Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2022-2023 (Cth)

Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2022-2023 No. 67, 2022 An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the Government, and for related purposes Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Definitions 4 Portfolio statements 5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth Part 2—Appropriation items 6 Summary of appropriations 7 Departmental items 8 Administered items 9 Corporate entity items Part 3—Advance to the Finance Minister 10 Advance to the Finance Minister Part 4—Miscellaneous 11 Crediting amounts to special accounts 12 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund 13 Repeal of this Act Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2022-2023 No. 67, 2022 An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the Government, and for related purposes [Assented to 30 November 2022] The Parliament of Australia enacts: Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title This Act is the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2022-2023. 2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms. Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this Act The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 30 November 2022 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 3 Definitions In this Act: administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a non-corporate entity under the heading "Administered". corporate entity means: (a) a corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or (b) a Commonwealth company within the meaning of that Act. corporate entity item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a corporate entity under the heading "Administered". Note: The amounts set out opposite outcomes for corporate entities, under the heading "Administered", are "notional". They are not part of the item, and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the item. current year means the financial year ending on 30 June 2023. departmental item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a non-corporate entity under the heading "Departmental". Note: The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading "Departmental", are "notional". They are not part of the item, and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the item. expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets, making loans or paying liabilities. Finance Minister means the Minister administering this Act. item means any of the following: (a) an administered item; (b) a corporate entity item; (c) a departmental item. non-corporate entity means: (a) a non-corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or (b) the High Court. Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act. portfolio statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements. special account has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 4 Portfolio statements The portfolio statements are declared to be relevant documents for the purposes of section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. Note: See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 which provides that the material that may be considered in the interpretation of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the Act to be a relevant document. 5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between non-corporate entities are to be treated as if they were real transactions. Note: This section applies, for example, to a "payment" between non-corporate entities that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of the effects of this section is that the payment will be debited from an appropriation for the paying non-corporate entity, even though no payment is actually made from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This is consistent with section 76 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. Part 2—Appropriation items 6 Summary of appropriations The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $10,026,740,000. Note 1: Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act. Note 2: Sections 74 to 75 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 also provide for the adjustment of amounts appropriated by this Act. 7 Departmental items The amount specified in a departmental item for a non-corporate entity may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the entity. 8 Administered items (1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a non-corporate entity may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome. (2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome. 9 Corporate entity items (1) The amount specified in a corporate entity item for a corporate entity may be paid to the entity to be applied for the purposes of the entity. (2) If: (a) an Act provides that a corporate entity must be paid amounts that are appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of the entity; and (b) Schedule 1 contains a corporate entity item for that entity; then the entity must be paid the full amount specified in the item. Part 3—Advance to the Finance Minister 10 Advance to the Finance Minister (1) This section applies if the Finance Minister is satisfied that there is an urgent need for expenditure, in the current year, that is not provided for, or is insufficiently provided for, in Schedule 1: (a) because of an erroneous omission or understatement; or (b) because the expenditure was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to provide for it in the Bill for this Act before that Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives. (2) This Act has effect as if Schedule 1 were amended, in accordance with a determination of the Finance Minister, to make provision for so much (if any) of the expenditure as the Finance Minister determines. (3) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) cannot be more than: (a) $400 million for any purpose; and (b) an additional $2,000 million for expenditure for the purposes of responding to any of the following, or circumstances related to any of the following: (i) the coronavirus known as COVID-19; (ii) an event that the Finance Minister is satisfied is a natural disaster; (iii) circumstances that the Finance Minister is satisfied constitute a national emergency. (4) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative instrument, but neither section 42 (disallowance) nor Part 4 of Chapter 3 (sunsetting) of the Legislation Act 2003 applies to the determination. No further advances under Supply Act (5) The Finance Minister must not make a determination under subsection 10(2) of the Supply Act (No. 1) 2022-2023 after this section commences. Part 4—Miscellaneous 11 Crediting amounts to special accounts If any of the purposes of a special account is a purpose that is covered by an item (whether or not the item expressly refers to the special account), then amounts may be debited against the appropriation for that item and credited to that special account. 12 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as affected by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 13 Repeal of this Act This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2025. Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated Note: See sections 6 and 12. Abstract Portfolio Total $'000 Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 95,184 Attorney‑General's 237,162 Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 734,090 Defence 647,416 Education 264,668 Employment and Workplace Relations 397,239 Finance 108,738 Foreign Affairs and Trade 418,204 Health and Aged Care 3,523,488 Home Affairs 387,778 Industry, Science and Resources 689,686 Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 351,686 Prime Minister and Cabinet 439,584 Social Services 1,370,070 Treasury 361,747 Total 10,026,740 APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Portfolio Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 35,474 59,710 95,184 623,144 255,251 878,395 Attorney‑General's 165,201 71,961 237,162 2,545,064 488,372 3,033,436 Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and 480,872 253,218 734,090 Water 545,034 1,296,963 1,841,997 Defence 600,090 47,326 647,416 33,480,659 197,778 33,678,437 Education 47,155 217,513 264,668 334,507 805,712 1,140,219 Employment and Workplace Relations 101,963 295,276 397,239 537,320 1,062,028 1,599,348 Finance 108,708 30 108,738 888,608 391,089 1,279,697 Foreign Affairs and Trade 47,794 370,410 418,204 2,361,073 5,054,562 7,415,635 Health and Aged Care 141,226 3,382,262 3,523,488 1,378,910 20,449,801 21,828,711 Home Affairs 236,828 150,950 387,778 3,463,305 3,329,617 6,792,922 Industry, Science and Resources 54,068 635,618 689,686 748,511 2,861,664 3,610,175 Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, 66,115 285,571 351,686 Communications and the Arts 688,993 6,124,709 6,813,702 Prime Minister and Cabinet 198,562 241,022 439,584 764,486 1,653,058 2,417,544 Social Services 1,115,173 254,897 1,370,070 5,784,600 22,398,269 28,182,869 Treasury 335,863 25,884 361,747 5,651,558 149,718 5,801,276 Total: Bill 1 3,735,092 6,291,648 10,026,740 59,795,772 66,518,591 126,314,363 AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Entity Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 35,017 59,710 94,727 597,691 221,219 818,910 Payments to corporate entities: Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines ‑ ‑ Authority 1,923 1,923 Regional Investment Corporation ‑ ‑ 26,317 26,317 Australian Fisheries Management Authority 457 ‑ 457 25,453 5,792 31,245 Total: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 35,474 59,710 95,184 623,144 255,251 878,395 AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY Outcome 1 ‑ More sustainable, productive, internationally 4,289 19,262 23,551 competitive and profitable Australian agricultural, 163,082 193,401 356,483 food and fibre industries through policies and initiatives that promote better resource management practices, innovation, self‑reliance and improved access to international markets Outcome 2 ‑ Safeguard Australia's animal and plant health 30,728 40,448 71,176 status to maintain overseas markets and protect 434,609 27,818 462,427 the economy and environment from the impact of exotic pests and diseases, through risk assessment, inspection and certification, and the implementation of emergency response arrangements for Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries Total: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and 35,017 59,710 94,727 Forestry 597,691 221,219 818,910 AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Administered $'000 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY FOR PAYMENT TO AUSTRALIAN PESTICIDES AND VETERINARY MEDICINES AUTHORITY Outcome 1 ‑ Protection of the health and safety of people, ‑ animals, the environment, and agricultural and 1,923 livestock industries through regulation of pesticides and veterinary medicines Total: Australian Pesticides and Veterinary ‑ Medicines Authority 1,923 AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Administered $'000 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY FOR PAYMENT TO REGIONAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION Outcome 1 ‑ Encourage growth, investment and resilience in ‑ Australian farm businesses and rural and 26,317 regional communities by delivering the Commonwealth's farm business concessional loans Total: Regional Investment Corporation ‑ 26,317 AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Outcome 1 ‑ Ecologically sustainable and economically 457 ‑ 457 efficient Commonwealth fisheries, through 25,453 5,792 31,245 understanding and monitoring Australia's marine living resources and regulating and monitoring commercial fishing, including domestic licensing and deterrence of illegal foreign fishing Total: Australian Fisheries Management 457 ‑ 457 Authority 25,453 5,792 31,245 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Entity Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 Attorney‑General's Department 14,361 64,928 79,289 166,614 459,289 625,903 Payments to corporate entities: Australian Human Rights Commission 6,548 6,548 21,646 21,646 Administrative Appeals Tribunal 6,547 ‑ 6,547 178,955 ‑ 178,955 Australian Commission for Law Enforcement 27,236 ‑ 27,236 Integrity 6,255 ‑ 6,255 Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 58,562 ‑ 58,562 129,920 ‑ 129,920 Australian Federal Police 22,528 485 23,013 1,334,615 6,512 1,341,127 Australian Financial Security Authority ‑ ‑ ‑ 57,291 ‑ 57,291 Australian Institute of Criminology ‑ ‑ ‑ 5,052 ‑ 5,052 Australian Law Reform Commission ‑ ‑ ‑ 2,640 ‑ 2,640 Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis ‑ ‑ ‑ Centre 91,949 ‑ 91,949 Federal Court of Australia 18,349 ‑ 18,349 312,399 925 313,324 High Court of Australia 31 ‑ 31 18,922 ‑ 18,922 Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 11,144 ‑ 11,144 26,730 ‑ 26,730 Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman ‑ ‑ ‑ 41,758 ‑ 41,758 Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 6,443 ‑ 6,443 94,825 ‑ 94,825 Office of the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and ‑ ‑ ‑ Security 12,494 ‑ 12,494 Office of Parliamentary Counsel ‑ ‑ ‑ 19,882 ‑ 19,882 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Entity Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 Office of the Special Investigator ‑ ‑ ‑ 44,763 ‑ 44,763 Total: Attorney‑General's 165,201 71,961 237,162 2,545,064 488,372 3,033,436 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT Outcome 1 ‑ A just and secure society through the 14,361 64,928 79,289 maintenance and improvement of Australia's 166,614 459,289 625,903 law, justice, security and integrity frameworks Total: Attorney‑General's Department 14,361 64,928 79,289 166,614 459,289 625,903 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Administered $'000 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT FOR PAYMENT TO AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Outcome 1 ‑ An Australian society in which human rights are 6,548 respected, protected and promoted through 21,646 independent investigation and resolution of complaints, education and research to promote and eliminate discrimination, and monitoring, and reporting on human rights Total: Australian Human Rights Commission 6,548 21,646 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL Outcome 1 ‑ Provide correct or preferable decisions through a 6,547 ‑ 6,547 mechanism of independent review of 178,955 ‑ 178,955 administrative decisions that is accessible, fair, just, economical, informal, quick and proportionate Total: Administrative Appeals Tribunal 6,547 ‑ 6,547 178,955 ‑ 178,955 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY Outcome 1 ‑ Independent assurance to the Australian 27,236 ‑ 27,236 Government that Commonwealth law 6,255 ‑ 6,255 enforcement agencies and their staff act with integrity by detecting, investigating and preventing corruption Total: Australian Commission for Law 27,236 ‑ 27,236 Enforcement Integrity 6,255 ‑ 6,255 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE COMMISSION Outcome 1 ‑ To protect Australia from criminal threats through 58,562 ‑ 58,562 coordinating a strategic response and the 129,920 ‑ 129,920 collection, assessment and dissemination of intelligence and policing information Total: Australian Criminal Intelligence 58,562 ‑ 58,562 Commission 129,920 ‑ 129,920 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE Outcome 1 ‑ Reduce criminal and national security threats to 10,072 22 10,094 Australia's collective economic and societal 731,466 988 732,454 interests through cooperative national and international policing services, primarily focused on the prevention, detection, disruption, investigation and prosecution of criminal activity Outcome 3 ‑ Safeguarding Australians and Australian 12,456 463 12,919 interests through the delivery of policing services 603,149 5,524 608,673 primarily focused on protective services, aviation policing and international missions Total: Australian Federal Police 22,528 485 23,013 1,334,615 6,512 1,341,127 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SECURITY AUTHORITY Outcome 1 ‑ Maintain confidence in Australia's personal ‑ ‑ ‑ insolvency and personal property securities 57,291 ‑ 57,291 systems by delivering fair, efficient and effective regulatory, trustee, registry and information services Total: Australian Financial Security Authority ‑ ‑ ‑ 57,291 ‑ 57,291 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY Outcome 1 ‑ Informed crime and justice policy and practice in ‑ ‑ ‑ Australia by undertaking, funding and 5,052 ‑ 5,052 disseminating policy‑relevant research of national significance Total: Australian Institute of Criminology ‑ ‑ ‑ 5,052 ‑ 5,052 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN LAW REFORM COMMISSION Outcome 1 ‑ Informed government decisions about the ‑ ‑ ‑ development, reform and harmonisation of 2,640 ‑ 2,640 Australian laws and related processes through research, analysis, reports and community consultation and education Total: Australian Law Reform Commission ‑ ‑ ‑ 2,640 ‑ 2,640 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ANALYSIS CENTRE Outcome 1 ‑ The protection of the financial system from ‑ ‑ ‑ criminal abuse through actionable financial 91,949 ‑ 91,949 intelligence, risk‑based regulation, and collaboration with domestic and international partners Total: Australian Transaction Reports and ‑ ‑ ‑ Analysis Centre 91,949 ‑ 91,949 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Outcome 1 ‑ Apply and uphold the rule of law for liti