Page 609 - Week 02 - Thursday, 20 March 2014
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Title read by Clerk.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Sport and Recreation, Minister for Tourism and Events and Minister for Community Services) (11.26): I move:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
Madam Deputy Speaker, the Appropriation Bill 2013-2014 (No 2) provides for the appropriation of funds totalling $46.257 million, comprising $23.810 million in additional net cost of outputs appropriations; $14.563 million in additional capital injection appropriations; and $7.884 million in additional expenses on behalf of the territory appropriations.
The Appropriation Bill 2013-2014 (No 2) provides $15.738 million in additional appropriation relating to the anticipated outcome of the government’s pay offer in relation to expiring enterprise bargaining agreements. In addition, the bill includes: to the Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate, $487,000 in net cost of outputs for the infrastructure, finance and advisory unit; $1.561 million in net cost of outputs for the ACT public service workers compensation and work safety improvement plan; and $450,000 in a capital injection for the Exhibition Park loan.
To the Health Directorate, $8,000 is provided for the social and community sector pay equity award; to the Economic Development Directorate, $170,000 is provided in net cost of outputs for the new Canberra Theatre feasibility study; and $520,000 is provided for the city to the lake West Basin waterfront design.
To the Justice and Community Safety Directorate, $1.105 million is provided for judges’ remuneration for increased pension and retirement costs as well as costs associated with reducing backlogs; $1.297 million is provided in a capital injection for the new ACT court facilities; $328,000 is provided in a capital injection for the ACT legislation register replacement; and $1.177 million is provided in a capital injection for tender-ready documentation for additional facilities at the Alexander Maconochie Centre.
To the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate, $2.968 million is provided in a capital injection for the purchase of water under the living Murray initiative agreement 2004; to the Capital Metro Agency, $5,433 million is provided in net cost of outputs to better reflect the nature of expenditure. These funds have been transferred from the capital metro’s 2013-14 capital appropriation.
To the Education and Training Directorate, $7.460 million is provided in a capital injection for construction of the Coombs P-6 school. And finally, to the Community Services Directorate, $7.628 million is provided in expenses on behalf of the territory for the concessions program to meet an increase in the number of eligible recipients and in the volume of claims. The supplementary budget papers provide further details of the impact of these additional appropriations as well as to other agencies affected by the bill.
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