Bill
Supply Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017
passed, as at 2016-05-04. Finance portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Finance
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-05-02
- second reading — 2016-05-02
- second reading — 2016-05-02
- second reading — 2016-05-02
- third reading — 2016-05-02
- introduced — 2016-05-02
- second reading — 2016-05-02
- second reading — 2016-05-03
- second reading — 2016-05-03
- third reading — 2016-05-03
- passed — 2016-05-03
- royal assent — 2016-05-04
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-05-02.
This bill would authorise spending from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to cover the government's everyday running costs for the early part of the 2016-2017 financial year.
The spending would equal roughly 5/12ths of the estimated annual amount for those services, excluding new policy measures.
Extra funding is provided for agencies with high early-year costs, such as the Australian Electoral Commission.
- Authorises interim government funding from the start of the financial year.
- Allows normal government operations to continue until a full-year appropriation bill is passed.
- Provides extra early funding for entities with high upfront expenses.
The Australian Government and its agencies, particularly the Australian Electoral Commission.
Sources
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