Portfolio Overview
Porfolio Responsibilities
Transport and Regional Services Portfolio contributes to the well-being of all Australians by:
- fostering an efficient, sustainable, competitive, safe and secure transport system, and
- assisting regions to manage their own futures.
Ministers
The Hon Mark Vaile MP is the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Mr Vaile is assisted in his role by:
- the Hon Jim Lloyd MP as the Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads, and
- the Hon De-Anne Kelly MP as the Parliamentary Secretary.
Portfolio Agencies
The PAES focus on the activities of the Portfolio's General Government Sector agencies. These agencies and their websites are:
- Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS) www.dotars.gov.au
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) www.casa.gov.au
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) www.amsa.gov.au, and
- National Capital Authority (NCA) www.nationalcapital.gov.au.
These agencies contribute to Portfolio outcomes as shown in Figure 1 on the following page.
A complete list of Portfolio agencies, including agencies which are outside the scope of the PAES, is provided in the annual report of DOTARS.
STRUCTURE OF PORTFOLIO
Figure 1: Portfolio structure and outcomes
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Additional Estimates And Variations - Portfolio Level
Additional appropriations are being sought for the Department of Transport and Regional Services, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and the National Capital Authority.
The Department of Transport and Regional Services is seeking additional appropriation of $4.8m1, comprising $23.0m for administered programmes, partially offset by a reduction of $18.3m for administered capital. The change in funding is mostly attributable to the movement of appropriations between years for administered programmes, revised programme estimates, and measures announced since the 2006-07 Budget. Details of variations are provided at Table 1.4: Variations to Appropriations.
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is seeking additional appropriation of $5.2m for departmental outputs. The change in funding is attributable to measures announced since the 2006-07 Budget and expected increases in fees and other revenues.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority is seeking additional appropriation of $2.4m, comprising $2.4m for departmental outputs and $0.03m for administered capital. The change in funding is mostly attributable to additional funding to provide an effective response to search and rescue incidents.
The National Capital Authority is seeking additional appropriation of $1.5m for administered capital. The change in funding is attributable to measures announced since the 2006-07 Budget.
Table 1: Portfolio resources
Portfolio agencies’ 2006-07 appropriation for each outcome is illustrated in the following chart.
Chart 1: Departmental appropriations for agencies in the Portfolio
Chart 2: Administered appropriations for agencies in the Portfolio
1Excludes decisions taken but not announced at the time the PAES were prepared.