Statement of Receipts and Payments of the Consolidated Fund and ...

Excluding wage award approvals of $40.0 million. School Education expenditure exceeded
the Budget by $42.9 million. In the main this was caused by additional expenditure of $34.7
million on salaries and overtime, $4.6 million on subsidiary expenses associated with salaries and
$4.1 million on maintenance allowances offset by underexpenditure in other areas.
The increased expenditure on salaries was largely required due to the number of teachers
in excess of entiUements including those returning from family leave, the cost of additional
teachers to meet higher than expected enrolments, the impact of slower implementation of the
savings package than anticipated at the time of the Budget and the effect of increased recoups to
revenue which are reflected in expenditure.
Excluding wage award approvals of $7.8 million, expenditure for the Community Services
portfolio exceeded Budget by $14.9 million. This resulted from a combination of the transfer,
under the Administrative Arrangements Act, of certain disability services from the Health
Department during the course of the year ($11.6 million) and increased expenditure of $4.7
million associated with the provision of winter energy concessions to pensioners and other
approved groups.
Excluding wage award approvals of $49.8 million, expenditure in the Health portfolio was
less than budget by an amount of $27.8 million. Major causes of this under expenditure was the
transfer of certain disability services ($11.6 million) to the Department of Community Services
pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Arrangements Act, expenditure on salaries and
associated costs and expenditure on certain Commonwealth programs being less than anticipated.
In the case of Finance, Recurrent expenditure was $20.9 million less than the Budget
estimate. The main component of this under expenditure was the reduction in transfer payments
to working accounts caused by a lower than anticipated revenue from commercial activities.
In Attorney-General expenditure exceeded the Budget esfimate by an amount of $14.4
million. The main reasons contributing to this were greater than expected expenditure on the
Tricontinental Enquiry ($2.0 million), Appeal Costs ($2.3 million). Costs payable by the Crown
($1.6 million). Professional Assistance ($2.2 million), Victorian Financial Insfitutions
Commission ($2.0 million). Review of Non-Bank Financial Institutions Enquiry ($0.5 million)
and on Witnesses and Jurors ($1.3 million).
Excluding wage award approvals of $6.3 million, the additional expenditures of $9.8
million for Employment, Post-Secondary Education and Training relate to payments to employers
of additional apprentices and trainees under the Payroll Tax Rebates Scheme and the transfer of
funds from the Employment Program of the Department of Labour.
Recurrent expenditure of $39.2 million was expended under the Treasurer's portfolio in
excess of the Budget esfimate. A payment of $34.7 million was required to meet the cost of
ex-gratia payments to give effect to the $12 per week wage increase included in the Accord Mark
VI Agreement between the Government and the Victorian Trades Hall Council/Australian
Council of Trade Unions.
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