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Advance to the Finance Minister – section 13 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010 (No. 3 of 2009-2010)

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This determination gives an extra $10.4 million to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

What it's for: The money pays for the General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme (GEERS). This scheme covers wages, annual leave, and redundancy payments owed to workers when their employer goes broke (becomes insolvent).

How it works: Under the Appropriation Act, the Finance Minister can approve extra money when urgent or unforeseen costs arise. This document formally adds the cash to the department's budget under "Administered Item, Outcome 5".

Who benefits: Workers who lost their jobs because their company collapsed and are owed money by their former employer.

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ADVANCE TO THE FINANCE MINISTER — SECTIO

ADVANCE TO THE FINANCE MINISTER — SECTION 13 OF APPROPRIATION ACT (No. 1) 2009-2010

View image in the official sourceADVANCE TO THE FINANCE MINISTER – SECTION 13 OF APPROPRIATION ACT (No. 1) 2009-2010

I, the Hon. Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, being satisfied of the matters set out in subsection 13(1) of Appropriation

Act (No. 1) 2009-2010, hereby determine pursuant to subsection 13(2) of that Act, that Schedule 1 of that Act be taken to be amended with the amendment of the appropriation item listed in Column 1, for the Agency listed in Column 2, to be increased by the amount listed in Column 3 as follows:

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Appropriation Item	Agency	Amount
		$
Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations	10,364,000
Administered Item, Outcome 5

I note that the additional amount is provided to enable the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to meet an increased number of General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme payments.

Lindsay Tanner

25th February 2010 No. 3 of 2009-2010

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ADVANCE TO THE FINANCE MINISTER — SECTIO ADVANCE TO THE FINANCE MINISTER — SECTION 13 OF APPROPRIATION ACT (No. 1) 2009-2010

ADVANCE TO THE FINANCE MINISTER – SECTION 13 OF APPROPRIATION ACT (No. 1) 2009-2010

I, the Hon. Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, being satisfied of the matters set out in subsection 13(1) of Appropriation

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Appropriation Item	Agency	Amount
		$
Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations	10,364,000
Administered Item, Outcome 5

Lindsay Tanner

25th February 2010 No. 3 of 2009-2010