Appendix 2


Appendix 2

Transition tables[1]

Department of Parliamentary Services

Department of the Senate

The department continues to have the one outcome, which changed from:

  • Effective provision of services to support the functioning of the Senate as a House of the Commonwealth Parliament

to:

  • Advisory and administrative support services to enable the Senate and Senators to fulfil their representative and legislative duties.

The department manages two programs:

  • Other Departmental; and

  • Parliamentarians Remuneration and Entitlements (administered).

‘Other Departmental’ consists of its five offices which correspond directly to the five output groups it used in the previous budgeting framework.

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabint

Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet (continued)

P = Program

OG = Output group

  1. The Office of the Commonwealth Coordinator-General was established as a new activity in 2009.

  2. Funding for the APEC taskforce terminated in 2007–08. Some residual costs have been incurred in 2008–09. No expense is anticipated in 2009–10.

  3. Policy responsibility and administration of the superannuation arrangements for former Governors-General will transfer from PM&C to the Department of Finance and Deregulation on 1 July 2009.

  4. Funding for the 2020 Summit terminated in 2007–08.

  5. The Government Communications Unit was abolished in 2007–08 and the aggregated media buying function and AUSPIC transferred to the Department of Finance and Deregulation.

Department of Climate Change

Department of Finance and Deregulation

Department of Human Services

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