Commonwealth State / Territory Disability Agreement Annual Public Report 2003-04 Commissioned by the National Disability Administrators Prepared by Australian Healthcare Associates August 2005

Roles and Responsibilities

Under the CSTDA, all governments have a continuing responsibility for funding specialist disability services, participating in research and development, maintaining transparency and public accountability and supporting innovation and quality services.

State and Territory Governments have responsibility for planning, policy setting and management of accommodation support, community support, community access and respite for people with disabilities. The Australian Government has similar responsibilities for specialised employment assistance. Planning and managing advocacy, information and print disability services is a shared responsibility.

Funding Arrangements

The Australian, State and Territory Governments each make funds available for the provision of services for people with disabilities. The CSTDA, at Schedule A1, records the level of funding and contributions each jurisdiction has agreed to make available for services under the Agreement.

Governments have currently committed $16.7 billion over the five years of the CSTDA. Chart 1 shows the total funding committed for each year.
Chart : CSTDA funding, 2002-03 to 2006-07



Source: CSTDA Schedule A1, 9 May 2005.¹

In 2003-04, funding of approximately $3.3 billion was made available by governments under the Agreement. This is expected to increase by 13% to approximately $3.7 billion in 2006-07.

Table shows the amount contributed by each government for 2003-04, the amount transferred from the Australian Government to other governments, and the resulting amount administered by each government.
Table : CSTDA funding contributed and administered, by jurisdiction, 2003-04

Jurisdiction	Funding Contributed	Transfer from Australian Govt. to States/Territories	Funding Administered
	$ Million	$ Million	$ Million
Australian Government	$899	($549)	$350
^2New South Wales	$810	$182	$992
Victoria	$792	$124	$916
Queensland	$277	$105	$382
Western Australia	$216	$44	$260
South Australia	$137	$61	$198
Tasmania	$64	$19	$83
Australian Capital Territory	$44	$8	$52
Northern Territory	$19	$6	$25
Total Funding - $ Million	$3,258	-	$3,258

Source: CSTDA Schedule A1, 9 May 2005.
Total CSTDA funding for 2003-04 ($3,258 million), included $899 million from the Australian Government and $2,359 million from State and Territory Governments.
From the Australian Government’s contribution of $899 million, $549 million was transferred to States and Territories to assist in the provision of services administered by those jurisdictions, and $350 million was spent on Australian Government provision of specialised disability employment and other services.
Therefore, of the total CSTDA expenditure of $3,258 million, the Australian Government was responsible for administering $350 million, and State and Territory Governments were responsible for administering $2,908 million of expenditure.