Appendix A: Resources
This appendix provides details of the AEC’s resources and expenses
in 2018–19, as required by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts
and Audit Requirements for annual reports for departments, executive
agencies and other non corporate Commonwealth entities, 25 June 2015.
The tables in this appendix correspond to tables in the Portfolio Budget Statements 2018–19 and staff statistics, namely:
- the Agency Resource Statement, which provides information about the various funding sources that the AEC was able to draw on during the year (Table 5)
- Expenses and Resources by Outcome, showing the detail of Budget appropriations and total resourcing for Outcome 1 (Table 6)
- Average staffing levels from 2016–17 to 2018–19 (Table 7)
Table 5: Agency resource statement – current report period (2018–19)
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Actual appropriation for 2018‑19 $’000 |
Payments made for 2018‑19 $’000 |
Balance remaining 2018-19 $’000 |
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Ordinary annual servicesa |
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Prior Year Departmental appropriation |
117,564 |
107,208 |
10,356 |
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Departmental appropriationb |
401,183 |
252,512 |
148,671 |
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Section 74 relevant agency receipts |
20,553 |
20,553 |
– |
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Total ordinary annual servicesc |
A |
539,300 |
380,273 |
159,027 |
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Special appropriations |
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Special appropriations limited by criteria/entitlement |
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Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Administered) |
55,077 |
55,077 |
– |
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Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Departmental) |
14,900 |
14,900 |
– |
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Total special appropriations |
B |
69,977 |
69,977 |
– |
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Special accountsd |
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Opening balance |
1,328 |
– |
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Non-appropriation receipts to special accounts |
3,483 |
– |
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Payments made |
– |
538 |
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Total special accounts |
C |
4,811 |
538 |
4,273 |
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Total resourcing (A + B + C ) |
614,088 |
450,788 |
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Total net resourcing for agency |
614,088 |
450,788 |
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a. Appropriation Bill (No.1) 2018–19 and Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2018–19. This also includes prior year departmental appropriation and section 74 relevant agency receipts.
b. Includes an amount of $13.572 million in 2018–19 for the Departmental Capital Budget. For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.
c. The balance remaining includes $4.0 million of appropriations that have been quarantined and are not available to the AEC.
d. Includes ‘Special Public Money’ held in accounts like Other Trust Monies (OTM) accounts, Services for other Government and Non agency Bodies accounts (SOG) or Services for Other Entities and Trust Moneys Special accounts (SOETM).
Table 6: Expenses and resources for Outcome 1
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Budgeta 2018‑19 $’000 |
Actual expenses 2018‑19 |
Variation |
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Program 1.1 |
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Administered expenses |
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Special appropriations |
76,000 |
79,502 |
(3,502) |
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Departmental expenses |
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Departmental appropriationb |
408,164 |
408,438 |
(274) |
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Special appropriations |
14,900 |
14,900 |
- |
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Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year |
8,821 |
12,367 |
(3,546) |
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Total for Program 1.1 |
507,885 |
515,207 |
(7,322) |
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Total expenses for Outcome 1 |
507,885 |
515,207 |
(7,322) |
a. Full-year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2018–19 Budget at Additional Estimates.
b. Departmental appropriation combines ‘Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1)’ and ‘Revenue from independent sources (section 74)’, and excludes Departmental Capital Budget.
Table 7: Average staffing levels 2016–17 to 2018–19
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2016–17 |
2017–18 |
2018–19 |
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Average staffing level (number) |
809 |
795 |
788 |
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