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Commonwealth act
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This Act authorises the Treasurer to withdraw £383,785 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for 1928–29 to pay for government capital works and equipment. Major spending focuses on defence infrastructure and the new Federal Capital (Canberra), with additional outlays for memorials, northern and central development, customs, and quarantine. It is the legal authority allowing these projects to be paid and highlights the government’s 1928 priorities—especially defence and the fledgling capital.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1928-29.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
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APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND BUILDINGS)
1928-29.
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No. 30 of 1928.
An Act to grant and apply a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine for the purposes of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c., and to appropriate such sum.
[Assented to 14th September, 1928].
Preamble.
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—
Short title.
Issue and application of £383,785.
Appropriation
schedule.
F.12414.—Price 8d.
SCHEDULE.
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ABSTRACT.
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border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">_____</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:47.88pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span class="Bodytext85pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:9pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">1928-29.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:104.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">1927-28.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:57.72pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Increase on Expenditure, </span><span class="Bodytext55pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">19</span><span class="Bodytext55pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">27-28.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:62pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Decrease on Expenditure,</span><br><span class="Bodytext55pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">1927-28.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:29pt"><td style="width:46.82pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Vote.</span></p></td><td style="width:57.08pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Expenditure.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:40pt"><td style="width:52.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:47.88pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">£</span></p></td><td style="width:46.82pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">£</span></p></td><td style="width:57.08pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">£</span></p></td><td style="width:57.72pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">£</span></p></td><td style="width:62pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">£</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:58.5pt"><td style="width:52.1pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">3</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="margin-left:7.2pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt0" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part 1.—Departments and Services—other Than </span><span class="Bodytext65pt0" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth</span><span class="Bodytext65pt0" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline"></span></p></td><td style="width:47.88pt; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">244,035</span></p></td><td style="width:46.82pt; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">284,049</span></p></td><td style="width:57.08pt; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">192,440</span></p></td><td style="width:57.72pt; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">51,595</span></p></td><td style="width:62pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:37.35pt"><td style="width:52.1pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">8</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="margin-left:7.2pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt0" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part 2.—Business Under</span><span class="Bodytext65pt0" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline"></span><span class="Bodytext65pt0" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">takings</span><span style="width:6.15pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></td><td style="width:47.88pt; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td><td style="width:46.82pt; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td><td style="width:57.08pt; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">874</span></p></td><td style="width:57.72pt; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td><td style="width:62pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">874</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:36pt"><td style="width:52.1pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle"><p class="BodyText1" style="text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">9</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="margin-left:7.2pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt0" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth</span><span style="width:28.74pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></td><td style="width:47.88pt; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">139,750</span></p></td><td style="width:46.82pt; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="BodyText1" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span class="Bodytext65pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">33,600</span></p></td><td style="width:57.08pt; 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