Determination to Reduce Appropriation Upon Request (No. 8 of 2006-2007) (Cth)

DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UPON REQUEST

I, Senator the Hon Nick Minchin, Minister for Finance and Administration, pursuant to the legislative provision listed in column 3 below, hereby reduce the appropriation in column 1 for the agency in column 2 in response to the request made by the Minister in column 4 by the amount listed in column 6.

Column 1	Column 2	Column3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Appropriation	Agency	Authority	Requested by	Date of Request	$
Departmental item for Centrelink in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007	Centrelink	Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007	The Hon Chris Ellison, Minister for Human Services	14 March 2007	$75,469,000
Other Departmental item, being an Equity Injection for Centrelink in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2006-2007	Centrelink	Subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2006-2007	The Hon Chris Ellison, Minister for Human Services	14 March 2007	$54,928,000
Departmental item for Medicare Australia in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007	Medicare Australia	Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007	The Hon Chris Ellison, Minister for Human Services	14 March 2007	$26,306,000
Other Departmental item, being an Equity Injection for Medicare Australia in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2006-2007	Medicare Australia	Subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2006-2007	The Hon Chris Ellison, Minister for Human Services	14 March 2007	$3,094,000

NICK MINCHIN

4 April 2007                                    No. 8 of 2006-2007