Appropriation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Act (No. 1) 2019-2020 (Cth)

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Appropriation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Act (No. 1) 2019‑2020

No. 25, 2020

An Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the Government in relation to the Coronavirus Economic Response, and for related purposes

Contents

Appropriation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Act (No. 1) 2019-2020

No. 25, 2020

An Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the Government in relation to the Coronavirus Economic Response, and for related purposes

[Assented to 24 March 2020]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Part 1Preliminary 1Short title

This Act is the Appropriation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Act (No. 1) 2019‑2020.

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.

24 March 2020

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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 item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a non‑corporate entity under the heading “Administered”.

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 total amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a corporate entity under the heading “Administered”.

Note: The amounts set out opposite outcomes for corporate entities, under the heading “Administered”, are “notional”. They are not part of the item, and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the item.

current year means the financial year ending on 30 June 2020.

departmental item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a non‑corporate entity under the heading “Departmental”.

Note: The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading “Departmental”, are “notional”. They are not part of the item, and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the item.

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

Finance Minister means the Minister administering this Act.

item means any of the following:

  1. (a)

    an administered item;

  2. (b)

    a corporate entity item;

  3. (c)

    a departmental 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.

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) 2019‑2020 and the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2019‑2020.

Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements 2019‑20.

portfolio statements means:

  1. (a)

    the Portfolio Budget Statements; and

  2. (b)

    the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements.

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

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 2Appropriation items 6Summary of appropriations

The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $1,651,133,000.

Note 1: Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.

Note 2: Sections 74 to 75 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 also provide for the adjustment of amounts appropriated by this Act.

7Departmental items

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

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.

9Corporate 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 3Advance to the Finance Minister 10Advance to the Finance Minister
  1. (1)

    This section applies if the Finance Minister is satisfied that there is an urgent need for expenditure, in the current year, that is not provided for, or is insufficiently provided for, in Schedule 1:

    1. (a)

      because of an erroneous omission or understatement; or

    2. (b)

      because the expenditure was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to provide for it in the Bill for this Act before that Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives.

  2. (2)

    This Act has effect as if Schedule 1 were amended, in accordance with a determination of the Finance Minister, to make provision for so much (if any) of the expenditure as the Finance Minister determines.

  3. (3)

    The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) cannot be more than $800 million.

  4. (4)

    A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative instrument, but neither section 42 (disallowance) nor Part 4 of Chapter 3 (sunsetting) of the Legislation Act 2003 applies to the determination.

Part 4Miscellaneous 11Crediting 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.

12Appropriation 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.

13Repeal of this Act

This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2022.

Schedule 1Services for which money is appropriated

Note: See sections 6 and 12.

Abstract

Portfolio

Total

$'000

Agriculture, Water and the Environment

15,297

Defence

642

Education, Skills and Employment

273,627

Foreign Affairs and Trade

10,555

Health

574,309

Home Affairs

18,703

Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

437,000

Social Services

321,000

Total

1,651,133

APPROPRIATIONS

SUMMARY

Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Portfolio

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

Agriculture, Water and the Environment

15,297

15,297

908,752

726,117

1,634,869

Attorney‑General's

1,263,820

534,779

1,798,599

Defence

642

642

34,956,831

180,016

35,136,847

Education, Skills and Employment

5,086

268,541

273,627

607,392

1,735,976

2,343,368

Finance

422,568

318,492

741,060

Foreign Affairs and Trade

10,555

10,555

2,056,810

4,367,373

6,424,183

Health

11,840

562,469

574,309

827,115

11,658,270

12,485,385

Home Affairs

17,952

751

18,703

4,674,228

1,840,481

6,514,709

Industry, Science, Energy and Resources

772,532

1,971,956

2,744,488

Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development

437,000

437,000

and Communications

421,105

4,125,780

4,546,885

Prime Minister and Cabinet

614,426

1,422,240

2,036,666

Social Services

321,000

321,000

5,028,859

10,413,699

15,442,558

Treasury

4,890,134

101,878

4,992,012

Total:

382,372

1,268,761

1,651,133

57,444,572

39,397,057

96,841,629

AGRICULTURE, WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT PORTFOLIO

SUMMARY

Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Entity

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

Department of Agriculture, Water and the

15,297

15,297

Environment

581,291

578,604

1,159,895

Payments to corporate entities:

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines

Authority

5,695

5,695

Director of National Parks

45,572

45,572

Murray‑Darling Basin Authority

75,244

75,244

Regional Investment Corporation

15,414

15,414

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

20,345

5,588

25,933

Bureau of Meteorology

271,711

271,711

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

35,405

35,405

Total: Agriculture, Water and the Environment

15,297

15,297

908,752

726,117

1,634,869

AGRICULTURE, WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT PORTFOLIO

Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2018‑2019

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WATER

AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Outcome 4 ‑

Safeguard Australia's animal and plant health

15,297

15,297

status to maintain overseas markets and protect

126,374

26,803

153,177

the economy and environment from the impact

4,499

4,499

of exotic pests and diseases, through risk

assessment, inspection and certification, and the

implementation of emergency response

arrangements for Australian agricultural, food

and fibre industries

Total: Department of Agriculture, Water and the

15,297

15,297

Environment

DEFENCE PORTFOLIO

SUMMARY

Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Entity

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

Department of Defence

33,859,393

33,859,393

Australian Signals Directorate

744,212

744,212

Department of Veterans' Affairs

642

642

353,226

133,645

486,871

Payments to corporate entities:

Australian War Memorial

46,371

46,371

Total: Defence

642

642

34,956,831

180,016

35,136,847

DEFENCE PORTFOLIO

Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2018‑2019

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Outcome 1 ‑

Maintain and enhance the financial wellbeing

642

642

and self‑sufficiency of eligible persons and their

221,014

55,359

276,373

dependants through access to income support,

245,542

56,577

302,119

compensation, and other support services,

including advice and information about

entitlements

Total: Department of Veterans' Affairs

642

642

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT PORTFOLIO

SUMMARY

Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Entity

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

Department of Education, Skills and Employment

5,086

268,541

273,627

528,888

1,726,519

2,255,407

Australian Research Council

22,454

9,457

31,911

Australian Skills Quality Authority

37,665

37,665

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency

18,385

18,385

Total: Education, Skills and Employment

5,086

268,541

273,627

607,392

1,735,976

2,343,368

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT PORTFOLIO

Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2018‑2019

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SKILLS AND

EMPLOYMENT

Outcome 3 ‑

Promote growth in economic productivity and

5,086

183,541

188,627

social wellbeing through access to quality skills

72,483

421,254

493,737

and training

6,122

6,122

Outcome 4 ‑

Foster a productive and competitive labour

85,000

85,000

market through policies and programs that assist

161,358

556,206

717,564

job seekers into work and meet employer needs

6,282

22,115

28,397

Total: Department of Education, Skills and

5,086

268,541

273,627

Employment

FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIO

SUMMARY

Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Entity

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

10,555

10,555

1,496,329

3,971,736

5,468,065

Payments to corporate entities:

Tourism Australia

134,836

134,836

Australian Centre for International Agricultural

Research

9,555

92,151

101,706

Australian Secret Intelligence Service

335,339

335,339

Australian Trade and Investment Commission

215,587

168,650

384,237

Total: Foreign Affairs and Trade

10,555

10,555

2,056,810

4,367,373

6,424,183

FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIO

Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2018‑2019

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND

TRADE

Outcome 1 ‑

The advancement of Australia's international

10,555

10,555

strategic, security and economic interests

882,678

3,970,986

4,853,664

including through bilateral, regional and

897,661

3,844,576

4,742,237

multilateral engagement on Australian

Government foreign, trade and international

development policy priorities

Total: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

10,555

10,555

HEALTH PORTFOLIO

SUMMARY

Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Entity

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

Department of Health

9,115

562,469

571,584

643,075

10,113,616

10,756,691

Payments to corporate entities:

Australian Digital Health Agency

178,613

178,613

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

35,251

35,251

Australian Sports Commission

388,378

388,378

Food Standards Australia New Zealand

16,890

16,890

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

2,725

2,725

70,654

70,654

Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and

Transplantation Authority

5,558

43,389

48,947

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety

Agency

14,696

14,696

Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority

15,656

15,656

Cancer Australia

11,167

19,946

31,113

National Blood Authority

6,298

3,630

9,928

National Health Funding Body

5,570

5,570

National Health and Medical Research Council

37,656

854,712

892,368

National Mental Health Commission

7,200

3,845

11,045

Professional Services Review

9,585

9,585

Total: Health

11,840

562,469

574,309

827,115

11,658,270

12,485,385

HEALTH PORTFOLIO

Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2018‑2019

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Outcome 2 ‑

Support for sustainable funding for public

168,850

168,850

hospital services and improved access to high

148,575

4,495,820

4,644,395

quality, comprehensive and coordinated

173,518

4,671,231

4,844,749

preventive, primary and mental health care for all

Australians, with a focus on those with complex

health care needs and those living in regional,

rural and remote areas, including through access

to a skilled health workforce

Outcome 4 ‑

Access to cost‑effective medicines, medical,

22,576

22,576

dental and hearing services, and improved

175,633

1,504,633

1,680,266

choice in health services, including through the

183,324

1,618,179

1,801,503

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Medicare,

targeted assistance strategies and private health

insurance

Outcome 5 ‑

Protection of the health and safety of the

9,115

82,017

91,132

Australian community and preparedness to

46,753

138,824

185,577

respond to national health emergencies and

60,411

133,908

194,319

risks, including through immunisation, initiatives,

and regulation of therapeutic goods, chemicals,

gene technology, and blood and organ products

Outcome 6 ‑

Improved wellbeing for older Australians through

289,026

289,026

targeted support, access to quality care and

177,998

3,773,451

3,951,449

related information services

199,353

3,768,274

3,967,627

Total: Department of Health

9,115

562,469

571,584

HEALTH PORTFOLIO

Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2018‑2019

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

AGED CARE QUALITY AND SAFETY

COMMISSION

Outcome 1 ‑

Protect and enhance the safety, health,

2,725

2,725

wellbeing and quality of life of aged care

70,654

70,654

consumers, including through effective

40,614

40,614

engagement with them, regulation and education

of Commonwealth‑funded aged care service

providers and resolution of aged care complaints

Total: Aged Care Quality and Safety

2,725

2,725

Commission

HOME AFFAIRS PORTFOLIO

SUMMARY

Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Entity

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

Department of Home Affairs

17,952

751

18,703

2,767,884

1,832,613

4,600,497

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

106,453

106,453

Australian Federal Police

1,197,320

7,868

1,205,188

Australian Institute of Criminology

4,617

4,617

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

522,611

522,611

Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis

Centre

75,343

75,343

Total: Home Affairs

17,952

751

18,703

4,674,228

1,840,481

6,514,709

HOME AFFAIRS PORTFOLIO

Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2018‑2019

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS

Outcome 1 ‑

Protect Australia's sovereignty, security and

17,952

751

18,703

safety through its national security, emergency

1,920,152

1,308,925

3,229,077

management system, law enforcement, and

1,844,662

1,958,717

3,803,379

managing its border, including managing the

stay and departure of all non‑citizens

Total: Department of Home Affairs

17,952

751

18,703

INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS PORTFOLIO

SUMMARY

Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Entity

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional

422,000

422,000

Development and Communications

277,667

2,123,506

2,401,173

Payments to corporate entities:

Australia Council

212,122

212,122

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

1,062,265

1,062,265

Australian Film, Television and Radio School

22,605

22,605

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

81,790

81,790

Australian National Maritime Museum

21,217

21,217

Civil Aviation Safety Authority

15,000

15,000

45,938

45,938

Infrastructure Australia

11,560

11,560

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

23,969

23,969

National Gallery of Australia

44,928

44,928

National Library of Australia

55,016

55,016

National Museum of Australia

44,611

44,611

National Portrait Gallery of Australia

11,652

11,652

National Transport Commission

3,535

3,535

Screen Australia

11,331

11,331

Special Broadcasting Service Corporation

290,054

290,054

Australian Communications and Media Authority

103,389

23,749

127,138

INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS PORTFOLIO

SUMMARY

Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Entity

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

20,795

20,795

National Capital Authority

12,580

35,932

48,512

National Faster Rail Agency

3,987

3,987

North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority

2,687

2,687

Total: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional

437,000

437,000

Development and Communications

421,105

4,125,780

4,546,885

INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS PORTFOLIO

Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2018‑2019

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE,

TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND

COMMUNICATIONS

Outcome 2 ‑

An efficient, sustainable, competitive, safe and

422,000

422,000

secure transport system for all transport users

86,584

349,651

436,235

through regulation, financial assistance and

5,384

398,778

404,162

safety investigations

Total: Department of Infrastructure, Transport,

422,000

422,000

Regional Development and

Communications

INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS PORTFOLIO

Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2018‑2019

Administered

$'000

DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE,

TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND

COMMUNICATIONS FOR PAYMENT TO

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

Outcome 1 ‑

Maximise aviation safety through a regulatory

15,000

regime, detailed technical material on safety

45,938

standards, comprehensive aviation industry

43,936

oversight, risk analysis, industry consultation,

education and training

Total: Civil Aviation Safety Authority

15,000

SOCIAL SERVICES PORTFOLIO

SUMMARY

Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Entity

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

Department of Social Services

432,618

8,999,418

9,432,036

Payments to corporate entities:

National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch

Transition Agency

1,408,255

1,408,255

Australian Institute of Family Studies

4,641

4,641

Digital Transformation Agency

57,054

57,054

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

49,615

4,383

53,998

Services Australia

321,000

321,000

4,484,931

1,643

4,486,574

Total: Social Services

321,000

321,000

5,028,859

10,413,699

15,442,558

SOCIAL SERVICES PORTFOLIO

Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2019‑2020

Budget Appropriation (italic figures)—2019‑2020

Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2018‑2019

Departmental

Administered

Total

$'000

$'000

$'000

SERVICES AUSTRALIA

Outcome 1 ‑

Support individuals, families and communities to

321,000

321,000

achieve greater self‑sufficiency; through the

4,484,931

1,643

4,486,574

delivery of advice and high quality accessible

4,502,253

1,595

4,503,848

social, health and child support services and

other payments; and support providers and

businesses through convenient and efficient

service delivery

Total: Services Australia

321,000

321,000

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 23 March 2020

Senate on 23 March 2020]

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