RESOURCE STATEMENTS

		Actual available appropriation for 2017-18 $'000 (a)	Payments made 2017-18 $'000 (a)	Balance remaining 2017-18 $'000 (a) - (b)
Ordinary Annual Services1
Departmental appropriation2		559,019	482,075	76,944
Total		559,019	482,075	76,944
Total ordinary annual services	A	559,019	482,075	76,944
Other services3
Departmental non-operating
Equity injections		41,758	34,560	7,198
Total		41,758	34,560	7,198
Total other services	B	41,758	34,560	7,198
Total resourcing and payments	A+B	600,777	516,635	84,142

1. Appropriation Act (No.1) 2017–18. This may also include prior year departmental appropriation and section 74 retained revenue receipts.
2. Includes an amount of $19.928 million in 2017–18 for the departmental capital budget. For accounting purposes, this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.
3. Appropriation Act (No.2) 2017–18. This may also include prior year equity injections.

Outcome 1: Decisions on important matters made by Governments, business and the broader community are informed by objective, relevant and trusted official statistics produced through the collection and integration of data, its analysis, and the provision of statistical information.	Budget* 2017–18 $’000 (a)	Actual Expenses 2017–18 $’000 (b)	Variation 2017–18 $’000 (a) - (b)
Program 1.1: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Departmental expenses
Department appropriation1	368,841	454,368	(85,527)2
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year	61,962	34,906	27,0563
Total for Program 1.1	430,803	489,274	(58,471)
Total expenses for Outcome 1	430,803	489,274	(58,471)
		2016-17	2017-18
Average staffing level (number)		2,896	2,539

* Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2017–18 budget at Additional Estimates.
1. Departmental appropriation combines ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act No.1) and retained revenue receipts under section 74 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
2. The variation primarily relates to the additional funding the ABS received to deliver the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey.
3. The variation primarily relates to an $18 million approved operating loss included in the Budget, and a lower than anticipated depreciation due to delays in capital projects (Canberra Office Transformation Project and Statistical Business Transformation Program).

Compliance with PGPA Act and PGPA Rule

Sections 17AG and17BE of the PGPA Rule require that Commonwealth entities’ annual reports must include a statement of any significant issues or instances of non-compliance in relation to the finance law. Entities must also notify the responsible Minister under paragraph 19(1)(e) of the PGPA Act during the reporting period and outline the actions taken to remedy the non-compliance. As the Finance Minister has responsibility for the finance law, accountable authorities should also provide a copy of their notifications of significant non-compliance with the finance law to the Finance Minister.

The ABS has not identified any instances of significant or systemic non-compliance in 2017–18.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

To view the independent auditors report and related financial statements for the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the 2017-18 financial year please refer to the pdf of the Annual Report 2017-18 (available from the downloads tab) pages 86-111.