Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Section 1: Agency overview and resources
1.1 Strategic direction
The strategic direction statement for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service can be found in the 2011–12 Portfolio Budget Statements. There are no changes to Customs and Border Protection’s strategic direction as a result of Additional Estimates.
1.2 Agency resource statement
The agency resource statement details the resourcing for Customs and Border Protection at Additional Estimates. Table 1.1 outlines the total resourcing available from all sources for the 2011–12 budget year, including variations through Appropriation Bills No.3 andNo. 4.
Table 1.1: Agency resource statement—additional estimates for 2011–12 as at Additional Estimates, February 2012
Estimate / Proposed / estimate at / Total
as at / Additional / Additional / available
Budget / + / Estimates / = / Estimates / appropriation
2011–12 / 2011–12 / 2011–12 / 2010–11
$’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
ORDINARY ANNUAL SERVICES1
Departmental appropriation
Prior year departmental
appropriation2 / 168,575 / – / 168,575 / 175,719
Departmental appropriation3 / 1,012,582 / 1,337 / 1,013,919 / 1,019,263
s 31 relevant agency receipts4 / 71,610 / – / 71,610 / 67,237
Total / 1,252,767 / 1,337 / 1,254,104 / 1,262,219
Administered expenses
Outcome 1 / 894 / – / 894 / 877
Total / 894 / – / 894 / 877
Total ordinary annual services / A / 1,253,661 / 1,337 / 1,254,998 / 1,263,096
OTHER SERVICES5
Departmental non-operating
Equity injections / 5,277 / 51,260 / 56,537 / 28,212
Total / 5,277 / 51,260 / 56,537 / 28,212
Total other services / B / 5,277 / 51,260 / 56,537 / 28,212
Total available annual
appropriations / 1,258,938 / 52,597 / 1,311,535 / 1,291,308
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Special appropriations limited
by criteria/entitlement
Customs duty and other
repayments / 360,000 / – / 360,000 / 397,658
Total special appropriations / C / 360,000 / – / 360,000 / 397,658
Total appropriations excluding
special accounts / 1,618,938 / 52,597 / 1,671,535 / 1,688,966
SPECIAL ACCOUNTS
Opening balance6 / 3,939 / – / 3,939 / 3,576
Appropriation receipts7 / 4,040 / – / 4,040 / 3,904
Total special accounts / D / 7,979 / – / 7,979 / 7,480
Total resourcing (A+B+C+D) / 1,626,917 / 52,597 / 1,679,514 / 1,696,446
Less appropriations drawn from
annual or special appropriations
above and credited to special
accounts and/or CAC Act bodies
through annual appropriations / 4,040 / – / 4,040 / 3,530
Total net resourcing for agency / 1,622,877 / 52,597 / 1,675,474 / 1,692,916
All figures are GST exclusive.
1. Appropriation Bills (No. 1 & No. 3) 2011–12.
2. Estimated adjusted balance carried forward from previous year for annual appropriations.
3. Includes an amount of $79.241m in 2011–12 for the departmental capital budget (see Table 3.2.5 for further details). For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.
Notes to Table 1.1 (continued)
4. Section 31 relevant agency receipts—estimate. This includes an amount of $54.1m that is collected under a memorandum of understanding with the Australian Taxation Office for the collection of revenue by Customs and Border Protection on behalf of the Australian Taxation Office.
5. Appropriation Bills (No. 2 & No. 4) 2011–12.
6. Estimated opening balance for special accounts (less ‘Special Public Money’ held in accounts such as Other Trust Moneys accounts or Services for Other Governments and Non-Agency Bodies accounts. For further information on special accounts see Table 3.1.1.
7. Appropriation receipts from annual and special appropriations for 2010–11 included above.
1.3 Agency measures table
Table 1.2 summarises new government measures taken since the 2011–12 Budget. The table is split into revenue, expense and capital measures, with the affected program identified.
Table 1.2: Agency 2011–12 measures since Budget
2011–12 / 2012–13 / 2013–14 / 2014–15Program / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
Revenue measures
Alternative fuels—continuing the existing arrangements for ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel and methanol / Admin
Administered revenues / (10,000) / (37,000) / (35,000) / (31,000)
Alternative fuels—deferred payment of fuel tax for LPG, LNG and CNG and carve-out of CNG home refuellers from the excise system
Administered revenues / Admin / – / – / – / –
Clean Energy Future—Putting a Price on Pollution—aviation and non-transport gaseous fuels
Administered revenues / Admin / – / .. / .. / ..
European Space Agency agreement
Administered revenues / Admin / – / – / – / –
Total revenue measures / (10,000) / (37,000) / (35,000) / (31,000)
Expense measures
Australia’s Anti-Dumping and Countervailing System—enhancements / 1.2
Departmental expenses1 / – / – / – / –
Reducing the cost of government administration—one-off efficiency dividend / All
Departmental expenses / – / (17,059) / (16,299) / (15,457)
Total expense measures / – / (17,059) / (16,299) / (15,457)
Capital measures
Departmental capital budgets—savings / All
Departmental capital / – / (16,188) / (16,525) / (17,236)
Total capital measures / – / (16,188) / (16,525) / (17,236)
Prepared on a Government Finance Statistics (fiscal) basis.
1. Departmental expenses of $10.7m over four years will be absorbed from within Customs and Border Protection’s existing resources.
1.4 Additional estimates and variations
The following tables detail the changes to the resourcing for Customs and Border Protection at Additional Estimates, by outcome. Table 1.3 details the additional estimates and variations resulting from new measures since the 2011–12 Budget. Table1.4 details additional estimates or variations through other factors, such as parameter adjustments.
Table 1.3: Additional estimates and variations to outcomes from measures since 2011–12 Budget
Program / 2011–12 / 2012–13 / 2013–14 / 2014–15impacted / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
OUTCOME 1
Decrease in estimates (administered)
Alternative fuels—continuing the existing arrangements for ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel and methanol / Admin / (10,000) / (37,000) / (35,000) / (31,000)
Net impact on estimates
for Outcome 1 (administered) / (10,000) / (37,000) / (35,000) / (31,000)
Decrease in estimates (departmental)
Reducing the cost of government administration—one-off efficiency dividend / All / – / (17,059) / (16,299) / (15,457)
Departmental capital budgets—savings / All / – / (16,188) / (16,525) / (17,236)
Net impact on estimates
for Outcome 1 (departmental) / – / (33,247) / (32,824) / (32,693)
Table 1.4: Additional estimates and variations to outcomes from other variations
Program / 2011–12 / 2012–13 / 2013–14 / 2014–15impacted / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
OUTCOME 1
Increase in estimates (administered)
Customs duty / Admin / – / – / 140,000 / –
Change in wage and price indices / Admin / – / 1 / 1
Decrease in estimates (administered)
Customs duty / Admin / (780,000) / (870,000) / – / (110,000)
Net impact on estimates
for Outcome 1 (administered) / (780,000) / (869,999) / 140,001 / (110,000)
Increase in estimates (departmental)
Passenger workload growth funding / 1.1 / 1,337 / 1,859 / 2,631 / 3,545
Cape Class vessels—capital / 1.4 / 51,260 / 59,682 / 46,913 / 82,567
Changes in wage and price indices—capital / All / – / 78 / 81 / –
Changes in wage and price indices—operating / All / – / 913 / 878 / –
Decrease in estimates (departmental)
Effect of adjustment to measure—Southern Ocean vessel / 1.4 / – / – / – / (53,180)
Changes in wage and price indices / All / – / – / – / (4)
Net impact on estimates
for Outcome 1 (departmental) / 52,597 / 62,532 / 50,503 / 32,928
1.5 Breakdown of additional estimates by appropriation bill
The following tables detail the additional estimates sought for Customs and Border Protection through Appropriation Bills No. 3 and No. 4.
Table 1.5: Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2011–12
2010–11 / 2011–12 / 2011–12 / Additional / ReducedAvailable1 / Budget / Revised / Estimates / Estimates
$’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMS
Outcome 1
The protection of the safety, security and commercial interests of Australians through border protection designed to support legitimate trade and travel and ensure collection of border revenue and trade statistics / 1,019,263 / 1,012,582 / 1,013,919 / 1,337 / –
Total departmental / 1,019,263 / 1,012,582 / 1,013,919 / 1,337 / –
1. 2010–11 available appropriation is included to allow a comparison of this year’s appropriation with what was made available for use in the previous year.
Table 1.6: Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2011–12
2010–11 / 2011–12 / 2011–12 / Additional / ReducedAvailable1 / Budget / Revised / Estimates / Estimates
$’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
Non-operating
Equity injections
Cape Class vessels2 / 28,212 / 5,277 / 56,537 / 51,260 / –
Total non-operating / 28,212 / 5,277 / 56,537 / 51,260 / –
1. 2010–11 available appropriation is included to allow a comparison of this year’s appropriation with what was made available for use in the previous year.
2. Additional capital funding provided for the acquisition of the Cape Class vessels is now reflected in Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2011–12.
Section 2: Revisions to agency resources and planned performance
2.1 Outcomes and performance information
There are no changes to Customs and Border Protection’s outcome and performance information as reported in the 2011–12 Portfolio Budget Statements.
Outcome 1
Outcome 1 strategy
There are no changes to the strategy for Outcome 1 as reported in the 2011–12 Portfolio Budget Statements.
Table 2.1: Budgeted expenses and resources for Outcome 1
2010–11 / Revised
Actual / estimated
expenses1 / expenses
$’000 / $’000
Program 1.1: Passenger facilitation
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation2 / 226,837 / 217,439
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year3 / 15,765 / 19,807
Total for Program 1.1 / 242,602 / 237,246
Program 1.2: Trade facilitation
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation2 / 189,930 / 195,885
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year3 / 25,230 / 28,360
Total for Program 1.2 / 215,160 / 224,245
Program 1.3: Border protection and enforcement
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation1 / 239,288 / 241,035
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year2 / 21,890 / 26,711
Total for Program 1.3 / 261,178 / 267,746
Program 1.4: Civil maritime surveillance and response
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation1 / 288,682 / 292,630
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year2 / 15,156 / 12,075
Total for Program 1.4 / 303,838 / 304,705
Program 1.5: Border-related revenue collection
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation2 / 59,852 / 59,299
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year3 / 3,792 / 6,653
Total for Program 1.5 / 63,644 / 65,952
Program: Other administered
Administered expenses
Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bills No. 1 & No. 3) / 877 / 894
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year3 / 1,475 / 7,000
Total for Program: Other administered / 2,352 / 7,894
Outcome 1 totals by appropriation type
Administered expenses
Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bills No. 1 & No. 3) / 877 / 894
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year3 / 1,475 / 7,000
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation2 / 1,004,589 / 1,006,288
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year3 / 81,833 / 93,606
Total expenses for Outcome 1 / 1,088,774 / 1,107,788
2010–11 / 2011–12
Average staffing level (number) / 5,318 / 5,190
1. For 2010–11 actual expenses, the ‘Departmental appropriation’ amount reflects the estimated actual expenses for each program funded through departmental appropriation.
2. Departmental appropriation for the budget year combines ‘Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bills No. 1 & No. 3)’ and ‘Revenue from independent sources (s 31)’.
3. Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year are made up of resources received free of charge and depreciation and amortisation expenses.
Program 1.1 expenses
2011–12 / 2012–13 / 2013–14 / 2014–152010–11 / Revised / Forward / Forward / Forward
Actual1 / budget / year 1 / year 2 / year 3
$’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
Annual departmental expenses2 / 226,837 / 217,439 / 215,955 / 217,420 / 222,510
Expenses not requiring appropriation in
the budget year3 / 15,765 / 19,807 / 20,902 / 20,920 / 21,498
Total program expenses / 242,602 / 237,246 / 236,857 / 238,340 / 244,008
1. For 2010–11 actual expenses, the ‘Annual departmental expenses’ amount reflects the estimated actual expenses for each program funded through departmental appropriation.
2. The measure ‘Reducing the cost of government administration—one-off efficiency dividend’ has been applied proportionately across departmental program expenses. Amendments will be made to these allocations as part of future business planning processes.
3. Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year are made up of resources received free of charge and depreciation and amortisation expenses.
Program 1.2 expenses
2011–12 / 2012–13 / 2013–14 / 2014–152010–11 / Revised / Forward / Forward / Forward
Actual1 / budget / year 1 / year 2 / year 3
$’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
Annual departmental expenses2 / 189,930 / 195,885 / 197,730 / 199,604 / 201,044
Expenses not requiring appropriation in
the budget year3 / 25,230 / 28,360 / 29,143 / 29,680 / 29,882
Total program expenses / 215,160 / 224,245 / 226,873 / 229,284 / 230,926
1. For 2010–11 actual expenses, the ‘Annual departmental expenses’ amount reflects the estimated actual expenses for each program funded through departmental appropriation.
2. The measure ‘Reducing the cost of government administration—one-off efficiency dividend’ has been applied proportionately across departmental program expenses. Amendments will be made to these allocations as part of future business planning processes.
3. Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year are made up of resources received free of charge and depreciation and amortisation expenses.
Program 1.2 deliverables
Revisions to the deliverables for Program 1.2 since the 2011–12 Portfolio Budget Statements are outlined below. Further deliverables that have remained unchanged for Program 1.2 can be found on pages 118–120 of the 2011–12 Portfolio Budget Statements.