Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 3:02:10 to 3:08:12
Examination of unallocated headroom within the Infrastructure Investment Program (IIP) and the return of $100 million in uncommitted funds from the Community Development Grants (CDG) program.
Topics: Infrastructure, Government spending, Grants administration
Speakers: Hon Bridget McKenzie, Simon Milnes, Speaker 15, Rachel Parry, Unknown Speaker, Senator Ross Cadell
composition of that savings? >> 125 of the 2627 budget paper number two. Mr. Mailman, I'm I've got a little extra question for you if you're still around. >> Come on. >> Don't leave it all up to Miss Hall to do the heavy lifting. >> Here he comes. Hello. >> While while they're looking up budget paper number two, so it's a $100 million attributed to the department, I want to know the composition of those savings. My understanding when you referenced unallocated New South Wales road money that that was for Western Sydney roads, not renewable zones. Can you just did I mis here?
>> No, no. Um, sorry. The unallocated there's three sources. One's corridor unallocated.
>> Sorry. Say say it again so I can
>> So there is for unallocated funding there are three sources. One's corridor unallocated, >> one's state unallocated and one's national unallocated. So in terms of um the these two projects they drew on state unallocated first insuff but there wasn't in sufficient funding so then it drew on national unallocated
>> national unallocated which >> and so just the two projects remind me which they are again
>> so I think that's the western uh western highway >> um and the renewable energy zones
>> renewable energy zones okay
>> so I think that the name changed in
>> so this I want to Understand the state the New South Wales state unallocated. That is the first pot that we draw of.
Yes.
>> On those three. >> What did the state refuse? Like where taken from in order to My understanding was that was Western Sydney roads. Yeah. So I just let's clear that up.
>> No, no, no. Um so this uh the Western Sydney infrastructure plan I think is what you're referring to. Um, no, that is not part of the state unallocated
>> Do we know where the New South Wales state unallocated money came from?
>> So,
>> in order to be going to the Western Highway
>> so the the the government allocated funding to um that uh New South Wales state and allocated so at I think I'm not sure which budget or my but um the government would allocated funding
Where did the New South Wales state government take the unallocated money from in order to put it into the Western Highway? My understanding the money unallocated for New South Wales roads beyond the Ford estimates was intended allegedly to deliver Western Sydney roads once current planning projects were completion completed. Has that decision been made or is that have we taken has New South Wales taken that unallocated component that was supposed to go into Western Sydney roads post the forward estimates and and put it into the Western Highway.
>> So this is Australian government funding for >> for New South Wales that is part of New South Wales unallocated funding. >> So it's not New South Wales.
>> It's not New South Sorry. Yeah. Got it.
100 million uh came from the community development grants program >> under uncommitted money. >> It was uncommitted money.
>> It was uncommitted. And where did it go?
>> It was uncommitted. So it was returned
>> return consolidated
>> and then allocated as per
>> Yep.
>> page 125.
Um there was a note against community development grants saying that um in last estimates that $ 105.4 million profiled in the 2425 year was reported as return to consolidated revenue. The documents also reported $17.9 million remained unallocated at the end of 2526. Have all CDG projects now been completed and all funding expended?
>> So in terms of program delivery, that's a matter for the relevant outcome which
is >> understand. I'm just interested in what was reported in the budget papers.
>> Yes. And we'll come back with how much is uncommitted.
>> Y
>> which I think is the second part of the
question. >> Okay. Um my questions go to that
>> Yeah. I was going to say I'd like to
lot We've got a lot of balls in the air this morning.
>> Yeah, we do. Um the 100.1 million is in fact the accumulation of the $55 million track program, the 45 40.5 million for Australia Post electrification and the $4 million green bunkering strategy. That's separate to the $1.1 billion Arena low carbon liquid program which is administered by Arena.
>> By Arena. >> Yeah, got it. Thank you. Um and we're coming back with the CDG. Well, I just want to move to