Portfolio Budget Statements 2001-02
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The purpose of the Defence Portfolio Budget Statements is to provide further explanation for Senators and Members of the proposed expenditure for Defence in Appropriation Bills (Nos. 1 and 2) 2001-02.
This document contains the Portfolio Budget Statements for the Defence Housing Authority, which provides housing to Defence.
The document does not address the Department of Veterans' Affairs, a part of the Defence Portfolio, for which Budget Statements are tabled separately in Budget-related Paper No. 1.4B.
The Portfolio Budget Statements 2001-02 is in seven sections:
Section One - Overview contains an overview identifying the Defence outcome and outputs, the changes to outputs since the 2000-01 budget, details of White Paper implementation and the key priorities for 2001-02, Defence's organisational structure and a summary of the Defence budget. The summary includes a budget overview, a summary of Defence appropriations, budget measures and discretionary grants. Purchaser-provider arrangements with the Defence Housing Authority are also covered in this section. [HTML] [PDF (1 MB) ]
Section Two - Results for Government as Defence's Customer relates to the delivery of the outputs required by the Government. It contains detailed explanations of the six Defence outputs, including a schematic illustration of Defence's output structure, a description of each output, including a performance summary, and detail of how each output contributes to the Defence outcome, and the estimated price of each output. [HTML] [PDF (254 KB) ]
Section Three - Results for Government as Defence's Owner relates to the effective and efficient management of Defence to ensure the sustainable delivery of outputs. Detailed tabular explanations of the Defence budget and forward estimates are provided outlining both departmental and administered financial performance, financial position, and cash flow. Additional tables outline Defence capital budget funding and summarise the movement of departmental non-financial assets. Details of capital investment in equipment and facilities are provided in the capital budget segment. New and previously approved projects funded in the 2001-02 budget are listed together with schedules for significant equipment and facilities projects.[HTML] [PDF (833 KB) ]
Section Four - Enabling Business Process relates to the implementation of internal business processes that are designed to ensure sustainable delivery of outputs. The information provided includes details of Defence's improvement initiatives relating to efficiencies, the Commercial Support Program, customer-supplier arrangements, acquisition reform, management information systems and evaluations. [HTML] [PDF (431 KB)]
Section Five - People Matter relates to Defence's attracting and leading people and maximising their skills and knowledge in order for it to deliver outputs sustainably. The information in this section includes details of the Defence People Plan. Workforce summary estimates for 2001-02 are included. [HTML] [PDF (423 KB)]
The Defence Housing Authority Portfolio Budget Statements contain an overview of the Authority, including performance forecasts for 2001-02, the Authority's outcome and output, including performance information, information on evaluations to be conducted during 2001-02, competitive tendering and contracting arrangements, purchaser-provider arrangements with Defence and a detailed tabular explanation of the 2001-02 budget and forward estimates. [HTML] [PDF (705 KB) ]
A glossary, a list of acronyms and abbreviations and a list of tables used in the document is also provided. [PDF (894 KB) ]
The Introduction is only available as a PDF file (660 KB).
The Letter of Transmittal is only available as a PDF file (339 KB).
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