Senator Conroy: The Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question: Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) The MDBA expenditure and revenue budget by financial years, including a breakdown of funding provided, or expected to be provided, by federal and state jurisdictions is as follows: 2009-10 $000 2010-11 $000 2011-12 $000 2012-13 $000 2013-14 $000 2014-15 $000 2015-16 $000 Expenditure Budget MDBA expenditure budgeta 256,333 316,575 254,082 186,706 131,165 136,674 144,622 Revenue Appropriation for Basin Plan related Activities Appropriation by CW - Basin Plan activities 23,409 38,240 38,749 38,105 16,199 16,082 16,438 Appropriation for Basin Plan related Activities Appropriation by CW - Interest equivalency 23,444 15,774 10,746 9,403 - - - Appropriation by CW - MDB Agreement Functionsb 17,735 18,319 - - - - - Appropriation by CW - restoration of Hume Damc - 3,333 3,333 3,334 - - - Total Appropriation 64,588 75,666 52,828 50,842 16,199 16,082 16,438 Contribution by CW (through DSEWPaC) - MDB Agreement Functions Contribution by CW (through DSEWPaC) - MDB Agreement Functionsb - - 18,742 19,320 20,093 20,897 21,733 Total funding by Commonwealth 64,588 75,666 71,570 70,162 36,292 36,979 38,171 State jurisdictions contributions New South Wales 29,721 30,427 31,254 12,430 8,900 8,900 8,900 Victoria 28,266 28,937 29,724 30,650 31,876 33,151 34,477 South Australia 24,388 24,967 25,646 26,445 27,502 28,603 29,747 Queensland 965 986 1,012 1,044 1,085 1,129 1,174 Australian Capital Territory 276 282 289 298 310 323 335 State Jurisdictions share of contributions - MDB Agreement Functionsd 83,616 85,599 87,925 70,866 69,674 72,105 74,633 Jurisdictions Contribution - restoration of Hume Dam - 10,000 10,000 10,000 - - - Total funding from state jurisdictions 83,616 95,599 97,925 80,866 69,674 72,105 74,633 Other Revenue Hydro Generation 1,397 857 587 798 809 822 834 Rent from Jurisdictional Partners 673 707 714 745 769 792 815 Recovery of Salinity Costs 605 2,410 2,880 2,372 1,739 2,887 2,817 Other Sundry Revenue 131 594 - - - - - Total Other Revenue 2,806 4,568 4,181 3,915 3,317 4,501 4,466 Total funding provided or expected to be provided 151,010 175,833 173,676 154,943 109,283 113,585 117,269 a Excess of expenditure over revenue is funded from the balance in the Special Account. b Commonwealth share of contribution for MDB Agreement functions was provided to the MDBA as 'Appropriation' in 2009-10 and 2010-11 financial years and post 2010-11 it was provided to the MDBA by DSEWPaC as 'Grant'. c Funding for restoration of Hume Dam ($40 million) is one-off funding agreed by Commonwealth and state jurisdictions and was provided to the MDBA in three financial years. d reduced contribution amount reflects June 2012 Ministerial Council decision noting that: * the NSW Government 2012-13 funding contribution to the MDBA was reduced by 61% (excluding the contribution of $3.8m to the Hume Dam works) with an additional 12% reduction (totalling 73%) effective from 2013-14; and * other jurisdictions, with the exception of NSW, have only committed to maintain funding in real terms in 2012-13 of the MDBA Corporate Plan 2012-2013 to 2015-2016 and that until the review by the Basin Officials Committee is finalised, and subsequently endorsed by Ministerial Council, the three out years funding under the Corporate Plan are purely indicative and not reflective of what jurisdictions may provide in future.