NT remote Aboriginal investment 225.1 No impact 2016 Update terms of reference – Community safety and Municipal and requirement. essential services components AFFORDABLE HOUSING NT remote Aboriginal investment 56.0 No impact 2016 Update terms of reference – Remote Australia strategies requirement. component INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure investment program 35.7 No impact Needs for bridges cannot be — Bridges renewal program assessed reliably. Supporting drought-affected 3.7 No impact Needs are not assessed. This communities program payment is targeting drought affected regions. Table 27 Treatment of Commonwealth payments commenced in 2015-16 (cont.) Payment ($m) Treatment Reason for impact’ ‘no ENVIRONMENT Development of business for 4.0 No impact Needs are not assessed. This constraints measures payment is part of IGA on Implementing Water Reform in the Murray-Darling Basin, protecting the environment. Established pest and weed management 7.5 Impact Mechanical fuel load reduction trials 1.0 No impact Needs are not assessed. This payment is for a program which is being managed by NSW on behalf of the Commonwealth. OTHER National Register of Foreign Ownership 7.0 No impact Needs are not assessed. The of Land Titles Commonwealth purchases the service from States. Tasmanian horticulture market growth 0.1 Impact Tasmanian Regional Tourism 4.4 Impact Infrastructure and Innovation Fund Source: Commonwealth of Australia’s Final Budget Outcome 2015-16 and Commission decisions. The following sections explain the treatment of payments in relation to which States raised issues. Zika response teams The Commonwealth provides funding to Queensland to assist in enhancing the ability of the Dengue Action Response Team (DART) in Cairns and Townsville to increase surveillance and control in areas at high risk of the exotic mosquito, Adedes aegypti, spreading the Zika virus in Queensland.
NT remote Aboriginal investment – Community safety and Municipal and essential services components 225.1 No impact 2016 Update terms of reference requirement. AFFORDABLE HOUSING NT remote Aboriginal investment – Remote Australia strategies component 56.0 No impact 2016 Update terms of reference requirement. INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure investment program — Bridges renewal program 35.7 No impact Needs for bridges cannot be assessed reliably. Supporting drought-affected communities program 3.7 No impact Needs are not assessed. This payment is targeting drought affected regions. Table 27 Treatment of Commonwealth payments commenced in 2015-16 (cont.) Payment ($m) Treatment Reason for ‘no impact’ ENVIRONMENT Development of business for constraints measures 4.0 No impact Needs are not assessed. This payment is part of IGA on Implementing Water Reform in the Murray-Darling Basin, protecting the environment. Established pest and weed management 7.5 Impact Mechanical fuel load reduction trials 1.0 No impact Needs are not assessed. This payment is for a program which is being managed by NSW on behalf of the Commonwealth. OTHER National Register of Foreign Ownership of Land Titles 7.0 No impact Needs are not assessed. The Commonwealth purchases the service from States. Tasmanian horticulture market growth 0.1 Impact Tasmanian Regional Tourism Infrastructure and Innovation Fund 4.4 Impact Source: Commonwealth of Australia’s Final Budget Outcome 2015-16 and Commission decisions. The following sections explain the treatment of payments in relation to which States raised issues. Zika response teams The Commonwealth provides funding to Queensland to assist in enhancing the ability of the Dengue Action Response Team (DART) in Cairns and Townsville to increase surveillance and control in areas at high risk of the exotic mosquito, Adedes aegypti, spreading the Zika virus in Queensland.
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