Defence Annual Report 2004-05 :: Chapter One - Overview

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Financial Overview

Defence's Cash Position

ADF Operations

The Government provided $278.4m in the 2004-05 Budget for the net additional costs of current ADF operations. Funding levels were increased by $83.0m to $361.4m in the 2004-05 Additional Estimates, mainly due to the ADF's contribution to Operation Sumatra Assist. Further adjustments were made in the 2005-06 Budget process (see Projected Result) to provide initial funding for the deployment of the Al Muthanna Task Group to Iraq and for costs in relation to increased force protection requirements for the existing commitment to Operation Catalyst.

Actual expenditure was $388.9m or $18.1m less than the projected result as shown in Table 1.9. An explanation of these variations follows Table 1.9.

Table 1.9 Net Additional Cost of Operations
	Budget Estimate	Revised Estimate	Projected Result	Actual Expenditure	Variation
	2004-05
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
Operations in Timor-Leste	27.1	27.1	27.1	27.4	0.3
Operations in Iraq	212.5	227.1	272.7	284.9	12.2
Anode	22.2	39.7	39.7	27.6	-12.1
Relex II	16.0	16.0	16.0	11.9	-4.1
Sumatra Assist	-	50.9	50.9	37.0	-13.9
Acolyte	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.1	-0.5
Total	278.4	361.4	407.0	388.9	-18.1

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