Note 1: Expenses
2020 | 2019 | ||
$ | $ | ||
Note 1A: Employee Benefits | |||
Wages and salaries | 6,658,442 | 6,369,712 | |
Superannuation: | |||
Defined contribution plans | 646,810 | 653,128 | |
Defined benefit plans | 530,811 | 533,202 | |
Leave and other entitlements | 809,240 | 1,021,070 | |
Separation payment | 60,000 | - | |
Total employee benefits | 8,705,303 | 8,577,112 | |
Accounting policies for employee related expenses is contained in Note 7. | |||
Note 1B: Suppliers | |||
Goods and services | |||
Consultants and contractors1 | 1,379,260 | 837,502 | |
Travel | 275,872 | 357,627 | |
IT services | 471,070 | 436,798 | |
Property maintenance2 | 2,269,891 | 1,431,391 | |
Professional fees | 691,517 | 331,485 | |
Printing, consumables and general | 276,162 | 265,841 | |
Household and hospitality | 241,709 | 314,670 | |
Other | 104,834 | 159,197 | |
Total goods and services supplied or rendered | 5,710,315 | 4,134,511 | |
Goods and services are made up of: | |||
Provision of goods | 627,230 | 670,885 | |
Rendering of services | 5,083,085 | 3,463,626 | |
Total goods and services supplied or rendered | 5,710,315 | 4,134,511 | |
Other suppliers | |||
Workers compensation expenses | 149,381 | 227,343 | |
Total other suppliers | 149,381 | 227,343 | |
Total suppliers | 5,859,696 | 4,361,854 | |
Note 1C: Finance costs | |||
Interest on lease liabilities3 | 55 | - | |
Total finance costs | 55 | - | |
Note 1D: Other Expenses | |||
Transfer of externally funded assets to Administered | - | 184,406 | |
Total other expenses | - | 184,406 | |
1. The increase is predominantly due to a marked increase in operating activities including processing of nominations for honours and awards, necessitating hiring more contractors to keep up with the increase in operations during the year.
2. The increase is related to additional property maintenance activities. The reduced number of event-related visits to the Governor-General as a result of COVID-19 restrictions provided an operational opportunity to undertake additional maintenance activities at Government House and Admiralty House.
3. This is related to the interest component of lease payments for an ROU asset recognised upon initial application of AASB 16.
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