Page 1737 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 21 August 2007
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Department of Territory and Municipal Services, dated—
20 June 2007.
26 June 2007.
26 June 2007.
26 June 2007.
26 June 2007.
Department of Treasury, dated 25 June 2007.
Legislative Assembly Secretariat, dated 25 June 2007.
Territory Banking Account, dated 25 June 2007.
Summary of authorisation of expenditure from the Treasurer’s Advance in 2006-2007.
I ask leave to make a statement in relation to the papers.
Leave granted.
MR STANHOPE: As required by the Financial Management Act 1996, I table a copy of authorisations in relation to the Treasurer’s advance. Section 18 of the act allows the Treasurer to authorise expenditure from the Treasurer's advance. The authorisation may provide for expenditure in excess of an amount already specifically appropriated or expenditure for which there is no appropriation.
Section 18A of the act requires that within three sitting days after the day the authorisation was given the Treasurer present to the Legislative Assembly a copy of the authorisation, a statement of the reasons for giving it and a summary of the total expenditure authorised under section 18 for the financial year.
This package includes 15 instruments signed under section 18, which was signed in the final days of the 2006-07 financial year, some of which were highlighted in the 2006-07 budget midyear review as possible calls on the Treasurer’s advance.
Mr Speaker, a Treasurer’s advance of $9.908 million was provided to the Department of Territory and Municipal Services to cover the following projects, most of which were flagged in the midyear review: $500,000 for design works relating to the replacement of Tharwa bridge; $8.648 million to assist in cost increases relating to several maintenance contracts related to recreational and city assets and for costs associated with the ongoing impact of the drought; $160,000 to fund the purchase of two brake testing machines; $100,000 to Canberra Off-Road Cyclists to assist with their bid to host the 2009 international cycling and mountain bike world championship at Stromlo Forest Park and $500,000 to cover the cost of constructing permanent and temporary pay parking at Phillip oval in Woden.
A Treasurer’s advance of $4.520 million was allocated to ACT Health to cover a commitment in the ACT Health portfolio medical officers certified agreement. This was also identified as a cost pressure in the midyear review.
Treasurer’s advances totalling $4.343 million were also authorised for the Department of Justice and Community Safety for the following purposes: $340,000 assigned as compensation payment for the surrender of a flare gun collection under the 2003
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