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Budget 2010-11

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Section 1: Agency overview and resources

1.3 Budget measures

Budget measures relating to the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs are detailed in Budget Paper No. 2 and are summarised below.


Table 1.2: FaHCSIA 2010-11 Budget measures

 

 Program 2009-10
          $'000		 2010-11
          $'000		 2011-12
          $'000		 2012-13
          $'000		 2013-14
          $'000
Expense measures            
Outcome 1 - Families and Children            
Drought assistance - Family Support Drought Response Teams program -
extension		 1.1          
Administered expenses   - 6,613 - - -
Departmental expenses   - 1,094 - - -
Total   - 7,707 - - -
Drought policy reform - pilot of new measures in Western Australia1 1.1          
Administered expenses   - 945 - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - 945 - - -
National Find and Connect Service for the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants 1.1          
Administered expenses   - 3,615 6,443 6,323 4,468
Departmental expenses   - 933 1,218 965 867
Total   - 4,548 7,661 7,288 5,335
Family Tax Benefit Part A - improved participation requirements for 16 to 20 year olds 1.2          
Administered expenses   -1,097 -20,863 -20,924 -21,227 -21,480
Departmental expenses   393 503 269 176 176
Total   -704 -20,360 -20,655 -21,051 -21,304
Family Tax Benefit Non-lodger Fortnightly Payment Prohibition - more flexible arrangements2 1.2          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - - - - -
Paid Parental Leave - implementation 1.3          
Administered expenses   300 2,900 - - -
Departmental expenses   - - 123 97 71
Total   300 2,900 123 97 71
Outcome 3 - Community Capability and the Vulnerable        
Income management in cases of child neglect and by voluntary choice - continuation of trial 3.1          
Administered expenses   - 5,258 - - -
Departmental expenses   - 1,206 - - -
Total   - 6,464 - - -
School Enrolment and Attendance Trial - continuation3 3.1          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - 71 - - -
Total   - 71 - - -
Adventure playgrounds 3.2          
Administered expenses   - 658 670 682 694
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - 658 670 682 694
Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal - Commonwealth contribution 3.2          
Administered expenses   -250 - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   -250 - - - -
Western Australia's Children's Health Telethon - donation4 3.2          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - - - - -
An Innovation and Higher Education System for the 21st Century - Student income support - additional funding for service delivery3 3.3          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - 385 78 78 79
Total   - 385 78 78 79
Act of Grace Payments - ongoing arrangements 3.4          
Administered expenses   318 262 272 282 293
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   318 262 272 282 293
NSW Mid-North Coast floods - assistance for March 2009 event 3.4          
Administered expenses   295 - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   295 - - - -
NSW Mid-North Coast floods - assistance for November 2009 event 3.4          
Administered expenses   10,983 - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   10,983 - - - -
Samoan tsunami and Sumatran earthquakes - assistance5 3.4          
Administered expenses   537 - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   537 - - - -
South West Queensland floods - assistance 3.4          
Administered expenses   11,220 1,316 - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   11,220 1,316 - - -
Victorian storms - assistance 3.4          
Administered expenses   2,070 290 - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   2,070 290 - - -
Western Australian bushfires - assistance 3.4          
Administered expenses   578 - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   578 - - - -
Outcome 4 - Seniors            
Extend qualifying service to service in Ubon for the period 31 May 1962 to 27 July 19626 4.1          
Administered expenses   - -940 -981 -1,046 -1,061
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - -940 -981 -1,046 -1,061
Clarke Review - lower the age to establish domicile to under 21 years for British Commonwealth and Allied veterans6 4.1          
Administered expenses   - -18 -19 -20 -21
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - -18 -19 -20 -21
Clarke Review - provide Australian Defence Force British nuclear test participants with compensation equivalent to non-warlike or hazardous service6 4.1          
Administered expenses   - -2,359 -2,658 -2,956 -3,266
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - -2,359 -2,658 -2,956 -3,266
Special Disability Trusts - greater accessibility 4.1          
Administered expenses   - 31 104 196 314
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - 31 104 196 314
War Widow/er pension - removal of entitlement for new claimants who enter a de facto relationship6 4.1          
Administered expenses   - 19 76 129 186
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - 19 76 129 186
Outcome 5 - Disability and Carers            
Clarke Review - reclassify submarine special operations that were conducted in the period 1978 to 1992 as warlike service6 5.2          
Administered expenses   - -597 -621 -643 -667
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - -597 -621 -643 -667
F-111 Deseal/Reseal maintenance workers - further support6 5.2, 5.3          
Administered expenses   -6 -17 -18 -19 -19
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   -6 -17 -18 -19 -19
Job Capacity Assessment - more efficient and accurate assessments for Disability Support Pension and employment services3 5.2, 5.3, 5.4          
Administered expenses   - 150 -22,012 -199,886 -350,457
Departmental expenses   - 188 1,559 1,943 2,027
Total   - 338 -20,453 -197,943 -348,430
National Disability Strategy - coordination7 5.4          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - - - - -
Community engagement strategy for people with disability8 5.4          
Administered   - - - - -
Departmental   - - - - -
Total   - - - - -
Outcome 7 - Indigenous            
Community Development Employment Projects - indexation reform 7.1          
Administered expenses   - -442 -661 -3,310 -4,384
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - -442 -661 -3,310 -4,384
Community Development Employment Projects - redirection 7.1          
Administered expenses   - -3,000 - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - -3,000 - - -
Remote Service Delivery National Partnership Flexible Funding Pool - establishment 7.4          
Administered expenses   - 17,000 17,000 12,000 -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - 17,000 17,000 12,000 -
Indigenous Communities Strategic Investment program - reduction9 7.4          
Administered expenses   -1,650 -15,510 -15,840 -12,620 -2,630
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   -1,650 -15,510 -15,840 -12,620 -2,630
Indigenous Land Corporation - new funding arrangements10 7.4          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - - - - -
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples - establishment11 7.4          
Administered expenses   2,952 6,234 6,795 8,341 4,911
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   2,952 6,234 6,795 8,341 4,911
Cross-Outcome            
Social Security Appeals Tribunal - training            
Outcome 1 1.1, 1.2          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - -79 -80 -80 -81
Outcome 4 4.1          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - -23 -23 -23 -23
Outcome 5 5.4, 5.5 `        
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - -60 -60 -61 -61
Total   - -162 -163 -164 -165
Family Relationship Services for Carers - continuation12            
Outcome 1 1.1          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 5 5.3          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - - -   -
Stronger, fairer, simpler tax reform - standard deduction for work-related expenses and the cost of managing tax affairs13            
Outcome 1 1.2          
Administered expenses   - - - 57,622 147,451
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 4 4.2          
Administered expenses   - - - - 760
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - - - 57,622 148,211
Stronger, fairer, simpler tax reform - 50 per cent discount for interest income13            
Outcome 1 1.2          
Administered expenses   - - 26,860 26,626 26,253
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 4 4.2          
Administered expenses   - - - 5,448 5,826
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - - 26,860 32,074 32,079
Bulk Verification of Community Housing Rent            
Outcome 1 1.2          
Administered expenses   - 13 27 29 31
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 4 4.1          
Administered expenses   - 102 220 233 248
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 5 5.2, 5.3          
Administered expenses   - 170 366 388 414
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - 285 613 650 693
Fraud prevention and compliance - Centrelink debts - enhanced capability for Centrelink to detect and respond to emerging fraud risks14            
Outcome 1 1.2          
Administered expenses   - -637 -1,250 -1,518 -1,535
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 4 4.1          
Administered expenses   - -2,493 -4,687 -5,759 -5,794
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 5 5.2, 5.3          
Administered expenses   - -4,738 -8,375 -9,274 -9,102
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - -7,868 -14,312 -16,551 -16,431
Fraud prevention and compliance - Centrelink debts - improvements to the tax garnishee process2, 14            
Outcome 1 1.2          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 4 4.1          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 5 5.2, 5.3          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - - - - -
Migration Program - allocation of places for 2010-1115            
Outcome 1 1.2, 1.3          
Administered expenses   * * * * *
Departmental expenses   * * * * *
Outcome 5 5.2          
Administered expenses   * * * * *
Departmental expenses   * * * * *
Total   * * * * *
Office of the Coordinator-General - continued operations16            
Outcome 2 2.2          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   -205 -125 -45 - -
Outcome 7 7.2          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   -205 -125 -45 - -
Total   -410 -250 -90 - -
A new scheme of income management in the Northern Territory11            
Outcome 3 3.1          
Administered expenses   260 11,311 13,677 15,164 15,742
Departmental expenses   423 3,790 3,257 3,158 3,179
Outcome 7 7.4          
Administered expenses   - 750 - - -
Departmental expenses   - 437 - - -
Total   683 16,288 16,934 18,322 18,921
Streamlining notification processes for compensation recipients            
Outcome 3 3.3          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - 13 12 12
Outcome 4 4.1          
Administered expenses   - - -1,584 -2,844 -3,821
Departmental expenses   - 53 21 8 8
Outcome 5 5.2, 5.3          
Administered expenses   - - -5,614 -9,976 -10,562
Departmental expenses   - 187 76 30 30
Total   - 240 -7,088 -12,770 -14,333
Weekly income support payments to vulnerable Australians2            
Outcome 3 3.3          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 4 4.1          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 5 5.2, 5.3          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - - - - -
Fraud prevention and compliance - Centrelink debts - review of non-standard debt repayment rates2, 14            
Outcome 4 4.1          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 5 5.2, 5.3          
Administered expenses   - - - - -
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Total   - - - - -
Reform of Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program in the Torres Strait            
Outcome 4 4.1          
Administered expenses   - 1 13 63 66
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 5 5.2, 5.3          
Administered expenses   - 3 54 260 271
Departmental expenses   - - - - -
Outcome 7 7.1          
Administered expenses   - -11,847 -17,835 -8,500 -6,070
Departmental expenses   - 240 59 - -
Total   - -11,603 -17,709 -8,177 -5,733
Total expense measures            
Administered   26,510 -5,820 -30,502 -145,812 -212,941
Departmental   406 8,675 6,420 6,303 6,284
Total   26,916 2,855 -24,082 -139,509 -206,657
Capital measures            
Outcome 1 - Families            
National Find and Connect Service for the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants 1.1          
Administered capital   - - - - -
Departmental capital   - 1,638 - - -
Total   - 1,638 - - -
Outcome 5 - Disability and Carers            
National Disability Strategy - coordination17 5.4          
Administered capital   - - - - -
Departmental capital   - - - - -
Total   - - - - -
Total capital measures            
Administered   - - - - -
Departmental   - 1,638 - - -
Total   - 1,638 - - -
    Prepared on a Government Financial Statistics (fiscal) basis.

  1. This measure is led by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The full measure description and package details appear in Budget Paper 2 under the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio.
  2. This measure has no fiscal impact on the Commonwealth. Further details can be found in Budget Paper 2.
  3. This measure is led by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The full measure description and package details appear in Budget Paper 2 under the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio.
  4. The cost of this measure, $0.5 million (administered) in 2009-10, will be met from within existing resources.
  5. This measure has been previously reported in the 2009-10 Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES). Financial implications for this measure have been updated due to a revision to the number of customers receiving the payment.
  6. This measure is led by the Department of Veterans' Affairs. The full measure description and package details appear in Budget Paper 2 under the Veterans' Affairs portfolio.
  7. The cost of this measure, $5.0 million (departmental) over 4 years, will be met from within existing resources.
  8. The cost of this measure, $0.5 million (administered) in 2010-11, will be met from within existing resources.
  9. This measure has been previously reported in the 2009-10 FaHCSIA PAES. Financial implications for this measure have been updated since PAES to provide funding for the Remote Service Delivery Flexible Funding Pool.
  10. Funding for this measure has already been provided in the forward estimates. Further details can be found in Budget Paper 2.
  11. This measure has previously been reported in the 2009-10 FaHCSIA PAES.
  12. The Government will continue this measure at a cost $2.2 million in 2010-11 and 2011-12 and $2.3 million in 2012-13 and 2013-14. This funding has already been included in the forward estimates.
  13. This measure is led by the Australian Taxation Office. The full measure description and package details appear in Budget Paper 2 under the Treasury portfolio.
  14. This measure is led by the Department of Human Services. The full measure description and package details appear in Budget Paper 2 under the Human Services portfolio.
  15. Funding for this measure will be agreed post Budget. This measure is led by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. The full measure description and package details appear in Budget Paper 2 under the Immigration and Citizenship portfolio.
  16. This measure is led by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The full measure description and package details appear in Budget Paper 2 under the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio.
  17. The cost of this measure, $1.2 million (capital) in 2010-11, will be met from within existing resources.

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