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2002 - 2003 Portfolio budget statement
PART A
User Guide
INTRODUCTION
Each Member has access to budget documentation available in the Chamber on Budget night and from the Table Office. Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) are an integral part of the budget documentation and statements are available for all government funded agencies grouped under the relevant portfolio department.
STRUCTURE OF THE PORTFOLIO BUDGET STATEMENTS
The PBS is presented in three parts as outlined below.
Part A: User Guide
Provides an introduction explaining the purpose of the PBS as well as information in relation to the styles and conventions used.
Part B: Departmental Overview
Provides a brief overview of the Department and details the structure of the departmental outcome. The relationship of the outcome/outputs structure to the organisational structure is also described.
Part C: Budget Statements
Provides details of the resources budgeted for each output and explains variations and budget measures. These are presented in four sections as outlined below.
Section 1: Overview, appropriations, and budget measures summary
This section describes the link between the resources appropriated and their application to the outputs that contribute to the achievement of the outcome and any Budget measures.
Section 2: Outcome and outputs information
This section details the planned outcome and the contributing administered items and outputs.
Section 3: Budgeted financial statements
This section contains the budgeted financial statements in accrual format covering budget year, previous year and the three outyears for each agency.
Section 4: Intra-Parliamentary Arrangements
This section provides information on the services delivered jointly by the Department of the House of Representatives and the Department of the Senate.
Glossaries are provided at the end of the document.
STYLES AND CONVENTIONS USED
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The following notation may be used: |
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NEC/nec
AEST
nil
na
nfp
$m
$b |
not elsewhere classified
Australian Eastern Standard Time
.. not zero, but rounded to zero
not applicable (unless otherwise specified)
not for publication
$ million
$ billion |
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Figures in tables and in the text may be rounded.
Figures in text are generally rounded to one decimal
place, whereas figures in tables are generally rounded to
the nearest thousand. Discrepancies in tables between
totals and sums of components are due to rounding |
ENQUIRIES
Should you have any enquiries regarding this publication please contact:
Mr Nick Adamson
Chief Financial Officer
Department of the House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Telephone: (02) 6277 4448
e-mail nick.adamson.reps@aph.gov.au.
A copy of this document can also be located at: http://www.budget.gov.au
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