This bill became law on Nov 3rd, 2022.
Budget, tax & economy
The Act authorises $9.77 billion in extra federal spending so government can keep funding non-ordinary annual services during 2022-23.
Government programs that are not ordinary annual services were left needing interim money before full-year 2022-23 appropriations passed. This bill provides about 7/12ths of expected funding so those services can keep operating, in a separate supply billA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. required for these kinds of appropriations.
Earlier 2022-23 supplyA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. laws had already provided about five-twelfths of funding for programs outside the government's ordinary annual services, but the rest of the year still needed interim appropriations so capital works, state and local government payments, equity injections and other services could keep running before the October 2022 budget bills passed. After machinery-of-government changesAdministrative changes that move functions, staff and funding between departments or create new agencies. from 1 July 2022 and the new National Emergency Management AgencyThe new emergency management body that replaced earlier functions and changed where funding needed to be allocated. from 1 September 2022 reshaped portfolio responsibilities, this bill supplied roughly seven-twelfths more funding, passed quickly in late October, and became law on 3 November 2022.
The main criticism was that this supply billA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. would keep funding a budget the Greens said protected stage 3 tax cutsA set of income tax cuts that the Greens object to in the debate and want repealed before more money is approved. and fossil fuel projects instead of giving stronger cost-of-living relief and stopping Beetaloo spending. Those objections came from Greens senators through failed Senate amendment attempts, while Labor and the Coalition still backed the bill as routine supplyA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. to keep government running.
Minister MP introduced this bill. It passed on the voices.
Did it become law?
Yes
Became law 03 Nov 2022
Final passage
Passed without a counted vote
2 recorded amendment or procedural votes were found, but no counted vote on the bill itself was recorded.
Passage speed
9 days
From introduction to the latest recorded parliamentary step
Meaning
The Act authorises $9.77 billion in extra federal spending so government can keep funding non-ordinary annual services during 2022-23.
The Act provides interim funding for most affected programs at about 7/12ths of their expected 2022-23 amount, helping government operations continue before full-year appropriations pass.
The Act lets ministers set the terms, amounts and timing for some payments to states, territories and local councils, including funding tied to education, infrastructure and Indigenous programs.
The Act updates funding to match machinery-of-government changesAdministrative changes that move functions, staff and funding between departments or create new agencies., including new departments for employment and climate, energy, environment and water, and the new National Emergency Management AgencyThe new emergency management body that replaced earlier functions and changed where funding needed to be allocated..
The total of the items specified in Schedule 2 is $9,770,226,000.Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 as-passed bill text
The Bill proposes approximately 7/12ths of the 2022-23 appropriations for most entities and programs, based on the March 2022 Budget estimates and adjusted for a small number of programs and entities that received more than 5/12ths of their annual appropriations in the Supply Act (No. 2) 2022-2023. The details of which entities have received more than 5/12ths of their annual appropriations are provided in the explanatory memorandum to the Supply Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023.Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 explanatory memorandum
Clauses 7 and 13 delegate the Parliament’s power under section 96 of the Constitution to impose terms and conditions on payments of financial assistance to the States to the responsible Ministers listed in Schedule 1 of the Bill. Schedule 1 also lists Ministers who may determine the amounts and timing of those payments. These payments are usually made pursuant to eligibility rules and conditions established by the Government or Parliament.Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 explanatory memorandum
The Bill also reflects the establishment a new non-corporate Commonwealth entity which commenced on 1 September 2022, the National Emergency Management Agency, which subsumed the functions of the National Recovery and Resilience Agency (now abolished) and Emergency Management Australia (formerly part of the Department of Home Affairs).Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 explanatory memorandum
Context
Earlier 2022-23 supplyA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. laws had already provided about five-twelfths of funding for programs outside the government's ordinary annual services, but the rest of the year still needed interim appropriations so capital works, state and local government payments, equity injections and other services could keep running before the October 2022 budget bills passed. After machinery-of-government changesAdministrative changes that move functions, staff and funding between departments or create new agencies. from 1 July 2022 and the new National Emergency Management AgencyThe new emergency management body that replaced earlier functions and changed where funding needed to be allocated. from 1 September 2022 reshaped portfolio responsibilities, this bill supplied roughly seven-twelfths more funding, passed quickly in late October, and became law on 3 November 2022.
Administrative Arrangements OrderThe order that sets which ministers and departments are responsible for which policy areas, so funding lines have to be updated when portfolios change. reshapes Commonwealth portfolios
New departments for Employment and Workplace Relations and for Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water began under the new order, so later appropriations had to match the revised structure of government.
Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 explanatory memorandum ↗National Emergency Management AgencyThe new emergency management body that replaced earlier functions and changed where funding needed to be allocated. begins operating
The new agency took over functions from the National Recovery and Resilience Agency and Emergency Management Australia, requiring the bill to reflect another machinery-of-government funding change.
Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 explanatory memorandum ↗Government says more supplyA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. is needed for the rest of 2022-23
In the second reading speech, the government said existing supplyA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. covered broadly the first five months only and that this bill was needed that sitting week to keep non-ordinary annual services operating for the remainder of the financial year.
Second reading speech ↗House passes the bill
The House introduced and completed the bill on the same day, advancing a nearly $10 billion interim appropriation package for capital works, state payments, local government funding and equity injections.
Parliamentary timeline ↗Parliament passes the bill
Both houses passed the bill in the same form, clearing the way for about seven-twelfths funding for most affected programs while full-year budget appropriations were still to come.
Parliamentary timeline ↗Royal Assent makes the supplyA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. measure law
Royal Assent turned the bill into an Act, formally authorising the interim spending needed to continue non-ordinary annual services during 2022-23.
Parliamentary timeline ↗Legislative route
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
Introduced and read a first time
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
Second reading moved
The chamber agreed to the bill at second reading, meaning it accepted the bill in principle and allowed it to continue.
Second reading agreed to
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber.
Third reading agreed to
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
Introduced and read a first time
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
Second reading moved
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber.
Third reading agreed to
Both houses passed the bill in the same form, completing parliamentary passage.
Finally passed both Houses
The Governor-General gave Royal Assent, turning the bill into an Act.
Key criticism
The main criticism was that this supply billA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. would keep funding a budget the Greens said protected stage 3 tax cutsA set of income tax cuts that the Greens object to in the debate and want repealed before more money is approved. and fossil fuel projects instead of giving stronger cost-of-living relief and stopping Beetaloo spending. Those objections came from Greens senators through failed Senate amendment attempts, while Labor and the Coalition still backed the bill as routine supplyA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. to keep government running.
Outside the Greens’ objections, no party represented in the debate opposed the bill’s passage.
Funds tied to disputed budget choices
Greens senator Nick McKim argued the bill should not pass while the government kept stage 3 tax cutsA set of income tax cuts that the Greens object to in the debate and want repealed before more money is approved. and failed to redirect more money into immediate cost-of-living relief, housing, health and child care.
Public money for fossil fuel programs
Greens senator Dorinda Cox objected that the bill would allow continued spending on the Beetaloo gas project and other fossil fuel measures, which she said would worsen climate change and ignore Traditional Owners opposed to fracking.
Further sources
Votes
The bill passed both chambers on the voices. The counted divisions below were about amendments or procedure, not final passage.
House agreed to the bill's third reading on the voices, so there is no list of individual Aye and No votes for final passage in that chamber.
Passed on the voices
In a voice vote, members call out Aye or No and the presiding officer judges which side has it. Individual names are only recorded if a formal division is called.
Senate agreed to the bill's third reading on the voices, so there is no list of individual Aye and No votes for final passage in that chamber.
Passed on the voices
In a voice vote, members call out Aye or No and the presiding officer judges which side has it. Individual names are only recorded if a formal division is called.
Recorded amendment and procedural votes grouped by chamber. Expand a vote to see the party breakdown.
Senate
Moved by Nick McKim (Australian Greens). Defeated 12 to 28. Support came from Greens. Opposition came from Labor, Liberal Party, Nationals, and One Nation.
This was a political second-reading amendment, not a direct change to the bill text. Its defeat left the Supply BillA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. unchanged and allowed the government to proceed without adopting the Greens' call to reverse the tax cuts.
Moved by Dorinda Cox (Greens). Defeated 12 to 31. Support came from Greens. Opposition came from Labor, Liberal Party, Nationals, and Jacqui Lambie Network.
This was a committee-stage request tied to the supply billA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed.. Its defeat meant the bill continued without the proposed restriction on spending for the Beetaloo drilling program.
These are amendment votes, not the final passage vote on the bill itself. The bill passed both chambers on the voices.
Parliamentary debate
Start here — lead voices
The minister gives only the formal second reading motion and provides no substantive remarks, so the speaker's position on the bill is unclear from this excerpt.
Read in Hansard ↗Nick McKim says the Greens will oppose the bill by moving a second reading amendment, because he argues Labor’s budget locks in tax cuts for billionaires while failing to deliver enough immediate cost-of-living relief.
Read in Hansard ↗McAllister supports the Supply BillA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. (No.
Read in Hansard ↗Cox opposes the bill because she says it would keep funding the Beetaloo gas project and other fossil fuel spending that worsens climate change.
Read in Hansard ↗All speeches by bloc
3 speakers · 4 contributions · 3 support
Hansard records 2 separate contributions by Jenny McAllister on this bill. They are grouped here so the speaker is listed once.
Second reading speech
McAllister supports the Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023A short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. and says it is needed to keep government programs and services funded for the rest of 2022-23. She argues it is a limited, business-as-usual measure that does not include new October budget decisions and should pass this sitting week to ensure continuity.
“I commend this Bill to the chamber.”Read this contribution in Hansard ↗
Second reading speech
McAllister supports the bill and says Labor will not back the Greens amendment. She argues the supplyA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. measures are needed to fund ongoing government business for the rest of 2022-23 and keep services running.
“I note that the Greens have moved a second reading amendment. Labor will not support that amendment. Once again, I thank all senators for their contributions and commend these bills to the Senate.”Read this contribution in Hansard ↗
“The bill does not contain a provision for an advance to the finance minister—the AFM. The AFM provisions in the Supply Act (No. 2) 2022-2023—being $3 billion, as I mentioned earlier, for COVID-19 related expenditure and $600 million for other urgent and unforeseen expenditure—will continue, pending the passage of the Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023. Details of the proposed expenditure are set out in the schedules of the bill, the explanatory memorandum and the updated 2022-23 portfolio budget statements tabled in relation to the October 2022 budget. I commend the bill to the chamber.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I recommend people, when this comes to the vote, oppose the amendment. At that moment do not call for a division and risk that we don't get this done tomorrow, because, if we don't, the Senate doesn't sit again until 21 November. The impact is real—”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
2 speakers · 3 contributions · 2 support
“I rise to speak briefly on Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023, Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 and Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023. The opposition will support the passage of these bills. It is appropriate that the important functions of government continue and departments are resourced to effectively carry out their duties when the examination of the appropriation bills continues through the parliamentary process, and the expeditious passage of these bills means that there will be no delay. There is of course a lot that this budget does deserve examination over, and the coalition looks forward to the estimates process that will begin later this week.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
Hansard records 2 separate contributions by Stuart Robert on this bill. They are grouped here so the speaker is listed once.
Second reading speech
Robert says the opposition will let the supply billA short-term appropriation bill that tops up money so government programs can keep running before the full year budget bills are passed. proceed quickly in line with Westminster convention and wants the House to get this important business done tonight. He treats the Greens' procedural dispute as a distraction rather than a reason to slow the bill.
“On behalf of the coalition I committed to the government of the day that we would progress this expeditiously, in line with Westminster convention, in the time outlined by the government, and the opposition will hold to that, regardless of what the party of the Greens do or do not do.”Read this contribution in Hansard ↗
Second reading speech
Stuart Robert says the opposition will support the bill's passage in accordance with convention so government and departments can keep operating. He says there is a lot to examine in the budget and criticises Labor for lacking a coherent plan to bring down the cost of living.
“The opposition will support the passage of the bills, in accordance with convention. It's important that the appropriate functions of government continue and departments are resourced to effectively carry out their duties when the examination of the appropriation bills through parliamentary processes means there is the inevitable delay of their passage.”Read this contribution in Hansard ↗
2 speakers · 2 oppose
“I move the second reading amendment standing in my name:”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“This amendment simply asks the government to stick to their word.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
1 speaker · 1 unclear
“That this bill be now read a second time.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
Record
House · Introduced and read a first time
Introduced
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
House · Second reading moved
Second reading opened
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
House · Second reading agreed to
Second reading agreed
The chamber agreed to the bill at second reading, meaning it accepted the bill in principle and allowed it to continue.
House · Third reading agreed to
Third reading agreed
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber.
Senate · Introduced and read a first time
Introduced
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
Senate · Second reading moved
Second reading opened
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
Senate · Second reading debate
Second reading debate
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
Senate · Third reading agreed to
Third reading agreed
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber.
Parliament · Finally passed both Houses
Passed both houses
Both houses passed the bill in the same form, completing parliamentary passage.
Assent · Assent
Assent
The Governor-General gave Royal Assent, turning the bill into an Act.
