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Expenses for Outcomes 1

Outcome 1: Decisions on important matters made by Governments, business and the broader community are informed by objective, relevant and trusted official statistics produced through the collection and integration of data, its analysis, and the provision of statistical information.

Budget*

Actual Expenses

Variation

2017-18

2017-18

2017-18

$'000

$'000

$'000

(a)

(b)

(a) - (b)

Program 1.1: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Departmental expenses

Departmental appropriation1

368,841

454,368

(85,527)

2

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year

61,962

34,906

27,056

3

Total for Program 1.1

430,803

489,274

(58,471)

Total expenses for Outcome 1

430,803

489,274

(58,471)

2016-17

2017-18

Average staffing level (number)

2,896

2,539

* Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2017-18 budget at Additional Estimates.

1. Departmental appropriation combines ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act No.1) and retained revenue receipts under section 74 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

2. The variation primarily relates to the additional funding the ABS received to deliver the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey.

3. The variation primarily relates to an $18 million approved operating loss included in the Budget, and a lower than anticipated depreciation due to delays in capital projects (Canberra Office Transformation Project and Statistical Business Transformation Program).