2007-08 Service Delivery Budget Paper No. 3 07 08 2007-08 Service Delivery Service Delivery Budget Paper No. 3 www.budget.vic.gov.au Budget Paper No. 3 Presented by the Honourable John Brumby MP Treasurer of the State of Victoria on the occasion of the Budget 2007-08 The Secretary 2007-08 Budget Paper set includes: This publication is copyright. No part may If you would like to receive this publication Department of Treasury and Finance Budget Paper No. 1 – Treasurer’s Speech be reproduced by any process except in in an accessible format such as large print or 1 Treasury Place Budget Paper No. 2 – Strategy and Outlook accordance with the provisions of the audio, please telephone 9651 0909 or email Melbourne Victoria 3002 Budget Paper No. 3 – Service Delivery Copyright Act 1968. [email protected]. 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Treasurer of the State of Victoria for the information of Honourable Members Budget Paper No. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 Chapter 1 – Service and Budget Initiatives ..................................................... 5 Growing Victoria Together................................................................................ 6 Education and Skills ......................................................................................... 7 Meeting Our Health Challenges ..................................................................... 10 Making housing more affordable.................................................................... 17 Building Stronger Communities...................................................................... 18 Water, Environment and Climate Change...................................................... 20 Culture and Recreation .................................................................................. 24 Justice ............................................................................................................ 26 Transport and Liveability ................................................................................ 28 Building a stronger Victorian industry and strengthening regional development ............................................................................................... 31 Cutting the cost of doing business ................................................................. 34 Efficient Government...................................................................................... 35 Chapter 2 – Linking Departmental Outputs to Government Outcomes...... 37 Chapter 3 – Departmental Output Statements .............................................. 51 Introduction..................................................................................................... 51 Department of Education................................................................................ 53 Department of Human Services ..................................................................... 67 Department of Infrastructure ........................................................................ 108 Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development.................. 134 Department of Justice .................................................................................. 150 Department of Premier and Cabinet............................................................. 172 Department of Primary Industries................................................................. 184 Department of Sustainability and Environment ............................................ 194 Department of Treasury and Finance........................................................... 216 Department for Victorian Communities ........................................................ 233 Parliament .................................................................................................... 251 Chapter 4 – Election Commitments Implementation Report Card ............ 261 Appendix A – Output, Asset Investment and Revenue Initiatives............. 273 Government-wide initiatives ......................................................................... 273 Departmental initiatives ................................................................................ 278 Efficiencies ................................................................................................... 344 Revenue initiatives ....................................................................................... 345 i Table of Contents (continued) Appendix B – Growing Victoria Together Progress Report....................... 349 Appendix C – Discontinued Outputs and/or Measures .............................. 397 Appendix D – Local Government Financial Relations................................ 431 Local Government in Victoria ....................................................................... 432 2007-08 Budget Initiatives............................................................................ 435 Style Conventions .......................................................................................... 445 Index ................................................................................................................ 447 ii INTRODUCTION Budget Paper No. 3, Service Delivery provides information about the goods and services the Government intends to deliver. This budget paper provides the link between the Government’s key priorities and outcomes, identified in Growing Victoria Together and outlined in Budget Paper No. 2, Strategy and Outlook, and the outputs delivered by individual government departments. Budget Paper No. 3 is the primary source of information for readers interested in the service delivery plans of individual departments and consists of the following chapters and appendices: Chapter 1 – Service and Budget Initiatives This chapter details the Government’s 2007-08 service and budget initiatives, linking these to the achievement of the longer term outcome themes in Growing Victoria Together. Chapter 2 – Linking Departmental Outputs to Government Outcomes This chapter provides a high level overview of the Government’s service delivery achievements and the impact they have made towards achieving the Government’s long-term vision identified in Growing Victoria Together. Chapter 3 – Departmental Output Statements Departmental output statements detail the goods and services that government departments intend to deliver in 2007-08 and how they will contribute to achieving Growing Victoria Together. Included in each departmental output statement is a set of tables that lists the outputs, and contains performance measures and targets for quantity, quality, timeliness and cost for each output to be delivered by departments in 2007-08. These tables also include, wherever possible, 2005-06 actual, 2006-07 budget target and 2006-07 expected outcome results for these performance measures. The cost measure for each output is the total output cost and includes State appropriation revenue, as well as funding from other sources. Chapter 4 – Election Commitments Implementation Report Card This chapter summarises the implementation of the Government’s election commitments under Labor’s Financial Statement 2006 - The third term of a Bracks Labor Government. Service Delivery 2007-08 Introduction 1 Appendix A – Output, Asset Investment and Revenue Initiatives Appendix A contains summary descriptions and detailed tables for all new outputs, asset investments, revenue and savings initiatives announced since the election. It includes a new cross reference between output initiatives and their relevant departmental output(s), which aims to clearly indicate the impact of policy decisions on relevant portfolios and reinforces the Government’s commitment to greater transparency and accountability in the budget papers. Appendix B – Growing Victoria Together Progress Report Launched in 2001-02, Growing Victoria Together sets out the Government’s vision for the future, balancing the Government’s economic, social and environmental responsibilities. A revised edition of Growing Victoria Together was released in March 2005. Appendix B contains the Government’s fifth report, detailing progress towards the goals of the policy. Appendix C – Discontinued Outputs and/or Measures Appendix C contains details of those previously published outputs and performance measures that will be discontinued in 2007-08. Appendix D – Local Government Financial Relations Appendix D provides an overview of the local government sector and the State’s contribution to local government funding in Victoria, and highlights of budget initiatives that have a major impact on local government. Machinery of Government Changes Machinery of government changes since the 2006-07 Budget include the transfer of responsibility for the Commonwealth Games Village from the Department for Victorian Communities and the Department of Sustainability and Environment to the