PUBLIC RELEASE OF 2016 ELECTION COMMITMENT COSTING Name of proposal costed: The Coalition’s Policy to Protect Australia’s Threatened Species COA 018 Costing Identifier: The policy provides $5.0 million for a Summary of costing: Threatened Species Recovery Fund. The intent of the policy is to provide funding for community-led work to protect Australian threatened species. Prime Minister Person making the request: 17/06/2016 Date costing request received: 05/06/2016 Date of public release of policy: 24/06/2016 Date costing completed: Not applicable. Additional information requested (including date): Not applicable. Additional information received (including date): Financial implications (outturn prices)(a)(b) Impact on 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Underlying Cash Balance ($m) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fiscal Balance ($m) A positive number for the fiscal balance indicates an increase in revenue or a decrease in expenses or net capital investment in accrual terms. A positive number for the underlying cash balance indicates an increase in revenue or a decrease in expenses or net capital investment in cash terms. The cost of the proposal ($5.0 million over the Forward Estimates) is fully offset. Funding for this policy will be provided through the National Landcare Program emerging priorities measure in the 201617 Budget. – Where relevant, state that the proposal has been costed as a defined or specified amount. The policy provides $5.0 million for a Threatened Species Recovery Fund, commencing as soon as practical in 2016-17 to 2018-19. Where relevant, include separate identification of revenue and expense components. Not applicable. Where appropriate, include a range for the costing or sensitivity analysis. Not applicable.
PUBLIC RELEASE OF 2016 ELECTION COMMITMENT COSTING Name of proposal costed: The Coalition’s Policy to Protect Australia’s Threatened Species Costing Identifier: COA 018 Summary of costing: The policy provides $5.0 million for a Threatened Species Recovery Fund. The intent of the policy is to provide funding for community-led work to protect Australian threatened species. Person making the request: Prime Minister Date costing request received: 17/06/2016 Date of public release of policy: 05/06/2016 Date costing completed: 24/06/2016 Additional information requested (including date): Not applicable. Additional information received (including date): Not applicable. Financial implications (outturn prices)(a)(b) Impact on 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 Underlying Cash Balance ($m) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fiscal Balance ($m) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 A positive number for the fiscal balance indicates an increase in revenue or a decrease in expenses or net capital investment in accrual terms. A positive number for the underlying cash balance indicates an increase in revenue or a decrease in expenses or net capital investment in cash terms. The cost of the proposal ($5.0 million over the Forward Estimates) is fully offset. Funding for this policy will be provided through the National Landcare Program – emerging priorities measure in the 201617 Budget. Where relevant, state that the proposal has been costed as a defined or specified amount. The policy provides $5.0 million for a Threatened Species Recovery Fund, commencing as soon as practical in 2016-17 to 2018-19. Where relevant, include separate identification of revenue and expense components. Not applicable. Where appropriate, include a range for the costing or sensitivity analysis. Not applicable.
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