Budget 2003‑04

Historical Budget documents are available for reference purposes. Please note that due to the age of these documents they may not meet current web publishing requirements and may not be compatible with some software.

Budget documents
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Budget Speech	64KB
Budget Paper 1: Budget Strategy and Outlook	3.2MB (Zip)
Budget Paper 2: Budget Measures	1.3MB
Budget Paper 3: Federal Financial Relations	1.1MB
Budget Paper 3: Federal Financial Relations - SPP tables (XLS)	380KB
Budget Paper 4: Agency Resourcing	1.1MB

Additional Budget documents
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Budget at a glance	72KB
Budget overview	561KB
Budget overview chartpack (XLS)	2.3MB (Zip)
Budget guide	116KB

Appropriation Bills
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Annual Appropriations	776KB (Zip)
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2003-04	174KB
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2003-04	466KB
Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2003-04	291KB
Appropriation Bill (No.5) 2003-04	80KB
Appropriation Bill (No.6) 2003-04	67KB
Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statement - Appropriation Bill (No.5) 2003-04 and Appropriation Bill (No.6) 2003-04	175KB

Ministerial Statements
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia Sustaining Agriculture - the Drought and Beyond	472KB
Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia's Overseas Aid Program 2003-04	659KB
Environment Australia Investing for a Sustainable Australia	365KB
Environment Australia Investing for a Sustainable Australia (amendments)	132KB
Transport and Regional Services Australia's Region Working in Partnership	504KB
Women's Budget Statement 2003-04	245KB

Portfolio Budget Statements

The purpose of the Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) is to inform Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to government outcomes by agencies within the relevant portfolio. Agencies receive resources from the annual appropriations acts, special appropriations (including standing appropriations and special accounts), and revenue from other sources.

A key role of the PBS is to facilitate the understanding of proposed annual appropriations in Appropriation Bills No. 1 and No. 2. In this sense the PBS are Budget related papers and are declared by the Appropriation Bills to be 'relevant documents' to the interpretation of the Acts according to section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

The PBS provides information, explanation and justification to enable Parliament to understand the purpose of each outcome proposed in the Bills.

As required under section 12 of the Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998, non-general government sector entities are not consolidated into the Commonwealth general government sector fiscal estimates and accordingly, these entities are not reported in the PBS.

The following Australian Government Agencies' held their Portfolio Budget Statements on their websites at the time of release.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Attorney-General's
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Defence
- Department of Defence
- Department of Veteran's Affairs
- Defence Housing Authority
Education, Science and Training
Employment and Workplace Relations
Environment and Heritage
Family and Community Services
Finance and Administration
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Health and Ageing
Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Industry, Tourism and Resources
Prime Minister and Cabinet
Transport and Regional Services
Treasury
Parliamentary Departments
- House of Representatives
- Senate
- Parliamentary Reporting Staff
- Parliamentary Library
- Joint House

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Portfolio Budget Statements 2003-04: Treasury Portfolio	1.9MB (Zip)

Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements

The purpose of the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES) is to inform Senators and Members of Parliament and the public of the proposed allocation of resources to government outcomes by agencies within the relevant portfolio.

While the PAES include an Agency Resource Statement to inform Parliament of the revised estimate of the total resources available to an agency, the focus of the PAES is on explaining the changes in resourcing since the Budget. As such, the PAES provides information on new measures and their impact on the financial and non-financial planned performance of agencies.

The PAES facilitate understanding of the proposed appropriations in Appropriation Bills (No. 3 and No. 4). In this sense the PAES are declared by the Additional Estimates Appropriation Bills to be a 'relevant document' to the interpretation of the Bills according to section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Whereas the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook is a mid-year budget report which provides updated information to allow the assessment of the Government's fiscal performance against its fiscal strategy, the PAES update the most recent budget appropriations for agencies within the relevant portfolio.

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Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2003‑04: Treasury Portfolio	2.3MB

The following Australian Government Agencies' held their Portfolio Aditional Estimate Statements on their websites at the time of release.

Attorney-General's Department
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Department of Defence
Department of the Environment and Heritage
Department of Family and Community Services
Department of Finance and Administration
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Prime Minister and Cabinet
Department of Transport and Regional Services
Department of Veterans' Affairs

Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook

The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) updates the economic and fiscal outlook from the previous budget. Clause 14 of the Charter of Budget Honesty requires the release of a MYEFO each year by the end of January, or six months after the last budget, whichever is later.

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Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2003‑04	2.6MB

Final Budget Outcome

The Final Budget Outcome (FBO) encompasses Australian Government general government sector fiscal outcomes for the financial year and is based on external reporting standards. The Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998 requires that a Final Budget Outcome be released no later than three months after the end of the relevant financial year.

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Final Budget Outcome 2003‑04	736KB