Annual Report 2008-09 Performance Reports - Outcome 2

Chapter 7 Outcome 2—Coordinated federal criminal justice, security and emergency management activity for a safer Australia

Chapter 7 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 area of national security, taking an all-hazards approach, which includes counter-terrorism, security law, resilience policy, 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.

During 2008–09, we made significant and substantial progress towards achieving Outcome 2 through implementation of recommendations made in the Smith Review of Homeland and Border Security arrangements, coordinating the Australian Government security and emergency management arrangements for the Papal visit and World Youth Day event in July 2008, responding to events such as the Mumbai terror attacks, the Victorian bushfire, the Ashmore Reef incident and H1N1 influenza pandemic, leading the whole-of-government review of Australia’s e-security arrangements, implementing the national response to organised crime, developing proposals for major reform to Australia’s laws on extradition and mutual assistance, leading the implementation of the National Identity Security Strategy, and assistance with development of a national telephone-based public emergency warning capability.

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

Resource summary

Table 13: Resource summary, Outcome 2—Coordinated federal criminal justice, security and emergency management activity for a safer Australia

	Budget* 2008–09 $’000 (a)	Actual expenses 2008–09 $’000 (b)	Variation $’000 (a)–(b)
Output Group 2.1: Criminal justice and crime prevention
Administered items
National Community Crime Prevention Program	15,517	11,952	3,565
Payments for membership of international bodies	106	–	106
Payments for grants to Australian organisations	501	500	1
Schools Security program	2,625	2,525	100
Safer Suburbs program	7,000	7000	–
National Handgun Buyback Act 2003	2,500	1,031	1,469
Departmental Outputs	21,157	19,215	1,942
Revenues from other sources (s 31)	35	1,045	–1,101
Subtotal for Output 2.1	49,441	43,268	6,173
Output Group 2.2: International criminal justice cooperation
Administered items
Australia’s contribution to the International Criminal Court	8,476	2,876	5,600
Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing—information and public awareness campaign	3,200	609	2,591
Pacific Police Development Program	228	147	81
Departmental Outputs	15,327	13,809	1,518
Revenues from other sources (s 31)	2,003	2,701	–698
Subtotal for Output 2.2	29,234	20,142	9,092
Output Group 2.3: National security and critical infrastructure protection
Departmental Outputs	30,148	36,167	–6,019
Revenues from other sources (s 31)	21	475	–454
Subtotal for Output 2.3	30,169	36,642	–6,473
Output Group 2.4: National emergency management
Administered items
Local Grants Scheme	2,526	1,589	937
National Emergency Volunteers Support Fund	3,272	3,551	–279
Departmental Outputs	17,636	19,869	–2,233
Revenues from other sources (s 31)	531	181	350
Subtotal for Output 2.4	23,965	25,190	–1,225
Output Group 2.5: Protective security and national security crisis coordination
Administered items
National counter-terrorism committee—special fund and operating expenses	16,424	15,614	810
National security public information campaign	5,550	5,345	205
APEC 2007 security arrangements	1,416	11,826	–10,410
Departmental Outputs	26,474	22,406	4,068
Revenues from other sources (s 31)	4,005	3,127	878
Subtotal for Output 2.5	53,869	58,318	–4,449
Output Group 2.6: Security Services including AusCheck
Departmental Outputs	12,767	3,966	8,801
Revenues from other sources (s 31)	8,443	8,567	–124
Subtotal for Output 2.6	21,210	12,533	8,677
Total for Outcome 2	207,888	196,093	11,795
Departmental	138,547	131,528	7,019
Administered	69,341	64,565	4,776

Average staffing level (number)		772

Notes:

* Full-year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2008–09 Budget

** Special Account receipts and payments are shown in Note 25 to the Financial Statements