AFP budget - Solomon Islands

Australian Federal Police Overseas Operations, Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) Audit report No.53, 2006-07 Performance Audit, pp28-29

"In 2003-04 the Government provided $240.4 million of initial funding to the AFP for its role in the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) from 2003-04 to 2004-05, including the logistics function. In 2005-06 the Government agreed to provide $566 million to the AFP in additional resourcing from 2005-06 to 2008-09, including $494 million for the AFP's role in RAMSI.

"The AFP will receive a total of $258.9 million in 2006-07 for IDG activities. This includes amounts of $137.4 million for the AFP's role in RAMSI, $47.5 million for its activities in Papua New Guinea and $30.2 million for peace monitoring in Timor Leste.

"In terms of RAMSI, the largest of the IDG's commitments, the budgeted expenditure breakdown for 2006-07 is as follows:

• Employees (includes the employees costs of all AFP personnel in mission) - $33.2 million;
• Suppliers (includes payments to contractors for goods and services and payments to State police jurisdictions in respect of seconded personnel) - $77.7 million;
• Mission- based fixed costs (depreciation) - $2.8 million; and
• Fixed Office (reflects the attributed Australia-based costs of supporting the mission) - $23.6 million."

See also:

ADF budget - Solomon Islands