Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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As outlined in the 2009-10 Portfolio Budget Statements, the Government provided Defence with additional funding of $146.1 billion to fully fund the White Paper over 21 years to 2029-30. This funding amounts to $104.4 billion over the Budget year and Forward Estimates and $308.2 billion over the decade to 2018-19.

Defence’s funding will be based on the following funding principles:

• 3 per cent average real growth to 2017-18
• 2.2 per cent average real growth from 2018-19 to 2029-30
• 2.5 per cent fixed price indexation from 2009-10 to 2029-30, with the 2.5 per cent to be calculated from 2009-10 but applied from 2013-14
• agreement that Defence will reinvest all savings from the Strategic Reform Program and other initiatives into higher priority Defence capabilities
• agreement that Defence will make savings of $2 billion, which will be returned to Defence beyond 2015-16 in line with the revised funding requirements
• an extension of the efficiency dividend of one per cent of the administrative activities for the life of the White Paper.

• supplementation of $1.7 billion in the budget year and $2.1 billion over four years for Operations
• in response to the Mortimer Review, the transfer of the Defence Materiel Organisation service fee on an ongoing basis through a direct appropriation, which equates to $3.2 billion over four years to 2012-13 and $8.7 billion over the decade to 2018-19
• supplementation of $1.7 million in 2009-10 for the Defence Science and Technology Organisation for its role in the National Crisis Coordination Centre
• a hand back to Government of $2 million over four years and $4.9 million over ten years as part of the rationalisation of medical costs in administering military superannuation schemes.