Portfolio Budget Statements 2009-10

1.5 Programs for which the Treasury is appropriated under the new Federal Financial Relations (FFR) Framework

The Council of Australian Government (COAG) has agreed to a new framework for Federal Financial Relations that is being implemented in a staged manner from 1 January 2009. Under these arrangements Specific Purpose Payments (SPPs) will now be made through combined monthly payments from the Commonwealth Treasury to and through State and Territory Treasuries.

Details of payments which were previously the responsibility of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and are now being made by the Treasury are summarised below, along with resources that continue to be held by FaHCSIA. Further information on the Federal Financial Relations arrangements can be found in the single set of PB Statements of the Treasury and in Budget Paper No. 3, Australia's Federal Relations 2009-10.

Table 1.3: Programs for which Treasury is appropriated under the new federal financial relations (FFR) framework and remaining agency resourcing.
	2008-09 $'000	2009-10 $'000	2010-11 $'000	2011-12 $'000	2012-13 $'000
Amounts appropriated to Treasury under the new FFR Act
Treasury payment to/through states - Housing	878,639	4,814,354	2,285,283	907,441	635,471
Social Housing	200,000	200,000	-	-	-
Homelessness	21,973	97,700	128,500	131,500	156,500
Investment in Social Housing	260,000	4,072,000	1,744,000	312,000	-
Remote Indigenous Housing	395,635	432,733	412,783	463,941	478,971
Social Housing Subsidy program	1,031	11,921	-	-	-
Treasury payment to/through states - Assistance to the Aged	121,868	242,553	250,633	258,456	268,142
Concession for pensioners and senior card holders	109,868	230,553	238,633	246,456	255,642
National reciprocal transport concessions	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,500
Treasury payment to/through states - Indigenous Development	-	37,672	57,873	57,882	-
Closing the Gap - Northern Territory - family support package - coordination	-	5,068	5,269	5,476	-
Closing the Gap - Northern Territory - community stores	-	300	300	300	-
Closing the Gap - Northern Territory - field operations	-	900	2,907	4,278	-
Closing the Gap - Northern Territory - remote policing & substance abuse	-	31,404	49,397	47,828	-
Treasury payment to/through states - Public Order and Safety	13,639	4,010	-	-	-
Improving policing in very remote areas	13,639	4,010	-	-	-
Subtotal Treasury Resourcing (for the above programs) (a)	1,014,146	5,098,589	2,593,789	1,223,779	903,613
Subtotal Agency resourcing¹	78,997,723	69,450,227	72,456,528	75,506,661	79,343,475
Totals (a + b)	80,011,869	74,548,816	75,050,317	76,730,440	80,247,088

1 Details of Agency resourcing for 2008-09 and 2009-10 can be found in Table 1.1 (Agency Resource Statement) under the heading 'Total net resourcing for FaHCSIA'.

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