With just two days left until the Yukon Party government tables the first budget of its second mandate, many of the good news line items have already been announced.

Over the last several weeks, the various departments of government have been putting out press releases regarding funding that is subject to legislative approval.

The long list of announcements includes:

$150,000 in new money for Yukon museums and $843,000 as an operations and maintenance budget;

$6,008 to rebuild the recycling facility at the Marsh Lake waste transfer station;

$175,000 for a new women's equality fund;

$388,000 to help fund the RCMP hiring two additional relief constables for staffing in the communities;

ï$395,000 to establish a permanent parks officer program in the Yukon's parks;

$100,000 for continuing the Larger Than Life tourism branding campaign;

$400,000 to support domestic tourism marketing initiatives;

$850,000 for the development of a youth-elder activity centre in Burwash Landing;

$357,000 to cover the operation and maintenance of the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods office and $44,000 for its capital expenditures;

$3.24 million for the continued planning of a new Whitehorse Correctional centre;

$433,900 to support nine community justice projects in the territory;

$1.3 million for the Investing in Public Service initiative which provides succession planning and career development for public servants;

$300,000 in additional funding for the First Nations Training Corps.;

$3,000 increase in the eligibility threshold for the Yukon Filmmakers Fund to $8,000 per applicant;

$534,000 for Yukon College to make improvements to its trade education facilities;

up to $10 million in funding for stage one of the Carmacks-Stewart transmission line;

$485,000 for the RCMP Crime Reduction program.

The 2007-2008 budget will be tabled when the legislative assembly sits on Thursday afternoon.

The announcements put out so far total more than $19.8-million.

The Yukon's budget will also show the usual transfers from Ottawa, including an additional $26 million coming from the federal government through the new territorial financing formula agreement reached last month. It will take the transfer payment to more than $540 million annually.

The house returning for its spring sitting with the new fiscal year having already started on April 1, has also resulted in a special warrant being issued through an order-in-council for $285.4 million.

The 2006-07 budget, which covered the period ending March 31, 2007, topped the $793-million mark.

Finance Minister Dennis Fentie then asked for an additional $105.6 million in a supplementary budget tabled last November after his Yukon Party government was re-elected to serve a second term in office.

Another $12.9 million was then provided through an order-in-council to end off the fiscal year after the house didn't meet before the end of March.

Fentie was scheduled to speak to the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon early this afternoon. He was expected to provide more details of the budget and his government's plans on following through on commitments made in the last general election.

Fentie has told the Star his government will be 'focusing on what we committed to do' during this spring sitting.

Health care, education, the substance abuse action plan and 'wise investments' will be on the legislative agenda, he said.