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Table 16: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade resource statement 2016-17

Actual available appropriation for 2016–17

Payments made 2016–17

Balance remaining 2016-17

$’000

$’000

$’000

Ordinary annual services1

Departmental appropriation2

2,042,968

1,624,074

418,894

Total

2,042,968

1,624,074

418,894

Administered expenses

Outcome 13

4,196,405

3,313,745

Outcome 2

750

32

Payments to corporate entities4

143,620

143,610

Total

4,340,765

3,457,387

Total ordinary annual services

[A]

6,383,733

5,081,461

Other services5

Departmental non-operating

Equity injections

250,305

143,610

106,695

Total

250,305

143,610

106,695

Administered non-operating

Administered assets and liabilities6

2,839,657

410,718

Total

2,839,657

410,718

Total other services

[B]

3,089,962

554,328

Total available annual appropriations

[A+B]

9,473,695

5,635,789

Special appropriations

Special appropriations limited by criteria/entitlement

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 – s77 Administered

656

Total special appropriations

[C]

656

Special accounts7

Opening balance

105,917

Appropriation receipts

82,295

Non-appropriation receipts to Special Accounts

35,295

Payment made

148,429

Total special accounts

[D]

223,389

148,429

Total resourcing

[A+B+C+D]

9,697,084

5,784,874

Less appropriations drawn from annual or special appropriations above and credited to special accounts

82,295

and/or payments to corporate entities through annual appropriations

(143,610)

(143,610)

Total net resourcing and payments for DFAT

9,635,769

5,641,264

1 Appropriation Act (No.1) 2016–17 and Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2016–17. This also includes prior year departmental appropriation and section 74 Retained Revenue Receipts.

2 Includes an amount of $51.755m in 2016–17 for the Departmental Capital Budget. For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.

3 Includes an amount of $0.383m in 2016–17 for the Administered Capital Budget. For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.

4 ’Corporate entities’ are corporate Commonwealth entities and Commonwealth companies as defined under the PGPA Act 2013.

5 Appropriation Act (No.2) 2016–17 and Appropriation Act (No.4) 2016–17.

6 Includes appropriations carried forward from previous years to extinguish multi-year agreements.

7 Excludes ‘Special Public Money’ held in accounts like Consular Services Account (CSA), Services for Other Government and Non-agency Bodies (SOG) or Services for Other Entities and Trust Moneys accounts (SOTEM).

Table 17: Expenses for Outcome 1

Outcome 1: The advancement of Australia’s international strategic, security and economic interests including through bilateral, regional and multilateral engagement on Australian Government foreign, trade and international development policy priorities.

Budget* 2016-17

Actual expenses 2016-17

Variation 2016-17

$’000

$’000

$’000

(a)

(b)

(a) – (b)

Program 1.1: Foreign affairs and trade operations

Administered expenses

Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1 & 3)

6,495

10,049

(3,554)

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year

15,027

9,115

5,912

Other services (Appropriation Act No. 2 & 4)

16,327

8,683

7,644

Departmental expenses

Departmental appropriation1

706,568

639,342

67,226

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year2

126,022

145,861

(19,839)

Total for Program 1.1

870,439

813,050

57,389

Program 1.2: Official development assistance

Administered expenses

Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1 & 3)

2,919,800

2,919,738

62

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year2

200

2,266

(2,066)

Departmental expenses

Departmental appropriation1

242,856

242,856

Total for Program 1.2

3,162,856

3,164,860

(2,004)

Program 1.3: Official development assistance – multilateral replenishments

Administered expenses

Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1 and 3)

781,458

684,963

96,495

Other services (Appropriation Act No. 2 & 4)

858,820

401,610

457,210

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year2

401,760

520,797

(119,037)

Total for Program 1.3

2,042,038

1,607,370

434,668

Program 1.4: Official development assistance – East Asia AIPRD

Administered expenses

AIPRD Loans Special Account 20153

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year2

Total for Program 1.4

Program 1.5: Payments to international organisations

Administered expenses

Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1 & 3)

439,385

362,571

76,814

Total for Program 1.5

439,385

362,571

76,814

Program 1.6: New Colombo Plan – transforming regional relationships

Administered expenses

Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1 & 3)

27,790

27,379

411

Other services (Appropriation Act No. 2 & 4)

425

425

Total for Program 1.6

28,215

27,804

411

Program 1.7: Public information services and public diplomacy

Administered expenses

Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1 & 3)

4,594

4,592

2

Total for Program 1.7

4,594

4,592

2

Program 1.8: Programs to promote Australia’s international tourism interests

Administered expenses

Tourism Australia – Corporate Commonwealth Entity

143,610

143,610

Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1 & 3)

16,500

16,500

Total for Program 1.8

160,110

160,110

Outcome 1 totals by appropriation type

Administered expenses

Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1 & 3)

4,196,022

4,025,792

170,320

Corporate Commonwealth Entity

143,610

143,610

Other services (Appropriation Act No. 2 & 4)

875,572

410,718

464,854

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year2

416,987

532,178

(115,191)

Departmental expenses

Departmental appropriation1

949,424

882,198

67,226

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year2

126,022

145,861

(19,839)

Total expenses for Outcome 1

6,707,637

6,140,357

567,280

 

     

2015–16

2016-17

 

Average staffing level (number)

3,749

3,774

 

* Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustments made to the 2016–17 budget at additional estimates.

1 Departmental appropriation combines ‘ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act No. 1 & Act No. 3)’ and ‘section 74 revenue receipts’.

2 Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year may include depreciation expenses, amortisation expenses, make good expenses, audit fees, concessional costs for loans, finance costs and impairment of financial instruments.

3 This reflects the amount of funding disbursed on a cash basis, not an expense basis.

Table 18: Expenses for Outcome 2

Outcome 2: The protection and welfare of Australians abroad and access to secure international travel documentation through timely and responsive travel advice and consular and passport services in Australia and overseas.

Budget*  2016–17

Actual expenses 2016–17

Variation 2016–17

$’000

$’000

$’000

(a)

(b)

(a) – (b)

Program 2.1: Consular services

Administered expenses

Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1 & 3)

200

32

168

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year1

324

(324)

Departmental expenses

Departmental appropriation1

104,714

104,714

Total for Program 2.1

104,914

105,070

(156)

Program 2.2: Passport services

Administered expenses

Special appropriations

1,010

656

354

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year1

2

(2)

Departmental expenses

Departmental appropriation1

250,791

249,690

1,101

Total for Program 2.2

251,801

250,348

1,453

Outcome 2 totals by appropriation type

Administered expenses

Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1 & 3)

200

32

168

Special appropriations

1,010

656

354

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year1

326

(326)

Departmental expenses

Departmental appropriation2

355,505

354,404

1,101

Total expenses for Outcome 2

356,715

355,418

1,297

 

     

2015–16

2016–17

 

Average staffing level (number)

1,082

1,081

 

* Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustments made to the 2015–16 Budget at additional estimates.

1 Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year may include depreciation expenses, amortisation expenses, make good expenses, audit fees, concessional costs for loans, finance costs and impairment of financial instruments.

2 Departmental appropriation combines ‘ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act No. 1 & Act No. 3)’.

Table 19: Expenses for Outcome 3

Outcome 3: A secure Australian Government presence overseas through the provision of security services and information and communications technology infrastructure, and the management of the Commonwealth’s overseas property estate.

Budget*  2016–17

Actual expenses 2016-17

Variation 2016-17

$’000

$’000

$’000

(a)

(b)

(a) – (b)

Program 3.1: Foreign affairs and trade security and IT

Departmental expenses

Departmental appropriation2

194,815

192,424

2,391

Total for Program 3.1

194,815

192,424

2,391

Program 3.2: Overseas property

Departmental expenses

Special accounts1

163,586

174,065

(10,479)

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year3

19,295

87,092

(67,797)

Total for Program 3.2

182,881

261,157

(78,276)

Outcome 3 totals by appropriation type

Departmental expenses

Departmental appropriation2

194,815

192,424

2,391

Special accounts1

163,586

174,065

(10,479)

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year3

19,295

87,092

(67,797)

Total expenses for Outcome 3

377,696

453,581

(75,885)

 

     

2015–16

2016–17

 

Average staffing level (number)

872

869

 

* Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustments made to the 2015–16 Budget at additional estimates.

1 This reflects the amount of funding disbursed on a cash basis, not an expense basis.

2 Departmental appropriation combines ‘ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act No. 1 & Act No. 3)’.

3 Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year may include depreciation expenses, amortisation expenses, make good expenses, audit fees, concessional costs for loans, finance costs and impairment of financial instruments.

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