{"id":"C1996A00010","name":"Supply Act (No. 1) 1996-97","slug":"supply-act-no-1-1996-97","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"10 of 1996","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2618,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1996A00010-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Supply Act (No. 1) 1996-97","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) 1996‑97\n\n![](image.002.png)No. 10 of 1996\n\nAn Act to make interim provision for the appropriation of money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1997, and for related purposes\n\n\\[Assented to 14 June 1996\\]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\nPART 1 ‑ GENERAL\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Supply Act (No. 1) 1996‑97.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nInterpretation\n\n3. In this Act:\n\n“Appropriation Act (No. 1)” means the Act to be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1996‑97.\n\nIssue and application of $14 659 174 000\n\n4. (1) The Minister may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in the Schedule, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1997, the sum of $14 659 174 000.\n\n \n\n(2) Unless the contrary intention appears in the Schedule, amounts issued by the Minister under subsection (1) in respect of services of a particular description (other than running costs or operating expenses) may be applied only for purposes of a kind for which money appropriated in respect of services of that description in an Act appropriating money for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1996 could lawfully have been applied.\n\n(3) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).\n\nAdditional appropriation in respect of increases in salaries\n\n5. (1) In addition to the sum referred to in section 4, the Minister may. at any time before 1 December 1996, issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1997 amounts not exceeding the amounts determined by the Minister under subsection (2).\n\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister may determine amounts not exceeding the amounts estimated to be necessary for the payment of such increases in salaries, and in payments in the nature of salary, for which provision is made in the Schedule, as have become payable or become payable, or have commenced or commence to be paid, after 23 April 1996, under a law, or an award, order or determination made under a law.\n\n(3) Amounts issued under this section may be applied only for the purpose of expenditure in respect of increases referred to in subsection (2) in salaries and in payments in the nature of salary.\n\n(4) The Minister must report the amounts so issued to the Parliament.\n\n(5) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this section.\n\nFurther issue, application and appropriation\n\n6. (1) In addition to the sum referred to in section 4 and to any amount determined under section 5, the Minister may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1997, the amounts that the Minister from time to time determines under this subsection.\n\n(2) The amounts determined by the Minister under subsection (1) are appropriated for the purposes of the Loan Consolidation and Investment Reserve established by the Loan Consolidation and Investment Reserve Act 1955.\n\n \n\nMoney appropriated for a program\n\n7. Money appropriated by this Act for a particular program is taken to be appropriated for:\n\n(a) the purpose of payments (including advances) under Acts administered as part of the program; and\n\n(b) other purposes of the program, being purposes for which appropriation has been made in an earlier Act.\n\nNet annotated appropriations\n\n8. (1) If the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in a subdivision or Division in the Schedule includes the words “(net appropriation — see section 8)”, the Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that any money received by the Department, statutory authority, or other body, for which the appropriation is made (“relevant agency”):\n\n(a) from the sale, leasing or hiring out of, or other dealing with, goods or other personal property; or\n\n(b) from the sale of real property used for the purpose of providing staff residential accommodation or from the leasing of real property for that purpose; or\n\n(c) from the provision of services; or\n\n(d) from a person (“employee”) appointed or employed by, or performing services for, the Commonwealth as payment for any benefit provided (whether to the employee or another person) in respect of the appointment or employment of, or the services performed by, the employee; or\n\n \n\n(e) from the sub‑leasing of real property, or the resale of goods used in fitting out premises, under a property resource agreement between the Minister and the Minister responsible for the relevant agency;\n\nmay be credited to that subdivision or Division, to the extent and on the conditions agreed between the Minister and the Minister responsible for the relevant agency.\n\n(2) If the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purported to have been paid in respect of:\n\n(a) a sale, or other transaction, referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (e); or\n\n(b) the provision of services; or\n\n(c) any benefit referred to in paragraph (1)(d);\n\nthat amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be money received from that sale or other transaction, from the provision of those services or as payment for that benefit (as the case may be), whether or not money has in fact been received in payment of that amount.\n\nPayments to Departments out of money appropriated for the purposes of certain employment subsidy schemes or programs\n\n9\\. (1) The Minister may determine in writing that an employment subsidy scheme or program for which money is appropriated under an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule is an approved employment subsidy scheme or program for the purposes of this Act.\n\n(2) If the Minister makes a determination under subsection (1) about an employment subsidy scheme or program, the Minister must (either in that determination or in another written instrument) declare either:\n\n(a) that any payment out of money appropriated for the scheme or program is an approved payment for the purposes of this Act; or\n\n(b) that only payments out of money appropriated from the scheme or program that are to be applied for a purpose specified in the declaration are approved payments for the purposes of this Act.\n\n(3) In making a determination under subsection (1) or a declaration under subsection (2), the Minister is to observe any guidelines determined by the Minister under subsection (4).\n\n \n\n(4) The Minister may determine in writing guidelines to be observed in making:\n\n(a) a determination under subsection (1); or\n\n(b) a declaration under subsection (2).\n\n(5) If:\n\n(a) a payment (whether real or notional) is made to a Department out of money appropriated for the purposes of an employment subsidy scheme or program that is an approved employment subsidy scheme or program for the purposes of this Act; and\n\n(b) the payment is an approved payment for the purposes of this Act; and\n\n(c) an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule appropriates money to that Department for running costs;\n\nthe Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that any money received by the Department by way of such a payment may be credited to that item, subdivision or Division.\n\n(6) If:\n\n(a) the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purporting to be a payment to a Department; and\n\n(b) that payment is an approved payment for the purposes of this Act;\n\nthat amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (5), to be money received by the Department by way of such a payment, whether or not money has in fact been received in respect of the payment.\n\n(7) In this section:\n\n“Department” has the same meaning as in the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nDepartment of Communications and the Arts\n\n10\\. (1) If a body to be known as the National Film and Sound Archive is established by legislation before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1), this Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the appropriation of an amount to the Department of Communications and the Arts under subdivision 1 or 2 of Division 160 in the Schedule were:\n\n(a) if the body is established on or before 1 July 1996 — an appropriation of that amount to that body; or\n\n(b) if the body is established after 1 July 1996:\n\n(i) an appropriation to the Department (for the purpose set out in the subdivision) of so much of that amount as is determined by the Minister, being an amount that is not less than the expenditure incurred by the Department in meeting running costs or on other services (as the case may be) preparatory to the establishment of the body; and\n\n(ii) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the body for its purposes in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending immediately before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1).\n\n(2) If a body to be known as the National Science and Technology Centre is established by legislation before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1), this Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the appropriation of an amount to the Department of Communication and the Arts under subdivision 1 of Division 163 in the Schedule were:\n\n(a) if the body is established on or before 1 July 1996 — an appropriation of that amount to that body; or\n\n(b) if the body is established after 1 July 1996:\n\n(i) an appropriation to the Department (for the purpose set out in the subdivision) of so much of that amount as is determined by the Minister, being an amount that is not less than the expenditure incurred by the Department in meeting running costs preparatory to the establishment of the body; and\n\n(ii) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the body for its purposes in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending immediately before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1).\n\n \n\nDepartment of Industry, Science and Tourism\n\n11\\. (1) If a body to be known as the Gene Technology Authority is established by legislation before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1), this Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the appropriation of an amount to the Department of Industry, Science and Tourism under subdivision 1 of Division 380 in the Schedule were:\n\n(a) if the body is established on or before 1 July 1996:\n\n(i) an appropriation to the body of so much of that amount as is determined, in writing, by the Minister to be required for the purposes of the body in respect of the period commencing on 1 July 1996 and ending immediately before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1); and\n\n(ii) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the Department for the purpose of meeting its running costs.\n\nor\n\n(b) if the body is established after 1 July 1996:\n\n(i) an appropriation to the body of so much of that amount as is determined, in writing, by the Minister to be required for the purposes of the body in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending immediately before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1); and\n\n(ii) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the Department for the purpose of meeting its running costs.\n\n(2) If a payment is made for the purposes of the Industry Innovation Program out of money appropriated under subdivision 3 of Division 380 in the Schedule, the Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that any money received by the Department of Industry, Science and Tourism:\n\n(a) as repayment of an amount that:\n\n(i) was paid for the purposes of the Program out of money appropriated under that item or out of money appropriated for the Industry Innovation Program under a previous appropriation; and\n\n(ii) was not spent; or\n\n \n\n(b) as payment of fees charged for attendance at a seminar or conference held for the purposes of the Program; or\n\n(c) from the sale of publications made available for the purposes of the Program.\n\nmay be credited to that subdivision to the extent and on the conditions agreed between the Minister and the Minister responsible for the department.\n\n(3) If the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purporting to be:\n\n(a) a repayment of an amount referred to in paragraph (2)(a); or\n\n(b) a payment in respect of:\n\n(i) a seminar or conference referred to in paragraph (2)(b); or\n\n(ii) a publication referred to in paragraph (2)(c);\n\nthat amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (2), to be money received as repayment of that amount or as payment in respect of the seminar, conference or publication (as the case may be), whether or not money has in fact been received in payment of that amount.\n\nDepartment of the Treasury\n\n12\\. (1) This section applies if a body to be known as the Productivity Commission is established by legislation before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1).\n\n(2) If the body is established on or before 1 July 1996, this Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:\n\n(a) an appropriation to the Department of the Treasury under subdivision 1 or 2 of Division 670 in the Schedule were:\n\n(i) an appropriation to the body of so much of that amount as is determined, in writing, by the Minister to be required for the purposes of the body in respect of the period commencing on 1 July 1996 and ending immediately before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1); and\n\n(ii) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the Department for the purpose of meeting its running costs; and\n\n \n\n(b) the appropriation of an amount to the Industry Commission under subdivision 1 or 2 of Division 678 in the Schedule were an appropriation of that amount to the body; and\n\n(c) the appropriation of an amount to the Economic Planning Advisory Commission under subdivision 1 of Division 679 in the Schedule were an appropriation of that amount to the body.\n\n(3) If the body is established after 1 July 1996, this Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:\n\n(a) an appropriation to the Department of the Treasury under subdivision 1 or 2 of Division 670 in the Schedule were:\n\n(i) an appropriation to the body of so much of that amount as is determined, in writing, by the Minister to be required for the purposes of the body in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending immediately before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1); and\n\n(ii) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the Department for the purpose of meeting its running costs; and\n\n(b) the appropriation of an amount to the Industry Commission under subdivision 1 or 2 of Division 678 in the Schedule were:\n\n(i) an appropriation to the Industry Commission (for the purposes set out in the subdivision) of so much of that amount as is determined, in writing, by the Minister, being an amount that is not less than the expenditure incurred by the Commission in meeting its running costs or for expenditure on other services (as the case may be) before the establishment of the body; and\n\n(ii) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the body for its purposes in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending immediately before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1); and\n\n \n\n(c) the appropriation of an amount to the Economic Planning Advisory Commission under subdivision 1 of Division 679 in the Schedule were:\n\n(i) an appropriation to the Economic Planning Advisory Commission of so much of that amount as is determined, in writing, by the Minister, being an amount that is not less than the expenditure incurred by the Commission in meeting its running costs before the establishment of that body; and\n\n(ii) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the body for its purposes in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending immediately before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1).\n\nAct to be subject to Loan Act, if enacted\n\n13. If an Act to be cited as the Loan Act 1996 or the Loan Act 1997 commences before 30 June 1997, this Act has effect subject to that Act.\n\nAccounting errors etc. may be corrected after close of financial year\n\n14. Despite section 36 of the Audit Act 1901, the Minister may take action after 30 June 1997:\n\n(a) to correct errors or mispostings in the official accounting records of the Commonwealth for the year ending on that day; or\n\n(b) to balance the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the Trust Fund or the Loan Fund;\n\nif the action does not result in an amount being debited from one of those Funds otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another of those Funds.\n\nNote: Section 36 of the Audit Act 1901 provides that (except in a particular case provided for in that section) every appropriation out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of a financial year lapses and ceases to have effect at the end of that year (the unspent balance of any appropriated amount lapsing) and that the accounts of the year are then closed.\n\n \n\nPART 2 ‑ SPECIAL APPLICATION OF ACT\n\nDefinitions\n\n15. In this Part:\n\n“Financial Management and Accountability Act” means the Act to be cited as:\n\n(a) the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1996; or\n\n(b) the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.\n\n“item” means an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule.\n\n“operative day” means the day on which the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences.\n\nApplication of Part\n\n16. This Part applies if the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences before 30 June 1997.\n\nAct to have effect subject to modifications\n\n17. (1) This Act has effect on and after the operative day subject to the modifications set out in the following subsections:\n\n(2) After section 2 the following section is inserted:\n\nInterpretation\n\n“2A. In this Part:\n\n‘Agency’ has the same meaning as in the Financial Management and Accountability Act.\n\n‘Financial Management and Accountability Act’ means:\n\n(a) the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1996; or\n\n(b) the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997;\n\nwhichever is in force.”.\n\n \n\n(3) Section 8 is repealed and the following section is substituted:\n\nNet annotated appropriations\n\n“8\\. If:\n\n(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule includes the words “net appropriation — see section 8”; and\n\n(b) there is in force an agreement (entered into under the Financial Management and Accountability Act) between:\n\n(i) the Minister; and\n\n(ii) the Minister responsible for the Agency for which the appropriation is made or the Chief Executive of that Agency (as the case requires);\n\nto the effect that payments to the Commonwealth in consideration for any service, benefit, activity, transaction or other matter specified in the agreement can be added to the amount appropriated to the Agency under the item, subdivision or Division, to the extent and on the conditions set out in the agreement;\n\nthe item, subdivision or Division is taken to specify that those payments (whether real or notional) may be credited to the item, subdivision or Division to the extent and on the conditions set out in the agreement.”.\n\n(4) Section 9 is modified:\n\n(a) by omitting from paragraph 5(a) “a Department” (wherever occurring) and substituting “an Agency”;\n\n(b) by omitting from subsection 5(c) “Department” and substituting “Agency”;\n\n(c) by omitting from subsection (5) all the words from and including “the Schedule” (second occurring) and substituting “the item, subdivision or Division is taken to specify that the payment may be credited to the item, subdivision or Division”;\n\n(d) by omitting subsections (6) and (7).\n\n \n\n(5) After section 9 the following sections are inserted:\n\nCertain amounts taken to be appropriated\n\n“9A, If an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule specifies, or is taken to specify, that payments (whether the word ‘payments’ or ‘money’ or any other word is used) of a certain description may be credited to the item, subdivision or Division:\n\n(a) amounts equal to payments (whether real or notional) of that description credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund during the year ending on 30 June 1997 are taken to have been appropriated for the purpose or services referred to in that item, subdivision or Division; and\n\n(b) the Minister is authorised to issue and apply those amounts accordingly.\n\nDebiting of expenditure charged to Minister’s advance\n\n“9B. Any expenditure:\n\n(a) in excess of the appropriation relevant to that expenditure; or\n\n(b) for which there is no relevant appropriation;\n\nmay be charged to such item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule as the Minister directs but the total expenditure so charged in the year ending 30 June 1997, after deduction of amounts of repayments, must not at any time exceed the amount appropriated for mat year under the head ‘Advance to the Minister for Finance’.”.\n\n(6) Section 14 is repealed and the following section is substituted:\n\nConsolidated Revenue Fund not to be debited after close of financial year\n\n“14\\. (1) An amount appropriated under this Act may not be debited from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1997.\n\n(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the Minister from taking action after 30 June 1997:\n\n(a) to correct errors or mispostings in the financial accounting records of the Commonwealth for the year ending on that day; or\n\n \n\n(b) to balance the Funds (within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act);\n\nif the action does not result in an amount being debited from a Fund otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another Fund.”.\n\n(7) If:\n\n(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item indicates that amounts appropriated under the item are to be paid into a particular account, being an account that was established or continued in existence by an Act (“relevant Act”); and\n\n(b) that account formed part of the Trust Fund established under the Audit Act 1901; and\n\n(c) the relevant Act has established a component of the Reserved Money Fund to replace that account;\n\nthe item is modified by omitting the reference to the account and substituting a reference to that component of the Reserved Money Fund.\n\n(8) If:\n\n(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item indicates that amounts appropriated under the item are to be paid into a particular account, being a Trust Account that was established under section 62A of the Audit Act 1901; and\n\n(b) under a determination by the Minister (under the Financial Management and Accountability Act) establishing a component of the Reserved Money Fund, amounts of that kind that, immediately before the operative day, were to be placed to the credit of the Trust Account are allowed or required to be transferred from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to that component of the Reserved Money Fund;\n\nthe item is modified by omitting the reference to the Trust Account and substituting a reference to that component of the Reserved Money Fund.\n\n(9) If:\n\n(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item indicates that amounts apppropriated under the item are to be paid into a particular account, being a Trust Account that was established under section 62A of the Audit Act 1901; and\n\n \n\n(b) under a determination by the Minister (under the Financial Management and Accountability Act) establishing a component of the Commercial Activities Fund, amounts of that kind that, immediately before the operative day, were to be placed to the credit of the Trust Account are allowed or required to be transferred from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to mat component of the Commercial Activities Fund;\n\nthe item is modified by omitting the reference to the Trust Account and substituting a reference to that component of the Commercial Activities Fund.\n\n![](image.003.png)(10) Any item that refers to payments under subsection 34A(1) of the Audit Act 1901 is modified by adding at me end “or under the corresponding provision of the Financial Management and Accountability Act”.\n\n \n\n \n\nSCHEDULE Section 3\n\nABSTRACT\n\n```html\n

Page Reference

Departments and Services

Total

$

22

Attorney‑General’s Department.........................

320 797 000

29

Department of Communication and the Arts.......................

590 404 000

33

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

4 615 960 000

35

Department of Veterans’ Affairs...............................

917 169 000

36

Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs.......

1 500 458 000

39

Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories.................

262 659 000

43

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

257 078 000

45

Advance to the Minister for Finance.............................

215 000 000

46

Provision for Running Cost Borrowings..........................

20 000 000

47

Department of Administrative Services...........................

267 818 000

49

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.........................

1 028 731 000

52

Department of Health and Family Services........................

1 379 528 000

55

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.................

184 973 000

57

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

64 629 000

59

Department of Industry, Science and Tourism......................

731 002 000

62

Department of Primary Industries and Energy......................

213 829 000

65

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet......................

530 288 000

68

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

562 757 000

70

Department of Transport and Regional Development..................

120 746 000

72

Department of the Treasury..................................

875 348 000

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

14 659 174 000

\n```\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Departments

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

Attorney‑General’s Department..........

236 175 000

84 622 000

320 797 000

661 226 978

201 557 343

862 784 321

Department of Communications and the Arts........

57 510 000

532 894 000

590 404 000

150 500 000

1 077 161 000

1 227 661 000

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

2 261 141 000

2 354 819 000

4 615 960 000

5 174 947 000

5 532 796 000

10 707 743 000

Department of Veterans’ Affairs................

106 125 000

811 044 000

917 169 000

244 869 000

1 552 852 000

1 797 721 000

Department of Employment, Education and Training and Youth Affairs

427 178 000

1 073 280 000

1 500 458 000

999 581 000

2 476 874 000

3 476 455 000

Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories..

108 744 000

153 915 000

262 659 000

281 202 637

337 737 722

618 940 359

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

77 779 000

179 299 000

257 078 000

186 102 000

240 848 000

426 950 000

Department of the Administrative Services.........

129 367 000

138 451 000

267 818 000

314 171 000

385 357 000

699 528 000

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade..........

209 098 000

819 633 000

1 028 731 000

528 568 000

1 879 603 183

2 408 171 183

Department of Health and Family Services.........

110 890 000

1 268 638 000

1 379 528 000

259 443 173

2 629 458 042

2 888 901 215

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs..

123 832 000

61 141 000

184 973 000

359 254 124

140 798 731

500 052 855

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

48 788 000

15 841 000

64 629 000

119 530 000

58 636 150

178 166 150

Department of Industry, Science and Tourism.......

209 707 000

521 295 000

731 002 000

499 002 695

1 137 306 685

1 636 309 380

Department of Primary Industries and Energy.......

70 616 000

143 213 000

213 829 000

202 867 000

318 510 000

521 377 000

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.......

37 858 000

492 430 000

530 288 000

97 405 501

973 104 360

1 070 509 861

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

553 114 000

9 643 000

562 757 000

1 386 803 555

39 563 000

1 426 366 555

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n(a) Does not include appropriation under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance, $215 000 000 and under Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings, $20 000 000.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Departments

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

Department of Transport and Regional Development...

39 242 000

81 504 000

120 746 000

107 919 923

250 135 000

358 054 923

Department of the Treasury...................

784 527 000

90 821 000

875 348 000

1 659 948 022

361 463 441

2 021 411 463

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

5 591 691 000

8 832 483 000

14 424 174 000

13 233 341 608

19 593 761 657

32 827 103 265

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nATTORNEY‑GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n| Division | | Running Costs | Other Services | Total |\n| -------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ----------- |\n| | | $ | $ | $ |\n| 120 | Administrative......................... | 20 122 000 | 30 752 000 | 50 874 000 |\n| | | 51 979 000 | 69 566 197 | 121 545 197 |\n| 121 | Legal Practice......................... | 21 913 000 | — | 21 913 000 |\n| | | 53 797 978 | — | 53 797 978 |\n| 122 | Australian Federal Police.................. | 74 540 000 | 2 047 000 | 76 587 000 |\n| | | 251 649 000 | 4 568 000 | 256 217 000 |\n| 123 | Australian Institute of Criminology........... | — | 1 395 000 | 1 395 000 |\n| | | — | 4 232 000 | 4 232 000 |\n| 124 | Australian Security Intelligence Organization.... | — | 25 876 000 | 25 876 000 |\n| | | — | 57 598 000 | 57 598 000 |\n| 125 | AUSTRAC........................... | 3 428 000 | — | 3 428 000 |\n| | | 9 704 000 | — | 9 704 000 |\n| 126 | Criminology Research Council.............. | — | 108 000 | 108 000 |\n| | | — | 258 000 | 258 000 |\n| 127 | High Court of Australia................... | — | 3 633 000 | 3 633 000 |\n| | | — | 7 614 000 | 7 614 000 |\n| 128 | Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. | 7 384 000 | 120 000 | 7 504 000 |\n| | | 20 261 000 | 706 000 | 20 967 000 |\n| 129 | Law Reform Commission................. | — | 1 947 000 | 1 947 000 |\n| | | — | 4 224 000 | 4 224 000 |\n| 130 | National Crime Authority.................. | 18 630 000 | — | 18 630 000 |\n| | | 47 476 000 | 858 375 | 48 334 375 |\n| 131 | Office of Parliamentary Counsel............. | 2 727 000 | — | 2 727 000 |\n| | | 7 036 000 | — | 7 036 000 |\n| 132 | Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions..... | 22 822 000 | — | 22 822 000 |\n| | | 58 364 000 | 150 000 | 58 514 000 |\n| 133 | Family Court of Australia................. | 28 385 000 | 11 849 000 | 40 234 000 |\n| | | 68 977 000 | 36 192 771 | 105 169 771 |\n| 134 | Federal Court of Australia................. | 12 892 000 | 3 916 000 | 16 808 000 |\n| | | 31 554 000 | 9 132 000 | 40 686 000 |\n| 135 | Administrative Appeals Tribunal............. | 7 900 000 | 2 924 000 | 10 824 000 |\n| | | 18 025 000 | 6 305 000 | 24 330 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

136

Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence.....

1862 000

2000

1864 000

4 879 000

3000

4 882 000

137

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

7 420 000

43 000

7 463 000

19 978 000

100 000

20 078 000

138

Industrial Relations Court of Australia........

4 900 000

10 000

4 910 000

13 002 000

50 000

13 052 000

139

Office of Film and Literature Classification.....

1 250 000

—

1250 000

4 545 000

—

4 545 000

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

236 175 000

84 622 000

320 797 000

661 226 978

201 557 343

862 784 321

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nATTORNEY‑GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 120.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 20 122 000 | 51 979 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 30 752 000 | 69 566 197 |\n| Total: Division 120 | 50 874 000 | 121 545 197 |\n| Division 121.— LEGAL PRACTICE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (including payments to the Legal Practice Trust Account) (net appropriation — see section 8 ) (see also section 9) | 21 913 000 | 53 797 978 |\n| Division 122.— AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 74 540 000 | 251 649 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 2 047 000 | 4 568 000 |\n| Total: Division 122 | 76 587 000 | 256 217 000 |\n| Division 123.— AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Criminology Research Act 1971 | 1 395 000 | 4 232 000 |\n| Division 124.—AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION | | |\n| 1.— Operating expenses (Recoveries and miscellaneous revenue may be credited to this item) | 25 876 000 | 57 462 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | — | 136 000 |\n| Total: Division 124 | 25 876 000 | 57 598 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nAttorney‑General’s Department — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 125.— AUSTRAC | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 3 428 000 | 9 704 000 |\n| Division 126.— CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH COUNCIL | | |\n| 1.— Criminology Research (for payment to the Criminology Research Fund) | 108 000 | 258 000 |\n| Division 127.— HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the High Court of Australia Act 1979 | 3 633 000 | 7 614 000 |\n| Division 128.— HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 7 384 000 | 20 261 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.......................... | 120 000 | 706 000 |\n| Total: Division 128 | 7 504 000 | 20 967 000 |\n| Division 129.— LAW REFORM COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Law Reform Commission Act 1973 | 1 947 000 | 4 224 000 |\n| Division 130.— NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 18 630 000 | 47 476 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.......................... | — | 858 375 |\n| Total: Division 130 | 18 630 000 | 48 334 375 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nAttorney‑General’s Department — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 131.— OFFICE OF PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 2 727 000 | 7 036 000 |\n| Division 132.— OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 22 822 000 | 58 364 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................. | — | 150 000 |\n| Total: Division 132 | 22 822 000 | 58 514 000 |\n| Division 133.— FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 28 385 000 | 68 977 000 |\n| 2.— Judges’ Long Leave......................... | 307 000 | 735 000 |\n| 3.— Other Services............................. | 11 542 000 | 35 457771 |\n| Total: Division 133 | 40 234 000 | 105 169 771 |\n| Division 134.— FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 12 892 000 | 31 554 000 |\n| 2.— Judges’ Long Leave......................... | 350 000 | 350 000 |\n| 3.— Other Services............................. | 3 566 000 | 8 782 000 |\n| Total: Division 134 | 16 808 000 | 40 686 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nAttorney‑General’s Department — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 135.— ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 7 900 000 | 18 025 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services — (money received in relation to services provided by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal may be credited to this item) | 2 924 000 | 6 305 000 |\n| Total: Division 135 | 10 824 000 | 24 330 000 |\n| Division 136.— AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 1 862 000 | 4 879 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | 2 000 | 3 000 |\n| Total: Division 136 | 1 864 000 | 4 882 000 |\n| Division 137.— NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 7 420 000 | 19 978 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | 43 000 | 100 000 |\n| Total: Division 137 | 7 463 000 | 20 078 000 |\n| Division 138.— INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT OF AUSTRALIA | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 4 900 000 | 13 002 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | 10 000 | 50 000 |\n| Total: Division 138 | 4 910 000 | 13 052 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nAttorney‑General’s Department — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 139. — OFFICE OF FILM AND LITERATURE CLASSIFICATION | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 1 250 000 | 4 545 000 |\n| Total: Attorney‑General’s Department......... | 320 797 000 | 862 784 321 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND THE ARTS\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n| Division | | Running Costs | Other Services | Total |\n| -------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- |\n| | | $ | $ | $ |\n| 150 | Administrative....................... | 37 111 000 | 71 117 000 | 108 228 000 |\n| | | 93 625 000 | 165 736 000 | 259 361 000 |\n| 151 | Broadcasting and Television Services........ | — | 375 137 000 | 375 137 000 |\n| | | — | 705 782 000 | 705 782 000 |\n| 152 | Australian Broadcasting Authority.......... | — | 5 387 000 | 5 387 000 |\n| | | — | 12 324 000 | 12 324 000 |\n| 153 | Australian Telecommunications Authority..... | — | 6 596 000 | 6 596 000 |\n| | | — | 12 741 000 | 12 741 000 |\n| 154 | Spectrum Management Agency............ | 13 520 000 | — | 13 520 000 |\n| | | 35 493 000 | — | 35 493 000 |\n| 155 | Australia Council..................... | — | 28 381 000 | 28 381 000 |\n| | | — | 72 917 000 | 72 917 000 |\n| 156 | Australian Film Commission.............. | — | 6 601 000 | 6 601 000 |\n| | | — | 20 544 000 | 20 544 000 |\n| 157 | Australian Film, Television and Radio School.. | — | 5 188 000 | 5 188 000 |\n| | | — | 13 064 000 | 13 064 000 |\n| 158 | National Gallery of Australia.............. | — | 7 545 000 | 7 545 000 |\n| | | — | 21 592 000 | 21 592 000 |\n| 159 | Australian National Maritime Museum....... | — | 6 213 000 | 6 213 000 |\n| | | — | 13 963 000 | 13 963 000 |\n| 160 | National Film and Sound Archive.......... | 4 758 000 | 410 000 | 5 168 000 |\n| | | 11 978 000 | 965 000 | 12 943 000 |\n| 161 | National Library of Australia.............. | — | 17 611 000 | 17 611 000 |\n| | | — | 34 033 000 | 34 033 000 |\n| 162 | National Museum of Australia............. | — | 2 708 000 | 2 708 000 |\n| | | — | 3 500 000 | 3 500 000 |\n| 163 | National Science and Technology Centre...... | 2 121 000 | — | 2 121 000 |\n| | | 9 404 000 | — | 9 404 000 |\n| | Total............................. | 57 510 000 | 532 894 000 | 590 404 000 |\n| | | 150 500 000 | 1 077 161 000 | 1 227 661 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND THE ARTS\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 150.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 37 111 000 | 93 625 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | 9 198 000 | 22 126 000 |\n| 3.— Grants and Contributions.................... | 1 979 000 | 33 414 000 |\n| 4.— Cultural Development Program (including payment to relevant trust accounts) | 59 940 000 | 110 196 000 |\n| Total: Division 150 | 108 228 000 | 259 361 000 |\n| Division 151.— BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES | | |\n| 1.— Australian Broadcasting Corporation — Operating expenses | 298 682 000 | 519 022 000 |\n| 2.— Special Broadcasting Service — Operating expenses.. | 43 022 000 | 83 242 000 |\n| 3.— For payments in respect of technical services provided under Part VII of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 or in respect of associated services | 33 433 000 | 103 518 000 |\n| Total: Division 151 | 375 137 000 | 705 782 000 |\n| Division 152.— AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 | 5 387 000 | 12 324 000 |\n| Division 153.— AUSTRALIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Telecommunications Act 1991 | 6 596 000 | 12 741 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of Communication and the Arts — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| Division 154.— SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AGENCY | $ | $ |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 13 520 000 | 35 493 000 |\n| Division 155.— AUSTRALIA COUNCIL | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australia Council Act 1975... | 28 381000 | 72 917 000 |\n| Division 156.— AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Film Commission Act 1975 | 6 601 000 | 20 544 000 |\n| Division 157.— AUSTRALIAN FILM, TELEVISION AND RADIO SCHOOL | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Film, Television and Radio School Act 1973 | 5 188 000 | 13 064 000 |\n| Division 158.— NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the National Gallery Act 1975... | 7 545 000 | 21 592 000 |\n| Division 159.— AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian National Maritime Museum Act 1990 | 6 213 000 | 13 963 000 |\n| Division 160.— NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 4 758 000 | 11 978 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 410 000 | 965 000 |\n| Total: Division 160 | 5 168 000 | 12 943 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of Communication and the Arts — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 161.— NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the National Library Act 1960... | 17 611 000 | 34 033 000 |\n| Division 162.— NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the National Museum of Australia Act 1980 | 2 708 000 | 3 500 000 |\n| Division 163.— NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 2 121 000 | 9 404 000 |\n| Total: Department of Communications and the Arts....... | 590 404 000 | 1 227 661 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

180

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

2 261 141 000

77 998 000

2 339 139 000

5 174 947 000

175 918 000

5 350 865 000

181

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

—

1 819 776 000

1 819 776 000

—

4 066 767 000

4 066 767 000

182

Defence Co‑operation.............

—

34 164 000

34 164 000

—

80 352 000

80 352 000

183

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

—

9 893 000

9 893 000

—

26 445 000

26 445 000

184

Australian Defence Industries Ltd............

—

935 000

935 000

—

15 025 000

15 025 000

185

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

—

327 935 000

327 935 000

—

893 198 000

893 198 000

186

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

—

84 118 000

84 118 000

—

270 091 000

270 091 000

Avalon Airport Geelong Limited............

—

—

—

—

5 000 000

5 000 000

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

2 261 141 000

2 354 819 000

4 615 960 000

5 174 947 000

5 532 796 000

10 707 743 000

Department of Veterans’ Affairs

195

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

106 125 000

25 556 000

131 681 000

244 869 000

59 719 000

304 588 000

196

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

—

778 084 000

778 084 000

—

1 478 069 000

1 478 069 000

197

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

—

7 404 000

7 404 000

—

15 064 000

15 064 000

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

106 125 000

811 044 000

917 169 000

244 869 000

1 552 852 000

1 797 721 000

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

2 367 266 000

3 165 863 000

5 533 129 000

5 419 816 000

7 085 648 000

12 505 464 000

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 180.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 9).. | 2 261 141 000 | 5 174 947 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | | |\n| 01. Payment to Rockwell Australia Limited under the Sale and Purchase Agreement for Aerospace Technologies of Australia Limited | 1 440 000 | 3 060 000 |\n| A.— Other purposes previously approved by Parliament (including payments to the Defence Support Centre, Woomera, Trust Account) | 76 558 000 | 172 858 000 |\n| | 77 998 000 | 175 918 000 |\n| Total: Division 180 | 2 339 139 000 | 5 350 865 000 |\n| Division 181.—EQUIPMENT AND STORES.......... | 1 819 776 000 | 4 066 767 000 |\n| Division 182.— DEFENCE CO‑OPERATION.... | 34 164 000 | 80 352 000 |\n| Division 183. — DEFENCE PRODUCTION........... | 9 893 000 | 26 445 000 |\n| Division 184.— AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE INDUSTRIES LTD. | 935 000 | 15 025 000 |\n| Division 185.— DEFENCE FACILITIES............. | | |\n| 1.— Construction, Acquisitions and Leases........... | 221 082 000 | 590 107 000 |\n| 2.— Facilities Operations....................... | 106 853 000 | 303 091 000 |\n| Total: Division 185 | 327 935 000 | 893 198 000 |\n| Division 186.— DEFENCE HOUSING............... | 84 118 000 | 270 091 000 |\n| AVALON AIRPORT GEELONG LIMITED........... | — | 5 000 000 |\n| Total: Department of Defence.................... | 4 615 960 000 | 10 707 743 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 195 — ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 106 125 000 | 244 869 000 |\n| 2.— Repatriation Hospitals (for payment to relevant Repatriation Hospital operations trust accounts) | 6 162 000 | 14 680 000 |\n| 3.— Accommodation expenses (for payment to relevant Repatriation Hospitals operations trust accounts) | 485 000 | 1 147 000 |\n| 4.— Other Services........................... | 18 909 000 | 43 892 000 |\n| Total: Division 195 | 131 681 000 | 304 588 000 |\n| Division 196.— OTHER BENEFITS................ | 778 084 000 | 1 478 069 000 |\n| Division 197.— AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL..... | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian War Memorial Act 1980 | 7 404 000 | 15 064 000 |\n| Total: Department of Veterans’ Affairs............. | 917 169 000 | 1 797 721 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND YOUTH AFFAIRS\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n| Division | | Running Costs | Other Services | Total |\n| -------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- |\n| | | $ | $ | $ |\n| 220 | Administrative..................... | 424 895 000 | 991 947 000 | 1 416 842 000 |\n| | | 993 365 000 | 2 301 156 000 | 3 294 521 000 |\n| 221 | Anglo‑Australian Telescope Board. | — | 1 639 000 | 1 639 000 |\n| | | — | 3 164 000 | 3 164 000 |\n| 222 | National Board of Employment, Education and Training | 2 283 000 | 402 000 | 2 685 000 |\n| | | 6 216 000 | 934 000 | 7 150 000 |\n| 223 | Australian National Training Authority..... | — | 43 309 000 | 43 309 000 |\n| | | — | 98 405 000 | 98 405 000 |\n| 224 | Employment Services Regulatory Authority. | — | 35 983 000 | 35 983 000 |\n| | | | 73 215 000 | 73 215 000 |\n| | Total........................ | 427 178 000 | 1 073 280 000 | 1 500 458 000 |\n| | | 999 581 000 | 2 476 874 000 | 3 476 455 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND YOUTH AFFAIRS\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 220.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 424 895 000 | 993 365 000 |\n| 2.— Assistance for Schools....................... | 18 515 000 | 46 359 000 |\n| 3.— Assistance for Higher Education................ | 1 928 000 | 4 293 000 |\n| 4.— Special Education and Income Support........... | 25 154 000 | 51 411 000 |\n| 5.— Labour Market and Training Assistance.......... | 928 279 000 | 2 160 931 000 |\n| 6.— Other Services............................ | 18 071 000 | 38 162 000 |\n| Total: Division 220 | 1 416 842 000 | 3 294 521 000 |\n| Division 221.— ANGLO‑AUSTRALIAN TELESCOPE BOARD | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Anglo‑Australian Telescope Agreement Act 1970 | 1 639 000 | 3 164 000 |\n| Division 222.— NATIONAL BOARD OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 2 283 000 | 6 216 000 |\n| 2.— Grants for Innovative Projects................. | 402 000 | 934 000 |\n| Total: Division 222 | 2 685 000 | 7 150 000 |\n| Division 223.— AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TRAINING AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian National Training Authority Act 1992 | 5 768 000 | 14 075 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| 2.— For expenditure under section 11 of the Australian National Training Authority Act 1992 | 37 541 000 | 84 330 000 |\n| Total: Division 223 | 43 309 000 | 98 405 000 |\n| Division 224.— EMPLOYMENT SERVICES REGULATORY AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Employment Services Act 1994 | 35 983 000 | 73 215 000 |\n| Total: Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs | 1 500 458 000 | 3 476 455 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, SPORT AND TERRITORIES\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n| Division | | Running Costs | Other Services | Total |\n| -------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ----------- |\n| | | $ | $ | $ |\n| 260 | Administrative....................... | 26 489 000 | 36 137 000 | 62 626 000 |\n| | | 68 649 637 | 81 644 000 | 150 293 637 |\n| 261 | Australian Heritage Commission........... | — | 4 392 000 | 4 392 000 |\n| | | — | 9 560 000 | 9 560 000 |\n| 262 | Australian Sports Drug Agency............ | — | 1 430 000 | 1 430 000 |\n| | | — | 3 528 000 | 3 528 000 |\n| 263 | Australian Nature Conservation Agency...... | — | 29 603 000 | 29 603 000 |\n| | | — | 78 914 000 | 78 914 000 |\n| 264 | Australian Sports Commission............. | — | 44 644 000 | 44 644 000 |\n| | | — | 87 031 000 | 87 031 000 |\n| 265 | Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology...... | 57 389 000 | 948 000 | 58 337 000 |\n| | | 145 029 000 | 2 261 722 | 147 290 722 |\n| 266 | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority..... | — | 6 021 000 | 6 021 000 |\n| | | — | 11 307 000 | 11 307 000 |\n| 267 | Antarctic Division..................... | 17 219 000 | 13 569 000 | 30 788 000 |\n| | | 42 401 000 | 20 392 000 | 62 793 000 |\n| 268 | Territories.......................... | 5 045 000 | 13 393 000 | 18 438 000 |\n| | | 15 434 000 | 34 124 000 | 49 558 000 |\n| 269 | NEPC Service Corporation............... | — | 210 000 | 210 000 |\n| | | — | 347 000 | 347 000 |\n| 270 | National Capital Planning Authority......... | 2 602 000 | 3 568 000 | 6 170 000 |\n| | | 9 689 000 | 8 629 000 | 18 318 000 |\n| | Total........................... | 108 744 000 | 153 915 000 | 262 659 000 |\n| | | 281 202 637 | 337 737 722 | 618 940 359 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, SPORT AND TERRITORIES\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 260.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 26 489 000 | 68 649 637 |\n| 2.— Sport and Recreation Program.................. | 2 195 000 | 1 640 000 |\n| 3.— Environment Program (including payments to relevant trust accounts) | 30 937 000 | 66 485 000 |\n| 4.— Local Government Program.................... | 2 800 000 | 13 027 000 |\n| 5.— Corporate Services Program.................... | 205 000 | 492 000 |\n| Total: Division 260 | 62 626 000 | 150 293 637 |\n| Division 261.— AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.—For expenditure under the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975 | 4 392 000 | 9 560 000 |\n| Division 262.— AUSTRALIAN SPORTS DRUG AGENCY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990 | 1 430 000 | 3 528 000 |\n| Division 263.—AUSTRALIAN NATURE CONSERVATION AGENCY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 | 29 603 000 | 78 914 000 |\n| Division 264.— AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 | 44 644 000 | 87 031 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of the Environment, Sport and Territories — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 265.— COMMONWEALTH BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 57 389 000 | 145 029 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 948 000 | 2 261 722 |\n| Total: Division 265 | 58 337 000 | 147 290 722 |\n| Division 266.— GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 | 6 021 000 | 11 307 000 |\n| Division 267.— ANTARCTIC DIVISION | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 17 219 000 | 42 401 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services (net appropriation — see section 8)..... | 13 569 000 | 20 392 000 |\n| Total: Division 267 | 30 788 000 | 62 793 000 |\n| Division 268.— TERRITORIES | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 5 045 000 | 15 434 000 |\n| 2.— Territories Program (including payments to relevant trust accounts) (net appropriation — see section 8) | 13 393 000 | 34 124 000 |\n| Total: Division 268 | 18 438 000 | 49 558 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of the Environment, Sport and Territories — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 269.—NEPC SERVICE CORPORATION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 | 210 000 | 347 000 |\n| Division 270.— NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 2 602 000 | 9 689 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services........................... | 3 568 000 | 8 629 000 |\n| Total: Division 270 | 6 170 000 | 18 318 000 |\n| Total: Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories | 262 659 000 | 618 940 359 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF FINANCE\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

280

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

42 198 000

179 149 000

221 347 000

100 074 000

240 445 000

340 519 000

281

Australian National Audit Office..............

23 362 000

2 000

23 364 000

52 981 000

53 000

53 034 000

282

Commonwealth Superannuation Administration

11 501 000

148 000

11 649 000

31 269 000

350 000

31 619 000

283

Office of Government Information Technology

718 000

—

718 000

1 778 000

1 778 000

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

77 779 000

179 299 000

257 078 000

186 102 000

240 848 000

426 950 000

Department of Administrative Services

300

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

76 287 000

120 111 000

196 398 000

159 679 000

290 641 000

450 320 000

301

Australian Electoral Commission.............

25 097 000

3 574 000

28 671 000

64 706 000

56 906 000

121 612 000

302

Ministerial and Parliamentary Services..........

27 983 000

14 416 000

42 399 000

89 606 000

34 160 000

123 766 000

303

Royal Commissions and Inquiries.............

—

350 000

350 000

180 000

3 650 000

3 830 000

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

129 367 000

138 451 000

267 818 000

314 171 000

385 357 000

699 528 000

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

207 146 000

317 912 000

525 058 000

500 273 000

626 205 000

1 126 478 000

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF FINANCE\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 280.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 42 198 000 | 100 074 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services (periodic revaluing adjustments for non‑convertible currencies, exchange gains and recoveries of bank fees may be credited to this subdivision) | 179 149 000 | 240 445 000 |\n| Total: Division 280 | 221 347 000 | 340 519 000 |\n| Division 281.— AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 23 362 000 | 52 981 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | 2 000 | 53 000 |\n| Total: Division 281 | 23 364 000 | 53 034 000 |\n| Division 282.— COMMONWEALTH SUPERANNUATION ADMINISTRATION | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 11 501 000 | 31 269 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | 148 000 | 350 000 |\n| Total: Division 282 | 11 649 000 | 31 619 000 |\n| Division 283.— OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 718 000 | 1 778 000 |\n| Total: Department of Finance..................... | 257 078 000 | 426 950 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nADVANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 290.— ADVANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE | | |\n| To enable the Minister: | | |\n| (a) to make advances (that will be recovered during the financial year) in respect of expenditure for the ordinary annual services of the Government; and | | |\n| (b) to make money available for expenditure: | | |\n| (i) that the Minister is satisfied is urgently required and: | | |\n| (A) was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to include appropriation for that expenditure in the Bill for this Act before the introduction of that Bill into the House of Representatives; or | | |\n| (B) was erroneously omitted from, or understated in, the Bill for this Act; and | | |\n| (ii) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament; | | |\n| being expenditure for the ordinary annual services of the Government; and | | |\n| (c) to make money available for expenditure, being expenditure for the ordinary annual services of the Government, pending authorisation under section 32 of the Audit Act 1901 in relation to that expenditure | 215 000 000 | 215 000 000 |\n\n\\* Issues and estimated issues of funds from the Advance to the Minister for Finance are included in the appropriations to which the relevant amounts have been or will be charged.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nPROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 291.— PROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS | | |\n| To enable the Minister to make money available for expenditure: | | |\n| (a) for the purposes of running costs of a Department, statutory authority or other body for which an appropriation has been made under an item, subdivision or Division in this Schedule, in accordance with an agreement between the Minister and the Minister responsible for the Department, authority or body; and | | |\n| (b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament | 20 000 000 | 20 000 000 |\n\n\\* Issues and estimated issues of funds from the Provision for Running Costs Borrowings are included in the appropriations to which the relevant amounts have been or will be charged.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 300.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 76 287 000 | 159 679 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services (including payments to relevant trust accounts) | 40 629 000 | 144 708 000 |\n| 3.— Estate Management........................ | 18 182 000 | 26 997 000 |\n| 4.— Overseas Property Services (Money received from refunds of taxation by overseas governments, the sale of furniture and fittings overseas, receipts from rental from, and disposal of surplus properties in Papua New Guinea, that part of which is equal to the costs of renting or disposing of those properties, plus receipts from other agencies for services provided, may be credited to this subdivision) | 61 300 000 | 118 420 000 |\n| Grants‑in‑aid................... | — | 516 000 |\n| Total: Division 300 | 196 398 000 | 450 320 000 |\n| Division 301.— AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 25 097 000 | 64 706 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services........................... | 3 574 000 | 56 906 000 |\n| Total: Division 301 | 28 671 000 | 121 612 000 |\n| Division 302.— MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 27 983 000 | 89 606 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services........................... | 666 000 | 2 213 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of Administrative Services — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| 3.— Conveyance of Members of Parliament and Others... | 11 835 000 | 27 498 000 |\n| 4.— Visits Abroad of Ministers (including personal staff) and Others | 1 915 000 | 4 449 000 |\n| Total: Division 302 | 42 399 000 | 123 766 000 |\n| Division 303.— ROYAL COMMISSIONS AND INQUIRIES | | |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | 350 000 | 3 650 000 |\n| Running Costs............................... | — | 180 000 |\n| Total: Division 303 | 350 000 | 3 830 000 |\n| Total: Department of Administrative Services......... | 267 818 000 | 699 528 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

315

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

186 772 000

67 236 000

254 008 000

471 154 000

152 630 000

623 784 000

316

Australia‑Japan Foundation...........

404 000

404 000

808 000

930 000

968 000

1 898 000

317

Australian Agency for International Development..

21 922 000

537 393 000

559 315 000

56 484 000

1 247 176 000

1 303 660 000

318

Australian Secret Intelligence Service..........

—

16 734 000

16 734 000

—

34 750 183

34 750 183

319

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

—

17 163 000

17 163 000

—

40 002 000

40 002 000

320

Australian Trade Commission...............

—

180 703 000

180 703 000

—

404 077 000

404 077 000

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

209 098 000

819 633 000

1 028 731 000

528 568 000

1 879 603 183

2 408 171 183

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 315.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 186 772 000 | 471 154 000 |\n| 2. — Other Services............................. | 7 550 000 | 17 864 000 |\n| 3.— Contributions to International Organizations........ | 54 451 000 | 127 526 000 |\n| 4.— Grants and Contributions (including payment to relevant trust accounts) | 5 235 000 | 7 240 000 |\n| Total: Division 315 | 254 008 000 | 623 784 000 |\n| Division 316.— AUSTRALIA‑JAPAN FOUNDATION | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 404 000 | 930 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services (for payment to the Australia‑Japan Fund) | 404 000 | 968 000 |\n| Total: Division 316 | 808 000 | 1 898 000 |\n| Division 317.—AUSTRALIAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 21 922 000 | 56 484 000 |\n| 2.— Papua New Guinea Special Programs.............. | 77 767 000 | 193 800 000 |\n| 3.— Country Programs........................... | 270 483 000 | 610 775 000 |\n| 4.— Cross‑Regional Programs................ | 32 000 000 | 74 422 000 |\n| 5.— Emergency and Refugee Programs................ | 36 154 000 | 84 034 000 |\n| 6.— International Organizations.................... | 53 119 000 | 118 416 000 |\n| 7.— Community and Commercial Programs............ | 67 870 000 | 164 704 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Other Services................................ | — | 1 025 000 |\n| Total: Division 317 | 559 315 000 | 1 303 660 000 |\n| Division 318.—AUSTRALIAN SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE | | |\n| 1.— Operating expenses (Recoveries and miscellaneous revenue may be credited to this item) | 16 734 000 | 34 624 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................. | — | 126 183 |\n| Total: Division 318 | 16 734 000 | 34 750 183 |\n| Division 319.—AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (for payment to the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Trust Fund) | 17 163 000 | 40 002 000 |\n| Division 320. — AUSTRALIAN TRADE COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 other than payments under the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974 | 76 644 000 | 167 165 000 |\n| 2.— For payments under the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974 | 104 059 000 | 236 912 000 |\n| Total: Division 320 | 180 703 000 | 404 077 000 |\n| Total: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade........ | 1 028 731 000 | 2 408 171 183 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

340

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

110 357 000

1 108 967 000

1 219 324 000

258 156 173

2 260 000 042

2 518 156 215

341

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.........

—

3 187 000

3 187 000

—

7 126 000

7 126 000

342

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

—

2 943 000

2 943 000

—

7 000 000

7 000 000

343

Health Insurance Commission................

—

113 220 000

113 220 000

—

257 290 000

257 290 000

344

Australian Hearing Services Authority...........

—

38 276 000

38 276 000

—

93 276 000

93 276 000

345

Australian Institute of Family Studies............

—

1 413 000

1 413 000

—

3 158 000

3 158 000

346

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

—

338 000

338 000

—

908 000

908 000

347

Professional Services Review Scheme...........

533 000

—

533 000

1 287 000

—

1 287 000

348

Private Health Insurance Complaints Commissioner..

—

294 000

294 000

—

700 000

700 000

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

110 890 000

1 268 638 000

1 379 528 000

259 443 173

2 629 458 042

2 888 901 215

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 340.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 110 357 000 | 258 156 173 |\n| 2.— Other Services (including payments to the Health and Community Services Ministerial Council Trust Account) | 43 173 000 | 64 151 042 |\n| 3.— Health Advancement (including payments to the Medical Research Endowment Fund under the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992, expenditure under the Human Quarantine Act 1908 and payment to the Therapeutic Goods Administration Trust Account) | 115 075 000 | 288 369 000 |\n| 4.— Health Care Access (including payments under the Health Insurance Act 1973) | 149 324 000 | 330 278 000 |\n| 5.— Residential Care for Older People (including expenditure under the Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act 1954) | 76 558 000 | 175 632 000 |\n| 6.— Assistance for People with Disabilities (including payment to the Rehabilitation Service Trust Account and expenditure under the Disability Services Act 1986) | 170 566 000 | 348 380 000 |\n| 7.— Services for Families with Children (including expenditure under the Child Care Act 1972) | 504 230 000 | 928 627 000 |\n| 8.— Home and Community Care (including expenditure under the Home and Community Care Act 1985) | 8 046 000 | 14 915 000 |\n| 9.— Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services.. | 41 995 000 | 109 648 000 |\n| Total: Division 340 | 1 219 324 000 | 2 518 156 215 |\n| Division 341.— AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987 | 3 187 000 | 7 126 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of Health and Family Services — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| Division 342.— NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY | $ | $ |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the National Food Authority Act 1991 | 2 943 000 | 7 000 000 |\n| Division 343.— HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973 | 113 220 000 | 257 290 000 |\n| Division 344.— AUSTRALIAN HEARING SERVICES AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Hearing Services Act 1991.... | 38 276 000 | 93 276 000 |\n| Division 345.— AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF FAMILY STUDIES | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under Part XIVA of the Family Law Act 1975 | 1 413 000 | 3 158 000 |\n| Division 346. — NUCLEAR SAFETY BUREAU | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act 1987 | 338 000 | 908 000 |\n| Division 347.— PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REVIEW SCHEME | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 533 000 | 1 287 000 |\n| Division 348.— PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPLAINTS COMMISSIONER | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Health Legislation (Private Health Insurance Reform) Amendment Act 1995 | 294 000 | 700 000 |\n| Total: Department of Health and Family Services.......... | 1 379 528 000 | 2 888 901 215 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

360

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

114 026 000

61 141 000

175 167 000

335 349 124

140 798 731

476 147 855

361

Immigration Review Tribunal...............

3 086 000

—

3 086 000

8 078 000

—

8 078 000

362

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

6 720 000

—

6 720 000

15 827 000

—

15 827 000

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

123 832 000

61 141 000

184 973 000

359 254 124

140 798 731

500 052 855

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 360.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 114 026 000 | 335 349 124 |\n| 2.— Other Services (net appropriation — see section 8) (including payment to the Australian Population and Migration Research Trust Account) | 16 493 000 | 35 158 731 |\n| 3.— Embarkation and Passage Costs.................. | 2 085 000 | 5 071 000 |\n| 4.— Adult Migrant English Program (net appropriation — see section 8) | 31 445 000 | 73 359 000 |\n| 5.— Grants‑in‑aid (net appropriation — see section 8) | 11 118 000 | 27 210 000 |\n| Total: Division 360 | 175 167 000 | 476 147 855 |\n| Division 361.— IMMIGRATION REVIEW TRIBUNAL | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 3 086 000 | 8 078 000 |\n| Division 362.— REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 6 720 000 | 15 827 000 |\n| Total: Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. | 184 973 000 | 500 052 855 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

365

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

27 722 000

3 032 000

30 754 000

65 604 000

24 300 150

89 904 150

366

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

1 037 000

—

1 037 000

3 128 000

—

3 128 000

367

Australian Trade Union Training Authority.....

—

4 000 000

4 000 000

—

8 937 000

8 937 000

368

Australian Industrial Registry..............

19 646 000

—

19 646 000

49 811 000

—

49 811 000

369

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission

—

8 808 000

8 808 000

—

19 807 000

19 807 000

370

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

383 000

—

383 000

987 000

—

987 000

371

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

—

1 000

1 000

—

5 592 000

5 592 000

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

48 788 000

15 841 000

64 629 000

119 530 000

58 636 150

178 166 150

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 365.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 27 722 000 | 65 604 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 3 032 000 | 24 300 150 |\n| Total: Division 365 | 30 754 000 | 89 904 150 |\n| Division 366.— AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AGENCY | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 1 037 000 | 3 128 000 |\n| Division 367.— AUSTRALIAN TRADE UNION TRAINING AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Trade Union Training Authority Act 1975 | 4 000 000 | 8 937 000 |\n| Division 368.— AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL REGISTRY | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 19 646 000 | 49 811 000 |\n| Division 369.— NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Act 1985 | 8 808 000 | 19 807 000 |\n| Division 370.— REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 383 000 | 987 000 |\n| Division 371.— COMCARE | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 — (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 1 000 | 5 592 000 |\n| Total: Department of Industrial Relations............... | 64 629 000 | 178 166 150 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND TOURISM\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

380

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

48 828 000

256 177 000

305 005 000

115 466 695

561 266 121

676 732 816

381

Australian Customs Service..................

158 769 000

2 247 000

161 016 000

377 042 000

5 675 564

382 717 564

382

Australian Institute of Marine Science...........

—

6 964 000

6 964 000

—

16 604 000

16 604 000

383

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

—

22 213 000

22 213 000

—

49 777 000

49 777 000

384

Export Finance Insurance Corporation...........

—

12 542 000

12 542 000

—

28 600 000

28 600 000

385

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

—

179 966 000

179 966 000

—

391 997 000

391 997 000

386

Australian Manufacturing Council Secretariat......

1 412 000

—

1 412 000

3 609 000

—

3 609 000

387

National Standards Commission...............

—

771 000

771 000

—

2 001 000

2 001 000

388

Anti‑Dumping Authority..............

698 000

—

698 000

1 786 000

—

1 786 000

390

Australian Tourist Commission................

—

40 415 000

40 415 000

—

80 266 000

80 266 000

Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Development Authority

—

—

—

1 099 000

1 120 000

2 219 000

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

209 707 000

521 295 000

731 002 000

499 002 695

1 137 306 685

1 636 309 380

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND TOURISM\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 380.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 48 828 000 | 115 466 695 |\n| 2.— Bounty and Subsidy Assistance................ | 40 453 000 | 132 970 000 |\n| 3.— Assistance for Industry Research and Development (including payments to the Industry Research and Development Act 1986) | 100 482 000 | 196 612 000 |\n| 4.— Industry Assistance........................ | 95 013 000 | 178 746 000 |\n| 5.— Other services (including payments to relevant trust accounts) | 16 540 000 | 44 254 121 |\n| 6.— Grants‑in‑aid................ | 3 689 000 | 8 684 000 |\n| Total: Division 380 | 305 005 000 | 676 732 816 |\n| Division 381.— AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 158 769 000 | 377 042 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | 2 247 000 | 5 675 564 |\n| Total: Division 381 | 161 016 000 | 382 717 564 |\n| Division 382.— AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Institute of Marine Science Act 1972 | 6 964 000 | 16 604 000 |\n| Division 383.— AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act 1987 | 22 213 000 | 49 777 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of Industry, Science and Tourism — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 384.— EXPORT FINANCE AND INSURANCE CORPORATION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991 | 12 542 000 | 28 600 000 |\n| Division 385.— COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Science and Industry Research Act 1949 | 179 966 000 | 391 997 000 |\n| Division 386.— AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING COUNCIL SECRETARIAT | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation —‑ see section 8) (see also section 9) | 1 412 000 | 3 609 000 |\n| Division 387.— NATIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the National Measurement Act 1960 | 771 000 | 2 001 000 |\n| Division 388. — ANTI‑DUMPING AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 698 000 | 1 786 000 |\n| Division 390.— AUSTRALIAN TOURIST COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Tourist Commission Act 1987 | 40 415 000 | 80 266 000 |\n| TEXTILES, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY | | |\n| Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | — | 1 099 000 |\n| Industry Assistance Programs...................... | — | 1 120 000 |\n| Total | — | 2 219 000 |\n| Total: Department of Industry, Science and Tourism...... | 731 002 000 | 1 636 309 380 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND ENERGY\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

490

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

42 315 000

139 314 000

181 629 000

108 379 000

307 764 000

416 143 000

491

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

6 646 000

—

6 646 000

23 952 000

—

23 952 000

492

Australian Geological Survey Organisation........

21 655 000

46 000

21 701 000

70 536 000

78 000

70 614 000

493

Australian Fisheries Management Authority.......

—

3 820 000

3 820 000

—

10 616 000

10 616 000

494

National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals

—

33 000

33 000

52 000

52 000

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

70 616 000

143 213 000

213 829 000

202 867 000

318 510 000

521 377 000

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND ENERGY\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 490.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 42 315 000 | 108 379 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services (including payments to relevant trust accounts) | 78 036 000 | 165 751 000 |\n| 3.— Industries Development....................... | 7 865 000 | 17 673 000 |\n| 4.— Infrastructure and Support (including payments to Natural Resources Management Trust Account) | 36 924 000 | 68 676 000 |\n| 5.— Research and Assessment (including payments to relevant trust accounts) | 16 489 000 | 55 664 000 |\n| Total: Division 490 | 181 629 000 | 416 143 000 |\n| Division 491. — AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 6 646 000 | 23 952 000 |\n| Division 492.— AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 21 655 000 | 70 536 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 46 000 | 78 000 |\n| Total: Division 492 | 21 701 000 | 70 614 000 |\n| Division 493.— AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Fisheries Administration Act 1991 | 3 820 000 | 10 616 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of Primary Industries and Energy — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 494.— NATIONAL REGISTRATION AUTHORITY FOR AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 | 33 000 | 52 000 |\n| Total: Department of Primary Industries and Energy....... | 213 829 000 | 521 377 080 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

500

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

19 278 000

10 766 000

30 044 000

48 022 501

19 835 360

67 857 861

501

Commonwealth Ombudsman................

4 141 000

—

4 141 000

9 382 000

—

9 382 000

502

Governor‑General’s Office and Establishments

3 153 000

185 000

3 338 000

8 079 000

2 976 000

11 055 000

503

Office of the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security

262 000

—

262 000

669 000

—

669 000

504

Office of National Assessments..............

2 878 000

—

2 878 000

7 270 000

—

7 270 000

505

Public Service Commissioner................

8 146 000

5 000

8 151 000

23 983 000

10 000

23 993 000

506

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission..

—

465 206 000

465 206 000

—

908 198 000

908 198 000

507

Torres Strait Regional Authority..............

—

13 709 000

13 709 000

—

36 343 000

36 343 000

508

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

—

2 559 000

2 559 000

—

5 742 000

5 742 000

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

37 858 000

492 430 000

530 288 000

97 405 501

973 104 360

1 070 509 861

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 500.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 19 278 000 | 48 022 501 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 10 766 000 | 19 835 360 |\n| Total: Division 500 | 30 044 000 | 67 857 861 |\n| Division 501.— COMMONWEALTH OMBUDSMAN | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 4 141 000 | 9 382 000 |\n| Division 502.— GOVERNOR‑GENERAL’S OFFICE AND ESTABLISHMENTS | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 3 153 000 | 8 079 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 185 000 | 2 976 000 |\n| Total: Division 502 | 3 338 000 | 11 055 000 |\n| Division 503.— OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR‑GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 262 000 | 669 000 |\n| Division 504.— OFFICE OF NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 2 878 000 | 7 270 000 |\n| Division 505.— PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 8 146 000 | 23 983 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 5 000 | 10 000 |\n| Total: Division 505 | 8 151 000 | 23 993 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of the Prime Minister and Cabinet — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 506. — ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 | 465 206 000 | 908 198 000 |\n| Division 507.— TORRES STRAIT REGIONAL AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under Part 3A of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 | 13 709 000 | 36 343 000 |\n| Division 508.— AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Insitute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 | 2 559 000 | 5 742 000 |\n| Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet...... | 530 288 000 | 1 070 509 861 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

560

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

553 114 000

9 643 000

562 757 000

1 386 803 555

39 563 000

1 426 366 555

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

553 114 000

9 643 000

562 757 000

1 386 803 555

39 563 000

1 426 366 555

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 560.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 553 114 000 | 1 386 803 555 |\n| 2.— Other Services.......................... | 9 643 000 | 39 563 000 |\n| Total: Division 560 | 562 757 000 | 1 426 366 555 |\n| Total: Department of Social Security.............. | 562 757 000 | 1 426 366 555 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

650

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

39 242 000

49 519 000

88 761 000

107 919 923

116 304 000

224 223 923

651

Australian National Railways Commission.....

—

12 560 000

12 560 000

—

74 340 000

74 340 000

652

Australian Maritime Safety Authority........

—

4 197 000

4 197 000

—

9 147 000

9 147 000

653

Civil Aviation Safety Authority............

—

11 448 000

11 448 000

—

40 521 000

40 521 000

654

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

—

3 780 000

3 780 000

—

9 073 000

9 073 000

Shipping Industry Reform Authority.........

—

—

—

—

750 000

750 000

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

39 242 000

81 504 000

120 746 000

107 919 923

250 135 000

358 054 923

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 650.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 39 242 000 | 107 919 923 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 48 996 000 | 115 051 000 |\n| 3.— Grants and Contributions...................... | 523 000 | 1 253 000 |\n| Total: Division 650 | 88 761 000 | 224 223 923 |\n| Division 651.— AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian National Railways Commission Act 1983 | 12 560 000 | 74 340 000 |\n| Division 652.— AUSTRALIAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 | 4 197 000 | 9 147 000 |\n| Division 653. — CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Civil Aviation Act 1988..... | 11 448 000 | 40 521 000 |\n| Division 654. — AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Airservices Act 1995....... | 3 780 000 | 9 073 000 |\n| SHIPPING INDUSTRY REFORM AUTHORITY | | |\n| Running Costs................................. | — | 750 000 |\n| Total: Department of Transport and Regional Development. | 120 746 000 | 358 054 923 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY\n\nSUMMARY\n\nSupply Act (No. 1) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation — 1995‑96 \\*, Light Figures\n\n```html\n

Division

Running Costs

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

670

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

18 890 000

22 415 000

41 305 000

49 243 022

213 222 000

262 465 022

671

Australian Bureau of Statistics.................

156 802 000

30 000

156 832 000

260 754 000

69 000

260 823 000

672

Australian Taxation Office...................

567 829 000

11 099 000

578 928 000

1 244 430 000

22 758 441

1 267 188 441

673

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

—

55 487 000

55 487 000

—

121 677 000

121 677 000

674

Companies and Securities Advisory Committee......

—

343 000

343 000

—

819 000

819 000

675

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...

12 924 000

1 118 000

14 042 000

31 499 000

2 146 000

33 645 000

676

National Competition Council.................

724 000

—

724 000

2 346 000

—

2 346 000

677

Insurance and Superannuation Commission........

15 428 000

141 000

15 569 000

40 568 000

337 000

40 905 000

678

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

10 678 000

188 000

10 866 000

27 783 000

435 000

28 218 000

679

Economic Planning Advisory Commission.........

1 252 000

—

1 252 000

3 325 000

—

3 325 000

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

784 527 000

90 821 000

875 348 000

1 659 948 022

361 463 441

2 021 411 463

\n```\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 670.— ADMINISTRATIVE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 18 890 000 | 49 243 022 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 22 415 000 | 213 222 000 |\n| Total: Division 670 | 41 305 000 | 262 465 022 |\n| Division 671.— AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 156 802 000 | 260 754 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 30 000 | 69 000 |\n| Total: Division 671 | 156 832 000 | 260 823 000 |\n| Division 672.— AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 567 829 000 | 1 244 430 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services.............................. | 11 099 000 | 22 758 441 |\n| Total: Division 672 | 578 928 000 | 1 267 188 441 |\n| Division 673.— AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under the Australian Securities Commission Act 1989 | 55 487 000 | 121 677 000 |\n| Division 674.— COMPANIES AND SECURITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE | | |\n| 1.— For expenditure under Part 9 of the Australian Securities Commission Act 1989 | 343 000 | 819 000 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE — continued\n\nDepartment of the Treasury — continued\n\n| | Supply Appropriation 1996‑97 | Appropriation 1995‑96 * |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| | $ | $ |\n| Division 675.— AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 12 924 000 | 31 499 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | 1 118 000 | 2 146 000 |\n| Total: Division 675 | 14 042 000 | 33 645 000 |\n| Division 676.— NATIONAL COMPETITION COUNCIL | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 724 000 | 2 346 000 |\n| Division 677.— INSURANCE AND SUPERANNUATION COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 15 428 000 | 40 568 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | 141 000 | 337 000 |\n| Total: Division 677 | 15 569 000 | 40 905 000 |\n| Division 678.— INDUSTRY COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 10 678 000 | 27 783 000 |\n| 2.— Other Services............................ | 188 000 | 435 000 |\n| Total: Division 678 | 10 866 000 | 28 218 000 |\n| Division 679.— ECONOMIC PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION | | |\n| 1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 8) (see also section 9) | 1 252 000 | 3 325 000 |\n| Total: Department of the Treasury................. | 875 348 000 | 2 021 411 463 |\n\n\\* Includes amounts issued or estimated to be issued from the amounts appropriated under Division 290 — Advance to the Minister for Finance and Division 291 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings and amounts appropriated or estimated to be appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.\n\n \n\n\\[Minister’s second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 8 May 1996\n\nSenate on 30 May 1996\\]\n\n| 78161 Cat. No. 96 4743 0 ISBN 0644 448164 | |\n| ----------------------------------------- | --- |\n\n![](image.005.png)Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer (19/96)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Section 3 (definition of 'Appropriation Act (No. 1)')","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A definition that defines a term solely by reference to a future Act that hasn't been enacted provides no operative content at the time of enactment. The definition is entirely contingent on the future passage of legislation. While this is a known parliamentary drafting technique for supply acts (which are explicitly interim measures pending the main appropriation), the definition is technically hollow at the time of commencement — you cannot look up the 'Appropriation Act (No. 1)' because it doesn't exist yet. Sections 10, 11, and 12 all trigger on events occurring 'before the commencement of the Appropriation Act (No. 1)', which itself is undefined until that Act passes.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The definition of 'Appropriation Act (No. 1)' defines it as 'the Act to be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1996-97' — an Act that does not yet exist at the time this Supply Act was enacted. The definition is therefore a forward reference to a non-existent Act, meaning the term is defined by reference to something that may never come into being."},{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Section 10(1) and 10(2)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The phrase 'is taken at all times to have had effect' in sections 10, 11, and 12 is a standard retrospective deeming formula. However, combined with section 2 (which states the Act commences on Royal Assent, i.e., 14 June 1996), these provisions purport to deem the Act to have had effect before its commencement — i.e., before it existed. The Act cannot retroactively apply to transactions before 14 June 1996 via a 'has always had effect' formula when those transactions occurred before the Act commenced. This creates a logical impossibility: the statute is retroactively deemed to have always been in a form it wasn't in at the time it actually existed.","confidence":0.7,"description":"Both subsections state the Act 'has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect' as if certain appropriations had always applied differently — yet the Act itself only commenced on 14 June 1996 (the date of Royal Assent per section 2). The retroactive deeming provision applies to an Act that has been in force for potentially zero days, creating a logical impossibility: the Act is deemed to have 'always' had a different effect before it even existed."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Section 15 (definition of 'Financial Management and Accountability Act')","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A definition that says a term means one of two Acts (identified by year) but does not specify which one applies, and where neither Act yet exists at enactment, is logically indeterminate. Section 17(2) provides a modified definition that resolves this ('whichever is in force'), but the parent definition in section 15 does not. The inconsistency between the section 15 definition and the section 17(2) modified definition creates a potential ambiguity about which version governs before the operative day.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The definition of 'Financial Management and Accountability Act' in Part 2 provides two alternative citations — 'the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1996' or 'the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997' — without specifying which year applies or under what conditions. At the time of enactment, neither Act existed. The definition is disjunctive but provides no resolution mechanism for choosing between the two alternatives."},{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Section 5(1)","severity":"low","reasoning":"The reference date of 23 April 1996 in section 5(2) pre-dates the Act's Royal Assent of 14 June 1996 by almost 7 weeks. Salary increases that became payable between 23 April and 14 June 1996 would need to be funded retroactively. While supply acts routinely cover pre-commencement periods, the specific combination of a fixed past reference date and a commencement tied to Royal Assent creates a gap where the appropriation must reach back before it legally exists. This is a structural quirk rather than a drafting error, but is worthy of note.","confidence":0.6,"description":"Section 5(1) allows the Minister to issue additional salary-related amounts 'at any time before 1 December 1996' but section 5(2) limits those amounts to increases in salaries that 'have become payable or become payable, or have commenced or commence to be paid, after 23 April 1996'. The Act received Royal Assent on 14 June 1996, meaning the window between 23 April 1996 and 14 June 1996 is a period during which salary increases could have become payable but before the appropriation existed — those increases would need to be covered retroactively. While technically the CRF is appropriated for these purposes under s.5(5), the Minister is empowered to issue funds for obligations that pre-date the Act's commencement."},{"type":"other","section":"Section 8(2)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"This provision creates a genuine logical absurdity: money that does not exist (has not 'in fact been received') is deemed to exist for appropriation purposes. While this is a known technique for handling accrual accounting, it creates an inherent tension with the fundamental constitutional purpose of appropriation law — to control actual public expenditure from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. The provision allows spending against phantom receipts, which is logically contrary to the cash-accounting framework otherwise implied by the Act. Section 9(6) contains an identical fiction for employment subsidy payments.","confidence":0.8,"description":"Section 8(2) deems an amount 'taken to be money received' from a transaction 'whether or not money has in fact been received in payment of that amount'. This creates a legal fiction whereby notional (non-existent) money is treated as real appropriated money that can be credited and drawn upon, effectively allowing government agencies to spend money they have not actually received."},{"type":"other","section":"Section 17(6) — substituted Section 14","severity":"low","reasoning":"The original section 14 permitted post-financial-year action to correct errors and balance funds, despite section 36 of the Audit Act 1901 closing accounts. The substituted section 14 in s.17(6) first prohibits all post-30 June 1997 CRF debits (s.14(1)), then immediately creates an exception (s.14(2)) that is functionally identical to the original section 14. The net legal effect appears to be the same, making the substitution largely circular. This may be intentional transitional drafting but is nonetheless logically redundant.","confidence":0.65,"description":"Section 17(6) substitutes a new section 14 that prohibits debiting the CRF after 30 June 1997, but the original section 14 (which it replaces) expressly permitted post-30 June 1997 action to correct errors and balance funds. The substituted section 14(2) then carves back in an almost identical exception. The result is that the prohibition in s.14(1) and the exception in s.14(2) together replicate the effect of the original section 14, raising the question of what the substitution actually achieves beyond cosmetic restructuring."},{"type":"other","section":"Section 9B (inserted by Section 17(5))","severity":"high","reasoning":"The power to charge expenditure for which 'there is no relevant appropriation' to an existing Schedule item — at the Minister's direction — effectively allows the executive to appropriate funds without parliamentary authority, subject only to the cap of the 'Advance to the Minister for Finance'. While the Advance mechanism is a known parliamentary device, framing it as a cure for 'no relevant appropriation' rather than as a pre-authorised contingency fund creates a tension with constitutional appropriation principles. The provision explicitly contemplates and legitimises spending without prior appropriation, which is a significant structural anomaly.","confidence":0.72,"description":"Section 9B (inserted by section 17(5)) permits expenditure in excess of appropriation — or for which there is no appropriation at all — to be 'charged to such item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule as the Minister directs'. This provision essentially allows the Minister to create ex post facto appropriations by directing that unauthorised expenditure be charged against existing appropriations, which is logically inconsistent with the constitutional requirement that money not be drawn from the CRF without parliamentary appropriation."},{"type":"other","section":"Schedule — Abstract (Total discrepancy)","severity":"low","reasoning":"The departmental abstract table totals $14,424,174,000, while the operative appropriation in section 4(1) is $14,659,174,000. The $235,000,000 gap is accounted for by Divisions 290 and 291 (Advance to the Minister and Running Costs Borrowings provision), which are listed separately in the Schedule but excluded from the departmental summary tables. Footnote (a) partially explains this but only for the Department of Finance row. A reader of the Abstract alone would find the total does not match the statutory appropriation, creating genuine potential for confusion. This is a presentation issue that rises above mere formatting.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The Abstract in the Schedule shows a departmental total of $14,424,174,000 for the Supply Act 1996-97 allocations across listed departments, but section 4(1) and the overall Schedule total state the appropriation is $14,659,174,000. The difference of $235,000,000 corresponds to the Advance to the Minister for Finance ($215,000,000) and the Provision for Running Costs Borrowings ($20,000,000), which are listed in the Schedule but are excluded from the departmental summary table. The presentation is potentially misleading but is explained (obliquely) in footnote (a)."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 14 (original — error correction after 30 June 1997)","section_b":"Section 17(6) (substituted Section 14 — prohibition on post-30 June 1997 debits)","confidence":0.7,"description":"The original section 14 expressly permits the Minister to take action after 30 June 1997 to correct errors and balance funds, operating as an exception to section 36 of the Audit Act 1901. Section 17(6) then repeals and substitutes section 14 with a version that first prohibits all post-30 June 1997 CRF debits (subsection (1)) before re-introducing almost the identical exception (subsection (2)). The original section 14 applies when Part 2 does not apply; the substituted version applies when Part 2 does apply (i.e., when the FMA Act commences before 30 June 1997). This creates a regime where the practical rule is the same but the legal pathway is different, potentially causing confusion about which version governs during any transitional period."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 8 (net annotated appropriations — pre-operative day)","section_b":"Section 17(3) (substituted Section 8 — post-operative day)","confidence":0.75,"description":"Section 8 (original) provides that money received by a Department from specified transactions 'may be credited' to the relevant subdivision, subject to agreement between the Minister and the responsible Minister. Section 17(3) substitutes a completely different section 8 that operates on a different basis — requiring an in-force agreement under the Financial Management and Accountability Act and referring to 'Agencies' rather than 'Departments'. The two versions have materially different operative mechanisms and different legal tests for when crediting is permitted. Section 16 states Part 2 only applies if the FMA Act commences before 30 June 1997, creating a potential gap if the FMA Act commences partway through the year: the original section 8 would govern the pre-operative period and the substituted version the post-operative period, but transactions spanning the operative day have no clear governing provision."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 4(2) (application of amounts — previous year purposes)","section_b":"Section 7 (money appropriated for a program)","confidence":0.65,"description":"Section 4(2) restricts the application of amounts (other than running costs) to purposes 'of a kind for which money appropriated... in an Act appropriating money for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1996 could lawfully have been applied'. Section 7 expands this by deeming money appropriated for a program to be appropriated for payments under Acts administered as part of the program AND 'other purposes of the program, being purposes for which appropriation has been made in an earlier Act'. The 'earlier Act' in section 7 is not limited to the 1995-96 appropriation — it could reach back to any earlier Act — potentially allowing purposes broader than what section 4(2) would permit, creating a conflict between the two provisions' scope of permissible application."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Section 10(1) — National Film and Sound Archive (references 'Department of Communications and the Arts')","section_b":"Schedule — Department heading (uses 'Department of Communication and the Arts')","confidence":0.95,"description":"Section 10(1) refers to 'the Department of Communications and the Arts' (with an 's' on Communications), while the Schedule heading and section 10(2) refer to 'the Department of Communication and the Arts' (without the 's'). This inconsistency in the department's name within the same Act — across substantive sections and the Schedule — creates ambiguity about which entity is being referred to, though context makes the intended referent clear."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Section 9(2)(a) — approved payment declaration (any payment is approved)","section_b":"Section 9(2)(b) — approved payment declaration (only specified payments are approved)","confidence":0.6,"description":"Section 9(2) requires the Minister to declare EITHER (a) that any payment from the scheme is an approved payment, OR (b) that only payments for a specified purpose are approved. These are mutually exclusive options. However, section 9(3) requires the Minister to 'observe any guidelines determined by the Minister under subsection (4)' when making declarations under subsection (2). If the Minister's own guidelines require both broad and narrow approval simultaneously, or if guidelines conflict with the binary choice in subsection (2), the Minister faces an impossible compliance situation. More fundamentally, the Minister is required to observe guidelines the Minister themselves makes — a self-referential obligation that provides no external constraint."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Supply Act (No. 1) 1996-97 remains firmly within its original and traditional purpose: providing interim appropriation authority to keep the Commonwealth government funded at the start of a financial year pending passage of the full Budget appropriation legislation. This is a standard, recurring form of Commonwealth legislation. While the Act contains technically sophisticated provisions (net annotated appropriations, employment subsidy crediting, and a contingent self-modification framework for the incoming Financial Management and Accountability Act), these are consistent refinements of appropriation mechanics rather than any expansion of the legislation's fundamental purpose. The scope has not grown beyond interim government funding."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive Schedule spanning 20 departments with hundreds of individual line items across multiple divisions and subdivisions","Net annotated appropriation mechanism (section 8) with conditional crediting logic triggered by specific wording in Schedule items","Employment subsidy scheme provisions (section 9) with multi-layered approval process: determinations, declarations, guidelines, and notional payment rules","Contingent provisions for three named bodies-in-waiting (National Film and Sound Archive, National Science and Technology Centre, Gene Technology Authority, Productivity Commission) with time-conditional appropriation splits depending on whether each body is established before or after 1 July 1996","Part 2 creates a self-modifying framework: if the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences before 30 June 1997, this Act automatically rewrites several of its own sections, substituting new definitions, repealing and replacing section 8, modifying section 9, and inserting new sections 9A and 9B","Multiple cross-references to external legislation including the Audit Act 1901, Loan Consolidation and Investment Reserve Act 1955, and numerous agency-specific enabling Acts","Dual-column Schedule comparing 1996-97 supply appropriations against 1995-96 full-year appropriations (including footnoted adjustments), requiring readers to track two sets of figures simultaneously","Notional/real payment deeming provisions in sections 8(2), 9(6), 11(3) — legal fictions treating amounts credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund as if actually received","Reserved Money Fund and Commercial Activities Fund substitution provisions (section 17(7)-(9)) triggered by ministerial determinations under a not-yet-commenced Act","Salary increases provision (section 5) with a specific cut-off date (23 April 1996) and expiry date (1 December 1996) creating time-bound conditional authority"],"plain_english_summary":"## What Is This Law?\n\nThe **Supply Act (No. 1) 1996-97** is a temporary funding law that keeps the Commonwealth government running when the full annual budget (called an \"appropriation\") hasn't yet been passed by Parliament.\n\nThink of it like this: the government's financial year runs from 1 July to 30 June each year. If Parliament hasn't finished debating and passing the main Appropriation Acts before 1 July, the government would have no legal authority to spend money on anything — public servants couldn't be paid, services couldn't be delivered, and the country would grind to a halt. A Supply Act plugs that gap.\n\n---\n\n## What Does It Actually Do?\n\n**The core job:** It authorises the Minister for Finance to draw **$14,659,174,000** (almost $14.7 billion) out of the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the Commonwealth's main bank account, funded by taxes and other government revenue) to pay for government services from 1 July 1996 until the full Budget laws kick in.\n\n**Who benefits or is affected?** Every Australian who relies on government services — which is basically everyone. The money is spread across 20 government departments covering:\n- **Defence** ($4.6 billion) — the largest single allocation\n- **Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs** ($1.5 billion)\n- **Health and Family Services** ($1.4 billion)\n- **Social Security** ($563 million)\n- **Foreign Affairs and Trade** ($1 billion, including foreign aid)\n- And dozens more — from the Attorney-General's Department to the Treasury\n\n**The money is interim only.** The amounts in this Act represent roughly 40% of the full-year budget (a proportional slice to tide things over), not the full year's appropriation. Once the main Appropriation Act passes, it takes over.\n\n---\n\n## Key Mechanisms\n\n- **Salary increases:** The Minister can issue extra money (before 1 December 1996) to cover pay rises that became payable after 23 April 1996, under awards or laws — but must report this to Parliament.\n- **Net appropriations (\"net annotated appropriations\"):** Some agencies can offset their appropriation with money they *earn* (e.g., from selling goods or providing services). This reduces the net cost to government.\n- **Employment subsidy schemes:** The Minister can designate certain employment programs as \"approved,\" allowing agencies to credit money received from those programs back into their running-cost budgets.\n- **Loan Consolidation Reserve:** The Minister can also draw additional amounts specifically for topping up the Loan Consolidation and Investment Reserve — a special government investment fund.\n- **Advance to the Minister for Finance ($215 million):** A discretionary fund allowing the Minister to cover urgent or unforeseen spending, subject to later reporting to Parliament.\n- **Accounting corrections:** Even after 30 June 1997, the Minister can fix accounting errors or rebalance the Commonwealth's funds.\n- **Transition to new financial management laws:** Part 2 of the Act prepares for the possible commencement of the *Financial Management and Accountability Act* — if that Act started before 30 June 1997, this Supply Act would automatically modify itself to use the new framework's rules and terminology (e.g., replacing \"Department\" with \"Agency,\" updating trust account references).\n\n---\n\n## Why Does It Matter?\n\nWithout this Act, the Commonwealth government would have **no legal power to spend money** at the start of the financial year. It is a constitutional necessity under section 83 of the Australian Constitution, which says money can only be drawn from the Treasury if authorised by law. This Act provides that authorisation — temporarily — until the real budget laws are in place."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2347},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose of providing interim appropriations for the 1996-97 financial year. The machinery provisions—including net appropriations, salary increase contingencies, and transitional arrangements for the Financial Management and Accountability Act—are standard and necessary operational features of supply legislation, not scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Detailed appropriation schedule spanning 20+ departments and statutory authorities with specific dollar amounts for running costs vs other services","Conditional/hypothetical provisions (sections 10-12) that reallocate appropriations only if certain new bodies (Productivity Commission, National Film and Sound Archive, etc.) are established by separate legislation before the main Appropriation Act commences","Net appropriation mechanisms (section 8) with five distinct categories of receipts (sales, leasing, services, employee benefits, sub-leasing) that agencies may retain","Transitional modification provisions in Part 2 that rewrite sections of the Act upon commencement of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1996/1997","Cross-referencing to multiple other Acts including the Audit Act 1901, Loan Consolidation and Investment Reserve Act 1955, and various department-specific Acts listed in the Schedule","Nested conditional logic for employment subsidy schemes requiring Ministerial determinations and declarations (section 9)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis Act provides interim funding (known as a \"supply\" appropriation) to keep the Australian Government operating for the financial year ending 30 June 1997, until the full Appropriation Acts could be passed.\n\n**Key provisions**\n\n- **$14.6 billion appropriated**: Authorizes the Minister to draw this amount from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (Australia's main government bank account) to pay for ordinary annual services across all departments\n- **Department funding**: Allocates money to every government department—including Defence, Health, Foreign Affairs, and the Attorney-General's Department—split between \"running costs\" (day-to-day operations like salaries) and \"other services\" (programs, grants, and capital works)\n- **Salary increases**: Allows additional funding for pay rises awarded to public servants after 23 April 1996, ensuring budget flexibility for wage adjustments\n- **Net appropriations**: Permits certain agencies to retain money they earn (from selling goods, providing services, or sub-leasing property) and add it to their budget allocation rather than returning it to the Consolidated Revenue Fund\n- **New agencies**: Contains contingency provisions (sections 10–12) so that if new bodies like the Productivity Commission, National Film and Sound Archive, or Gene Technology Authority are established by separate legislation, they automatically receive their share of funding\n- **Emergency funding**: Includes $215 million as an \"Advance to the Minister for Finance\" for urgent, unforeseen spending, provided Parliament is notified afterwards\n- **Employment subsidies**: Creates mechanisms for approved employment subsidy schemes, allowing money to flow through to departments for specific job creation programs\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nWithout this legislation, the government could not legally pay public servants, fund veterans' benefits, run hospitals, issue passports, or maintain defence operations after the previous financial year's funding expired. It acts as a constitutional bridge—ensuring continuous government operation while Parliament debates and passes the complete annual budget.\n\n**Special features**\n\nThe Act also prepares for major financial management reforms. Part 2 contains provisions that automatically modify how the appropriations work if the new *Financial Management and Accountability Act* commences during the year, ensuring the funding rules align with modernized public sector accounting standards."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-1-1996-97","history":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-1-1996-97/history","analysis":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-1-1996-97/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-1-1996-97/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-1-1996-97/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-1-1996-97/documents"}}