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Wednesday, 8 February 2012
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Defence: Program Funding

(Question No. 1382)

Senator Johnston asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 3 November 2011:

With reference to the answer to question on notice no. 506 (Senate Hansard, 12 September 2011, p. 5822), and specifically the answer to paragraph (2) which states that '$146.1 billion to fund the White Paper over the 21 years to 2029-30', was in the 2009-10 Budget:

(1) Where exactly in the 2009-10 Budget papers does it say that the Government provided the department with additional funding of $146.1 billion to fund the Defence White Paper.

(2) Can a table be provided that shows a year by year commitment from 2010-11 to 2029-30 to:

(a) fund the acquisitions outlined in the Defence White Paper; and

(b) increase in real growth funding, as a percentage, to fund the acquisitions outlined in the Defence White Paper.

Senator Chris Evans: The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) In the Portfolio Resource Statement on page 15 of the Portfolio Budget Statements 2009-10 it is stated that the Government has provided Defence with additional funding of $146.1 billion to fully fund the White Paper over 21 years to 2029-30.

(2) (a) The additional $146.1 billion is the difference between in total funding provided between the previous funding model and the new funding model. The first 10 years of this funding (2009-10 to 2018-19) is shown on page 17 of the in the Portfolio Budget Statements 2009-10. (b) Information on the real growth that was applied as part of the new Defence funding model is shown on page 15 of the Portfolio Budget Statements 2009-10.