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This Budget Paper provides information, on an entity‑by‑entity basis, about the Outputs (goods and services) the Government will deliver to the Tasmanian community through General Government Sector entities in 2017‑18 and over the Forward Estimates period (2018‑19 to 2020‑21). Budget Paper No 2 is a major source of financial and non‑financial information on the operations of Government departments, agencies and General Government Sector statutory authorities. The other major source of detailed information on these entities is the annual report required to be published by each entity (2016‑17 Annual Reports will be available by 31 October 2017).
Budget Paper No 2 comprises two volumes and three separate parts that reflect the differing nature of entities within the General Government Sector:
· Part 1 includes Government departments, such as the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services;
· Part 2 includes Parliamentary agencies, such as the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council, and other independent entities, such as the Tasmanian Audit Office and the Office of the Ombudsman; and
· Part 3 includes other statutory authorities within the General Government Sector, such as the Tasmanian Health Service and TasTAFE.
Budget Paper No 2 does not provide information on government businesses. Information on these entities is available in each entity's annual financial report.
Some of the information presented in this Budget Paper is provided on a Ministerial Portfolio basis. Appendix 1.1 to this chapter includes a summary of current Ministerial Portfolio responsibilities.
Additional commentary is provided in this chapter to assist in understanding the information provided on agencies in this Budget Paper. Comprehensive information on the Tasmanian Government financial management framework, the annual Budget process and the presentation of Budget Paper information is provided in the Guide to the Budget available at www.treasury.tas.gov.au. These issues include:
· agency Output restructures since the 2016-17 Budget;
· the presentation of agency key deliverables information; and
· the presentation of agency performance information.
Agencies consider the presentation of Output information on an ongoing basis. From year to year, changes may be made to current agency Output structures with a view to more accurately representing the services being provided by the agency. Changes implemented in the 2017-18 Budget are detailed below. Consistent with the practice that has been adopted in prior years, the comparative financial information for restructured agencies for 2016‑17 is provided on the basis of the new agency structure.
· The former Output Group 8 Independent Children's Review Service has been renamed Independent Children's and Young Persons' Review Service.
· The former Output 8.1 Office of the Commissioner for Children has been renamed Office of the Commissioner for Children and Young People.
· The former Output 3.4 Consumer Services and Output 3.5 Building and Occupational Licensing Services within the Department of Justice have been amalgamated into a new Output 4.4 Consumer, Building and Occupational Services.
· The former Output Group 3 Corrections, Enforcement and Consumer Protection has been renamed Corrections and Enforcement.
· The former Output 3.1 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy Development and Implementation has been renamed Information, Technology and Digital Services Strategy and Policy Development.
· A new Output 3.5 Threatened Species has been created within the Department. This new Output has been created to reflect the responsibilities of the Environment and Parks Ministerial portfolio that were previously included within Output 3.1 Resource Management and Conservation.
· A new Output 3.4 Office of the Superannuation Commission has been created within the Department. This Output comprises the provision of support to the Superannuation Commission in undertaking statutory functions under the Public Sector Superannuation Reform Act 2016; the Public Sector Superannuation Reform Regulations 2017; and the Public Sector Superannuation Reform (Parliamentary Superannuation) Regulations 2016.
The information provided in this Budget Paper on key deliverables for each major agency reflects important information on the initiatives being announced by the Government in this Budget together with the other high priority initiatives being undertaken by agencies over the Budget and Forward Estimates period. These other high priority initiatives have either been funded by the Government in recent previous Budgets or are being funded by agencies from within existing resources. The Key Deliverables Table can also include a combination of recurrent and capital initiatives. Totals of the items in the table are therefore not provided. The Policy and Parameters table in chapter 4 of The Budget Budget Paper No 1 provides information on the specific new policy initiatives in this Budget.
The public presentation of agency performance information is important in assisting an open and transparent assessment of agencies expenditure of funding provided through the Budget process. Agencies continually review performance measures based on a number of factors including national approaches to performance measurement, the availability of information and the changing nature of services. This leads to changes in the performance information for some agencies between Budgets.
The timing of the Budget process does not lend itself to the presentation of the most up to date performance information. Due to its presentation in May, actual results are not available for the current financial year and it is some time since the data for the previous financial year was published in agency annual reports or in national reporting documents. The 2017-18 Budget Papers therefore display two years of actual information, ending 2015‑16 and two years of targets, ending 2017‑18. The presentation of performance information in the Budget Papers is subject to ongoing review.
Agencies will next report on performance information in their 2016‑17 Annual Reports, due for release by 31 October 2017.
The information presented in the Budget Papers has been prepared taking into account the following conventions.
· Figures in tables and in the text have been rounded. Discrepancies in tables between totals and sums of component items reflect rounding. Percentage changes in all tables are based on the underlying unrounded amounts.
· The notation used in the Budget Papers is as follows:
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na |
not available, or not applicable |
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zero, or rounded to zero |
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$'000 |
$ thousand |
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$m |
$ million |
Table A1.1: General Government Departments1
Minister |
Portfolio |
Department |
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Hon Will Hodgman MP |
Premier |
Premier and Cabinet |
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Minister for Aboriginal Affairs |
Premier and Cabinet |
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Minister for Heritage |
Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment |
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Minister for Sport and Recreation |
Premier and Cabinet |
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Minister for Tourism, Hospitality and Events |
Tourism Tasmania |
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Acting Minister for the Arts |
State Growth |
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Hon Jeremy Rockliff MP |
Deputy Premier |
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Minister for Education and Training |
Education / Premier and Cabinet |
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Minister for Primary Industries and Water |
Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment |
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Minister for Racing |
Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment |
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Hon Guy Barnett MP |
Minister for Building and Construction |
Justice |
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Minister for Resources |
State Growth / Justice |
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Acting Minister for Corrections |
Justice |
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Hon Michael Ferguson MP |
Minister for Health |
Health and Human Services |
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Minister for Information Technology and Innovation |
State Growth / Premier and Cabinet |
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Table A1.1: General Government Departments (continued)1
Minister |
Portfolio |
Department |
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Hon Matthew Groom MP |
Acting Attorney‑General |
Justice |
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Acting Minister for Justice |
Justice |
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Minister for Energy |
State Growth / Treasury and Finance |
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Minister for Environment and Parks |
Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment |
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Minister for State Growth |
State Growth |
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Hon Peter Gutwein MP |
Treasurer |
Treasury and Finance / Justice |
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Minister for Planning and Local Government |
Justice / Premier and Cabinet / Treasury and Finance / Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment |
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Hon Rene Hidding MP |
Minister for Infrastructure |
State Growth |
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Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management |
Police, Fire and Emergency Management |
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Hon Jacquie Petrusma MP |
Minister for Human Services |
Health and Human Services |
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Minister for Women |
Premier and Cabinet |
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Note:
1. Table A1.1 illustrates the current Ministerial portfolio
and departmental structure of the Tasmanian Government under the Administrative Arrangements Order 2017.
These Statutory Authorities are established under specific legislation, which defines the purpose of the authority and the general functions for which it is responsible.
Table A1.2 identifies the current Ministerial portfolio allocations for the General Government Sector Authorities.
Table A1.2: General Government Sector Authorities
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Statutory Authority |
Portfolio Minister |
Portfolio Department |
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Inland Fisheries Service |
Hon Jeremy Rockliff MP |
Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment |
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Marine and Safety Tasmania |
Hon Rene Hidding MP |
State Growth |
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Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens |
Hon Matthew Groom MP |
Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment |
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State Fire Commission |
Hon Rene Hidding MP |
Police, Fire and Emergency Management |
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Tasmanian Health Service |
Hon Michael Ferguson MP |
Health and Human Services |
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TasTAFE |
Hon Jeremy Rockliff MP |
Education |
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