount for department 25,000\nNote—\nThe department ceased on 1 November 2024.\nTotal—Departments\nControlled items\ndepartmental services 695,986\nequity adjustment 203,752\nAdministered items 228,650\nTotal amount for departments 1,128,388\nDepartment Amount\n$’000\n\nSchedule 1\nAppropriation (Supplementary 2023–2024) Bill 2024\nPage 10\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n© State of Queensland 2024","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"status_summary":"The Appropriation (Supplementary 2023-2024) Bill 2024 has received royal assent and is now an Act, authorising the Treasurer to pay $1,128,388,000 from the consolidated fund for the 2023-2024 financial year.","complexity_score":2,"likely_questions":["Why was the expenditure unforeseen and what specific events triggered each department's need for additional funds?","How will this supplementary appropriation affect Queensland's budget deficit or surplus?","What specific programs or projects will receive the allocated funds within each department?","Is there any oversight mechanism to ensure the money is spent as authorised, given the lack of detail in the Bill?"],"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose bill authorising supplementary appropriation with no complex legal mechanisms","Clear schedule listing departments and amounts, no cross-references to other legislation beyond the Financial Accountability Act 2009","No amendments, controversy, or stakeholder reactions mentioned in the provided text"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Queensland Treasurer to pay an additional $1,128,388,000 from the consolidated fund as a supplementary appropriation for the 2023–24 year, allocating funds across twelve departments and one ceased entity. It retroactively permits the listed agencies to spend those amounts but does not explain the unforeseen events that prompted the top-up.\n\nThe measure raises government spending (with no new taxes), affects taxpayers via consolidated‑fund outlays, and increases fiscal outflows while imposing minimal direct compliance burdens on the private sector."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This bill operates within the conventional and narrow purpose of a supplementary appropriation: it authorises additional payments from the consolidated fund for the 2023–24 year to cover unforeseen expenditure. It does not expand the Act beyond that original fiscal purpose (no new policy powers, no cross-cutting regulatory changes, and amounts and recipients are specified). The only notable administrative point is the Schedule’s note that one listed department ceased on 1 November 2024, which affects implementation/admin transfer but does not change the statute’s scope."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and single appropriation clause) plus a Schedule","Schedule 1 lists the departmental allocations across 3 categories (departmental services, equity adjustment, administered items) for multiple departments","Single consolidated total: $1,128,388,000 — no multi-year funding rules or conditions","Reference to Financial Accountability Act 2009 s5 for defined terms (cross-reference to external Act)","Note about a ceased entity (Department of Energy and Climate) which may require administrative handling","No nested exceptions or conditional thresholds; fixed dollar amounts reduce conditional complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does (mechanically)**\n\n- This Act authorises the Treasurer to pay a total of $1,128,388,000 from the Queensland consolidated fund for the 2023–24 financial year. (See section 2(1) and Schedule 1.)\n- The money is allocated by department and by category (departmental services, equity adjustment, administered items) as listed in Schedule 1. For each department, the amount shown in Schedule 1 is appropriated for that department for the 2023–24 year. (See section 2(2) and Schedule 1.)\n- The Act uses terms as defined in the Financial Accountability Act 2009 unless this Act says otherwise. (Short title note and section 1.)\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- The Treasurer: authorised to draw the specified amounts from the consolidated fund and pay them to departments as listed. (s 2(1)–(2), Schedule 1.)\n- The listed Queensland government departments: each receives an additional appropriation for the 2023–24 year in the amounts and categories shown in Schedule 1 (for example, Queensland Health $217.464 million total; Department of Transport and Main Roads $212.019 million total; Department of Education $163.507 million total; total for all departments $1,128.388 million).  The Schedule breaks the total into departmental services, equity adjustments and administered items. (Schedule 1.)\n- The consolidated fund (and therefore public revenues): the source of the payments. Taxpayers indirectly finance the consolidated fund.\n\n**Why it matters (stated purpose and how it operates in practice)**\n\n- The Act is presented as a “supplementary appropriation” to cover unforeseen expenditure included in the consolidated fund financial report. That is, Parliament is authorising additional budget authority for specified departments to meet expenses that were not fully provided for in the main appropriation for 2023–24. (Title and s 2.)\n- Mechanically, this is not a new policy framework or new program legislation: it is an authorisation for the Treasurer to pay specified sums already identified in the consolidated fund financial report. The amounts and recipients are fixed by the Schedule; the Treasurer’s role is to pay those amounts out of the consolidated fund.\n\n**Practical implications, incentives and trade-offs**\n\n- Who pays: the payments are drawn from the consolidated fund (general government revenue). The immediate fiscal cost is the $1,128,388,000 authorised here. (s 2(1); Schedule 1.)\n- Who decides: Parliament (by passing the Act) sets the appropriation; the Treasurer executes the payments. The Schedule specifies amounts, so ministerial or departmental discretion over the total supplementary amount is limited. (s 2(1)–(2); Schedule 1.)\n- Behavioural effects for agencies: departments receiving additional appropriations obtain formal authority to spend more in 2023–24, reducing the need to reallocate internally or delay activities for lack of funds. Because the appropriations are specified by department and category, departments have directed authority to apply the funds to those uses.\n- Trade-offs and opportunity cost: the funds authorised here compete with all other spending priorities financed from the consolidated fund; using the consolidated fund for these top-ups means less capacity for other spending or for reducing borrowing. The Act does not indicate which existing budget lines were reduced (if any) to offset the supplementary amounts.\n- Administrative and implementation risks: low on legal complexity — the Schedule fixes amounts. Practical risks are those usual to public spending (timing of payments, ensuring funds are spent for the stated purposes, accounting transfers between ceased and successor entities). One specific administrative point in the Schedule: the Department of Energy and Climate is shown as a recipient for $25 million administered items, but a note says the department ceased on 1 November 2024; that may require an administrative transfer to the successor entity. (Schedule 1.)\n- Compliance burden and private sector impact: the bill itself imposes no direct regulatory obligations on private parties. Indirectly, departmental spending may affect markets (procurement, grants, projects) depending on how the additional funds are used.\n- Concentration of benefits and predictability: benefits are concentrated in the listed departments (Schedule 1). Because the appropriations are explicit, recipients have predictable budget authority for 2023–24. A possible incentive effect—common to supplementary appropriations generally—is that departments may expect in-year top-ups for unforeseen costs; the Act itself does not create a rule that this will continue.\n\n**What the Act does not do**\n\n- It does not create new statutory programs or change program eligibility rules. It simply authorises payments of specified amounts for the 2023–24 year to the named departments.\n- It does not specify detailed spending purposes beyond the broad categories in Schedule 1 (departmental services, equity adjustment, administered items). Operational details remain subject to existing financial management rules and departmental appropriation accounting.\n\nRelevant provisions cited: section 1 (short title and interpretation note), section 2(1)–(2) (authorisation and application), and Schedule 1 (itemised allocations)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-supplementary-2023-2024-bill-2024","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-supplementary-2023-2024-bill-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-supplementary-2023-2024-bill-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-supplementary-2023-2024-bill-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-supplementary-2023-2024-bill-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-supplementary-2023-2024-bill-2024/documents"}}