Portfolio budget statements

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)

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Part C - Agency Budget Statements (continued)
Department of the Environment and Heritage (continued)

Section 2 - Outcomes and Outputs Information

OUTCOMES AND OUTPUT GROUPS

The Department of the Environment and Heritage works to achieving two outcomes specified by Government. The following section provides a departmental overview, and then each outcome is discussed in turn. The map below shows the relationship between the two outcomes.

Financial details for each of the Outcomes by outputs appear in the following tables:

Total Resources for Outcomes 1 and 2

Outcome 1 Environment - Table 2.1.1
Outcome 2 Antarctic - Table 2.1.2

Non-financial information for each of the Outcomes appear in the following tables:

Performance Information and Level of Achievement

Outcome 1 Environment - Table 2.2.1
Outcome 2 Antarctic - Table 2.2.2

OUTPUT COST ATTRIBUTION

Direct costs incurred by the Department of the Environment and Heritage (salaries, suppliers and grants etc) are coded directly to appropriate activities within the agency's Financial Management Information System. The individual activities are subsequently attributed to agency outputs based upon established, and regularly reviewed, parameters which match the activities of the individual agency cost centre to the relevant outputs.

The Department's overheads and activities that cut across all outputs, such as State of the Environment Reporting, are attributed to outputs in accordance with the most appropriate and sound basis of allocation that can be consistently and logically applied. The Department, in implementing the Budget Estimates and Framework Review changed the allocation of corporate overheads. Corporate overheads are allocated to outputs based on a relational model, including the use of cost drivers such as the number of average staffing level, number of full time employees, number of workstations, wages and salaries, and Antarctic activity (for Outcome 2).

2004-05 Outcomes and Outputs
   
Total
Price of
Outputs
 
Administered
Appropriation
Departmental 
Outputs 
Appropriation 
   
   
   
$'000
$'000
$'000 
         
TOTAL ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE 258,621 337,939 232,680 
         
Outcome 1 - The environment, especially those aspects that are matters of national environmental significance, is protected and conserved
1.1 Atmosphere 14,723   14,723
1.2 Biodiversity 24,488   19,050
1.3 Coasts 8,992   6,425
1.4 Environmental Assessment and Approvals 12,405   12,230
1.5 Heritage 23,255   22,385
1.6 Human Settlements 26,969   22,498
1.7 Inland Waters 13,193   6,531
1.8 Land Management 6,754   2,850
1.9 Parks and Reserves 39,125   38,863
Non attributable to Outputs * 673   0
TOTAL OUTCOME 1 ** 170,577 337,939 145,555
         
Outcome 2 - Australia's interests in Antarctica are advanced    
2.1 Influence in Antarctic Treaty System 13,842   13,698 
2.2 Protection of Antarctic Environment 34,689   34,327 
2.3 Understanding Global Climate System 21,540   21,315 
2.4  Undertake Scientific work of practical, economic or national significance 17,973   17,785 
       
TOTAL OUTCOME 2 88,044 0 87,125 
* Corporate services provided by the Department of the Environment and Heritage to the Australian Greenhouse Office and the National Oceans Office for the full year and the Australian Heritage Commission for the period 1 July 2003 to 31 December 2003. Corporate services component for the Director of National Parks is reflected under Output 1.9.

** In 2004-05 the Trust expenses of $310 million will be met from new appropriations ($321.443 million) and existing Special Account funds (Refer Table 1.6 Estimates of Special Accounts Flows and Balances and Table 2.1.1 Total Resources for Outcome 1). Funding for the NAP is appropriated directly to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. In 2004-05, $1.4 million will be provided to Outcome 1 – Environment, through revenue from other sources, for administration costs incurred in implementing the NAP.

 

CHART 4: DEPARTMENTAL APPROPRIATION BY OUTCOME 2004-05 ($'000)
Outcome 1
Environment
$145,555		 Outcome 2
Antarctic
$87,125
CHART 4: DEPARTMENTAL APPROPRIATION BY OUTCOME 2004-05

CHART 5: DEPARTMENTAL AND ADMINISTERED EXPENSES BY OUTCOME 2004-05 ($'000)
Outcome 1
Environment*
$480,711		 Outcome 2
Antarctic
$88,044
DEPARTMENTAL AND ADMINISTERED EXPENSES AND CAPITAL EQUITY INJECTIONS BY OUTCOME 2004-05

* Includes the Trust expenses of $310 million and expenses of $1.4 million for the NAP. Payment from the Trust to cover Departmental Environment expenses is included under Administered expenses. In order to eliminate double counting, $18.3 million has been excluded from Departmental expenses.


TRENDS IN RESOURCING ACROSS OUTCOMES

The following chart shows the amounts appropriated to Outcome 1 -  Environment and Outcome 2 -  Antarctic , for the years 2003-04 to 2007-08.

The Government will provide appropriations totalling $1.332 billion to the Trust for the period 2003-04 to 2007-08.

CHART 6: TRENDS IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR ALL OUTCOMES ($m)
TRENDS IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR ALL OUTCOMES

Funding for the NAP is appropriated directly to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The Department of the Environment and Heritage receives a portion of this funding as revenue from other sources ($6.7m over 5 years) for administration costs in implementing the NAP.

TRENDS IN EXPENSES ACROSS OUTCOMES

The following chart shows estimated Departmental and Administered expenses for Outcome 1 - Environment and Outcome 2 - Antarctic, for the years 2003-04 to 2007-08.

The estimates include approved expenses for the Trust of $1.5 billion over the years 2003-04 to 2007-08. The chart also includes expenses of $6.7 million over the years 2003-04 to 2007-08 for administration costs incurred in implementing the NAP.

CHART 7: TRENDS IN EXPENSES FOR ALL OUTCOMES ($m)
TRENDS IN EXPENSES AND CAPITAL EQUITY INJECTIONS FOR ALL OUTCOMES

Payment from the Trust to cover Departmental Environment expenses is included under Administered expenses. In order to eliminate double counting, $18.3 million has been excluded from Departmental expenses.


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