Table 19 - Expenses for Outcome 3

Outcome 3: A secure Australian presence overseas through the provision of security services and information and communications technology infrastructure, and the management of the Commonwealth's overseas property estate

Budget*

Actual Expenses

Variation

2017–18

$'000

2017–18 $'000

2017–18 $'000

(a)

(b)

(a - b)

Program 3.1: Foreign Affairs and Trade Security and IT

Departmental expenses

Departmental appropriation

¹

215,637

215,637

-

Total for program 3.1

215,637

215,637

-

Program 3.2: Overseas Property

Departmental expenses

Special Accounts

¹

147,233

136,240

10,993

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year

²

18,333

100,776

(82,443)

Total for program 3.2

165,566

237,016

(71,450)

Outcome 3 Totals by appropriation type

Departmental expenses

Departmental appropriation

³

215,637

215,637

-

Special accounts

¹

147,233

136,240

10,993

Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year

²

18,333

100,776

(82,443)

Total expenses for Outcome 3

381,203

452,653

(71,450)

2016-17

2017-18

Average staffing level (number)

873

867

* Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustments made to the 2017-18 budget through additional estimates and estimated outcome as published in the 2018-19 Budget

1. This reflects the amount of funding disbursed on a cash basis, not an expense basis.

2. Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year may include depreciation expenses, amortisation expenses, make good expenses, audit fees, concessional costs for loans, finance costs and impairment of financial instruments.

3. Departmental appropriation combines ‘ordinary annual services (

Appropriation Act No. 1 & Act No. 3

)'.