Better health and ageing for all Australians

2004-2005

Health and Ageing Portfolio Budget Statements 2004-05

The 2004-2005 Portfolio Budget Statements, informs Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to portfolios outcomes and their objectives and targets including the agencies within the Health and Ageing portfolio.

Budget Related Paper No. 1.11

Senator the Hon Paul Calvert
President of the Senate
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

The Hon Neil Andrew MP
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600


Dear Mr President and Mr Speaker,

2004-05 PORTFOLIO BUDGET STATEMENTS

We hereby submit to Parliament the 2004-05 Portfolio Budget Statements for the Health and Ageing portfolio.

The Portfolio Budget Statements set out:

  • the outcomes and outputs developed for the portfolio;
  • information on Budget measures affecting portfolio outcomes; and
  • the performance indicators and evaluations to be used to assess performance against portfolio outcomes.
These Portfolio Budget Statements are submitted as part of our obligations in terms of accountability to the Parliament.

Yours sincerely

Signatures of the Minister for Health and Ageing Tony Abbott and Minister for Ageing Julie Bishop

MINISTER FOR
HEALTH AND AGEING

MINISTER FOR
AGEING

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Structure of this Report

The Health and Ageing 2004-05 Portfolio Budget Statements have been broken up into PDFs of 500 KB and less and are structured as follows:

Cover page, Letter of Transmittal and Contents Page

Cover page, Letter of Transmittal and Contents page of the Health and Ageing 2004-05 Portfolio Budget Statements.

Cover page, Letter of Transmittal and Contents

Part A - User Guide

Part A provides an overview of the structure and purpose of the Health and Ageing 2004-05 Portfolio Budget Statements.

Part A - User Guide

Part B - Portfolio Overview

Part B provides a general overview of the Health and Ageing portfolio, as well as the portfolio's vision and mission, outcome structure and the Portfolio Summary.

Part B - Portfolio Overview

Part C - Agency Budget Statements

This section provides information on portfolio appropriations and Budget measures; performance information for budgeted financial statements and purchaser/provider and cost recovery arrangements.

Glossary of Technical Terms

Glossary of Technical Terms and Legislation Administered by the Portfolio and Index of Budget Measures