{"id":"C1973A00090","name":"Supply Act (No. 2) 1973-74","slug":"supply-act-no-2-1973-74","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"90 of 1973","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2555,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1973A00090-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Supply Act (No. 2) 1973-74","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSupply Act (No. 2) 1973-74\n\n![](image.003.png)![](image.002.png)No. 90 of 1973\n\nAN ACT\n\nTo make interim provision for the appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30th June, 1974.\n\n\\[Assented to 21st June, 1973\\]\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Supply Act (No. 2) 1973–74.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nIssue, application and appropriation of $404,973,000.\n\n3. (1) The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in the Schedule in respect of the financial year ending on 30th June, 1974, the sum of Four hundred and four million, nine hundred and seventy-three thousand dollars.\n\n(2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purposes of sub-section (1).\n\n15414/73—Price 20c\n\nSection 3. THE SCHEDULE\n\nABSTRACT\n\n| Page Reference | Departments and Services                             | Total       |\n| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |\n|                |                                                      | $           |\n| 3              | DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS...................  | 145,000     |\n| 3              | ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT....................    | 2,104,000   |\n| 3              | DEPARTMENT OF THE CAPITAL TERRITORY................  | 5,333,000   |\n| 4              | DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.......................  | 3,880,000   |\n| 4              | DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE..................   | 2,035,000   |\n| 4              | DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION..........................    | 4,502,000   |\n| 5              | DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION...    | 1,000,000   |\n| 5              | DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL TERRITORIES................   | 67,000      |\n| 5              | DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS......................  | 1,126,000   |\n| 5              | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH..............................   | 7,276,300   |\n| 6              | DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.............................   | 45,262,000  |\n| 7              | DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.........................   | 298,000     |\n| 7              | DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR.............................    | 120,000     |\n| 7              | DEPARTMENT OF THE MEDIA...........................   | 3,310,000   |\n| 8              | DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY.................   | 58,926,000  |\n| 8              | DEPARTMENT OF NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT..............     | 205,000     |\n| 8              | DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY..............   | 1,796,000   |\n| 9              | DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS TRADE......................   | 63,000      |\n| 9              | POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT..................    | 102,985,000 |\n| 9              | DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY....................   | 7,080,000   |\n| 9              | DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET........ | 25,000      |\n| 10             | REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT...........................   | 1,027,500   |\n| 10             | DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE.............................   | 8,403,300   |\n| 10             | DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES AND PROPERTY...............   | 5,726,200   |\n| 11             | DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY......................  | 1,675,000   |\n| 11             | DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND RECREATION..............   | 500,000     |\n| 12             | DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT..........................    | 5,851,000   |\n| 12             | DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY........................   | 1,829,700   |\n| 13             | ADVANCE TO THE TREASURER..........................   | 30,000,000  |\n| 13             | DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT.....    | 54,500,000  |\n| 13             | DEPARTMENT OF WORKS..............................    | 47,922,000  |\n|                | TOTAL..................................              | 404,973,000 |\n\n  \n\nDEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES\n\n| DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS                                                                         | $         |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |\n| Division 805.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                                 |           |\n| 2.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                                  |           |\n| 01. Northern Territory...........................................                                        | 145,000   |\n| ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT                                                                            |           |\n| Division 810.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                                 |           |\n| 1.—Buildings and Works—                                                                                  |           |\n| 01. Commonwealth/State Law Courts, Sydney...........................                                     | 2,000,000 |\n| 2.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                                  |           |\n| 01. Radio Equipment, Commonwealth Police Force........................                                   | 36,000    |\n| 02. Sound recording equipment, Law Courts of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory | 6,000     |\n| 03. Australian Capital Territory Police Force............................                                | 30,000    |\n| 04. Northern Territory Police Force..................................                                    | 30,000    |\n| 05. Film Censorship equipment.....................................                                       | 2,000     |\n|                                                                                                          | 104,000   |\n| Total: Attorney-General's Department                                                                     | 2,104,000 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF THE CAPITAL TERRITORY                                                                      |           |\n| Division 815.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                                 |           |\n| 1.—Buildings and Works—Australian Capital Territory—                                                     |           |\n| 01. Forestry (for payment to the Australian Capital Territory Forestry Trust Account).                   | 218,000   |\n| 02. Parks and Gardens...........................................                                         | 25,000    |\n| 03. Purchase of improvements on resumed leases.........................                                  | 150,000   |\n|                                                                                                          | 393,000   |\n| 2.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                                  |           |\n| 01. Australian Capital Territory—General Services........................                                | 130,000   |\n| 02. Australian Capital Territory—Transport.............................                                  | 660,000   |\n|                                                                                                          | 790,000   |\n| 3.—Advances and Loans—Australian Capital Territory—                                                      |           |\n| 01. Loans for housing (for payment to the Australian Capital Territory Housing Trust Account)            | 4,150,000 |\n| Total: Department of the Capital Territory                                                               | 5,333,000 |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION                                                                     | $         |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------- |\n| Division 820.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                         |           |\n| 1.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                          |           |\n| 01. Navigational aids, communications, power and lighting equipment...........                   | 2,700,000 |\n| 02. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment.....................                     | 1,100,000 |\n| 03. Computing equipment.........................................                                 | 80,000    |\n| Total: Department of Civil Aviation                                                              | 3,880,000 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE                                                                 |           |\n| Division 825.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                         |           |\n| 1.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                          |           |\n| 01. Purchase of launches and associated equipment........................                        | 10,000    |\n| 02. Special Services equipment.....................................                              | 125,000   |\n| 05. Computing equipment.........................................                                 | 1,900,000 |\n| Total: Department of Customs and Excise                                                          | 2,035,000 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                                                          |           |\n| Division 845.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                         |           |\n| 1.—Buildings and Works—                                                                          |           |\n| 01. The Australian National University—approved capital programmes...........                    | 1,660,000 |\n| 02. Canberra College of Advanced Education—approved capital programmes......                     | 2,090,000 |\n| 03. Independent schools, Australian Capital Territory—Assistance for approved capital programmes | 321,000   |\n| 04. Independent schools, Northern Territory—Assistance for approved capital programmes           | 47,000    |\n|                                                                                                  | 4,118,000 |\n| 2.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                          |           |\n| 01. Australian Capital Territory education services........................                      | 150,000   |\n| 02. Northern Territory education services...............................                         | 200,000   |\n| 03. Darwin Community College.....................................                                | 34,000    |\n|                                                                                                  | 384,000   |\n| Total: Department of Education                                                                   | 4,502,000 |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION                                    | $         |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |\n| Division 850.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                          |           |\n| 1.—For expenditure under the River Murray Waters Act....................          | 1,000,000 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL TERRITORIES                                                |           |\n| Division 855.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                          |           |\n| 1.—Acquisition of Sites and Buildings—                                            |           |\n| 03. Department of Civil Aviation—Papua New Guinea......................           | 52,000    |\n| 2.—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment—                                         |           |\n| 01. Christmas Island (recoverable from Christmas Island Phosphate Commission).... | 15,000    |\n| Total: Department of External Territories                                         | 67,000    |\n| DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS                                                     |           |\n| Division 860.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                          |           |\n| 1.—Buildings and Works—Overseas establishments—                                   |           |\n| 01. Other overseas establishments...................................              | 719,000   |\n| 2.—Plant and Equipment—                                                           |           |\n| 01. Overseas Establishments.......................................                | 407,000   |\n| Total: Department of Foreign Affairs                                              | 1,126,000 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH                                                              |           |\n| Division 865.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                          |           |\n| 1.—Plant and Equipment—                                                           |           |\n| 01. Australian Capital Territory health services...........................       | 80,000    |\n| 02. Northern Territory hospitals.....................................             | 184,600   |\n| 03. Northern Territory health services.................................           | 127,100   |\n| 04. Other health services..........................................               | 1,400,000 |\n|                                                                                   | 1,791,700 |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH—continued                                                                                            | $          |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| 2.—For expenditure under the Canberra Hospital Ordinance—Canberra Hospital..                                              | 155,000    |\n| 3.—For expenditure under the Canberra Hospital Ordinance—Woden Valley Hospital                                            | 500,000    |\n| 4.—Advances and Loans—                                                                                                    |            |\n| 01. Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Commission—Additional capital.........                                                | 872,100    |\n| Total: Division 865                                                                                                       | 3,318,800  |\n| Division 868.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES                                                                               |            |\n| 01. Cattle tick eradication and control in New South Wales...................                                             | 125,000    |\n| 02. Blood transfusion services......................................                                                      | 487,500    |\n| 03. Tuberculosis Act—Reimbursement of capital expenditure by State Governments..                                          | 163,400    |\n| 04. Tuberculosis Act—Reimbursement of administrative expenditure by State Governments                                     | 159,600    |\n| 05. States Grants (Milk for School Children) Act—Reimbursement of capital and incidental expenditure by State Governments | 22,000     |\n| 07. School Dental Scheme—Grants for capital expenditure on training facilities.....                                       | 1,000,000  |\n| 08. School Dental Scheme—Grants for running costs of training facilities.........                                         | 500,000    |\n| 10. School Dental Scheme—Grants towards running costs of clinics.............                                             | 1,500,000  |\n| Total: Division 868                                                                                                       | 3,957,500  |\n| Total: Department of Health                                                                                               | 7,276,300  |\n| DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING                                                                                                     |            |\n| Division 870.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                                                  |            |\n| 1.—Provision for Defence Service Homes...............................                                                     | 45,000,000 |\n| 2.—Buildings and Works—                                                                                                   |            |\n| 01. Migrant transitory accommodation—Construction of flats.................                                               | 20,000     |\n| 3.—Commonwealth Hostels—Buildings, Works, Plant and equipment—                                                            |            |\n| 01. Australian Capital Territory.....................................                                                     | 15,000     |\n| 02. Northern Territory...........................................                                                         | 227,000    |\n|                                                                                                                           | 242,000    |\n| Total: Department of Housing                                                                                              | 45,262,000 |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION                                                                          | $         |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |\n| Division 875.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                           |           |\n| 2.—Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Building, Works, Plant and Equipment.....                          | 250,600   |\n| 3.—Overseas Establishments—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment..........                         | 3,400     |\n| Total: Division 875                                                                                | 254,000   |\n| Division 878.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES                                                        |           |\n| 01. State Migration Centres—Contribution towards establishment costs...........                    | 44,000    |\n| Total: Department of Immigration                                                                   | 298,000   |\n| DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR                                                                               |           |\n| Division 882.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES                                                        |           |\n| 01.—Supervision of apprenticeship training...............................                          | 120,000   |\n| DEPARTMENT OF THE MEDIA                                                                            |           |\n| Division 885.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                           |           |\n| 2.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                            |           |\n| 01. Australian Government Publishing Service...........................                            | 150,000   |\n| 03. Commonwealth Film Unit......................................                                   | 100,000   |\n|                                                                                                    | 250,000   |\n| 4.—Australian Broadcasting Commission—For expenditure under the Broadcasting and Television Act    | 3,000,000 |\n| 5.—Australian Broadcasting Control Board—For expenditure under the Broadcasting and Television Act | 60,000    |\n| Total: Department of the Media                                                                     | 3,310,000 |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY                                                                | $          |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- |\n| Division 890.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                         |            |\n| 1.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                          |            |\n| 01. Bureau of Mineral Resources....................................                              | 250,000    |\n| 02. Division of National Mapping....................................                             | 94,000     |\n| 03. Other Branches.............................................                                  | 2,000      |\n| 04. Purchase of pipe and associated equipment for the Moomba-Sydney pipeline.....                | 54,000,000 |\n|                                                                                                  | 54,346,000 |\n| 2.—For expenditure under the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act.......                     | 4,000,000  |\n| 3.—For expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act.........................                          | 580,000    |\n| Total: Department of Minerals and Energy                                                         | 58,926,000 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT                                                               |            |\n| Division 895.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES                                                      |            |\n| 01. Compensation for Bovine Tuberculosis reactors........................                        | 205,000    |\n| DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY                                                             |            |\n| Division 900.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                         |            |\n| 1.—Buildings and Works—                                                                          |            |\n| 01. Construction of roads, footpaths and drainage works—Payments to Local Government Authorities | 75,000     |\n| 02. Purchase of improvements on resumed leases.........................                          | 5,000      |\n| 04. Assistance under the Water Supplies Development Ordinance...............                     | 80,000     |\n| 05. Development of water resources on Government projects..................                      | 60,000     |\n| 06. Township of Nhulunbuy—Nabalco Pty. Limited, Contribution..............                       | 20,000     |\n|                                                                                                  | 240,000    |\n| 2.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                          |            |\n| 01. General Services............................................                                 | 389,000    |\n| 02. Transport.................................................                                   | 417,000    |\n|                                                                                                  | 806,000    |\n| 3.—Advances and Loans—                                                                           |            |\n| 01. Loans for encouragement of primary production........................                        | 50,000     |\n| 02. Northern Territory Housing Commission—Advance.....................                           | 700,000    |\n|                                                                                                  | 750,000    |\n| Total: Department of the Northern Territory                                                      | 1,796,000  |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS TRADE                                                                        | $           |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |\n| Division 905.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                            |             |\n| 1.—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment—Overseas Establishments..........                          | 63,000      |\n| POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT                                                                     |             |\n| Division 910.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                            |             |\n| 01. For expenditure under the Post and Telegraph Act (for payment to the Post Office Trust Account) | 100,000,000 |\n| Division 912.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES—BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES—                      |             |\n| 1.—Technical Equipment and Other Services—                                                          |             |\n| 01. Sound Broadcasting..........................................                                    | 509,000     |\n| 02. Television.................................................                                     | 2,375,000   |\n| Total: Division 912                                                                                 | 2,884,000   |\n| Division 914.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES—WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY SERVICES                               |             |\n| 1.—Technical Equipment and other Services—For expenditure under the Wireless Telegraphy Act         | 101,000     |\n| Total: Postmaster-General's Department                                                              | 102,985,000 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY                                                                      |             |\n| Division 915.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                            |             |\n| 1.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                             |             |\n| 01. Forestry and Timber Bureau.....................................                                 | 40,000      |\n| Division 918.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES                                                         |             |\n| 01. Agricultural Extension Services..................................                               | 3,460,000   |\n| 02. Minor agricultural research.....................................                                | 80,000      |\n| 03. Eradication of Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis—Contribution...........                      | 1,400,000   |\n| 04. Emergency adjustment assistance to Apple and Pear and Canning Fruit Industries.                 | 2,100,000   |\n| Total: Division 918                                                                                 | 7,040,000   |\n| Total: Department of Primary Industry                                                               | 7,080,000   |\n| DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET                                                        |             |\n| Division 920.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                            |             |\n| 1.—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment—                                                           |             |\n| 01. Official establishments........................................                                 | 10,000      |\n| 02. Australian Film and Television School..............................                             | 15,000      |\n| Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet                                                 | 25,000      |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT                                                                                                     | $         |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |\n| Division 925.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                                                    |           |\n| 1.—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment—                                                                                   |           |\n| 01. Repatriation blocks at mental hospitals..............................                                                   | 170,000   |\n| 2.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                                                     |           |\n| 01. Computing equipment.........................................                                                            | 222,500   |\n| 02. Specialised equipment.........................................                                                          | 635,000   |\n|                                                                                                                             | 857,500   |\n| Total: Repatriation Department                                                                                              | 1,027,500 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE                                                                                                       |           |\n| Division 930.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                                                    |           |\n| 1.—Buildings and Works—                                                                                                     |           |\n| 01. Antarctic Division...........................................                                                           | 85,000    |\n| 2.—Plant and Equipment—                                                                                                     |           |\n| 01. Antarctic Division...........................................                                                           | 150,000   |\n| 02. Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology.............................                                                         | 400,000   |\n| 03. Other Branches.............................................                                                             | 67,300    |\n|                                                                                                                             | 617,300   |\n| 3.—Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization—For expenditure under the Science and Industry Research Act | 4,803,000 |\n| 4.—Anglo-Australian Telescope Board—For expenditure for the purposes of the Board                                           | 492,000   |\n| Division 933.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES                                                                                 |           |\n| 01. Research grants.............................................                                                            | 2,406,000 |\n| Total: Department of Science                                                                                                | 8,403,300 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES AND PROPERTY                                                                                         |           |\n| Division 940.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                                                    |           |\n| 1.—Acquisition of Sites and Buildings—Departmental—                                                                         |           |\n| 04. Department of the Capital Territory................................                                                     | 2,600,000 |\n| 05. Department of Civil Aviation....................................                                                        | 1,205,800 |\n| 06. Department of Customs and Excise................................                                                        | 200       |\n| 14. Department of Labour.........................................                                                           | 70,100    |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES AND PROPERTY—continued                                       | $         |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |\n| 1.—Acquisition of Sites and Buildings—continued—                                    |           |\n| 15. Department of the Media.......................................                  | 18,000    |\n| 18. Department of the Northern Territory...............................             | 274,500   |\n| 23. Department of Science........................................                   | 877,100   |\n| 27. Department of Services and Property...............................              | 428,600   |\n| 31. Department of Transport.......................................                  | 150,200   |\n|                                                                                     | 5,624,500 |\n| 2.—Acquisition of Sites and Buildings—Sound Broadcasting and Television Services—   |           |\n| 02. Television transmission........................................                 | 1,700     |\n| 3.—Plant and Equipment—                                                             |           |\n| 01. Department of Services and Property...............................              | 100,000   |\n| Total: Department of Services and Property                                          | 5,726,200 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY                                                       |           |\n| Division 945.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                            |           |\n| 2.—Plant and Equipment—                                                             |           |\n| 01. Computing equipment.........................................                    | 1,320,000 |\n| 02. Rehabilitation Service.........................................                 | 15,000    |\n| Total: Division 945                                                                 | 1,335,000 |\n| Division 947.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES                                         |           |\n| 01. States Grants (Home Care) Act—Grants towards costs of Senior Citizens' Centres. | 210,000   |\n| 02. States Grants (Home Care) Act—Grants towards salaries of Welfare Officers....   | 15,000    |\n| 03. States Grants (Home Care) Act—Grants towards costs of home care services....    | 115,000   |\n| Total: Division 947                                                                 | 340,000   |\n| Total: Department of Social Security                                                | 1,675,000 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND RECREATION                                                |           |\n| Division 958.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES                                         |           |\n| 01. Assistance towards international tourist attractions......................      | 500,000   |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT                                                              | $         |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------- |\n| Division 960.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                             |           |\n| 1.—Vessels, Plant and Equipment....................................                  | 320,000   |\n| 2.—Commonwealth Railways—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment—                      |           |\n| 01. Trans-Australian Railway......................................                   | 3,430,000 |\n| 02. Central Australia Railway......................................                  | 220,000   |\n| 03. North Australia Railway.......................................                   | 1,237,000 |\n| 04. Seat of Government Railway....................................                   | 9,000     |\n| 05. Port Augusta to Whyalla Railway.................................                 | 100,000   |\n|                                                                                      | 4,996,000 |\n| Total: Division 960                                                                  | 5,316,000 |\n| Division 963.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES                                          |           |\n| 1.—For expenditure under the Railway Standardisation (South Australia) Agreement Act | 100,000   |\n| 2.—For expenditure under the Railway Agreement (Western Australia) Act.......        | 60,000    |\n| 3.—Promotion of road safety practices.................................               | 75,000    |\n| 5.—For expenditure on railway works in New South Wales...................            | 300,000   |\n| Total: Division 963                                                                  | 535,000   |\n| Total: Department of Transport                                                       | 5,851,000 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY                                                           |           |\n| Division 965.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                             |           |\n| 1.—Plant and Equipment—                                                              |           |\n| 01. Royal Australian Mint.........................................                   | 3,000     |\n| 02. Bureau of Census and Statistics...................................               | 1,067,000 |\n| 03. Commonwealth Taxation Office..................................                   | 442,000   |\n| 04. Department of the Treasury.....................................                  | 76,700    |\n|                                                                                      | 1,588,700 |\n| Division 967.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES                                          |           |\n| 01. Loan to Queensland for community services—Townsville.................            | 241,000   |\n| Total: Department of the Treasury                                                    | 1,829,700 |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| ADVANCE TO THE TREASURER                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | $          |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- |\n| Division 970.—ADVANCE TO THE TREASURER                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |            |\n| To enable the Treasurer—                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |            |\n| (a) to make advances that will be recovered during the fianncial year;                                                                                                                                                                                 |            |\n| (b) to make moneys available for expenditure, particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament, including payments by way of financial assistance to a State on such terms and conditions, if any, as the Treasurer determines; and |            |\n| (c) to make moneys available for expenditure pending the issue of a warrant of the Governor-General specifically applicable to the expenditure                                                                                                         | 30,000,000 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                                                                                                           |            |\n| Division 971.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                                                                                                                                                                               |            |\n| 1.—For expenditure under the National Capital Development Commission Act.....                                                                                                                                                                          | 37,000,000 |\n| 2.—For expenditure under the National Urban and Regional Development Authority Act—                                                                                                                                                                    | 17,500,000 |\n| Total: Department of Urban and Regional Development                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 54,500,000 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF WORKS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |            |\n| Division 975.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES                                                                                                                                                                                                               |            |\n| 1.—Buildings and Works—Departmental—                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |            |\n| 01. Parliament................................................                                                                                                                                                                                         | 150,000    |\n| 03. Attorney-General's Department...................................                                                                                                                                                                                   | 70,000     |\n| 04. Department of Civil Aviation....................................                                                                                                                                                                                   | 6,000,000  |\n| 05. Department of Customs and Excise................................                                                                                                                                                                                   | 250,000    |\n| 06. Department of Education.......................................                                                                                                                                                                                     | 15,000     |\n| 08. Department of External Territories................................                                                                                                                                                                                 | 7,000      |\n| 09. Department of Foreign Affairs...................................                                                                                                                                                                                   | 100,000    |\n| 10. Department of Health.........................................                                                                                                                                                                                      | 800,000    |\n| 11. Department of Housing........................................                                                                                                                                                                                      | 80,000     |\n| 12. Department of Immigration.....................................                                                                                                                                                                                     | 25,000     |\n| 13. Department of Labour.........................................                                                                                                                                                                                      | 150,000    |\n| 14. Department of the Media.......................................                                                                                                                                                                                     | 70,000     |\n| 15. Minerals and Energy..........................................                                                                                                                                                                                      | 60,000     |\n| 17. Department of the Northern Territory...............................                                                                                                                                                                                | 5,000      |\n| 19. Department of Primary Industry..................................                                                                                                                                                                                   | 100,000    |\n| 20. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.........................                                                                                                                                                                              | 50,000     |\n| 21. Repatriation Department.......................................                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1,600,000  |\n| 22. Department of Science........................................                                                                                                                                                                                      | 2,870,000  |\n| 24. Department of Services and Property...............................                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,800,000  |\n| 25. Department of Social Security...................................                                                                                                                                                                                   | 350,000    |\n| 26. Department of the Special Minister of State...........................                                                                                                                                                                             | 700,000    |\n| 28. Department of Transport.......................................                                                                                                                                                                                     | 450,000    |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| DEPARTMENT OF WORKS—continued                                                         | $          |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| 1.—Buildings and Works—Departmental—continued—                                        |            |\n| 29. Department of the Treasury.....................................                   | 30,000     |\n| 30. Commonwealth Taxation Office..................................                    | 50,000     |\n| 32. Department of Works.........................................                      | 600,000    |\n|                                                                                       | 16,382,000 |\n| 2.—Buildings and Works—Australian Capital Territory Services—                         |            |\n| 02. Department of the Capital Territory................................               | 250,000    |\n| 03. Department of Education.......................................                    | 50,000     |\n| 04. Department of Health.........................................                     | 1,700,000  |\n| 05. Department of Works.........................................                      | 30,000     |\n|                                                                                       | 2,030,000  |\n| 3.—Buildings and Works—Cocos (Keeling) Islands—                                       |            |\n| 01. Department of External Territories................................                | 60,000     |\n| 4.—Buildings and Works—Northern Territory Services—                                   |            |\n| 01. Department of Aboriginal Affairs.................................                 | 1,800,000  |\n| 02. Attorney-General's Department...................................                  | 200,000    |\n| 03. Department of Education.......................................                    | 4,000,000  |\n| 04. Department of Health.........................................                     | 4,500,000  |\n| 05. Department of the Northern Territory...............................               | 14,000,000 |\n| 06. Department of Works.........................................                      | 200,000    |\n|                                                                                       | 24,700,000 |\n| 5.—Construction of Roads—Northern Territory—                                          |            |\n| 01. Department of the Northern Territory—For transport of beef cattle...........      | 800,000    |\n| 02. Department of the Northern Territory—Other roads, stock routes and water supplies | 2,000,000  |\n|                                                                                       | 2,800,000  |\n| 6.—Buildings and Works—Broadcasting and Television Services—                          |            |\n| 01. Sound broadcasting transmission..................................                 | 200,000    |\n| 02. Sound broadcasting studios and other purposes........................             | 200,000    |\n| 03. Television transmission........................................                   | 150,000    |\n| 04. Television studios...........................................                     | 400,000    |\n|                                                                                       | 950,000    |\n\n  \n\nDepartments and Services—continued\n\n| DEPARTMENT OF WORKS—continued                                            | $           |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- |\n| 7.—Plant and Equipment—                                                  |             |\n| 01. General services.............................................        | 500,000     |\n| 02. Australian Capital Territory Services............................... | 75,000      |\n| 03. Northern Territory Services.....................................     | 425,000     |\n|                                                                          | 1,000,000   |\n| Total: Department of Works                                               | 47,922,000  |\n| TOTAL—Departments and Services..................................         | 404,973,000 |\n\nPrinted by Authority by the Government Printer of Australia","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2146},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original purpose as an interim (supply) appropriation for the 1973-74 financial year, specifically authorising capital expenditure across government departments before passage of the main Appropriation Acts."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward single-purpose appropriation with no conditional logic or exceptions","Only three operative sections (short title, commencement, and appropriation mechanism)","Schedule consists solely of a financial table listing departments and dollar amounts","No interpretation section, defined terms, or complex cross-referencing","Legislative mechanism is a simple 'issue and apply' authorization followed by a tabular schedule"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act provides **interim funding** (known as \"supply\") to keep the Australian Government operating during the early months of the 1973-74 financial year.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Appropriates **$404.97 million** from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (Australia's main bank account)\n- Authorises spending on **capital works and services** — things like buildings, equipment, roads, and major infrastructure rather than day-to-day salaries\n- Covers the period until the full Budget is passed by Parliament\n\n**Where the money goes (major items):**\n- **Postmaster-General's Department**: $103 million (mostly for postal services infrastructure)\n- **Minerals and Energy**: $59 million (including $54 million for the Moomba-Sydney gas pipeline)\n- **Urban and Regional Development**: $54.5 million\n- **Works**: $47.9 million (construction and maintenance for various departments)\n- **Housing**: $45.3 million (including Defence Service Homes)\n- **Advance to the Treasurer**: $30 million (emergency funds for unexpected costs)\n\nSmaller amounts go to departments like Health ($7.3m), Education ($4.5m), and Aboriginal Affairs ($145,000) for buildings, equipment, and specific projects.\n\n**Why this matters:**\nSupply Acts are essential constitutional machinery. They ensure government departments can pay bills and start projects from 1 July (the start of the financial year) even though the main Budget debate typically runs until August or September. Without this temporary authority, the government would technically run out of money and be unable to operate."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Schedule — Department of Works, Division 975, Item 1, Sub-item 26","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The Schedule Abstract lists 31 departments/services and totals them to $404,973,000. The Department of the Special Minister of State appears only as a sub-line under Division 975 (Department of Works) but is not a named department in the Abstract and has no standalone division. This creates an internal inconsistency — funds are channelled through Works for an entity whose existence the Act itself does not formally acknowledge in its summary. While the department did exist in 1973, it is anomalous that it receives no direct appropriation line in the Abstract but receives $700,000 tucked inside another department's works allocation.","confidence":0.82,"description":"Appropriation of $700,000 for the 'Department of the Special Minister of State' under the Department of Works, yet no such department appears anywhere in the Schedule's Abstract or as a standalone department entry. The Special Minister of State is not listed in the Abstract summary at all, meaning funds are appropriated for a department that officially does not exist within this Act's own framework."},{"type":"other","section":"Section 2 and Preamble","severity":"low","reasoning":"Supply Acts routinely pass before the financial year they fund, so this is a structural feature rather than a drafting error. However, it does mean that for the ten days between 21 June 1973 and 30 June 1973, the Act is legally operative but the year it appropriates for has not commenced. Any attempt to draw funds under s.3(1) in that window would be drawing funds 'in respect of' a financial year that technically has not begun. The practical effect is negligible but logically curious.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The Act commenced on the day of Royal Assent (21 June 1973) yet purports to appropriate money 'for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30th June, 1974.' The financial year 1973-74 does not begin until 1 July 1973 — ten days after the Act came into force. The Act therefore operates prospectively to appropriate money for a year that has not yet started, but in a supply/interim context this creates a minor temporal absurdity: the Act is in operation for ten days during which the financial year it is funding does not yet exist."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Schedule — Division 970 — Advance to the Treasurer, paragraph (a)","severity":"low","reasoning":"The language 'will be recovered during the financial year' is stated as a certainty rather than an intention or expectation. This is boilerplate language common to Australian Supply Acts of this era, but as a matter of strict logic, no one can guarantee at the time of appropriation that every advance made will actually be recovered within the year. The provision conflates intent with certainty, which is logically imprecise.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The Advance to the Treasurer provision allows advances 'that will be recovered during the financial year.' Since this is an interim supply act covering only part of the 1973-74 year, it is entirely possible — and indeed likely — that some advances made under this provision cannot be recovered before 30 June 1974 if made late in the year, yet the provision states categorically they 'will be' recovered, creating an impossible guarantee."},{"type":"other","section":"Schedule — Division 855 — Department of External Territories, Item 1, Sub-item 03","severity":"low","reasoning":"While administratively understandable given PNG's status in 1973, the appropriation creates an odd arrangement where the Department of External Territories holds and disburses funds for civil aviation infrastructure — a matter squarely within the Department of Civil Aviation's purview. This is an administrative curiosity rather than a strict legal flaw, but it creates accountability ambiguity about which department is responsible.","confidence":0.6,"description":"An appropriation is made under the 'Department of External Territories' for 'Department of Civil Aviation — Papua New Guinea' ($52,000). This is doubly curious: first, Papua New Guinea was moving toward self-government and independence (achieved 1975), making an appropriation for infrastructure there under 'External Territories' potentially of uncertain legal effect; second, it allocates Civil Aviation expenditure through External Territories rather than the Department of Civil Aviation, creating a structural oddity where one department funds another department's activities in a territory."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Schedule — Abstract (Total Line: $404,973,000)","section_b":"Section 3(1) — Appropriation of $404,973,000","confidence":0.3,"description":"The Abstract total and the appropriation amount in s.3(1) agree at $404,973,000. However, the Department of Health itemised totals within the Schedule reveal a potential arithmetic discrepancy: Division 865 totals $3,318,800 and Division 868 totals $3,957,500, summing to $7,276,300 — which does match the Abstract. On closer inspection the internal sub-totals of Division 865 add to $1,791,700 (plant & equipment) + $155,000 + $500,000 + $872,100 = $3,318,800. This is internally consistent. No arithmetic contradiction is confirmed here."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Schedule — Department of Works, Division 975, sub-item 26 (Department of the Special Minister of State, $700,000)","section_b":"Schedule — Abstract (no entry for Department of the Special Minister of State)","confidence":0.78,"description":"The Abstract lists all departments receiving appropriations and sums to $404,973,000, but the Department of the Special Minister of State — which receives $700,000 embedded within Division 975 of the Department of Works — does not appear as a separate line in the Abstract. This means the Abstract implicitly absorbs the Special Minister of State's $700,000 within the Department of Works total ($47,922,000), yet the body of the Schedule presents it as expenditure for a distinct department. The Abstract therefore misrepresents which entities are receiving funds."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Schedule — Department of Northern Development, Division 895 — 'Compensation for Bovine Tuberculosis reactors' ($205,000)","section_b":"Schedule — Department of Primary Industry, Division 918, Item 03 — 'Eradication of Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis—Contribution' ($1,400,000)","confidence":0.72,"description":"Two separate departments — Northern Development and Primary Industry — both receive appropriations directed at bovine tuberculosis management. Department of Northern Development receives $205,000 for 'compensation for Bovine Tuberculosis reactors' (payments to farmers for destroyed cattle), while Primary Industry receives $1,400,000 for 'Eradication of Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis.' There is no delineation within the Act of which department has jurisdiction over which aspect of the same disease program, creating potential overlap and dual-funding of the same policy objective without clear demarcation."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act does exactly what a Supply Act is designed to do — provide interim appropriation authority for capital works and services pending the passage of a full Appropriation Act. There is no scope creep; it does not amend other legislation, create new legal obligations, or establish new institutions. The breadth of departments covered simply reflects the normal spread of Commonwealth government activity for the relevant financial year."},"complexity_factors":["Very short operative text — only 3 sections, with the real substance in the Schedule","Minimal defined terms — no interpretation section at all","No conditional logic or nested exceptions; the appropriation is a straightforward single-step authorisation","The Schedule is long and detailed but is essentially a structured list of line items, not legal prose requiring interpretation","Cross-references to other Acts (e.g. River Murray Waters Act, Broadcasting and Television Act, Science and Industry Research Act, Atomic Energy Act, Wireless Telegraphy Act, Post and Telegraph Act) exist but only to identify the purpose of spending, not to impose conditions","The 'Advance to the Treasurer' provision (Division 970) introduces a minor layer of flexibility but is standard boilerplate in Supply Acts of this era"],"plain_english_summary":"## Supply Act (No. 2) 1973–74 — Plain English Summary\n\n**What is this?**\n\nThis is a **Supply Act** — a type of temporary funding law that allows the federal government to keep paying its bills when a full annual budget (called an \"Appropriation Act\") hasn't yet been passed. Think of it like a stop-gap credit card approval that lets the government spend money while it sorts out its full budget for the year.\n\n**What does it actually do?**\n\nIt authorises the Commonwealth Treasurer to draw **$404,973,000** (just over $404 million in 1973 dollars — roughly equivalent to several billion dollars today) out of the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the government's main bank account, funded by taxes and other revenue). That money is earmarked for **capital works and services** across Commonwealth departments for the financial year ending 30 June 1974.\n\n**Who does it affect?**\n\nVirtually every corner of the federal government. The money is spread across **31 departments and services**, including:\n\n- 🏗️ **Big-ticket infrastructure**: The Postmaster-General's Department gets $103 million (mainly for the Post Office), the Department of Minerals and Energy gets nearly $59 million (including $54 million for the Moomba-to-Sydney gas pipeline), and the Department of Urban and Regional Development gets $54.5 million (for Canberra's development and a new urban development authority).\n- 🏠 **Housing**: $45 million for Defence Service Homes loans and other housing programmes.\n- 🏥 **Health**: $7.3 million across hospital equipment, tuberculosis programmes, school dental schemes, and blood transfusion services.\n- 🚂 **Transport**: $5.85 million for Commonwealth railways and road safety.\n- 🎓 **Education**: $4.5 million for universities, colleges, and schools in the ACT and Northern Territory.\n- 🌏 **Foreign Affairs & External Territories**: Funding for overseas posts and territories including Papua New Guinea, Christmas Island, and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.\n- 💰 **Advance to the Treasurer**: A $30 million flexible reserve that lets the Treasurer make urgent payments, recoverable advances, or emergency assistance to States without waiting for Parliament to approve each specific item.\n\n**Why does it matter?**\n\nWithout this Act, the government would have no legal authority to spend money — the Australian Constitution (section 83) requires that money only be drawn from the Treasury under a law passed by Parliament (called an \"appropriation\"). This Act is that legal permission slip, specifically for **capital spending** (i.e., buying assets, building things, and making loans) rather than day-to-day running costs.\n\nIt also reflects the priorities of the **Whitlam Labor government** in 1973, with notable funding flowing to newer departments like Urban and Regional Development, the Environment and Conservation, and the Media — departments that were created as part of that government's reform agenda."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-1973-74","history":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-1973-74/history","analysis":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-1973-74/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-1973-74/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-1973-74/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-1973-74/documents"}}