Unquantified Risks
The risks outlined in these tables would, if they eventuated, impact on the Government’s forecast new operating and/or capital spending amounts.
| Unquantified Risks as at 5 December 2007 |
Operating Balance | Gross Debt | Funding Received in Budget 2007 ($million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Risks | |||
| Agriculture and Forestry – Industry Partnership for Food and Pastoral Innovation | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Social Development – Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Environment – Purchase of Kyoto Compliant Emission Units | - | Increase | - |
| Housing – Tamaki | - | Increase | - |
| Justice – Financial Action Taskforce Recommendations | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Justice – Greater Auckland Region Service Delivery Strategy | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Local Government – Responses to Rates Inquiry | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Māori Affairs – Māori Business Aotearoa New Zealand | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Prime Minister and Cabinet – Government House Wellington Refurbishment | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Revenue – Changes to the Petroleum Mining Tax Rules | Decrease | - | - |
| Changed Risks | |||
| Finance – SOE Long-term Hold Reviews | - | Decrease | - |
| Health – District Health Board Deficits | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Health – Strengthening Child and Adolescent Oral Health Services | Decrease | - | - |
| Immigration – New Immigration Service Delivery Strategy | Decrease | Increase | - |
| National Library – National Library Building Redevelopment | - | Increase | - |
| Revenue – Life Insurance | Unclear | - | 25 per annum (reduced revenue) |
| Revenue – Management of Inland Revenue Lease Portfolio in Auckland | Decrease | - | - |
| Revenue – Working for Families Review of Rates | Decrease | - | - |
| Transport – Regional Transport Projects | - | Increase | - |
| Unchanged Risks | |||
| Corrections – Collective Employment Contract Negotiations | Decrease | - | - |
| Economic Development – Radio Spectrum Rights | Increase | - | - |
| Economic Development – Shanghai Expo 2010: New Zealand Participation | Decrease | - | - |
| Education – Schools ICT Network Infrastructure Upgrade | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Education (Tertiary) – Wananga Capital Injections | - | Increase | - |
| Education – Year One Class Sizes | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Education (Tertiary) – Tertiary Education Institutions – Capital Injections | - | Increase | - |
| Education (Tertiary) – Tertiary Student Support Changes | Decrease | Decrease | Operating expenditure of 29 from 2007/08 through to 2010/11; capital savings of 16 through 2007/08 to 2010/11 |
| Finance – Crown Overseas Properties | - | Increase | - |
| Finance – National Rail Access Agreement Amendments | Unclear | Unclear | - |
| Fisheries – Māori Interest in Marine Farming | Decrease | - | - |
| Fisheries – Civilian Maritime Aerial Surveillance | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Justice – Strengthening the National Court Infrastructure | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Police – Wage Negotiations | Decrease | - | - |
| Revenue – International Tax Review | Decrease | - | - |
| Revenue – Rebuild of the Student Loan IT System | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Revenue – Reducing Compliance Costs for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises | Unclear | - | - |
| Revenue – Renegotiation of Double Tax Agreements | Decrease | - | - |
| Social Development – Working New Zealand: Work-focused Support | Decrease | - | - |
| Social Development / Housing – Accommodation Supplement Review | Decrease | Increase | - |
| Transport – Cost Guarantee for the State Highway Programme | - | Increase | - |
