Page 2264 - Week 08 - Tuesday, 12 August 2014
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ACT Executive—
Schedule 1, Part 1.1—$117,000 (payments on behalf of Territory), totalling $117,000.
Schedule 1A, Part 1.1—$264,000 (capital injection), $8,006,000 (payments on behalf of Territory), totalling $8,270,000.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Housing and Minister for Tourism and Events) (10.15): I have just presented the amendments to the Appropriation Bill 2014-15 and the updated 2014-15 budget statement documents which accompany them. These changes are necessary to align the bill with the current administrative arrangements and to facilitate debate of the bill and the Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2014-2015 in the Assembly. I note that there are no proposed amendments to the OLA bill.
Since the release of the budget the government has announced a sixth minister and consequential administrative arrangements which came into effect on 7 July. Reflecting these changes, the government is proposing amendments to the Appropriation Bill 2014-2015 to align the 2014-15 budget with this new administrative structure.
The Administrative Arrangements 2014 (No 1) give rise to the following changes: the Commerce and Works Directorate and the Economic Development Directorate were amalgamated into the Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate to create the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate. Property Group was transferred from the Territory and Municipal Services Directorate to the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate; artsACT and community facilities were transferred from the Community Services Directorate to the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate; and the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate was renamed as the Environment and Planning Directorate. I table the following papers:
Budget 2014-2015—Financial Management Act, pursuant to section 10—Updated Budget Statements following Administrative Arrangements 2014 (No. 1)—Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (incorporating former Economic Development Directorate and Commerce and Works Directorate), Community Services Directorate, Environment and Planning Directorate (incorporating former Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate), Territory and Municipal Services Directorate.
Supplementary explanatory statement to the Government amendments.
Madam Speaker, the amendments to the Appropriation Bill 2014-2015 do not impact on the overall total amount being appropriated to government agencies. They simply involve a reallocation of appropriations between agencies to reflect the new organisational structure. The amount being appropriated therefore remains at $4,422,306,000.
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