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Portfolio Budget Statements 2005-06

Environment and Heritage Portfolio
Budget Initiatives and Explanations of Appropriations 2005-06
Budget Related Paper No. 1.7
ISSN 1448-1219 (Online), 1448-1200 (Print)

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

Section 3 - Agency Outcomes

This section explains how resources identified in Section 2 will be used to deliver outputs and administered items to contribute to the two outcomes for the Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH).

3.1: SUMMARY OF OUTCOMES, OUTPUTS AND ADMINISTERED ITEMS

The relationship between activities of the DEH and the outcomes is summarised in Figure 4.

FIGURE 4: OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS AND ADMINISTERED ITEMS
Total price of outputs
$’000		 Administered appropriation
$’000		 Departmental outputs appropriation
$’000 
TOTAL ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE
(A + B)		 352,980 492,316 321,438
Outcome 1  The environment, especially those aspects that are matters of national environmental significance, is protected and conserved
Output 1.1 Response to climate change 62,907 - 61,854 
Sub–output 1.1.1 International engagement 3,869 - 3,809 
Sub–output 1.1.2 Emissions management 36,450 - 35,800 
Sub–output 1.1.3 Understanding of climate change 22,588 - 22,245 
   
Output 1.2 Conservation of the land and inland waters 87,183 - 71,955 
Sub–output 1.2.1 Wildlife protection 10,771 - 9,369 
Sub–output 1.2.2 Land and water strategies 11,298 - 7,745 
Sub–output 1.2.3 Land and water investments 14,931 - 6,930 
Sub–output 1.2.4 Terrestrial parks and reserves 48,948 - 47,037 
Sub–output 1.2.5 Tropical wetlands research 1,235 - 874 
   
Output 1.3 Conservation of the coasts and oceans 26,160 - 20,942 
Sub–output 1.3.1 Coastal strategies 5,166 - 3,910 
Sub–output 1.3.2 Coastal investments 1,609 - 543 
Sub–output 1.3.3 Marine conservation 19,385 - 16,489 
   
Output 1.4 Conservation of natural, indigenous and historic heritage

(includes Australian Heritage Council, $5.577 million)*		 22,912 - 22,210 
     
Output 1.5 Response to the impacts of human settlements 58,336 - 49,914 
Sub–output 1.5.1 Environmental assessments 13,832 - 12,688
Sub–output 1.5.2 Pollution prevention strategies 36,923 - 31,979
Sub–output 1.5.3 Supervision of uranium mines 7,581 - 5,247
TOTAL OUTCOME 1** (A) 257,498 - 226,875 
Outcome 2  Australia’s interests in Antarctica are advanced
Output 2.1 Antarctic policy 31,987 - 31,679
Output 2.2 Antarctic science 63,495 - 62,884
TOTAL OUTCOME 2 (B) 95,482 - 94,563
* The Australian Heritage Council is an advisory body to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage (the Minister). It assesses nominations of places to the National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists and advises the Minister on whether places meet national heritage criteria in accordance with its statutory obligations.

** In 2005–06 the Natural Heritage Trust expenses of $310 million will be met from new appropriations ($324.246 million) and existing Special Account funds (refer Table 2.6 Estimates of Special Accounts Flows and Balances and Table 2.1.1 Total Resources for Outcome 1). Funding for the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (the NAP) is appropriated directly to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. In 2005–06, $1.048 million will be provided to Outcome 1 – Environment, through revenue from other sources, for administration costs incurred by the department in the joint implementation of the NAP.
CHANGES TO OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS

Following the incorporation of the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) and the National Oceans Office (NOO) into the DEH, the list of outputs that contribute to Outcomes 1 and 2 have been revised in consultation with the Minister for the Environment and Heritage and the Department of Finance and Administration. The number of outputs has been reduced from eighteen to seven.

The new outputs closely relate to the DEH's broad environment management themes - climate change, land, oceans, heritage and human settlements. The description of the new outputs reflect the broad services the DEH provides on behalf of the Australian Government.

Figure 4.1 illustrates how the previous outputs relate to the new outputs. As part of the grouping process, the marine species and marine parks components of the former 'biodiversity' and 'parks and reserves' outputs now form part of the 'conservation of the coasts and oceans' output. In addition, aspects of Antarctic scientific research that were previously attributed to all four Antarctic outputs are now aggregated into a single output 'Antarctic science'.

OUTPUT COST ATTRIBUTION

Direct costs incurred by the DEH (salaries, suppliers and grants, etc) are coded directly to appropriate activities within the DEH's Financial Management Information System.

The DEH, in implementing the Budget Estimates and Framework Review has changed the allocation of corporate overheads. Indirect costs include corporate overheads - such as rent and electricity - and activities that cut across all outputs - such as State of the Environment reporting. These are allocated to outputs using 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).

FIGURE 4.1: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREVIOUS AND CURRENT OUTPUTS
Previous outputs1   Current outputs2
Outcome 1: The environment, especially those aspects that are matters of national environmental significance, is protected and conserved
FIGURE 4.1: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREVIOUS AND CURRENT OUTPUTS
1 Output structure reflected in the 2004-05 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements
2 Revised output structure from 2005-06 Portfolio Budget Statements

3.2: OUTCOMES - DEPARTMENTAL AND ADMINISTERED

DEPARTMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BY OUTCOME

Figure 5 shows Departmental Appropriations by outcome for 2005-06.

DEPARTMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BY OUTCOME 2005-06 ($'000)

DEPARTMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BY OUTCOME 2005-06 ($'000)

*  Includes Departmental Capital Equity Injection of $4.805 million provided under Appropriation Bill No. 2.

ADMINISTERED APPROPRIATIONS BY OUTCOME

There is only one administered outcome for the DEH (Outcome 1 - Environment) comprising appropriations totalling $492.316 million.

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