Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That these bills be now read a second time.

I seek leave to have the second reading speech es incorporated in Hansard .

Leave granted.

The speech es read as follows—

SUPPLY BILL (NO. 1) 2016-2017

Supply Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017, together with Supply Bill (No. 2) 2016-2017 and Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017, seeks appropriations to facilitate the continuation of normal Government business.

Supply Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017 provides for appropriations for proposed expenditure on the ordinary annual services of the Government for the first part of 2016-2017, broadly until about the end of November.

The bill seeks approval for appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of just over $35 billion.

The bill must be passed in this session to ensure funding is available to all entities from 1 July 2016, thereby ensuring the continuity of program and service delivery.

The provisions in the bill are generally based on 5/12 of the estimated 2016-2017 annual appropriation with special provision, where necessary, for entities with a disproportionately high level of expenditure early in the financial year. This includes the Australian Electoral Commission.

I wish to emphasise that this bill seeks provision only for appropriate money to fund government expenditure on an interim basis until Appropriation bills have passed. It does not include Budget measures.

This arrangement allows for Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017, or a similar bill, to be passed in 2016-2017 by the next Parliament if necessary.

Details of the proposed expenditure are set out in the Schedule to the bill and the Portfolio Budget Statements tabled in the Parliament with the Budget Appropriation bills.

SUPPLY BILL (NO. 2) 2016-2017

Supply Bill (No. 2) 2016-2017, along with Supply Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017 which was introduced earlier, and Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017, are the Supply bills for the first part of 2016-17.

Supply Bill (No. 2) 2016-2017 provides for appropriations that are not for the ordinary annual services of Government, such as for capital works and services and payments to states, territories and local governments, broadly until about the end of November.

This bill seeks approval for appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of just over $6 billion.

The bill must be passed in this session to ensure funding is available to all entities from 1 July 2016, thereby ensuring the continuity of program and service delivery.

The provisions in the bill are generally based on 5/12 of the estimated 2016-2017 annual appropriation, the same approach as for Supply Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017.

The bill also provides the Debit Limit for the Nation-building Funds, the Building Australia Fund and the Education Investment Fund; the general purpose financial assistance payments; and, the national partnership payments. The Debit Limits relate to the estimated expenditure for the first part of 2016-17.

As with Supply Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017, this bill seeks provision only for appropriate money to fund government expenditure on an interim basis until Appropriation bills have passed. It does not include Budget measures.

This arrangement allows for Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2016-2017, or a similar bill, to be passed in 2016-2017 by the next Parliament if necessary.

Details of the proposed expenditure are set out in the Schedules to the Bill and the Portfolio Budget Statements tabled in the Parliament with the Budget Appropriation Bills.

SUPPLY (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) BILL (NO. 1) 2016-2017

The purpose of Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017 is to provide interim funding for the running costs and other expenditure of:

This bill seeks approval for appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of just over $97 million for Parliamentary expenditure for the first part of 2016-2017, broadly until about the end of November.

Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017 must be passed in this session to ensure funding is available to Parliamentary Departments from 1 July 2016, thereby ensuring the continuity of Parliament's operations.

The provisions in the bill are generally based on 5/12 of the estimated 2016-2017 annual appropriation, excluding Budget measures.

As with the other Supply bills introduced earlier, I wish to emphasise that this bill seeks provision only for appropriate money to fund government expenditure on an interim basis until Appropriation bills have passed. It does not include Budget measures.

This arrangement allows for Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017, or a similar bill, to be passed in 2016-2017 by the next Parliament if necessary.

Details of the proposed expenditure are set out in the Schedule to the bill and the Portfolio Budget Statements for the Parliamentary Departments tabled in Parliament with the Budget Appropriation bills.

Debate adjourned.