Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2017-18

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Explanations of Additional Estimates 2017-18

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Dear Mr President

Dear Mr Speaker

I hereby submit Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements in support of the
2017-18Additional Estimates for the Finance Portfolio.

These statements have been developed, and are submitted to the Parliament, as a statement on the funding requirements being sought for the Portfolio.

I present these statements by virtue of my ministerial responsibility for accountability to the Parliament and, through it, the public.

Yours sincerely

Mathias Cormann

Minister for Finance

January 2018

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NEC/necnot elsewhere classified

nil

..not zero, but rounded to zero

nanot applicable (unless otherwise specified)

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User guide
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User Guide

The purpose of the 2017-18Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES), like that of the Portfolio Budget Statements (PB Statements), is to inform Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to Government outcomes by entities within the portfolio. The focus of the PAES differs from the PB Statements in one important aspect. While the PAES include an Entity Resource Statement to inform Parliament of the revised estimate of the total resources available to an entity, the focus of the PAES is on explaining the changes in resourcing by outcome(s) since the Budget. As such, the PAES provides information on new measures and their impact on the financial and/or nonfinancial planned performance of programs supporting those outcomes.

The PAES facilitate understanding of the proposed appropriations in Appropriation Bills (Nos. 3 and 4)and Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill(No. 2)
2017-2018. In this sense, the PAES is declared by the Additional Estimates Appropriation Bills to be a ‘relevant document’ to the interpretation of the Bills according to section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Whereas the MidYear Economic and Fiscal Outlook(MYEFO) 2017-18 is a midyear budget report which provides updated information to allow the assessment of the Government’s fiscal performance against its fiscal strategy, the PAES update the most recent budget appropriations for entities within the portfolio.

Structure of the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements

The PAES are presented in three parts with subsections.

User guide
Provides a brief introduction explaining the purpose of the PAES.
Portfolio overview
Provides an overview of the portfolio, including a chart that outlines the outcomes for entities in the portfolio.
EntityAdditional Estimates Statements
A statement (under the name of the entity) for each entity affected by Additional Estimates.
Section 1: Entityoverview and resources / This section details the changes in total resources available to an entity, the impact of any measures since Budget, and impact ofAppropriation Bills Nos. 3 and 4.
Section 2: Revisions to outcomes and planned performance / This section details changes to Government outcomes and/or changes to the planned performance of entityprograms.
Section 3: Special account flows and budgeted financial statements / This section contains updated explanatory tables on special account flows and staffing levels and revisions to the budgeted financial statements.
Portfolio glossary
Explains key terms relevant to the Portfolio.

Contents

Portfolio overview...... 1

Department of Finance...... 11

Australian Electoral Commission ...... 61

Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority...... 83

Portfolio glossary...... 96

Portfolio overview

Portfolio Overview

Portfoliooverview

Changes Affecting the Portfolio

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement of changes to the ministry on 19December 2017, Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann, has taken on the additional role of Special Minister of State and the Hon David Coleman MP has been appointed as the Assistant Minister for Finance.

Ministers and Portfolio Responsibilities

The Minister for Finance has overall responsibility for the Finance portfolio, and particular responsibility for the following:

Budget policy advice and process, and review of government programs.
Government financial accountability, governance and financial management frameworks, including grants and procurement policy and services.
Shareholder advice on Government Business Enterprises (GBEs) and commercial entities treated as GBEs.
Policy guidance and management of act of grace requests and waiver of debts owed to the Commonwealth.
General policy guidelines for Commonwealth statutory authorities.
Superannuation arrangements for Australian Government civilian employees and parliamentarians, and retirement benefits for Governors-General, Federal Judges and Federal Court Judges.
Asset sales.
Policy advice on the Future Fund and Australian Government Investment Funds, and authorisation of payments from Australian Government Investment Funds to entities.

The Special Minister of State has responsibility for the following:

Administration of Parliamentary entitlements.
Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (MOP(S)) Act employment framework1.
Electoral administration and electoral policy.

The Assistant Minister for Finance assists the Finance Minister in performing functions in relation to:

Whole-of-Government property policy and administration, including non-Defence owned estate (excluding the current review of the Lands Acquisition Act 1989 which will remain the responsibility of the Minister for Finance).
The Public Works Committee.
Western Sydney Airport (excluding appointments which will remain the responsibility of the Minister for Finance).
Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (excluding appointments which will remain the responsibility of the Minister for Finance).
Government campaign advertising.
Service Delivery and Coordination Committee (SDCC) on the government’s campaign advertising.
Requests for act of grace payments and waivers of debt under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
Comcover, the government’s self-managed insurance fund.
Responding to correspondence relating to the administration of government superannuation.

Senior Executive Changes

The following changes have taken place since the 2017-18 Portfolio Budget Statements(PBS):

Ms Annwyn Godwin was appointed as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority on 1 January 2018.

Portfolio Overview

The Finance portfolio outcomes are represented at Figure 1 on page 6. There have been no changes to outcomes since the 2017-18 Portfolio Budget Statements.

Additional Estimates and Variations – Portfolio Level

Additional estimates and variations are being sought by the Department of Finance

(Finance), the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA). These are detailed in therespective statements later in this document, with a brief outline of the changes

summarised below.

Funding for other entities within the portfolio remains unchanged.

Department of Finance(Finance)

Finance is seeking net additional funding of $5.9 million in Appropriation Bill No.3 2017-18 and $10.8 million in Appropriation Bill No.4. 2017-18.

Finance’s administered special appropriation will increase by $511.3 million in 2017-18

primarily due to revisions of superannuation estimates.

Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)

AEC is seeking net additional funding of $34.7 million in Appropriation Bill No.3 2017-18.

Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA)

IPEA is net additional fundingof $0.2 million in Appropriation Bills No.3 2017-18.

A full outline of the Department’s Portfolio Overview can be found in the 2017-18 PB Statements.

Figure 1: Finance portfolio structure and outcomes

Portfolio Overview

Entity additional estimates statements

Department of Finance...... 11

Australian Electoral Commission...... 61

Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority...... 83

Portfolio Overview

Department of Finance

Section 1: Entity overview and resources...... 11

1.1 Strategic direction statement...... 11

1.2 Entity resource statement...... 12

1.3 2017-18 Measures since Budget...... 15

1.4 Additional estimates, resourcing and variations to outcomes...... 18

1.5 Breakdown of additional estimates by Appropriation Bill ...... 21

Section 2: Revisions to outcomes and planned performance...... 24

2. Changes to outcome and program structures since the last budget

statement ...... 24

2.1 Budgeted expenses and performance for Outcome 1...... 25

2.1.1 Budgeted expenses for Outcome 1...... 25

2.1.2 Performance criteria for Outcome 1...... 26

2.2 Budgeted expenses and performance for Outcome 2...... 27

2.2.1 Budgeted expenses for Outcome 2...... 28

2.2.2 Performance criteria for Outcome 2...... 36

2.3 Budgeted expenses and performance for Outcome 3...... 37

2.3.1 Budgeted expenses for Outcome 3...... 38

2.3.2 Performance criteria for Outcome 3...... 40

Section 3: Special account flows and budgeted financial statements...... 41

3.1 Estimates of special account flows and balances...... 41

3.2 Budgeted financial statements...... 43

Entity Additional Estimates Statements — Department of Finance

Department of Finance

Section 1: Entityoverview and resources

1.1Strategic direction statement

As part of the 2017-18 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, the Government

announced a number of policy decisions that are outlined below. No decisions have been announced as part of the 2017-18 Additional Estimates.

Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability — unlocking Commonwealth land

The newly established public online registry of non-corporate Commonwealth landholdings will be enhanced to support the review of proposals from external parties to put surplus Commonwealth landholdings to alternative use, including for housing development.

A strategic review of all non-corporate Commonwealth landholdings will also be conducted to determine whether landholdings are surplus, potentially surplus or under-utilised and therefore potentially available for alternate use.

Satellite Office Allowance for Large Electorates

The Government will provide funding to create an allowance for Members of the House of Representatives representing electorates spanning large geographic areas for members to recover costs associated with establishing and/or maintaining a satellite office within their electorate.

Snowy Hydro Limited — due diligence

The Government will provide funding to undertake due diligence for the proposed acquisition by the Commonwealth of a larger share, or outright ownership, of Snowy Hydro Limited.

Cox Peninsula — remediation of Wagait Shire Tip

The Government will provide funding to remediate contamination at the former Wagait Shire Tip on Commonwealth land in the Cox Peninsula, the Northern Territory, in cooperation with the Northern Territory Government.

Remediation of the Tip will facilitate the settlement of the Kenbi land claim at the Cox Peninsula.

Official Establishments

The ownership and property management of the Prime Minister's official residences has transferred from the Department of Finance to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as per the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) on 30November 2017.

Parliamentary Expenses Management System

The Government will provide funding to establish an integrated ICT solution to manage and report the expenses of current and former parliamentarians and their staff, support human resources administration and to replace the current COMCAR management system with a commercial, off-the-shelf, cloud-based solution. This measure implements a key finding of the independent review, An Independent Parliamentary Entitlements System, which recommended the urgent development of a fit-for-purpose, integrated online work expenses system.

1.2Entity resource statement

The Entity Resource Statement details the resourcing for Finance at Additional Estimates. Table 1.1 outlines the total resourcing available from all sources for the 201718 Budget year, including variations through Appropriation Bills No. 3 and No. 4, Special Appropriations and Special Accounts.

Table 1.1: Department of Financeresource statement — Additional Estimates for 2017-18 as at Additional Estimates February 2018

Prepared on a resourcing (i.e. appropriation available) basis

(a)Appropriation Bill (No.1) 2017-18 and Appropriation Bill (No.3) 2017-18. An amount of $0.2m was transferred to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet under a section 75 determination.

(b)Represents estimated unspent appropriations available from 2016-17.

(c)Excludes Departmental Capital Budget (DCB).

(d)Estimated retained revenue receipts under section 74 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act).

(e)Departmental Capital Budgets are not separately identified in Appropriation Bill (No.1) and form part of ordinary annual services items. Please refer to Table 3.6 for further details. For accounting purposes, this amount has been designated as a 'contribution by owner’.

(f)Appropriation Bill (No.2) 2017-18.

(g)For further information on special accounts, refer Table 3.1.

(h)Administered capital budgets are not separately identified in Appropriation Bill (No.1) and form part of ordinary annual services items. Please refer to Table 3.11 for further details. For accounting purposes, this amount is designated as a 'contribution by owner'.

Note: All figures shown above are GST exclusive – these may not match figures in the cash flow statement.

Table 1.1: Department of Finance resource statement — Additional Estimates for 2017-18 as at Additional Estimates February 2018 (continued)

Third party paymentsfrom and on behalf of other entities

(a)Compensation and legal payments.

(b)Act of Grace payments.

Note: Figures presented on a payment (cash) basis.

1.3Entity Measures

Table 1.2 summarises new Government measures taken since the 2017-18 Budget. The table is split into revenue, expense and capital measures, with the affected program identified.

Table 1.2: Entity2017-18Measures since Budget

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Table 1.2: Entity2017-18Measures since Budget (continued)

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Table 1.2: Entity2017-18Measures since Budget (continued)

Prepared on a Government Financial Statistics (fiscal) basis

(a)The lead entity for measure, DisabilityCare Australia Fund – initial payments is the Department of Social Services. The full measure description and package details appear in MYEFO under the Social Services Portfolio.

(b)The lead entity for measure, National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commission – national worker screening databaseis the Department of Social Services. The full measure description and package details appear in MYEFO under the Social Services Portfolio.

(c)The lead entity for measure, Rollout of National Disability Insurance Scheme in Western Australia – revised implementation arrangements is the Department of Social Services. The full measure description and package details appear in MYEFO under the Social Services Portfolio.

(d)The lead entity for measure, Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse – additional funding is the Department of Social Services. The full measure description and package details appear in MYEFO under the Social Services Portfolio.

1.4Additional estimates, resourcing and variations to outcomes

The following tables detail the changes to the resourcing for Finance at Additional Estimates, by outcome. Table 1.3 details the Additional Estimates resulting from new measures and other variations since the 2017-18 Budget in Appropriation Bills Nos. 3 and4.

Table 1.3: Additional estimates and other variations to outcomes since 201718 Budget

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Table 1.3: Additional estimates and other variations to outcomes since 201718 Budget (continued)

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Table 1.3: Additional estimates and other variations to outcomes since 201718 Budget (continued)

(a) This is primarily due to the revisions of the superannuation estimates.

1.5Breakdown of additional estimates by appropriation bill

The following tables detail the Additional Estimates sought for Finance through Appropriation Bills Nos. 3 and 4.

Table 1.4: Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2017-18

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Table 1.4: Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2017-18 (continued)

Table 1.5: Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2017-18

Section 2: Revisions to Outcomes and Planned Performance

2.changes to outcome and program structures

There have been no changes to outcomes or programs since the 2017-18 Portfolio Budget Statements.

2.1budgeted expenses and performance for outcome 1

Outcome 1:Support sustainable Australian Government finances through providing high quality policy advice and operational support to the government and Commonwealth entities to maintain effective and efficient use of public resources.

Budgeted expenses for Outcome 1

This table shows how much Finance intends to spend (on an accrual basis) on achieving the outcome, broken down by program, as well as by Administered and Departmental funding sources.

Table 2.1.1 Budgeted expenses for Outcome 1

(a)Departmental Appropriation combines ‘Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No.1)’ and ‘s.74 Retained revenue receipts’.

(b)Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year are made up of depreciation expenses and amortisation expenses.

Note: Departmental appropriation splits and totals are indicative estimates and may change in the course of the budget year as government priorities change.