WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATION —ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PART IV COST RECOVERY ACCOUNT
463. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I refer to page 707 of budget paper
No 2, volume 2, which reflects the balance of the ''Environmental
Protection Part IV Cost Recovery Account''.
(1) Given that the Department of Water and
Environmental Regulation has been collecting fees since 1 January this
year and that the minister confirmed via answer provided to me on 7 April that
$336 000 in fees had been collected as of that date, why is the relevant table
in the budget paper blank?
(2) What is the opening balance, receipts, payments
and closing balance for the 2021–22 estimated actual column?
(3) As with (2), will the minister
please provide this same information for the 2022–23 budget year?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the Minister for
Emergency Services, who is away on urgent parliamentary business. The following
answer is based on information provided to him.
(1) Due to uncertainties regarding the quantum and
timing of fee collections at the time of finalising the budget papers, the fees under the ''Environmental
Protection Part IV Cost Recovery Account'' were conservatively budgeted to be received from 2023–24 and
are not reflected in the 2022–23 budget paper No 2. The midyear
review will provide an opportunity to update these figures.
(2) All figures
in the 2021–22 estimated actual are nil dollars.
(3) All figures
in the 2022–23 budget year are nil dollars.