Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2023-2024 (Cth)

Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2023‑2024 No. 31, 2023 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) 2023-2024 No. 31, 2023 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 28 June 2023] The Parliament of Australia enacts: Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title This Act is the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2023‑2024. 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 later of: 1 July 2023 (paragraph (a) applies) (a) 1 July 2023; and (b) the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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 2024. 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 $146,174,564,000. 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 $400 million. (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. 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 2026. Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated Note: See sections 6 and 12. Abstract Portfolio Total $'000 Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 1,003,409 Attorney‑General's 3,464,557 Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 4,064,404 Defence 40,420,571 Education 1,521,988 Employment and Workplace Relations 5,059,140 Finance 1,510,650 Foreign Affairs and Trade 7,622,439 Health and Aged Care 19,240,983 Home Affairs 6,088,422 Industry, Science and Resources 3,831,821 Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 5,400,184 Prime Minister and Cabinet 2,931,856 Social Services 38,035,132 Treasury 5,979,008 Total 146,174,564 APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Portfolio Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 742,947 260,462 1,003,409 657,749 341,851 999,600 Attorney‑General's 2,930,939 533,618 3,464,557 2,740,513 525,300 3,265,813 Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and 1,737,509 2,326,895 4,064,404 Water 1,544,709 1,946,915 3,491,624 Defence 40,194,859 225,712 40,420,571 36,120,844 233,989 36,354,833 Education 405,549 1,116,439 1,521,988 349,640 1,065,940 1,415,580 Employment and Workplace Relations 1,072,593 3,986,547 5,059,140 953,553 5,223,577 6,177,130 Finance 1,056,549 454,101 1,510,650 702,404 357,088 1,059,492 Foreign Affairs and Trade 2,754,180 4,868,259 7,622,439 2,535,738 4,705,117 7,240,855 Health and Aged Care 1,647,492 17,593,491 19,240,983 1,342,847 20,226,181 21,569,028 Home Affairs 3,863,146 2,225,276 6,088,422 3,602,293 2,265,656 5,867,949 Industry, Science and Resources 959,901 2,871,920 3,831,821 932,717 3,421,955 4,354,672 Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, 760,786 4,639,398 5,400,184 Communications and the Arts 679,782 4,436,543 5,116,325 Prime Minister and Cabinet 970,550 1,961,306 2,931,856 940,605 1,906,567 2,847,172 Social Services 5,213,118 32,822,014 38,035,132 5,649,734 26,992,493 32,642,227 Treasury 5,844,710 134,298 5,979,008 5,646,998 98,851 5,745,849 Total: Bill 1 70,154,828 76,019,736 146,174,564 64,400,126 73,748,023 138,148,149 AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Entity Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 715,540 230,528 946,068 630,987 311,384 942,371 Payments to corporate entities: Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines 1,840 1,840 Authority 1,663 1,663 Regional Investment Corporation 22,063 22,063 22,965 22,965 Australian Fisheries Management Authority 27,407 6,031 33,438 26,762 5,839 32,601 Total: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 742,947 260,462 1,003,409 657,749 341,851 999,600 AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY Outcome 1 ‑ More sustainable, productive, internationally 152,442 164,917 317,359 competitive and profitable Australian agricultural, 217,713 220,112 437,825 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 563,098 65,611 628,709 status to maintain overseas markets and protect 413,274 91,272 504,546 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 715,540 230,528 946,068 Forestry 630,987 311,384 942,371 AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 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, 1,840 animals, the environment, and agricultural and 1,663 livestock industries through regulation of pesticides and veterinary medicines Total: Australian Pesticides and Veterinary 1,840 Medicines Authority 1,663 AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Administered $'000 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY FOR PAYMENT TO REGIONAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION Outcome 1 ‑ Encourage growth, investment and resilience in 22,063 Australian farm businesses and rural and 22,965 regional communities by delivering the Commonwealth's farm business concessional loans Total: Regional Investment Corporation 22,063 22,965 AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Outcome 1 ‑ Ecologically sustainable and economically 27,407 6,031 33,438 efficient Commonwealth fisheries, through 26,762 5,839 32,601 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 27,407 6,031 33,438 Authority 26,762 5,839 32,601 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Entity Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 Attorney‑General's Department 290,735 471,223 761,958 237,622 492,874 730,496 Payments to corporate entities: Australian Human Rights Commission 31,315 31,315 26,549 26,549 Administrative Appeals Tribunal 196,609 ‑ 196,609 168,975 ‑ 168,975 Australian Commission for Law Enforcement ‑ ‑ ‑ Integrity 52,186 ‑ 52,186 Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 149,620 ‑ 149,620 149,231 ‑ 149,231 Australian Federal Police 1,424,840 30,149 1,454,989 1,366,632 4,950 1,371,582 Australian Financial Security Authority 57,291 ‑ 57,291 57,202 ‑ 57,202 Australian Institute of Criminology 5,685 ‑ 5,685 5,364 ‑ 5,364 Australian Law Reform Commission 4,428 ‑ 4,428 2,629 ‑ 2,629 Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis 100,856 ‑ 100,856 Centre 95,356 ‑ 95,356 Federal Court of Australia 345,249 931 346,180 330,089 927 331,016 High Court of Australia 20,192 ‑ 20,192 19,244 ‑ 19,244 National Anti‑Corruption Commission 57,533 ‑ 57,533 ‑ ‑ ‑ Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 46,470 ‑ 46,470 29,641 ‑ 29,641 Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman 42,671 ‑ 42,671 40,284 ‑ 40,284 Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 99,781 ‑ 99,781 96,455 ‑ 96,455 Office of the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and 13,880 ‑ 13,880 Security 16,319 ‑ 16,319 Office of Parliamentary Counsel 18,893 ‑ 18,893 18,283 ‑ 18,283 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Entity Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 Office of the Special Investigator 56,206 ‑ 56,206 55,001 ‑ 55,001 Total: Attorney‑General's 2,930,939 533,618 3,464,557 2,740,513 525,300 3,265,813 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT Outcome 1 ‑ A just and secure society through the 290,735 471,223 761,958 maintenance and improvement of Australia's 237,622 492,874 730,496 law, justice, security and integrity frameworks Total: Attorney‑General's Department 290,735 471,223 761,958 237,622 492,874 730,496 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Administered $'000 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT FOR PAYMENT TO AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Outcome 1 ‑ An Australian society in which human rights are 31,315 respected, protected, and promoted through 26,549 independent investigation and resolution of complaints, contributions to law and policy reforms, research, education, partnerships, and monitoring and reporting on human rights Total: Australian Human Rights Commission 31,315 26,549 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL Outcome 1 ‑ Provide correct or preferable decisions through a 196,609 ‑ 196,609 mechanism of independent review of 168,975 ‑ 168,975 administrative decisions that is accessible, fair, just, economical, informal, quick and proportionate Total: Administrative Appeals Tribunal 196,609 ‑ 196,609 168,975 ‑ 168,975 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY Outcome 1 ‑ Independent assurance to the Australian ‑ ‑ ‑ Government that Commonwealth law 52,186 ‑ 52,186 enforcement agencies and their staff act with integrity by detecting, investigating and preventing corruption Total: Australian Commission for Law ‑ ‑ ‑ Enforcement Integrity 52,186 ‑ 52,186 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE COMMISSION Outcome 1 ‑ To protect Australia from criminal threats through 149,620 ‑ 149,620 coordinating a strategic response and the 149,231 ‑ 149,231 collection, assessment and dissemination of intelligence and policing information Total: Australian Criminal Intelligence 149,620 ‑ 149,620 Commission 149,231 ‑ 149,231 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE Outcome 1 ‑ Reduce criminal and national security threats to 775,233 1,071 776,304 Australia's collective economic and societal 745,123 1,024 746,147 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 649,607 29,078 678,685 interests through the delivery of policing services 621,509 3,926 625,435 primarily focused on protective services, aviation policing and international missions Total: Australian Federal Police 1,424,840 30,149 1,454,989 1,366,632 4,950 1,371,582 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SECURITY AUTHORITY Outcome 1 ‑ Maintain confidence in Australia's personal 57,291 ‑ 57,291 insolvency and personal property securities 57,202 ‑ 57,202 systems by delivering fair, efficient and effective regulatory, trustee, registry and information services Total: Australian Financial Security Authority 57,291 ‑ 57,291 57,202 ‑ 57,202 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY Outcome 1 ‑ Informed crime and justice policy and practice in 5,685 ‑ 5,685 Australia by undertaking, funding and 5,364 ‑ 5,364 disseminating policy‑relevant research of national significance Total: Australian Institute of Criminology 5,685 ‑ 5,685 5,364 ‑ 5,364 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN LAW REFORM COMMISSION Outcome 1 ‑ Informed government decisions about the 4,428 ‑ 4,428 development, reform and harmonisation of 2,629 ‑ 2,629 Australian laws and related processes through research, analysis, reports and community consultation and education Total: Australian Law Reform Commission 4,428 ‑ 4,428 2,629 ‑ 2,629 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 AUSTRALIAN TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ANALYSIS CENTRE Outcome 1 ‑ The protection of the financial system from 100,856 ‑ 100,856 criminal abuse through actionable financial 95,356 ‑ 95,356 intelligence, risk‑based regulation, and collaboration with domestic and international partners Total: Australian Transaction Reports and 100,856 ‑ 100,856 Analysis Centre 95,356 ‑ 95,356 ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Outcome 1 ‑ Apply and uphold the rule of law for litigants in 69,016 ‑