Part 4: Financial Statements – HTML version

Notes to and forming part of the Financial Statements

Note 5: Operating expenses
  2004
$'000
2003
$'000
Note 5A: Employee Expenses    
Wages and salary 219,274 196,366
Superannuation 40,386 34,134
Leave and other entitlements 29,683 31,596
Separation and redundancies 464 386
Other employee expenses 5,156 5,213
Total employee benefits expense 294,963 267,695
Worker compensation premiums 4,295 2,877
Total employee expenses 299,258 270,572
Note 5B: Supplier Expenses    
Goods from external entities 7,196 7,993
Services from related entities 32,991 18,476
Services from external entities 123,864 125,353
Operating lease rentals* 34,535 23,045
Total supplier expenses 198,586 174,867
Note 5C: Depreciation and Amortisation    
(i)Depreciation    
Other infrastructure, plant and equipment 3,489 2,607
Leasehold Improvements 4,250 2,239
Total Depreciation 7,739 4,846
(ii)Amortisation    
Software and other intangibles 8,433 9,731
Total Amortisation 8,433 9,731
Total depreciation and amortisation 16,172 14,577
The aggregate amounts of depreciation or amortisation expensed during the reporting period for each class of depreciable asset are as follows:
Other infrastructure, plant and equipment 3,489 2,607
Leasehold Improvements 4,250 2,239
Software and other intangibles 8,433 9,731
Total depreciation and amortisation 16,172 14,577
No depreciation or amortisation was allocated to the carrying value of other assets.
Note 5D: Write Down of Assets    
Financial assets    
Bad and doubtful debts expense 672 52
Non-financial assets    
Infrastructure, plant & equipment - revaluation decrement - 48
Intangibles - write off - 7,270
Total write-down of assets 672 7,370
Note 5E: Net Foreign Exchange Loss    
Non speculative 34 1
Total foreign exchange losses 34 1
Note 5F: Other Expenses    
Payment to Centrelink for service delivery 1,949,518 1,799,024
Payment to HIC for service delivery 8,485 8,305
Payment to ATO for service delivery 8,884 8,706
Payment to CRS Australia - 117,885
Other 1,191 509
Total other expenses 1,968,078 1,934,429

* these comprise minimum lease payments only

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