Portfolio Budget Statements 2004-2005
Environment and Heritage Portfolio
Budget Initiatives and Explanations of Appropriations 2004-2005
Budget Related Paper No. 1.7
ISSN 1448-1219 (Online), 1448-1200 (Print)
Part A - User Guide
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the 2004-05 Portfolio Budget Statements (PB Statements) is to inform Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to Government outcomes by agencies within the portfolio. Agencies receive resources from the annual appropriations bills, special appropriations, standing appropriations (including special accounts), and revenue from other sources.
A key role of the PB Statements is to facilitate the understanding of proposed annual appropriations in Appropriation Bills (Nos 1 and 2) 2004-05 (or Appropriation Bill [Parliamentary Departments] Number 1 2004-05 for the parliamentary departments). In this sense the PB Statements is officially a Budget Related Paper and is declared by the Appropriation Bills to be a 'relevant document' to the interpretation of the Bills according to section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
The PB Statements provides sufficient information, explanation and justification to enable Parliament to understand the purpose of each outcome proposed in the Bills.
STRUCTURE OF THE PORTFOLIO BUDGET STATEMENTS
The PB Statements are presented in three parts as outlined below.
PART A: User Guide
Provides an introduction explaining the purpose of the PB Statements as well as information in relation to the structure of the document, styles and conventions used.
PART B: Portfolio Overview
Provides a brief overview of the portfolio. Portfolio outcomes are depicted in a chart that outlines the structure of the outcomes to which the portfolio contributes.
PART C: Agency Budget Statements
For each agency within the portfolio a budget statement is presented under the name of the agency.
These are presented in four sections as outlined below.
Section 1: Overview, appropriations, and budget measures summary
This section provides a brief overview of the agency, details agency appropriations and summarises, where applicable, Budget measures. This section describes the link between the resources appropriated and their application to the outputs the agency delivers to contribute to the achievement of specified outcomes. Similarly, there is a description of the link between resources appropriated and their application to the administered items the agency manages on behalf of government to contribute to the achievement of specified outcomes.
Section 2: Outcomes and outputs information
This section provides a brief description of the specified outcomes and, where applicable, Budget measures. The section also provides details of resourcing, outlining both the administered and departmental appropriations, how the outputs contribute to the outcome, performance information for the outcome, outputs and administered items, and planned evaluations. Upcoming competitive tendering and contracting that is material or sensitive is noted.
Section 3: Budgeted financial statements
This section contains the budgeted financial statements in accrual format covering the budget year, previous year and the three out-years for each agency.
Section 4: Purchaser/provider, and cost recovery arrangements
This section is presented, where relevant, for those agencies that have entered into purchaser/provider arrangements with other agencies. It also discloses, where relevant, cost recovery arrangements according to the Commonwealth Cost Recovery Policy, and a summary of the agency's Cost Recovery Impact Statement.
Glossaries are provided at the end of the document.
STYLES AND CONVENTIONS USED
Generally amounts in tables and charts have been rounded to the nearest thousand dollars ($'000) using the standard rounding conventions. Due to roundings, the aggregation of elements within a table may not match the actual 'total' of the table. Amounts in explanatory texts are generally rounded to the nearest million dollars ($m) but may vary between one and three decimal places to facilitate easy identification in the relevant tables and charts.
Where out year estimates are shown they are expressed in outturn prices.
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