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National Plan 2003-2004 Financial Position
Financial statements reporting the cost of National Plan administration and operations have been reviewed by PricewaterhouseCoopers and are included in the Financial Statements of this report.
The operating surplus of $484,627 for the 2003-2004 financial year was in line with the ‘break even over time’ policy set by government. Revenue from the Protection of the Sea Levy provided the main source of funding for National Plan operations. The Protection of the Sea Levy remained at 3.3 cents per net registered tonne.
Total income received during the 2003-2004 financial year increased by $468,094 compared with the previous financial year. Levy revenue increased during the reporting period due to an unforeseen rise in shipping activity.
With total expenses of $4,196,238, National Plan expenditure decreased by 7 per cent from 2002-2003. This largely reflects the decrease in incident costs due to the decrease in the number of significant pollution incidents.
As at 30 June 2004 the National Plan’s total assets were $8,852,561 compared with total liabilities of $699,570. This places the National Plan in a sound financial position, with equity totaling $8,152,991.
Meetings during 2003-2004
The National Plan Management Committee (NPMC) met in Canberra on 18 February 2004, with the main agenda items being the draft budget for 2004-2005 financial year and the approval of the final report for consideration by the Australian Transport Council on implementation of the 2000 Review recommendations. Discussions were also held on competency based training and the National Response Team.
The National Plan Operations Group (NPOG) held two meetings on 23 November 2003 in Adelaide and 20 May 2004 in Brisbane. Key outcomes included the finalisation of the “Guidelines on the Deployment of Staff Between Agencies” for incident response, the development of the National Plan Operations Group Work Program, the development of an “Oil Spill Monitoring Background Paper and Handbook” and the revision of the “Field Manual for Rescue and Rehabilitation of Oiled Birds”. Another key outcome is the review of the National Plan Training Program in developing a Competency Based Training format for International Maritime Organization Level 1 category oil spill response training which relates to skills based personnel and the implementation of the updated Oil Spill Trajectory Modelling System which includes a new version of the hydrodynamic software.
Updated: 21 February 2005