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Determination to Reduce Appropriation Upon Request (No. 9 of 2005-2006)

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What this does: This document formally cuts $69.2 million from the Department of Defence's budget for the 2005-2006 financial year.

The details: Under Australia's budget laws, the Finance Minister can reduce (take back) money that was allocated to a department but won't be spent. Here, the Defence Minister asked the Finance Minister to reduce Defence's funding for "departmental outputs" (the day-to-day running costs and administrative expenses of the department) by exactly $69,200,000.

Who it affects: The Department of Defence, which now has less money available to spend in that financial year.

Why it matters: This is a routine budget management tool. It allows ministers to hand back unspent funds without needing to pass new legislation through Parliament, ensuring taxpayer money isn't sitting unused in agency accounts.

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DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UP

DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UPON REQUEST

I, Senator the Hon Nick Minchin, Minister for Finance and Administration, pursuant to the legislative provision listed in column 3 below, hereby reduce the appropriation in column 1 for the agency in column 2 in response to the request made by the Minister in column 4 by the amount listed in column 6.

Column 1	Column 2	Column3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Appropriation	Agency	Authority	Requested by	Date of Request	$

Departmental outputs in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005-2006	Department of Defence	Section 9 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005-2006	The Hon Dr Brendan NelsonMinister for Defence	1 June 2006	$69,200,000

NICK MINCHIN
29 June 2006 No. 9 of 2005-2006

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DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UP DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UPON REQUEST

DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UPON REQUEST

Column 1	Column 2	Column3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Appropriation	Agency	Authority	Requested by	Date of Request	$

Departmental outputs in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005-2006	Department of Defence	Section 9 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005-2006	The Hon Dr Brendan NelsonMinister for Defence	1 June 2006	$69,200,000

NICK MINCHIN
29 June 2006 No. 9 of 2005-2006