PARLIAMENT HOUSE
CANBERRA 2600
President of the Senate
Australian Senate
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Speaker
House of Representatives
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Dear Mr President
Dear Mr Speaker
I hereby submit Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements in support of the 2009-10 Additional Estimates for the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Portfolio.
These statements have been developed, and are submitted to the Parliament, as a statement on the funding requirements being sought for the Portfolio.
I present these statements by virtue of my ministerial responsibility for accountability to the Parliament and, through it, the public.
Yours sincerely
The Hon. Jenny Macklin, MP
Abbreviations and conventions
The following notations may be used:
- NEC/nec not elsewhere classified
- AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time
- - nil
- .. not zero, but rounded to zero
- na not applicable (unless otherwise specified)
- nfp not for publication
- $m $ million
Figures in tables and in the text may be rounded. Discrepancies in tables between totals and sums of components are due to rounding. A list of abbreviations can be found on page 77.
Enquiries
Should you have any enquiries regarding this publication please contact the Branch Manager, Budget Development Branch, in the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs on (02) 6244 5571.
A copy of this document can be located on the Australian Government Budget website at: http://www.budget.gov.au.