There have been no significant changes to the portfolio since the publication of the portfolio's 2009-10 Portfolio Budget Statements (PB Statements). A full outline of the Portfolio Overview can be found in the 2009-10 PB Statements on pages 3-9.
Overview of Additional Estimates sought for the portfolio
Additional appropriations of $21.2 million through Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2009-10 and $510.7 million through Special Appropriations, are being sought for the Department of Families , Housing , Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) as a result of new measures and other variations. The new measures are:
- A New Scheme of Income Management
- Alice Springs Transformation Plan
- Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment - Queensland and New South Wales floods May 2009
- Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment - Samoan Tsunami and Sumatra Earthquake 2009
- Child Support Income Estimates - Transitional Arrangements and Long Term Solution
- Community Investment Program - reduction
- Establishment of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Representative Body
- Fraud and compliance - increased compliance activity
- Office for Remote Indigenous Housing - establishment
- Reprioritisation of the Indigenous Communities Strategic Investment program
- Secure and Sustainable Pensions - public information campaign
- Support for veterans - recognition of service of personnel on HMAS Canberra during Operation DAMASK VI
- Social Security Agreement - Australia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Victorian bushfire reconstruction and recovery
- Victorian Fires Income Recovery Subsidy - extension.
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Structure of the portfolio
The portfolio comprises one administrative entity, one statutory authority, four statutory office holders and one prescribed agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act) and nine Commonwealth companies and authorities under the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 (CAC Act).
The following operate under the FMA Act:
- The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Social Security Appeals Tribunal
- Aboriginal Land Commissioner, Northern Territory
- Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services
- Executive Director of Township Leasing
- Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
- Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency.
The following operate under the CAC Act:
- Aboriginal Hostels Limited
- Anindilyakwa Land Council
- Central Land Council
- Indigenous Business Australia
- Indigenous Land Corporation
- Northern Land Council
- Tiwi Land Council
- Torres Strait Regional Authority
- Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council.
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Figure 1: FaHCSIA portfolio structure and outcomes
