Appropriation Act (No. 6) 2023-2024 (Cth)

      Appropriation Act (No. 6) 2023‑2024

No. 46, 2024

 

An Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, and for related purposes

      

Contents

  

Appropriation Act (No. 6) 2023-2024

No. 46, 2024

An Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, and for related purposes

[Assented to 26 June 2024]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Part 1—Preliminary

  

1Short title

 This Act is the Appropriation Act (No. 6) 2023‑2024.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this Act	The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.	26 June 2024

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

(2)

Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3Definitions

 In this Act:

administered assets and liabilities item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a non‑corporate entity opposite the heading “Administered Assets and Liabilities”.

administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a non‑corporate entity under the heading “New Administered Outcomes”.

corporate entity means:

1. (a)

   a corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or

2. (b)

   a Commonwealth company within the meaning of that Act.

corporate entity item means the amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a corporate entity under the heading “Non‑operating”.

expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets, making loans or paying liabilities.

item means any of the following:

1. (a)

   a State, ACT, NT and local government item;

2. (b)

   an administered item;

3. (c)

   an administered assets and liabilities item;

4. (d)

   an other departmental item;

5. (e)

   a corporate entity item.

non‑corporate entity means:

1. (a)

   a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or

2. (b)

   the High Court.

other departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a non‑corporate entity opposite the heading “Equity Injections”.

Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements means the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2023‑2034 and the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2023‑2024.

Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2023‑2024 and the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2023‑2024.

portfolio statements means:

1. (a)

   the Portfolio Budget Statements; and

2. (b)

   the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements; and

3. (c)

   the Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements.

Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements means the Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act and the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 5) 2023‑2024.

special account has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

State, ACT, NT and local government item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a non‑corporate entity under the heading “Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government”.

4Portfolio statements

The portfolio statements are declared to be relevant documents for the purposes of section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Note: See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 which provides that the material that may be considered in the interpretation of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the Act to be a relevant document.

5Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth

 For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between non‑corporate entities are to be treated as if they were real transactions.

Note: This section applies, for example, to a “payment” between non‑corporate entities that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of the effects of this section is that the payment will be debited from an appropriation for the paying non‑corporate entity, even though no payment is actually made from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This is consistent with section 76 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

Part 2—Appropriation items

  

6Summary of appropriations

 The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $453,458,000.

Note: Sections 74 to 75 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 provide for the adjustment of amounts appropriated by this Act.

7State, ACT, NT and local government items

1. (1)

   The amount specified in a State, ACT, NT and local government item for an outcome for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for the purpose of making payments to or for the States, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and local government authorities for the purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.

2. (2)

   If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome.

8Administered items

1. (1)

   The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.

2. (2)

   If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome.

9Administered assets and liabilities items

1. (1)

   The amount specified in an administered assets and liabilities item for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified for the entity:

   1. (a)

      in Schedule 1 to this Act; or

   2. (b)

      in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2023‑2024; or

   3. (c)

      in Schedule 2 to the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2023‑2024; or

   4. (d)

      in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2023‑2024; or

   5. (e)

      in Schedule 2 to the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2023‑2024; or

   6. (f)

      in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 5) 2023‑2024.

2. (2)

   If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome.

10Other departmental items

 The amount specified in an other departmental item for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the entity.

11Corporate entity items

1. (1)

   The amount specified in a corporate entity item for a corporate entity may be paid to the entity to be applied for the purposes of the entity.

2. (2)

   If:

   1. (a)

      an Act provides that a corporate entity must be paid amounts that are appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of the entity; and

   2. (b)

      Schedule 1 contains a corporate entity item for that entity;

   then the entity must be paid the full amount specified in the item.

Part 3—Miscellaneous

  

12Crediting amounts to special accounts

 If any of the purposes of a special account is a purpose that is covered by an item (whether or not the item expressly refers to the special account), then amounts may be debited against the appropriation for that item and credited to that special account.

13Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund

 The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as affected by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

14Repeal of this Act

 This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2026.

Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated

Note: See sections 6 and 13.

  

Abstract
Portfolio	Total
$'000
Defence	452,748
Employment and Workplace Relations	160
Home Affairs	550
Total	453,458

   

APPROPRIATIONS

 

SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Portfolio	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	275,721	275,721
Attorney‑General's	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	123,842	123,842
Climate Change, Energy, the	‑	‑	‑	‑
Environment and Water	‑	‑	8,959,150	8,959,150
Defence	‑	‑	452,748	452,748
‑	‑	12,211,689	12,211,689
Education	‑	‑	‑	‑
152,204	‑	22,377	174,581
Employment and Workplace Relations	‑	‑	160	160
‑	‑	44,320	44,320
Finance	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	997,068	997,068
Foreign Affairs and Trade	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	187,289	187,289
Health and Aged Care	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	331,240	331,240
Home Affairs	‑	‑	550	550
‑	‑	229,075	229,075
Industry, Science and Resources	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	241,859	241,859
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional	‑	‑	‑	‑
Development, Communications and	860,652	‑	3,676,066	4,536,718
the Arts
Prime Minister and Cabinet	‑	‑	‑	‑
3,635	‑	34,317	37,952
Social Services	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	100,541	100,541
Treasury	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	856,180	856,180
Total: Bill 6	‑	‑	453,458	453,458
1,016,491	‑	28,290,734	29,307,225

 

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries	‑	‑	‑	‑
and Forestry	‑	‑	275,721	275,721
Total: Agriculture, Fisheries and	‑	‑	‑	‑
Forestry	‑	‑	275,721	275,721

   

ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Attorney‑General's Department	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	6,519	6,519
Administrative Appeals Tribunal	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	3,135	3,135
Australian Criminal Intelligence	‑	‑	‑	‑
Commission	‑	‑	4,230	4,230
Australian Federal Police	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	65,535	65,535
Australian Transaction Reports and	‑	‑	‑	‑
Analysis Centre	‑	‑	11,334	11,334
High Court of Australia	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	850	850
National Anti‑Corruption Commission	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	27,839	27,839
Office of the Australian Information	‑	‑	‑	‑
Commissioner	‑	‑	1,000	1,000
Office of the Director of Public	‑	‑	‑	‑
Prosecutions	‑	‑	2,200	2,200
Office of Parliamentary Counsel	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	700	700
Office of the Special Investigator	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	500	500
Total: Attorney‑General's	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	123,842	123,842

   

CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of Climate Change,	‑	‑	‑	‑
Energy, the Environment and Water	‑	‑	8,844,520	8,844,520
Payments to corporate entities:
Australian Institute of Marine Science	‑	‑
29,246	29,246
Director of National Parks	‑	‑
36,883	36,883
Murray‑Darling Basin Authority	‑	‑
9,998	9,998
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust	‑	‑
25,591	25,591
Bureau of Meteorology	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	10,788	10,788
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park	‑	‑	‑	‑
Authority	‑	‑	2,124	2,124
Total: Climate Change, Energy, the	‑	‑	‑	‑
Environment and Water	‑	‑	8,959,150	8,959,150

   

DEFENCE PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of Defence	‑	‑	452,748	452,748
‑	‑	11,086,276	11,086,276
Australian Signals Directorate	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	1,094,367	1,094,367
Australian Submarine Agency	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	8,085	8,085
Department of Veterans' Affairs	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	15,316	15,316
Payments to corporate entities:
Australian War Memorial	‑	‑
7,645	7,645
Total: Defence	‑	‑	452,748	452,748
‑	‑	12,211,689	12,211,689

   

DEFENCE PORTFOLIO Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2022‑2023
Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
Non‑operating
Equity Injections	452,748
11,086,276
11,832,391
Total: Department of Defence	‑	‑	452,748

   

EDUCATION PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of Education	‑	‑	‑	‑
152,204	‑	22,377	174,581
Total: Education	‑	‑	‑	‑
152,204	‑	22,377	174,581

   

EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of Employment and	‑	‑	160	160
Workplace Relations	‑	‑	43,163	43,163
Australian Skills Quality Authority	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	1,157	1,157
Total: Employment and Workplace	‑	‑	160	160
Relations	‑	‑	44,320	44,320

   

EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS PORTFOLIO Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2022‑2023
Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND
WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Non‑operating
Equity Injections	160
43,163
43,502
Total: Department of Employment and	‑	‑	160
Workplace Relations

   

FINANCE PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of Finance	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	997,068	997,068
Total: Finance	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	997,068	997,068

   

FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of Foreign Affairs and	‑	‑	‑	‑
Trade	‑	‑	174,074	174,074
Australian Secret Intelligence Service	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	11,632	11,632
Australian Trade and Investment	‑	‑	‑	‑
Commission	‑	‑	1,583	1,583
Total: Foreign Affairs and Trade	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	187,289	187,289

   

HEALTH AND AGED CARE PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of Health and Aged Care	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	280,388	280,388
Payments to corporate entities:
Australian Digital Health Agency	‑	‑
33,321	33,321
Australian Sports Commission	‑	‑
2,882	2,882
Aged Care Quality and Safety	‑	‑	‑	‑
Commission	‑	‑	850	850
Australian Radiation Protection and	‑	‑	‑	‑
Nuclear Safety Agency	‑	‑	10,468	10,468
Office of the Inspector‑General of Aged	‑	‑	‑	‑
Care	‑	‑	3,331	3,331
Total: Health and Aged Care	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	331,240	331,240

   

HOME AFFAIRS PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of Home Affairs	‑	‑	550	550
‑	‑	97,427	97,427
Australian Security Intelligence	‑	‑	‑	‑
Organisation	‑	‑	71,110	71,110
National Emergency Management	‑	‑	‑	‑
Agency	‑	‑	60,538	60,538
Total: Home Affairs	‑	‑	550	550
‑	‑	229,075	229,075

   

HOME AFFAIRS PORTFOLIO Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2022‑2023
Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000
DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS
Non‑operating
Equity Injections	550
95,344
16,512
Total: Department of Home Affairs	‑	‑	550

   

INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND RESOURCES PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of Industry, Science and	‑	‑	‑	‑
Resources	‑	‑	46,885	46,885
Payments to corporate entities:
Australian Nuclear Science and	‑	‑
Technology Organisation	117,011	117,011
Commonwealth Scientific and	‑	‑
Industrial Research Organisation	50,700	50,700
National Reconstruction Fund	‑	‑
Corporation	14,200	14,200
Geoscience Australia	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	13,063	13,063
Total: Industry, Science and	‑	‑	‑	‑
Resources	‑	‑	241,859	241,859

   

INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT,

COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS PORTFOLIO

SUMMARY

Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024

Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024

Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of Infrastructure,	‑	‑	‑	‑
Transport, Regional Development,	860,652	‑	3,489,071	4,349,723
Communications and the Arts
Payments to corporate entities:
Australian National Maritime Museum	‑	‑
3,895	3,895
National Film and Sound Archive of	‑	‑
Australia	9,813	9,813
National Gallery of Australia	‑	‑
28,814	28,814
National Library of Australia	‑	‑
18,343	18,343
National Museum of Australia	‑	‑
10,838	10,838
National Portrait Gallery of Australia	‑	‑
205	205
Old Parliament House	‑	‑
6,572	6,572
Australian Communications and Media	‑	‑	‑	‑
Authority	‑	‑	2,000	2,000
National Archives of Australia	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	7,300	7,300
National Capital Authority	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	99,215	99,215
Total: Infrastructure, Transport,	‑	‑	‑	‑
Regional Development,	860,652	‑	3,676,066	4,536,718
Communications and the Arts

   

PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Payments to corporate entities:
Aboriginal Hostels Limited	‑	‑
3,048	3,048
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and	‑	‑
Torres Strait Islander Studies	294	294
Indigenous Business Australia	‑	‑
22,850	22,850
National Indigenous Australians	‑	‑	‑	‑
Agency	3,635	‑	2,101	5,736
Office of National Intelligence	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	6,024	6,024
Total: Prime Minister and Cabinet	‑	‑	‑	‑
3,635	‑	34,317	37,952

   

SOCIAL SERVICES PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Services Australia	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	100,541	100,541
Total: Social Services	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	100,541	100,541

   

TREASURY PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2023‑2024
Entity	Payments to States, ACT,   NT and local government	New   Administered Outcomes	Non- operating	Total
$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Department of the Treasury	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	825,000	825,000
Australian Bureau of Statistics	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	7,732	7,732
Australian Competition and Consumer	‑	‑	‑	‑
Commission	‑	‑	1,100	1,100
Australian Taxation Office	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	22,348	22,348
Total: Treasury	‑	‑	‑	‑
‑	‑	856,180	856,180

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 14 May 2024

Senate on 24 June 2024]

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