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Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2015-16)

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This determination hands the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) an extra $101,237,000 for the 2015-16 financial year—cash the agency needed to gear up for the 2016 federal election.

The guts of it: Under the "Advance to the Finance Minister" (AFM) power, the Finance Minister can top up agency budgets when the original appropriation (budget allocation) falls short. Here, the Minister is pumping funds into the AEC's "departmental" budget—the bucket that pays for staff wages, IT systems, and operational logistics.

Why it happened: The AEC burned through its initial budget preparing for the July 2016 double dissolution election. Rather than let the agency run dry, the government used this legislative instrument to slip them the extra funds. It's a standard Budget repair job, but a hefty one.

Who's affected: Primarily the AEC (which gets to keep the lights on) and, indirectly, taxpayers funding the machinery of democracy.

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Advance to the Finance Minister Determin

Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2015‑16)

I, Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann, Minister for Finance, being satisfied of the matters set out in subsection 10(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2015‑2016 (the Act), make the following determination under subsection 10(2) of the Act:

That the Act have effect as if Schedule 1 of the Act were amended so that the items described in Column 1 of the Table, for the Entity listed in Column 2 of the Table, were increased by the amounts listed in Column 3 of the Table.

Table

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Appropriation Item	Entity	Amount
1	Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2015‑2016Departmental Item	Australian Electoral Commission	$101,237,000

Dated: 4 May 2016

MATHIAS HUBERT PAUL CORMANN

Minister for Finance

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Advance to the Finance Minister Determin Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2015‑16)

Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2015‑16)

Table

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Appropriation Item	Entity	Amount
1	Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2015‑2016Departmental Item	Australian Electoral Commission	$101,237,000

Dated: 4 May 2016

MATHIAS HUBERT PAUL CORMANN

Minister for Finance

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Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2015‑16)

Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2015‑16)

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