DHF Annual Report 2009 - NT Health Digital Library - Northern ...

Sales of Goods &Services4%Other Revenue3%CommonwealthRevenue19%Grants Revenue5%Output Revenue69%The Department’s principal source of revenue (68% or $743 million) is output revenueprovided by the Territory Government to fund core health and family services across theNorthern Territory. In 2009-10 output appropriation grew by $53.3 million, or 7.7%. Thegrowth in output appropriation has enabled the Department to meet the higher cost ofdelivering services and to expand and enhance priority services.The majority of the Department’s remaining revenue came from Australian Government Treasury to State and Territory Treasuries. The States and Territories then appropriate thefunding to the Department responsible for the delivery of services. In 2009-10 SPP andNPP payments of $211 million were received by the Department, in addition the Departmentreceived an additional $56 million in direct funding from Australian Government Departments.The total funding received from the Australian Government of $267.7 million was down on2008-09 by $2.8 million or 1%. The reduction in Australian Government funding is a resultof the one off payment in 2008-09 of $14.7 million for Acute Care projects for HospitalEmergency Departments, Sub Acute Care and Activity Based Funding reforms.The ongoing funding agreements with the Australian Government showed modest increasesin line with CPI.Other minor revenue categories were within budgeted expectations.Operating ExpensesTable 30: Operating ExpensesOperating Expenses 2009-10 2008-09 Variation$000 $000 $000 %Personnel Expenses 567 870 504 517 63 354 12.6%Administrative Expenses 374 570 340 275 34 294 10.1%Grants and Subsidies 177 074 166 995 10 080 6.0%Total 1 119 514 1 011 787 107 727 10.6%168Department Health and Families