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Annual Report 2007-08 Performance Reports - Outcome 2

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Chapter 6

Outcome 2

Coordinated federal criminal justice, security and emergency management activity for a safer Australia

Overview

The Department contributes to the achievement of Outcome 2 by providing policy advice and operational coordination and services in the areas of national security (including counter-terrorism and security law), emergency management, criminal justice, crime prevention, critical infrastructure protection, and protective security. The Department also undertakes a range of activities to meet obligations and responsibilities in international as well as domestic circumstances.

The Department works in consultation and cooperation with many other organisations to achieve Outcome 2. These organisations include government agencies at Commonwealth and State or Territory levels, as well as non-government and foreign institutions. They include advisory bodies, law enforcement agencies, emergency services and commercial businesses. In addition to maintaining these interrelationships with other organisations, the Department operates in an environment where international as well as domestic events or trends can play a significant role.

The administered items contributing to the achievement of the outcome include the National Community Crime Prevention Programme, the National Counter-Terrorism Committee, National Emergency Volunteer Support Fund and APEC security arrangements.

During 2007–08, we made significant and substantial progress towards achieving Outcome 2 through coordinating the security arrangements for APEC, facilitating the extradition of Tony Mokbel, coordinating Australian Government assistance in response to flooding disaster in south western Queensland, commissioning the Critical Infrastructure Protection Modelling and Analysis capability after a pilot, successfully commencing the AusCheck background checking service, and coordinating Australia’s participation in the international cyber security exercise Cyber Storm II.

Performance reports for each output contributing to Outcome 2 are presented in this chapter.

Resource summary

Outcome 2—Coordinated federal criminal justice, security and emergency management activity for a safer Australia
  (1)
Budget * 2007–08 $’000		 (2)
Actual
expenses
2007–08
$’000		 Variation
(column 2
minus
column 1)
$’000		 Budget 2008–09 $’000
Administered Expenses (including third party outputs) 157,100 130,970 (26,130) 68,325
Special appropriations 6,457 4, 447 (2,010) 2,500
Total administered expenses 163,557 135,417 (28,140) 70,825
Price of departmental outputs
Output 2.1 Criminal justice and crime prevention 27,977 30,143 2,166 22,834
Output 2.2 International criminal justice cooperation 12,034 12,851 817 13,190
Output 2.3 National security and critical infrastructure protection 16,583 19,657 3,074 20,122
Output 2.4 National emergency management 30,230 29,673 (557) 28,298
Output 2.5 Protective security and national security crises coordination 44,907 43,575 (1,332) 43,923
Output 2.6 AusCheck 8,284 12,948 4,664 8,443
Total price of outputs 140,015 148,847 8,832 136,810
Revenue from Government (Appropriation) for departmental outputs 121,227 121,137 (90) 121,772
Revenue from other sources 18,788 18,764 (24) 15,038
Total departmental revenue 140,015 139,901 (114) 136,810
Total for Outcome 2 (total price of outputs and administered expenses) 303,572 284,264 (19,308) 207,635
     
  2007–08 2008–09
Average staffing levels 751 772

* Full-year budget, including additional estimates.

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