ongoing review of customer service delivery mechanisms including the state office network;
a major review of the document management process;
the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property’s (ACIP’s) review of the trade marks system (with emphasis on enforcement aspects) ;
benchmarking with the UK IP Office on the quality of our examinations; and
ongoing reviews of activities as part of the internal audit program.
COMPETITIVE TENDERING AND CONTRACTING
Consistent with the principles of obtaining best value for money for the stakeholders, IP Australia continuously reviews its service delivery mechanisms and contracting out is carried out as appropriate. Activities contracted out in the past include:
internal audit functions;
marketing research;
IP research and specific studies;
property management;
supply of stationery;
Information Technology training and associated documentation services;
some aspects of computing services, including mainframe, as part of Cluster 3; and
selective outsourcing of information systems development and support. In addition, a market testing program is being conducted for corporate services.
Section 3: Budgeted Financial Statements
Table 3.1: Budgeted Departmental Statement of Financial Performance
Estimated
Budget
Forward
Forward
Forward
actual
estimate
estimate
estimate
estimate
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Revenues from ordinary activities Revenue from government Sales of goods and services InterestDividends Net gains from sales of assets OtherTotal revenues from ordinary activities Expenses from ordinary activities (excluding borrowing costs expense) Employees Suppliers Grants Depreciation and amortisation* Write down of assets Net losses from sales of assets Other Total expenses from ordinary activities (excluding borrowing costs expense) Borrowing cost expense Net surplus or deficit from ordinary activities Gain or loss on extraordinary items Net surplus or deficit Capital use charge Net surplus or deficit after capital use charge
This Appendix is cross-referenced to Table 1.1 note 2. Table 2.1 shows itemisation by output.
Australian Tourist Commission
Australian Tourist Commission...........................................................................113 Section 1: Overview, appropriations and budget measures summary......................113
Overview.................................................................................................................................113 Appropriations.......................................................................................................................113 Budget Measures — Summary............................................................................................115 Administered capital and departmental equity injections and loans.............................115
Section 2: Outcome and outputs information ................................................................116
Outcome and outputs............................................................................................................116 Changes to outcome and outputs........................................................................................117 Trends in resourcing across outcome .................................................................................117 Outcome 1 — Description ....................................................................................................118 Measures affecting outcome 1..............................................................................................118 Outcome 1 — Resourcing.....................................................................................................119 Outcome 1 — Contribution of outputs...............................................................................120 Evaluations .............................................................................................................................122 Competitive tendering and contracting..............................................................................122
Section 1: Overview, appropriations and budget measures summary
OVERVIEW
The role of the Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) is to promote Australia as a destination for visitors from all around the world and to win a greater share of the global tourism market.
The principal objects of the Commission are:
(a) to increase the numbers of visitors to Australia from overseas;
(b) to maximise the benefits to Australia from overseas visitors; and
(c) in meeting those objects, to work with other relevant agencies to promote the principles of ecologically sustainable development set out in subsection 21(3) of the Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997 and to seek to raise awareness of the social and cultural impacts of international tourism to Australia. The functions of the Commission are:
(b) to enhance awareness overseas of Australia as a tourist destination;
(c) to co-ordinate the overseas promotional efforts of the Australian tourism industry, in co-operation with State and Territory tourism authorities and with the Australian tourism industry;
(d) to enhance awareness in Australia of the Australian tourism industry; and
(e) to closely monitor and report the effects of international tourism on Australia’s natural environment and society. APPROPRIATIONS
The total appropriation for the ATC in the 2001-02 Budget is $91.906 million.
Table 1.1 on the following page shows the total appropriation for the ATC for 2001-02, by outcome and price of output. The ATC has no administered appropriations.
