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Note 1 - Financial Performance

1.1 Expenses

2021

2020

$’000

$’000

1.1A: Employee benefits

Wages and salaries

12,187

12,139

Superannuation

Defined contribution plans

1,744

1,531

Defined benefit plans

393

572

Leave and other entitlements

1,309

1,313

Separation and redundancies

237

317

Other Employee Expenses

102

106

Total employee benefits

15,972

15,978

Accounting Policy

Accounting policies for employee related expenses is contained in the People and Relationships section.

1.1B: Suppliers

Goods and services supplied or rendered

Investigation services

3291

3887

Information technology

1903

1659

Services from the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

487

479

Contracted Services

318

478

Travel

120

384

Training and conferences

149

257

Communications

168

162

Audit fees

82

104

Office rent 1

35

30

Publications and printing

17

33

Consultants

296

22

Legal

25

16

Other

227

254

Total goods and services supplied or rendered

7,118

7,765

Goods supplied

222

149

Services rendered

6,896

7,616

Total goods and services supplied or rendered

7,118

7,765

Other suppliers

Workers compensation expenses

90

106

Total other suppliers

90

106

Total suppliers

7,208

7,871

1 The ATSB does not have any short-term or low-value lease commitments as at 30 June 2021.

The above lease disclosures should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes 1.1C, 1.2C, 2.2 and 3.2.

1.1 Expenses (continued)

Accounting Policy

Short-term leases and leases of low-value assets

The ATSB has elected not to recognise right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases of assets that have a lease term of 12 months or less and leases of low-value assets (less than $10,000). The ATSB recognises the lease payments associated with these leases as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

2021

2020

$’000

$’000

1.1C: Finance costs

Interest on lease liabilities

86

102

Total finance costs

86

102

The above lease disclosures should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes 1.1B, 1.2C, 2.2 and 3.2.

Accounting Policy

All borrowing costs are expensed as incurred.

1.1D: Write-down and impairment of other assets

Impairment of property, plant and equipment

119

5

Impairment of non-current assets held for sale

-

2

Total write-down and impairment of other assets

119

7

1.2 Own-Source Revenue and Gains

2021

2020

$’000

$’000

Own-Source Revenue

1.2A: Revenue from contracts with customers

Rendering of services

1,121

1,184

Total revenue from contracts with customers

1,121

1,184

Accounting Policy

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when control has been transferred to the buyer.

AASB 15 has been applied to all new and uncompleted contracts from the date of initial application.

The following is a description of principal activities from which the ATSB generates its revenue:

● Government appropriations

● International programmes of work

● Cost recovery rail investigations

The ATSB's revenue in relation to its international programmes and cost recovery activities are agreement based and within scope for AASB 15. There are separate agreements, with separate terms, based on performance over time obligations and point in time obligations.

The transaction price is the total amount of consideration to which the ATSB expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised goods or services to a customer. The consideration promised in a contract with a customer may include fixed amounts, variable amounts, or both.

Receivables for goods and services, which have 30 day terms, are recognised at the nominal amounts due less any impairment allowance account. Collectability of debts is reviewed at end of the reporting period. Allowances are made when collectability of the debt is no longer probable.

1.2B: Other revenue

Resources received free of charge

Remuneration of auditors 1

51

51

Investigation Services

3,229

3,781

Other

-

11

Total other revenue

3,280

3,843

1 The ANAO does not provide any other services other than an audit of the Financial Statements.

Accounting Policy

Resources Received Free of Charge

Resources received free of charge are recognised as revenue when, and only when, a fair value can be reliably determined and the services would have been purchased if they had not been donated. Use of those resources is recognised as an expense. Resources received free of charge are recorded as either revenue or gains depending on their nature.

1.2 Own-Source Revenue and gains (continued)

2021

2020

$’000

$’000

Gains

1.2C: Other gains

Sale proceeds

4

3

Total other gains

4

3

Accounting Policy

Sale of Assets

Gains from disposal of assets are recognised when control of the asset has passed to the buyer.

1.2D: Revenue from government

Departmental appropriations

20,933

20,205

Total revenue from Government

20,933

20,205

Accounting Policy

Revenue from Government

Amounts appropriated for departmental appropriations for the year (adjusted for any formal additions and reductions) are recognised as Revenue from Government when the ATSB gains control of the appropriation, except for certain amounts relating to activities that are reciprocal in nature, in which case revenue is recognised only when it has been earned. Appropriations receivable are recognised at their nominal amounts.