2004-05 BUDGET PAPER No. 3 FEDERAL FINANCIAL RELATIONS 2004-05 CIRCULATED BY THE HONOURABLE PETER COSTELLO MP TREASURER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA AND SENATOR THE HONOURABLE NICK MINCHIN MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FOR THE INFORMATION OF HONOURABLE MEMBERS ON THE OCCASION OF THE BUDGET 2004-05 11 MAY 2004
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2004-05 BUDGET PAPER No. 3
FEDERAL FINANCIAL RELATIONS
2004-05
CIRCULATED BY THE HONOURABLE PETER COSTELLO MP
TREASURER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA AND SENATOR THE HONOURABLE NICK MINCHIN
MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FOR THE INFORMATION OF HONOURABLE MEMBERS
ON THE OCCASION OF THE BUDGET 2004-05 11 MAY 2004
© Commonwealth of Australia 2004
ISBN 1 74149 134 7
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FOREWORD
Budget Paper No. 3 is one of a series of Budget Papers that provides information to supplement the Budget Speech. A full list of the series is printed on the inside cover of this paper.
This Budget Paper presents information on the Australian Government’s financial relations with State, Territory and local governments. This includes information on revenue provision and payments, as well as an overview of fiscal developments in the States and Territories.
Notes This paper uses the following style conventions.
The Australian Capital Territory Government and the Northern Territory Government are referred to as ‘the Territories’. References to the ‘States’ or ‘each State’ include the State governments and Territory governments.
The state and local government sector is denoted as the ‘state/local sector’. References to the ‘state/local sector’ include the Territory governments unless otherwise stated.
Budget year refers to 2004-05, while the forward years refer to 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08.
Figures in tables, and generally in the text, have been rounded. Discrepancies in tables between totals and sums of components reflect rounding unless otherwise noted. Percentage changes in tables are based on the underlying unrounded amounts.
One billion is equal to one thousand million.
Estimates of $100,000 and over are generally rounded to the nearest tenth of a million.
Estimates midway between rounding points are rounded up.
Tables use the following notations:
na not applicable
0 zero
- nil
* unquantifiable
.. not zero, but rounded to zero
$m millions of dollars
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The following abbreviations are used, where appropriate:
NSW New South Wales
VIC Victoria
QLD Queensland
WA Western Australia
SA South Australia
TAS Tasmania
ACT Australian Capital Territory
NT Northern Territory
In this paper the term Commonwealth refers to the Commonwealth of Australia. The term is used when referring to the legal entity of the Commonwealth of Australia.
The term Australian Government is used when referring to the Government and the decisions and activities made by the Government on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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CONTENTS
Foreword ....................................................................................................................... iii
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................... 1
Commonwealth-State Financial Relations ................................................................. 3GST revenue provision to the States .............................................................................. 6Delivering more funding to the States ........................................................................... 13Delivering further tax reform.......................................................................................... 19National Competition Policy Payments ......................................................................... 21Specific Purpose Payments .......................................................................................... 22Mirror Tax arrangements............................................................................................... 26
Fiscal Developments in the States ............................................................................ 27State general government sector fiscal balance ........................................................... 27State general government sector cash surplus............................................................. 29State net debt ................................................................................................................ 30Loan Council arrangements .......................................................................................... 33
Appendix A: GST Revenue Measures ...................................................................... 35
Appendix B: Specific Purpose Payments................................................................ 41
Appendix C: Parameter estimates and Further Information.................................. 87Parameter estimates used in this paper ....................................................................... 87Further information ........................................................................................................ 87
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: GST revenue provision and total Australian Government payments to the state/local sector in 2003-04............................................................. 4
Table 2: GST revenue provision and total Australian Government payments to the state/local sector in 2004-05............................................................. 5
Table 3: GST revenue provision to the States (cash), 2000-01 to 2004-05............. 6
Table 4: Reconciliation of GST revenue (accrual), 2003-04 to 2006-07 .................. 6
Table 5: GST receipts (cash), 2004-05 to 2007-08 .................................................. 7
Table 6: GST revenue measures since the 2003-04 Budget ................................... 7
Table 7: GST relativities and Financial Assistance Grants forgone relativities, 2003-04 and 2004-05 ............................................................... 8
Table 8: Distribution of GST revenue in 2003-04 ..................................................... 9
Table 9: Distribution of GST revenue in 2004-05 ................................................... 10
Table 10: Effect of Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation 2004-05...................................... 11
Table 11: Guaranteed Minimum Amount components, GST revenue provision and Budget Balancing Assistance in 2003-04 .......................................... 14
Table 12: Guaranteed Minimum Amount components, GST revenue provision and Budget Balancing Assistance in 2004-05 .......................................... 15
Table 13: Estimates of Budget Balancing Assistance and State and Territory gains from tax reform................................................................................ 16
Table 14: Overpayment of Budget Balancing Assistance in 2003-04 ...................... 17
Table 15: Residual adjustment amounts for 2002-03 and 2003-04 ......................... 18
Table 16: National Competition Policy Payments..................................................... 21
Table 17: Financial Assistance Grants to local government in 2003-04 and 2004-05..................................................................................................... 25
Table 18: Accrued mirror taxes on behalf of the States, 2003-04 to 2007-08.......... 26
Table 19: Loan Council Allocation nominations for 2004-05 .................................... 34
Table B1: Estimated Specific Purpose Payments to the States, repayments ofadvances, advances and interest payments, 2003-04 to 2007-08........... 42
Table B2: Estimated Specific Purpose Payments to the States, repayments ofadvances, advances and interest payments, 2003-04 ............................. 66
Table B3: Estimated Specific Purpose Payments to the States, repayments ofadvances, advances and interest payments, 2004-05 ............................. 75
Table B4: Estimated Specific Purpose Payments direct to local government authorities, 2003-04 to 2007-08................................................................ 84
Table B5: Estimated Specific Purpose Payments direct to local government authorities, 2003-04 .................................................................................. 85
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List of Tables (continued)
Table B6: Estimated Specific Purpose Payments direct to local government authorities, 2004-05 .................................................................................. 86
Table C1: Population by state ................................................................................... 87
Table C2: Parameters ............................................................................................... 87
LIST OF CHARTS
Chart 1: GST revenue provision to the States in 2004-05 ....................................... 2
Chart 2: Australian Government payments to the state/local sector in 2004-05....................................................................................................... 2
Chart 3: Composition of Specific Purpose Payments ”to‘ and ”through‘ the States in 2004-05...................................................................................... 22
Chart 4: Individual state general government sector fiscal balance....................... 28
Chart 5: Individual state general government sector cash surplus ........................ 29
Chart 6: Individual state net debt by sector ............................................................ 32
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• From 2004-05 onwards, every State and Territory (the States) will receive more revenue from the GST than they would have under the previous system of Financial Assistance Grants and the state taxes that were abolished by The New Tax System. In 2004-05, the States will be better off by a total of $1.6 billion due to the Australian Government’s tax reforms. From 2004-05 onwards, no State will require Budget Balancing Assistance.
• After only four years since the introduction of the GST, tax reform has delivered to the States a secure, growing and broad-based revenue source that has more than replaced various narrow and inefficient state taxes. The States now have the ability to deliver better services on a sustainable long term basis.
• In 2004-05, the States will receive GST revenue totalling an estimated $34.5 billion (Chart 1). This amount will be distributed among the States in accordance with recommendations of the Commonwealth Grants Commission set out in its Report on State Revenue Sharing Relativities 2004 Review of 25 February 2004.
• The Australian Government and the States have agreed to abolish bank account debits tax by 1 July 2005 and to review the need to retain certain state business stamp duties. As GST revenue grows, it can fund these tax reductions.
• In addition, the Australian Government will provide the States with Specific Purpose Payments (SPPs) and National Competition Policy Payments totalling an estimated $25.4 billion in 2004-05. Specific Purpose Payments comprise the overwhelming majority of these funds (Chart 2).
• Fiscal developments in the States indicate most States are expected to record small general government fiscal deficits in 2004-05, partly reflecting the expected downturn in revenue from property-related taxes, and higher expenses. By 2006-07, all States forecast an increase in their fiscal balances, with most expected to achieve small surpluses. Most States are also set to continue the trend of reducing non-financial public sector net debt. An increasing number of States are forecasting a net financial asset position in their general government sector by 2006-07.
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Chart 1: GST revenue provision to the States in 2004-05 (estimated)
VIC QLD
$7,151.4 million $7,168.5 million
WA $3,528.9 million
SA $3,212.7 million
TAS NSW
NT ACT $1,407.8 million $9,648.3 million
$1,678.7 million $663.8 million
Chart 2: Australian Government payments to the state/local sector in 2004-05 (estimated)
SPPs to the States $17,924.8 million
iSPPs through the
Compensat on for GST Deferral $330.0 million SPPs direct to States
National local government $6,362.9 million Competition Policy $304.7 million
Payments$777.7 million
Note: Specific Purpose Payments through the States are payments to state governments to be passed on to local governments and others.
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COMMONWEALTH-STATE FINANCIAL RELATIONS
The States will receive revenue and payments totalling an estimated $57.0 billion in 2003-04 (Table 1) and $60.2 billion in 2004-05 (Table 2).
All GST revenue is paid to the States under the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Reform of Commonwealth-State Financial Relations. The GST revenue pool is distributed to the States on the basis of recommendations by the Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC). The CGC’s recommendations are based on the principles of Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation.
From 2004-05 onwards, all States will fully benefit from tax reform, with GST revenues for each State and Territory in excess of what they would have received from Australian Government Financial Assistance Grants and their own inefficient taxes abolished under tax reform.
Since tax reform commenced on 1 July 2000, the Australian Government has been paying Budget Balancing Assistance to the States to cover any difference between GST revenue and a State’s Guaranteed Minimum Amount. This has ensured that no State is worse off after the changes made to Commonwealth-State financial relations as part of the Australian Government’s New Tax System. From 2004-05 onwards, Budget Balancing Assistance will no longer be required as each State and Territory will receive an amount in excess of its entitlement had the old system continued.
The Australian Government also provides the States with National Competition Policy Payments to implement National Competition Policy and related reforms, as well as Specific Purpose Payments, including Financial Assistance Grants to local government, to contribute towards the costs of state and local government responsibilities.
Other features of Commonwealth-State financial relations include the First Home Owners Scheme and mirror tax arrangements.
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Tabl
e 1:
GST
reve
nue
prov
isio
n an
d to
tal A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t pay
men
ts to
the
stat
e/lo
cal s
ecto
r in
2003
-04
(est
imat
ed)
NS
W
VIC
Q
LD
WA
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
$m$m
$m$m
$m$m
$m$m
$m
(1
) P
rovi
sion
of G
ST
reve
nue
to th
e S
tate
s(a)
9,
690.
5 6,
973.
6 6,
574.
9 3,
159.
8 3,
154.
3 1,
399.
0 66
0.7
1,68
4.2
33,2
97.0
(2)
Bud
get B
alan
cing
Ass
ista
nce
46.0
0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 46
.0
(3)
Nat
iona
l Com
petit
ion
Pol
icy
Pay
men
ts
203.
5 17
8.7
87.9
33
.6
40.7
17
.2
11.0
5.
9 57
8.5
(4)
Tota
l Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts (4
.1)+
(4.2
)+(4
.3)
7,73
1.6
5,40
1.5
4,32
7.7
2,54
0.5
1,80
3.5
569.
0 40
0.6
342.
4 23
,116
.9
(4.1
) Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
the
Sta
tes
5,65
8.0
3,81
0.0
3,14
5.2
1,88
2.3
1,32
7.0
417.
2 27
4.6
273.
3 16
,787
.6
(4.2
) Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts th
roug
h th
e S
tate
s 1,
961.
0 1,
510.
1 1,
112.
6 61
0.1
450.
7 13
8.3
121.
0 63
.4
5,96
7.3
(4.3
) Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts d
irect
to lo
cal g
over
nmen
t 11
2.6
81.5
69
.8
48.1
25
.8
13.4
5.
0 5.
7 36
1.9
(5)
Tota
l Com
mon
wea
lth p
aym
ents
to th
e st
ate/
loca
l sec
tor
(2)+
(3)+
(4)
7,98
1.2
5,58
0.2
4,41
5.5
2,57
4.1
1,84
4.2
586.
1 41
1.6
348.
4 23
,741
.4
(6)
GS
T re
venu
e an
d to
tal C
omm
onw
ealth
pay
men
ts (1
)+(5
) 17
,671
.7
12,5
53.8
10
,990
.5
5,73
3.8
4,99
8.6
1,98
5.1
1,07
2.3
2,03
2.5
57,0
38.4
(a
) Th
e G
ST
estim
ate
has
been
adj
uste
d by
$57
mill
ion
to a
ccou
nt fo
r the
fina
l 200
2-03
out
com
e, re
flect
ing
cash
col
lect
ions
in 2
002-
03 e
xcee
ding
the
Com
mis
sion
er‘s
de
term
inat
ion.
(Fur
ther
det
ails
are
pro
vide
d on
p17
.)
Budget Paper No. 3
4
0.0
Tabl
e 2:
GST
reve
nue
prov
isio
n an
d to
tal A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t pay
men
ts to
the
stat
e/lo
cal s
ecto
r in
2004
-05
(est
imat
ed)
NS
W
VIC
Q
LD
WA
S
A
TAS
A
CT
NT
Tota
l $m
$m$m
$m$m
$m$m
$m
$m
(1)
Pro
visi
on o
f GS
T re
venu
e to
the
Sta
tes
9,64
8.3
7,15
1.4
7,16
8.5
3,52
8.9
3,21
2.7
1,40
7.8
663.
8 1,
678.
7 34
,460
.0
(2)
Bud
get B
alan
cing
Ass
ista
nce
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(3)
Com
pens
atio
n fo
r GS
T D
efer
ral
95.9
70
.6
67.6
33
.5
30.2
12
.3
6.0
13.9
33
0.0
(4)
Nat
iona
l Com
petit
ion
Pol
icy
Pay
men
ts
259.
8 19
1.8
151.
4 76
.6
59.2
18
.8
12.4
7.
7 77
7.7
(5)
Tota
l Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts (5
.1)+
(5.2
)+(5
.3)(a
) 7,
684.
1 5,
473.
7 4,
325.
0 2,
640.
1 1,
845.
9 56
0.5
404.
7 33
5.1
24,5
92.4
(5
.1) S
peci
fic P
urpo
se P
aym
ents
to th
e S
tate
s(a)
5,
509.
0 3,
792.
5 3,
071.
5 1,
956.
6 1,
333.
4 39
9.0
272.
5 26
7.0
17,9
24.8
(5
.2) S
peci
fic P
urpo
se P
aym
ents
thro
ugh
the
Sta
tes
2,08
6.3
1,60
9.7
1,19
2.3
642.
8 49
0.8
149.
6 12
8.0
63.2
6,
362.
9 (5
.3) S
peci
fic P
urpo
se P
aym
ents
dire
ct to
loca
l gov
ernm
ent
88.8
71
.5
61.2
40
.7
21.7
11
.8
4.2
4.9
304.
7
(6)
Tota
l Com
mon
wea
lth p
aym
ents
to th
e st
ate/
loca
l sec
tor
(2)+
(3)+
(4)+
(5)
8,03
9.8
5,73
6.1
4,54
3.9
2,75
0.2
1,93
5.3
591.
7 42
3.1
356.
6 25
,700
.1
(7)
GS
T re
venu
e an
d to
tal C
omm
onw
ealth
pay
men
ts (1
)+(6
)(a)
17,6
88.1
12
,887
.5
11,7
12.4
6,
279.
1 5,
148.
0 1,
999.
4 1,
086.
9 2,
035.
3 60
,160
.1
(a)
Indi
vidu
al s
tate
and
ter
ritor
y A
usLi
nk a
lloca
tions
are
not
yet
ava
ilabl
e an
d ac
cord
ingl
y ar
e no
t in
clud
ed i
n in
divi
dual
sta
te a
nd t
errit
ory
estim
ated
am
ount
s fo
r 20
04-0
5. T
hese
allo
catio
ns w
ill b
e an
noun
ced
as p
art o
f the
Aus
Link
Whi
te P
aper
in J
une
2004
. Th
e ag
greg
ate
Aus
Link
am
ount
of $
1,32
3.4
mill
ion
for 2
004-
05 is
in
clud
ed in
the
aggr
egat
e st
ate
and
terr
itory
tota
l.
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Budget Paper No. 3
GST REVENUE PROVISION TO THE STATES
All GST revenue collected is received by the States. Consequently, they have a secure, growing and broad-based revenue source. States can spend the GST revenue according to their own budgetary priorities. The States’ GST revenue has grown significantly since its introduction in 2000-01 (Table 3).
Table 3: GST revenue provision to the States (cash), 2000-01 to 2004-05 (estimated)
Increase from Average 2000-01 annual
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 to 2004-05 Increase increase $m $m $m $m $m $m % %
7,257.6 8,132.0 9,080.2 9,690.5 9,648.3 2,390.7 32.9 7.5 5,099.3 5,593.1 6,365.1 6,973.6 7,151.4 2,052.1 40.2 8.9 4,658.2 5,018.6 5,887.6 6,574.9 7,168.5 2,510.3 53.9 11.4 2,374.6 2,518.1 2,910.2 3,159.8 3,528.9 1,154.3 48.6 10.5 2,278.9 2,476.6 2,859.1 3,154.3 3,212.7 933.8 41.0 9.1
988.1 1,059.8 1,246.7 1,399.0 1,407.8 419.6 42.5 9.4 472.6 543.9 615.7 660.7 663.8 191.2 40.5 9.0
1,225.6 1,289.8 1,514.5 1,684.2 1,678.7 453.1 37.0 8.4
NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT Total 24,354.9 26,632.0 30,479.1 33,297.0 34,460.0 10,105.1 41.5 9.1
GST revenue Estimates of GST revenue in accrual terms for the years 2003-04 to 2006-07 are shown in Table 4. These estimates have been revised since the 2003-04 Budget and the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2003-04 (MYEFO) to account for policy decisions and parameter variations.
Table 4: Reconciliation of GST revenue (accrual), 2003-04 to 2006-07 (estimated) 2003-04 2005-06 2006-07
$m $m $m $m
i isions -26 -20 ions 940
l ions 920
t i isions 0 -19
ions 788 839 l ions 770 820
2004-05
GST revenue at 2003-04 Budget 32,050 33,815 35,680 37,690 Changes from 2003-04 Budget to MYEFO
Effect of pol cy dec -20 -20 Effect of parameter and other variat 1,026 835 1,040
Tota variat 1,000 815 1,020 GST revenue at 2003-04 MYEFO 33,050 34,630 36,600 38,710 Changes from MYEFO to 2004-05 Budge
Effect of pol cy dec -332 -18 Effect of parameter and other variat 1,125 892
Tota variat 1,125 560 GST Revenue at 2004-05 Budget 34,175 35,190 37,370 39,530
Estimated GST revenue in 2003-04 has been revised upwards by $1.1 billion in accrual terms, reflecting upward revisions in the consumption and dwellings forecasts.
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Commonwealth-State Financial Relations
The GST revenue estimate for 2004-05 has been revised up since MYEFO by $560 million, reflecting the flow-on effect of the stronger expected outlook for GST revenue in 2003-04. Some unwinding of this strength is expected in the forward years. Estimates of GST receipts in cash terms are shown in Table 5.
Table 5: GST receipts (cash), 2004-05 to 2007-08 (estimated) 2004-05 2006-07 2007-08
$m $m $m $m i
2005-06
GST rece pts 34,460.0 36,610.0 38,720.0 40,850.0
GST revenue measures Policy decisions affecting GST revenue estimates include: the decision to allow taxpayers (mainly small businesses) that are voluntarily registered for GST to pay and lodge annually; changes to Australia’s duty-free concessions; changing the treatment of barter trade exchange schemes; and changing the treatment of first aid and life saving courses. The revenue effect of these GST measures is estimated for 2004-05 to 2007-08 (Table 6). Detailed information on each measure is in Appendix A.
The measure to allow annual payment and lodgement of GST is an important means of improving the operation of The New Tax System through reducing compliance costs for up to 740,000 small businesses and up to 30,000 non-profit organisations. Given the reduction in GST revenue in 2004-05 associated with this measure (because GST remitted by the eligible taxpayers will be deferred until 2005-06), the Australian Government will offer to fully compensate the States should each of them agree to the policy. This compensation will mean that the full financial impact of the measure will be taken by the Australian Government and none of the impact will affect the States.
Table 6: GST revenue measures since the 2003-04 Budget (estimated) 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
$m $m $m $m
i ii i i * * * *
i ions .. .. .. .. - - - -
idati ion wi - - - -- * * *
i - - - -l busil busi i * * * *
i i
Barter trade exchange schemes -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 Changes to Austral a's duty free concess ons -17.0 -17.0 -17.0 -17.0 Compulsory th rd party nsurance transact ons Extens on of the GST-free car concess
for injured veterans GST-free ibuprofen Income tax consol on - interact th the GST Long-term non-reviewable contracts Payments out of the Nat onal Guarantee Fund Smal ness - annual payment and lodgement -330.0 -16.4 -17.2 -18.2 Smal ness - annual private apport onment Treatment of f rst aid and l fe saving courses -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 Total impact of GST revenue measures -352.0 -38.4 -39.2 -40.2
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GST revenue provision The Australian Government will distribute 2004-05 GST revenue among the States in accordance with the recommendations of the Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC).
The CGC recommends relativities to calculate each State’s share of GST by applying the principles of Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation. Broadly, the CGC recommends relativities so that if each State made the same effort to raise revenue from its own sources and operated at the same level of efficiency, each State could provide services at the same standard.
The CGC takes into account differences in States’ capacities to raise revenues and differences in the costs States incur in providing an average standard of government services. The CGC’s recommended relativities reflect these differences. GST relativities are shown for 2003-04 and 2004-05 (Table 7).
The CGC also recommends Financial Assistance Grants (FAGs) forgone relativities (Table 7), which are used for the calculation of each State’s Guaranteed Minimum Amount (Tables 11 and 12).
Table 7: GST relativities and Financial Assistance Grants forgone relativities, 2003-04 and 2004-05
NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT GST relativities 2003-04 0.89117 0.87010 1.01902 0.96946 1.21215 1.59948 1.14979 4.38638 2004-05 0.86750 0.86534 1.05504 1.03054 1.20407 1.55939 1.12930 4.26538 FAGs relativities 2003-04 0.84317 0.84030 1.04870 0.92093 1.30919 1.79057 1.19727 5.34163 2004-05 0.80363 0.83480 1.10104 1.00781 1.30402 1.74908 1.16529 5.22707 Source: CGC Report on State Revenue Sharing Relativities 2004 Review.
The GST relativities are applied to state populations to determine a weighted population for each State. The Australian Government uses the weighted populations to distribute the GST revenue pool. Each State receives a share of the GST revenue pool equal to its weighted population share of combined GST revenue and unquarantined Health Care Grants, less its unquarantined Health Care Grants. This calculation determines the distribution of GST revenue in 2003-04 and 2004-05 (Tables 8 and 9).
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Tabl
e 8:
Dis
trib
utio
n of
GST
reve
nue
in 2
003-
04 (e
stim
ated
) P
roje
cted
pop
ulat
ion
as a
t P
er c
apita
W
eigh
ted
31 D
ecem
ber 2
003
rela
tiviti
es
popu
latio
n (1
)x(2
)
Sha
re o
f G
ST
reve
nue/
HC
Gs
Unq
uara
ntin
ed
Dis
tribu
tion
of G
ST
wei
ghte
d po
ol a
ccor
ding
to (4
) H
CG
s re
venu
e po
pula
tion
(5)-(
6)
(a)
(%)
($m
) ($
m)
($m
) (1
) (2
) (3
) (4
) (5
) (6
) (7
) N
SW
6,
718,
063
VIC
4,
947,
771
QLD
3,
841,
027
WA
1,96
6,42
3 S
A 1,
531,
880
TAS
480,
149
AC
T 32
3,32
9 N
T 19
8,61
3
0.89
117
0.87
010
1.01
902
0.96
946
1.21
215
1.59
948
1.14
979
4.38
638
5,98
6,93
6 4,
305,
056
3,91
4,08
3 1,
906,
368
1,85
6,86
8 76
7,98
9 37
1,76
0 87
1,19
2
30.0
21
.5
19.6
9.
5 9.
3 3.
8 1.
9 4.
4
12,1
08.1
2,
417.
5 9,
690.
5 8,
706.
6 1,
733.
0 6,
973.
6 7,
915.
9 1,
340.
9 6,
574.
9 3,
855.
5 69
5.7
3,15
9.8
3,75
5.4
601.
0 3,
154.
3 1,
553.
2 15
4.2
1,39
9.0
751.
9 91
.2
660.
7 1,
761.
9 77
.7
1,68
4.2
Tota
l 20
,007
,255
na
19
,980
,253
10
0.0
40,4
08.3
7,
111.
3 33
,297
.0
(a)
Tota
l wei
ghte
d po
pula
tion
diffe
rs fr
om th
e to
tal p
opul
atio
n in
col
umn
(1)
as th
e C
GC
cal
cula
tes
the
per
capi
ta r
elat
iviti
es u
sing
pop
ulat
ion
num
bers
for
1997
-98
to
2001
-02,
then
roun
ds th
ese
figur
es.
Not
e: H
CG
s m
eans
Hea
lth C
are
Gra
nts.
9
Commonwealth-State Financial Relations
Tabl
e 9:
Dis
trib
utio
n of
GST
reve
nue
in 2
004-
05 (e
stim
ated
) P
roje
cted
pop
ulat
ion
as a
t P
er c
apita
W
eigh
ted
31 D
ecem
ber 2
004
rela
tiviti
es
popu
latio
n (1
)x(2
)
Sha
re o
f G
ST
reve
nue/
HC
Gs
Unq
uara
ntin
ed
Dis
tribu
tion
of G
ST
wei
ghte
d po
ol a
ccor
ding
to (4
) H
CG
s re
venu
e po
pula
tion
(5)-(
6)
(a)
(%)
($m
) ($
m)
($m
) (1
) (2
) (3
) (4
) (5
) (6
) (7
)
Budget Paper No. 3
5,87
8,91
8 4,
329,
470
4,14
3,56
8 2,
057,
056
1,85
3,27
7 75
6,93
1 36
6,54
3 84
9,26
7
29.1
21
.4
20.5
10
.2
9.2
3.7
1.8
4.2
12,1
83.2
2,
534.
9 9,
648.
3 8,
972.
2 1,
820.
8 7,
151.
4 8,
586.
9 1,
418.
4 7,
168.
5 4,
262.
9 73
4.0
3,52
8.9
3,84
0.6
628.
0 3,
212.
7 1,
568.
6 16
0.9
1,40
7.8
759.
6 95
.8
663.
8 1,
760.
0 81
.3
1,67
8.7
Tota
l 20
,251
,812
na
20
,235
,030
10
0.0
41,9
34.1
7,
474.
1 34
,460
.0
(a)
Tota
l wei
ghte
d po
pula
tion
diffe
rs fr
om th
e to
tal p
opul
atio
n in
col
umn
(1)
as th
e C
GC
cal
cula
tes
the
per
capi
ta r
elat
iviti
es u
sing
pop
ulat
ion
num
bers
for
1998
-99
to
2002
-03,
then
roun
ds th
ese
figur
es.
Not
e: H
CG
s m
eans
Hea
lth C
are
Gra
nts.
0.86
750
0.86
534
1.05
504
1.03
054
1.20
407
1.55
939
1.12
930
4.26
538
NS
W
6,77
6,85
1 V
IC
5,00
3,20
1 Q
LD
3,92
7,40
4 W
A 1,
996,
095
SA
1,53
9,17
7 TA
S 48
5,40
2 A
CT
324,
575
NT
199,
107
10
Commonwealth-State Financial Relations
( be
i
(1) - (2) (( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ($)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
QLD
NT l
ion of i
Note: HFE
the
The Effect of Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation
One way to view the effect of the Commonwealth Grants Commission’s (CGC) application of Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation is to compare each State’s distribution of the GST revenue/Health Care Grants pool using the CGC’s relativities with the distribution on an equal per capita basis. In 2004-05, approximately $3.2 billion 7.7 per cent) of the total GST revenue/Health Care Grants pool will
redistributed among the States, compared with an equal per capita distribution (Table 10).
Table 10: Effect of Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation 2004-05 Difference Populat on
3) / (4) $m $m $m million
NSW 12,183.2 14,032.4 -1,849.2 6.8 -272.9 VIC 8,972.2 10,359.8 -1,387.6 5.0 -277.3
8,586.9 8,132.2 454.7 3.9 115.8 WA 4,262.9 4,133.2 129.8 2.0 65.0 SA 3,840.6 3,187.1 653.6 1.5 424.6 TAS 1,568.6 1,005.1 563.5 0.5 1,161.0 ACT 759.6 672.1 87.5 0.3 269.7
1,760.0 412.3 1,347.7 0.2 6,768.7 Tota 41,934.1 41,934.1 0.0 20.3 na
GST/HCG pool distributed under
HFE
Equal per capita distribut
GST/HCG pool
Per capita redistribut on
HCG means Health Care Grants. means Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation.
New South Wales and Victoria receive less than equal per capita shares under the Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation arrangements because the CGC assessed their fiscal capacities to be relatively strong. For example, the CGC assessed that New South Wales has a relatively stronger capacity to raise revenue from land tax and stamp duty on property transfers and payroll tax, while Victoria has a relatively lower cost in providing state government services. The remaining States receive more than an equal per capita share of funding because the CGC assessed their revenue capacities to be lower and/or their costs of service delivery to be higher.
The CGC finalised its five-yearly review into its methodology in February 2004, under terms of reference developed in consultation with all States and Territories. The changes the CGC made to its methodology have been incorporated in its recommended relativities for 2004-05.
11
Budget Paper No. 3
and report to Heads of Treasuries. A
measure).
Review of Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation Methodology
At the March 2004 meeting of the Ministerial Council for Commonwealth-State Financial Relations, the majority of States and Territories, with the support of the Australian Government, agreed to a work programme to examine aspects of the Commonwealth Grants Commission’s (CGC) methodology for the allocation of the GST to the States.
There was also majority agreement that the Australian Government and State and Territory Heads of Treasuries will undertake the work programme, and will draw on the expertise of the CGC. The work programme will include a consideration of whether the present approach is appropriate and necessary, the size and trend of the redistributions, simplification, and data issues. The work programme will not examine the underlying principles of horizontal fiscal equalisation.
Arrangements are underway to establish a steering committee to oversee the review secretariat will support the steering
committee. The Australian Government Treasury will lead the organisational arrangements for conducting the review, with representation from the States and the CGC. Additional funding of $1.3 million has been included in the budget for the secretariat (see Budget Paper No. 2, Budget Measures 2004-05 for a description of the
12
Commonwealth-State Financial Relations
DELIVERING MORE FUNDING TO THE STATES
In 2004-05, all States will receive a windfall over the Guaranteed Minimum Amount (GMA). Including the compensation for the annual payment of GST (a measure which requires unanimous agreement from the States), the States will receive a total gain from tax reform of over $1.6 billion more than the GMA (Table 13). The GMA is an estimate of funding each State would have had available to it had tax reform not been implemented. Components of the GMA comprise estimates of Australian Government Financial Assistance Grants forgone, state taxes abolished by tax reform and other items. Narrow and inefficient state taxes that have been abolished include Financial Institutions Duty, stamp duty on quoted marketable securities, and accommodation taxes (bed taxes).
As the GST is a secure, growing and broad based revenue source, the States’ gain from tax reform is estimated to continue growing to over $2.9 billion by 2007-08 (Table 13). This means that the Australian Government’s tax reform will deliver to the States an extra $1.6 billion in 2004-05, growing to over $2.9 billion in 2007-08, to spend according to their own budgetary priorities. States can use this additional funding for essential community services such as hospitals, schools, public transport, roads and police, and to lower their tax burdens.
Under the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Reform of Commonwealth-State Financial Relations, the Australian Government guaranteed that in the transitional years after the introduction of The New Tax System in July 2000, each State’s budgetary position would be no worse off than had the reforms to Commonwealth-State financial relations not been implemented. To meet this guarantee, the Australian Government has paid Budget Balancing Assistance (BBA) to any State whose GMA exceeds its GST revenue entitlement.
On the basis of the Budget estimates, in 2003-04 only New South Wales requires BBA to ensure that it is no worse off. All other States are estimated to benefit from a total gain from tax reform of over $1.1 billion in 2003-04. As all States are expected to receive GST revenue in excess of their GMA from 2004-05, the Australian Government will no longer be required to provide BBA.
Tables 11 and 12 show the estimated GMA components, GST revenue entitlement and the BBA calculation for each State in 2003-04 and 2004-05. Table 13 shows the estimated GMA, GST revenue entitlement, BBA and gains from tax reform for each State from 2003-04 to 2007-08.
13
Tabl
e 11
: G
uara
ntee
d M
inim
um A
mou
nt c
ompo
nent
s, G
ST re
venu
e pr
ovis
ion
and
Bud
get B
alan
cing
Ass
ista
nce
in 2
003-
04
(est
imat
ed)
NS
W
VIC
Q
LD
WA
S
A
TAS
A
CT
NT
Tota
l $m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
Budget Paper No. 3
14
Stat
e R
even
ues
Forg
one
Fina
ncia
l Ass
ista
nce
Gra
nts
5,41
0.5
4,01
2.6
4,22
5.7
1,80
6.9
Rev
enue
Rep
lace
men
t Pay
men
ts
2,54
4.0
1,70
2.4
1,54
3.4
1,06
4.1
Fina
ncia
l Ins
titut
ions
Dut
y 70
3.0
398.
3 na
15
0.7
Mar
keta
ble
Sec
uriti
es D
uty
456.
0 23
6.5
27.0
29
.3
Mar
keta
ble
Sec
uriti
es D
uty
Nee
ds
-22.
7 11
.2
13.6
2.
8A
ccom
mod
atio
n Ta
xes
82.0
na
na
na
2,17
0.5
1,03
3.9
443.
8 1,
388.
4 20
,492
.3
661.
8 22
4.7
113.
1 14
3.6
7,99
7.0
100.
1 24
.2
20.0
16
.7
1,41
3.0
15.6
0.
8 24
.8
1.1
791.
1 3.
92.
6 -1
2.2
0.9
0.0
na
na
na
9.0
91.0
pl
us R
educ
ed R
even
ues
Gam
blin
g Ta
xes
583.
2 39
3.3
236.
7 62
.7
98.5
25
.9
24.3
17
.4
1,44
2.0
plus
Int
eres
t Cos
tsIn
tere
st C
osts
0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 pl
us A
dditi
onal
Exp
endi
ture
s Fi
rst H
ome
Ow
ners
Sch
eme
237.
9 19
5.8
168.
8 93
.9
57.0
19
.5
11.3
7.
8 79
2.0
GS
T A
dmin
istra
tion
Cos
ts
191.
7 14
1.2
109.
6 56
.1
43.7
13
.7
9.2
5.7
570.
9 pl
us O
ther
Item
s W
ST
Pay
men
ts
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
min
us R
educ
ed E
xpen
ditu
res
Off-
road
Die
sel S
ubsi
dies
14
1.2
Sav
ings
from
Tax
Ref
orm
17
9.1
58.8
13
7.4
177.
7 37
.7
2.3
0.0
4.0
559.
1 12
2.9
101.
6 60
.6
44.1
14
.9
10.1
14
.8
548.
0 17
.5
4.9
8.0
4.7
1.7
1.0
1.2
64.4
Lo
w A
lcoh
ol B
eer S
ubsi
dies
25
.3
min
us G
row
th D
ivid
end
Rem
aini
ng S
tate
Tax
es
99.1
64
.0
33.5
20
.0
16.1
4.
1 3.
1 2.
2 24
2.0
Plus
Adj
ustm
ents
20
02-0
3 G
MA
Adj
ustm
ent
-4.4
6.
5 -6
.1
-2.5
-0
.6
2.1
0.3
0.7
-4.0
To
tal G
uara
ntee
d M
inim
um A
mou
nt (1
) 9,
736.
5 6,
834.
6 6,
041.
2 2,
997.
8 3,
047.
9 1,
324.
4 62
0.3
1,56
9.0
32,1
71.8
G
ST R
even
ue P
rovi
sion
(2)
9,69
0.5
6,97
3.6
6,57
4.9
3,15
9.8
3,15
4.3
1,39
9.0
660.
7 1,
684.
2 33
,297
.0
Bud
get B
alan
cing
Ass
ista
nce
(1)-(
2)
46.0
0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 46
.0
Tabl
e 12
: G
uara
ntee
d M
inim
um A
mou
nt c
ompo
nent
s, G
ST re
venu
e pr
ovis
ion
and
Bud
get B
alan
cing
Ass
ista
nce
in 2
004-
05
(est
imat
ed)
NS
W
VIC
Q
LD
WA
S
A
TAS
A
CT
NT
Tota
l $m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
St
ate
Rev
enue
s Fo
rgon
e Fi
nanc
ial A
ssis
tanc
e G
rant
s 5,
184.
2 4,
099.
1 4,
710.
6 2,
117.
3R
even
ue R
epla
cem
ent P
aym
ents
2,
614.
0 1,
749.
1 1,
584.
9 1,
090.
6Fi
nanc
ial I
nstit
utio
ns D
uty
737.
0 41
0.2
na
155.
8M
arke
tabl
e S
ecur
ities
Dut
y 48
3.0
250.
7 28
.0
31.1
M
arke
tabl
e S
ecur
ities
Dut
y N
eeds
-2
9.1
12.4
13
.8
3.9
Acc
omm
odat
ion
Taxe
s 88
.0
na
na
na
2,21
6.9
1,04
2.5
440.
3 1,
393.
8 21
,204
.7
679.
7 23
0.7
116.
3 14
7.4
8,21
2.6
103.
7 24
.8
20.5
18
.2
1,47
0.2
16.5
0.
8 25
.4
1.1
836.
6 2.
42.
8 -7
.5
1.1
0.0
na
na
na
9.5
97.5
pl
us R
educ
ed R
even
ues
Gam
blin
g Ta
xes
608.
2 41
5.3
250.
7 63
.7
102.
5 26
.2
24.9
18
.2
1,50
9.7
plus
Int
eres
t Cos
tsIn
tere
st C
osts
0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 pl
us A
dditi
onal
Exp
endi
ture
s Fi
rst H
ome
Ow
ners
Sch
eme
232.
8 19
1.6
165.
2 91
.9
55.8
19
.1
11.1
7.
6 77
5.2
GS
T A
dmin
istra
tion
Cos
ts
194.
9 14
3.9
112.
9 57
.4
44.3
14
.0
9.3
5.7
582.
3 pl
us O
ther
Item
s W
ST
Pay
men
ts
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
min
us R
educ
ed E
xpen
ditu
res
Off-
road
Die
sel S
ubsi
dies
14
2.7
Sav
ings
from
Tax
Ref
orm
19
1.2
Low
Alc
ohol
Bee
r Sub
sidi
es
25.9
59.6
14
0.8
180.
7 37
.9
2.3
0.0
4.0
568.
0 13
1.5
108.
4 64
.6
47.1
15
.9
10.7
15
.7
585.
0 17
.9
5.0
8.2
4.8
1.8
1.0
1.3
65.8
m
inus
Gro
wth
Div
iden
d R
emai
ning
Sta
te T
axes
12
2.9
79.3
41
.5
24.7
19
.9
5.1
3.9
2.7
300.
0 To
tal G
uara
ntee
d M
inim
um A
mou
nt (1
) 9,
630.
5 6,
984.
1 6,
570.
5 3,
333.
4 3,
112.
0 1,
335.
8 62
4.7
1,57
8.9
33,1
69.9
G
ST R
even
ue P
rovi
sion
(2)
9,64
8.3
7,15
1.4
7,16
8.5
3,52
8.9
3,21
2.7
1,40
7.8
663.
8 1,
678.
7 34
,460
.0
Bud
get B
alan
cing
Ass
ista
nce
(1)-(
2)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
15
Commonwealth-State Financial Relations
Tabl
e 13
: Es
timat
es o
f Bud
get B
alan
cing
Ass
ista
nce
and
Stat
e an
d Te
rrito
ry g
ains
from
tax
refo
rm(a
)
2003
-04
($m
) N
SW
VIC
Q
LD
WA
SA
TA
S A
CT
NT
Tota
l (1
) Gua
rant
eed
Min
imum
Am
ount
9,
736.
5 6,
834.
6 6,
041.
2 2,
997.
8 3,
047.
9 1,
324.
4 62
0.3
1,56
9.0
32,1
71.8
(2
) GS
T R
even
ue
9,69
0.5
6,97
3.6
6,57
4.9
3,15
9.8
3,15
4.3
1,39
9.0
660.
7 1,
684.
2 33
,297
.0
(3) B
udge
t Bal
anci
ng A
ssis
tanc
e (1
) - (2
)(b)
46.0
0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 46
.0
(4) S
tate
and
Ter
ritor
y ga
ins
from
tax
refo
rm (2
) - (1
)(b)
0.0
139.
0 53
3.7
162.
0 10
6.4
74.6
40
.4
115.
1 1,
171.
2 20
04-0
5 ($
m)
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
(1) G
uara
ntee
d M
inim
um A
mou
nt
9,63
0.5
6,98
4.1
6,57
0.5
3,33
3.4
3,11
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1,33
5.8
624.
7 1,
578.
9 33
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.9
(2) G
ST
Rev
enue
9,
648.
3 7,
151.
4 7,
168.
5 3,
528.
9 3,
212.
7 1,
407.
8 66
3.8
1,67
8.7
34,4
60.0
(3
) Bud
get B
alan
cing
Ass
ista
nce
(1) -
(2)(b
) 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
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0 (4
) Com
pens
atio
n fo
r GS
T D
efer
ral
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.6
67.6
33
.5
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12
.3
6.0
13.9
33
0.0
(5) S
tate
and
Ter
ritor
y ga
ins
from
tax
refo
rm (2
)+(4
)-(1)
11
3.7
237.
9 66
5.6
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1 13
0.9
84.3
45
.1
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1 20
05-0
6 ($
m)(c
) N
SW
VIC
Q
LD
WA
SA
TA
S A
CT
NT
Tota
l (1
) Gua
rant
eed
Min
imum
Am
ount
(d)
10,2
28.1
7,
522.
6 7,
159.
4 3,
487.
3 3,
260.
6 1,
412.
3 65
5.5
1,64
9.8
35,3
75.6
(2
) GS
T R
even
ue
10,3
17.4
7,
691.
1 7,
629.
9 3,
660.
1 3,
371.
6 1,
486.
8 69
6.5
1,75
6.5
36,6
10.0
(3
) Bud
get B
alan
cing
Ass
ista
nce
(1) -
(2)(b
) 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 0.
0 (4
) Sta
te a
nd T
errit
ory
gain
s fro
m ta
x re
form
(2)-(
1)
89.2
16
8.5
470.
5 17
2.9
111.
0 74
.5
41.0
10
6.7
1,23
4.4
2006
-07
($m
)(e)
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
(1) G
uara
ntee
d M
inim
um A
mou
nt
10,6
01.9
7,
940.
5 7,
449.
6 3,
541.
4 3,
390.
7 1,
463.
6 67
4.9
1,72
3.8
36,7
86.4
(2
) GS
T R
even
ue
10,9
21.8
8,
268.
9 8,
067.
7 3,
783.
4 3,
556.
4 1,
560.
3 72
6.8
1,83
4.7
38,7
20.0
(3
) Sta
te a
nd T
errit
ory
gain
s fro
m ta
x re
form
(2)-(
1)
319.
9 32
8.4
618.
2 24
2.0
165.
7 96
.7
51.8
11
0.9
1,93
3.6
2007
-08
($m
) N
SW
VIC
Q
LD
WA
SA
TA
S A
CT
NT
Tota
l (1
) Gua
rant
eed
Min
imum
Am
ount
10
,825
.9
8,27
8.0
7,72
0.4
3,62
8.9
3,49
7.9
1,50
3.9
692.
3 1,
796.
5 37
,943
.7
(2) G
ST
Rev
enue
11
,446
.6
8,83
9.6
8,54
0.7
3,98
8.7
3,73
4.0
1,62
3.1
763.
4 1,
914.
1 40
,850
.0
(3) S
tate
and
Ter
ritor
y ga
ins
from
tax
refo
rm (2
)-(1)
62
0.7
561.
6 82
0.3
359.
8 23
6.1
119.
1 71
.1
117.
6 2,
906.
3 (a
) P
roje
ctio
ns w
ill b
e af
fect
ed b
y va
riatio
ns in
Gua
rant
eed
Min
imum
Am
ount
com
pone
nts,
GST
reve
nue
grow
th a
nd re
com
men
datio
ns b
y th
e C
omm
onw
ealth
Gra
nts
Com
mis
sion
on
the
dist
ribut
ion
of G
ST to
eac
h of
the
Stat
es a
nd T
errit
orie
s in
futu
re y
ears
. (b
) W
here
the
diffe
renc
e be
twee
n th
e G
uara
ntee
d M
inim
um A
mou
nt a
nd G
ST R
even
ue (a
nd v
ice
vers
a) is
less
than
zer
o, th
e re
porte
d am
ount
is z
ero.
(c
) In
200
5-06
and
bey
ond
ther
e m
ay b
e sm
all f
low
-on
effe
cts
from
com
pens
atio
n fo
r the
GST
def
erra
l whi
ch w
ill b
e su
bjec
t to
nego
tiatio
n w
ith th
e St
ates
. (d
) As
agr
eed
at th
e 26
Mar
ch 2
004
mee
ting
of th
e M
inis
teria
l Cou
ncil
for
Com
mon
wea
lth-S
tate
Fin
anci
al R
elat
ions
, ban
k ac
coun
t deb
its ta
x is
to b
e ab
olis
hed
by 1
Jul
y 20
05.
The
reve
nue
forg
one
by th
e St
ates
and
Ter
ritor
ies
is in
clud
ed in
thei
r Gua
rant
eed
Min
imum
Am
ount
from
200
5-06
to e
nsur
e th
e St
ates
are
no
wor
se o
ff.
Acco
rdin
gly,
Sta
te
and
Terri
tory
gai
ns fr
om ta
x re
form
dec
reas
e in
200
5-06
com
pare
d to
200
4-05
. How
ever
, the
est
imat
es o
f Gua
rant
eed
Min
imum
Am
ount
s do
not
con
tain
red
uctio
ns in
the
follo
win
g st
ate
taxe
s: n
on-re
side
ntia
l con
veya
nces
; non
-quo
tabl
e m
arke
tabl
e se
curit
ies;
leas
es; m
ortg
ages
, bon
ds, d
eben
ture
s an
d ot
her l
oan
secu
ritie
s; c
redi
t arra
ngem
ents
, in
stal
men
t pur
chas
e ar
rang
emen
ts a
nd r
enta
l arra
ngem
ents
; che
ques
, bill
s of
exc
hang
e an
d pr
omis
sory
not
es, w
hich
are
the
subj
ect o
f rev
iew
by
the
Min
iste
rial C
ounc
il in
20
05.
(e)
The
trans
ition
per
iod
in w
hich
the
Aust
ralia
n G
over
nmen
t gua
rant
ees
that
no
Sta
te w
ill b
e w
orse
off
due
to ta
x re
form
exp
ires
on 3
0 Ju
ne 2
006.
Budget Paper No. 3
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0.0
0.0
Commonwealth-State Financial Relations
Adjustments in 2003-04 GST revenue provision in 2003-04 has been adjusted to account for the final 2002-03 outcome (Table 1). In 2002-03 the final GST cash collections outcome was $57 million higher than the amount determined by the Commissioner of Taxation in June 2003 and provided to the States in 2002-03 under the terms of the A New Tax System (Commonwealth-State Financial Arrangements) Act 1999 (the Act).
Consistent with the provisions of the Act, the amount of GST revenue determined by the Commissioner and provided to the States in 2003-04 will take account of this variation. The BBA entitlement for New South Wales for 2003-04 has also been calculated to account for this variation (Table 11).
Adjustments in 2004-05 Consistent with the terms of the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Reform of Commonwealth-State Financial Relations, the Australian Government has advanced BBA to the States in four quarterly instalments in 2003-04. These advances were based on the estimated BBA entitlements of the States at the time of each advance. The upward revision to GST revenue estimates and the downward revision to GMA in the Budget have resulted in lower than previously estimated BBA entitlements of the States. Based on current estimates, the advances to the States in the year to date exceed the States’ entitlements to BBA in 2003-04 by $397 million (Table 14).
Consistent with the provisions of the Act, the Australian Government will deduct the amount of excess BBA paid in 2003-04 from payments to be made to the States under the Act in 2004-05. The final amount to be deducted from State payments in 2004-05 will be known when the final determination of each State’s BBA entitlement is made under the Act in June 2004.
Table 14: Overpayment of Budget Balancing Assistance in 2003-04 (estimated) NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT Total
$m $m $m $m $m $m $m $m $m Payments to date 316.7 104.2 0.0 0.0 22.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 443.0 BBA entitlement 46.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 46.0 BBA overpayment 270.7 104.2 0.0 0.0 22.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 397.0
Residual Adjustments The Australian Government has introduced a mechanism to ensure that all States receive their appropriate payments under the Act as they come off BBA. It came into effect when the A New Tax System (Commonwealth-State Financial Arrangements) Amendment Act 2004 received Royal Assent on 23 March 2004.
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Residual adjustments will give effect to any underestimate or overestimate of payments in a previous financial year that, prior to the amendments, could not be paid or reclaimed using existing mechanisms under the Act.
Queensland and the Northern Territory no longer required BBA in 2002-03. The residual adjustment amounts for 2002-03 will reflect an underestimate of payments in 2001-02. As the legislative requirements were not in place last year, these adjustments will be paid in 2003-04.
Current estimates show that Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory will no longer require BBA in 2003-04. Based on the current estimates, the residual adjustment amounts for 2003-04 will reflect an overestimate of payments in 2002-03.
As final payments for 2003-04 will not be known until the June 2004 determinations, it will not be known until after that time whether a residual adjustment for 2004-05 will be needed.
Table 15 shows estimates of the residual adjustment amounts that will be paid in 2003-04.
Table 15: Residual adjustment amounts for 2002-03 and 2003-04 (estimated) NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT Total
$m $m $m $m $m $m $m $m $m 2002-03 0.0 0.0 38.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 49.8 2003-04 0.0 -5.7 0.0 -8.0 -5.9 -0.1 -0.7 0.0 -20.4 Total adjustment in 2003-04 0.0 -5.7 38.8 -8.0 -5.9 -0.1 -0.7 11.0 29.4
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Commonwealth-State Financial Relations
DELIVERING FURTHER TAX REFORM
Under the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Reform of Commonwealth-State Financial Relations, all the States and Territories committed to abolish the bank account debits tax, subject to review by the Ministerial Council for Commonwealth-State Financial Relations. At the March 2004 Ministerial Council meeting, the Australian Government and State governments agreed to abolish bank account debits tax by 1 July 2005.
The abolition of this tax continues the implementation of the reforms contained in the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Reform of Commonwealth-State Financial Relations, signed by Australian Government and all State and Territory leaders in 1999.
The Australian Government’s tax reforms made it possible to abolish this narrow and inefficient tax. The abolition of bank account debits tax is expected to directly save taxpayers around $1 billion each year.
The Intergovernmental Agreement on the Reform of Commonwealth-State Financial Relations also provides that the Ministerial Council will, by 2005, review the need to retain stamp duty on the following:
• non-residential conveyances;
• non-quotable marketable securities;
• leases;
• mortgages, bonds, debentures and other loan securities;
• credit arrangements, instalment purchase arrangements and rental arrangements; and
• cheques, bills of exchange and promissory notes.
The Ministerial Council committed to this review at its March 2004 meeting and will consider the review at its March 2005 meeting.
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).
Owners
of Payments tables (Appendix B).
First Home Owners Scheme
Eligible home buyers have received over $4.4 billion through original and additional First Home Owners Scheme grants since July 2000.
The First Home Owners Scheme, introduced on 1 July 2000, is funded out of GST revenues and guaranteed by the Australian Government through Budget Balancing Assistance. The scheme provides all eligible first home buyers with a $7,000 grant. The States administer the scheme which has provided over 568,000 grants. The Scheme is ongoing and its cost to the States is part of the Guaranteed Minimum Amount (Tables 11 and 12
In March 2001, the Australian Government made an additional $7,000 grant available to first home buyers building or purchasing new homes before 31 December 2001. The Australian Government fully funds the additional First Home Owners Scheme with a Specific Purpose Payment through the States to meet the cost of grants. The Australian Government extended the additional First Home Owners Scheme at a rate of $3,000 for new homes built or purchased between 1 January 2002 and 30 June 2002. To date, the additional First HomeScheme has provided around 69,000 grants to eligible home buyers.
Although the additional First Home Owners Scheme has ended, grants continue to be paid to eligible applicants due to the time needed to complete construction and the one-year period allowed to lodge an application, once construction is complete. Estimates payments are shown in the Specific Purpose
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Commonwealth-State Financial Relations
NATIONAL COMPETITION POLICY PAYMENTS
The Australian Government makes National Competition Policy Payments (NCPPs) to the States for implementing National Competition Policy and related reforms. These reforms include a commitment to review legislation that restricts competition, apply competitive neutrality to government business activities and introduce specific reforms in electricity, gas, water and road transport.
NCPPs commenced in July 1997 with the first of three tranches of payments. The third tranche commenced in July 2001 at an annual level of $600 million in 1994-95 prices.
Each State’s NCPPs are subject to that State making satisfactory progress with the implementation of reform commitments. Prior to the scheduled payment of NCPPs in each year, the National Competition Council (NCC) assesses whether each State has met the specified conditions and provides recommendations for consideration by the Australian Government.
Out of an estimated maximum level of payments in 2003-04 of $759 million, the NCC recommended permanent deductions of $53.9 million and suspensions of $126.9 million. The NCC has indicated that it will recommend that suspensions be lifted or reduced and the release of suspended monies if and when jurisdictions sufficiently progress reform.
Table 16 shows estimates of NCPPs from 2003-04. Each State’s amount for 2003-04 reflects that permanent deductions and suspensions recommended by the NCC have been applied. The amounts reported below for 2004-05 and 2005-06 are the current estimates of each State’s maximum level of payment (that is, if no permanent deductions or suspensions apply).
Table 16: National Competition Policy Payments NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT Total
$m $m $m $m $m $m $m $m $m 2003-04 203.5 178.7 87.9 33.6 40.7 17.2 11.0 5.9 578.5 2004-05 259.8 191.8 151.4 76.6 59.2 18.8 12.4 7.7 777.7 2005-06 264.5 195.5 155.1 78.4 59.8 18.9 12.6 7.8 792.5
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Budget Paper No. 3
SPECIFIC PURPOSE PAYMENTS
Specific Purpose Payments (SPPs) constitute a significant amount of Australian Government funding to the States. In 2004-05, the Australian Government will provide the States with $24.3 billion in SPPs. These payments represent almost 13 per cent of total Australian Government expenditure in 2004-05.
The Australian Government makes SPPs to the States as a contribution to important areas of state responsibility. In 2004-05, there will be over 90 different payments covering a broad range of policy areas such as education, health, social security, housing and transport (Chart 3).
Chart 3: Composition of Specific Purpose Payments ”to‘ and ”through‘ the States in 2004-05 (estimated)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 $ billion $ billion
Education Health Social Housing Transport Local Other Security Government
SPPs 'To' SPPs 'Through'
More detailed information, including payments on a state-by-state basis, for 2003-04 and 2004-05 is in Appendix B.
22
Commonwealth-State Financial Relations
SPPs can be classified into three groups:
• those paid ‘to’ the States — payments direct to State governments, totalling an estimated $17.9 billion in 2004-05;
• those paid ‘through’ the States — payments to State governments to be passed on to local governments (for example, Financial Assistance Grants to local government) and to others (for example, to non-government schools). This category is estimated to total $6.4 billion in 2004-05; and
• those paid direct to local government to help fund roads, child-care programmes and disability services administered by local governments. These payments are estimated to total $304.7 million in 2004-05.
SPP agreements often include agreed national objectives. However, in making these payments, the Australian Government does not seek to take over responsibility for state functions.
SPP agreements generally contain conditions to help ensure those objectives are achieved. These conditions may include:
• general policy requirements (for example, the provision of free public hospital access for Medicare patients);
• matching funding arrangements; and
• reporting of performance information (see box below).
Accountability for SPPs
The Australian Government is seeking greater accountability in SPP agreements to improve policy outcomes and deliver better value for money.
All new and renegotiated SPP agreements will include statements of key objectives and the respective responsibilities of the Australian Government and the States, combined with agreed reporting of financial information and detailed performance indicators.
To encourage increased accountability, an amount appropriate to each SPP will be contingent on States’ timely reporting of the agreed financial and performance information to the satisfaction of the responsible Australian Government Minister.
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Financial Assistance Grants to local government The Australian Government provides financial assistance to local government for roads and other local government services. Assistance is paid in the form of general purpose assistance and untied local road funding. Local governments can spend both forms of funding according to their own priorities.
The Australian Government is providing a total of $1.5 billion in Financial Assistance Grants to local government in 2003-04 and an estimated $1.5 billion in 2004-05 (Table 17). The annual increase in funding is based on an escalation factor, which the Treasurer determines with reference to population growth and CPI.
This financial assistance is paid to the States as a SPP, on condition that all the funds are passed on to local government. In 2004-05, as in previous years, the general purpose component of local government assistance will be distributed between the States on an equal per capita basis and untied local road funding will be distributed on the basis of historical shares (Table 17). State grants commissions determine the intra-state distribution of the grants to local governments.
24
2003
-04
Tabl
e 17
: Fi
nanc
ial A
ssis
tanc
e G
rant
s to
loca
l gov
ernm
ent i
n 20
03-0
4 an
d 20
04-0
5 (e
stim
ated
)(a)
NS
W
VIC
Q
LD
WA
S
A TA
S A
CT
NT
Tota
l $m
$m$m
$m
$m$m
$m$m
$m
Gen
eral
Pur
pose
Ass
ista
nce
353.
2 26
0.0
199.
2 10
3.0
80.9
25
.2
17.0
10
.4
1,04
9.0
Unt
ied
Loca
l Roa
d Fu
ndin
g 13
5.0
96.0
87
.2
71.2
25
.6
24.7
14
.9
10.9
46
5.5
Tota
l Fin
anci
al A
ssis
tanc
e G
rant
s(b)
48
8.3
355.
9 28
6.4
174.
2 10
6.5
49.9
32
.0
21.3
1,
514.
5
2004
-05
Gen
eral
Pur
pose
Ass
ista
nce
356.
6 26
2.0
204.
4 10
4.3
81.3
25
.5
17.2
10
.6
1,06
1.9
Unt
ied
Loca
l Roa
d Fu
ndin
g 13
6.7
97.1
88
.3
72.0
25
.9
25.0
15
.1
11.0
47
1.2
Tota
l Fin
anci
al A
ssis
tanc
e G
rant
s(c)
49
3.3
359.
2 29
2.6
176.
4 10
7.2
50.5
32
.3
21.6
1,
533.
1
(a)
Tota
l Fin
anci
al A
ssis
tanc
e G
rant
s ar
e th
e ca
sh p
aym
ents
that
the
Sta
te re
ceiv
es o
n be
half
of lo
cal g
over
nmen
t. It
is e
qual
to th
e es
timat
ed e
ntitl
emen
t for
a g
iven
ye
ar a
djus
ted
for a
n ov
erpa
ymen
t or u
nder
paym
ent f
rom
the
prev
ious
yea
r. (b
) Th
e 20
03-0
4 fig
ure
take
s in
to a
ccou
nt a
n un
derp
aym
ent
of $
6 m
illio
n in
200
2-03
. Th
e Tr
easu
rer
will
det
erm
ine
the
final
200
3-04
esc
alat
ion
fact
or in
Jun
e 20
04;
curr
ently
the
2003
-04
esca
latio
n fa
ctor
is e
stim
ated
to b
e 1.
0288
. (c
) Th
e 20
04-0
5 fig
ure
incl
udes
an
estim
ate
of th
e am
ount
nec
essa
ry to
adj
ust f
or th
e di
ffere
nce
betw
een
the
2003
-04
esca
latio
n fa
ctor
est
imat
ed in
Jun
e 20
03 a
nd
used
to
calc
ulat
e pa
ymen
ts i
n 20
03-0
4 an
d th
e fin
al f
acto
r fo
r 20
03-0
4 to
be
dete
rmin
ed i
n Ju
ne 2
004.
On
the
basi
s of
the
cur
rent
est
imat
e of
the
200
3-04
es
cala
tion
fact
or,
this
adj
ustm
ent
is e
stim
ated
to
be a
dec
reas
e of
$11
.5 m
illio
n. T
he 2
004-
05 e
scal
atio
n fa
ctor
is
curr
ently
est
imat
ed t
o be
1.0
318.
Fin
anci
alA
ssis
tanc
e G
rant
s in
200
4-05
will
be
paid
on
the
basi
s of
the
esca
latio
n fa
ctor
that
the
Trea
sure
r will
est
imat
e in
Jun
e 20
04. T
he T
reas
urer
will
det
erm
ine
the
final
es
cala
tion
fact
or fo
r 200
4-05
in J
une
2005
.
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Budget Paper No. 3
MIRROR TAX ARRANGEMENTS
The Australian Government introduced mirror tax arrangements in 1998 to ensure the States were not financially disadvantaged by the High Court decision in Allders International Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue (Victoria), which invalidated state taxes on Commonwealth places.
These arrangements mirror certain state taxes including payroll taxes, land taxes, debits tax and stamp duties on activities in or on Commonwealth places.
The States collect these mirror taxes on behalf of the Australian Government and bear the administrative costs of collection. All mirror tax revenues are automatically credited to the Australian Government and automatically appropriated to the States at the same time. Hence, mirror taxes are recorded as both Australian Government revenue and negative revenue, with no net impact on the Budget.
Table 18 shows estimates of accrued mirror taxes from 2003-04 to 2007-08.
Table 18: Accrued mirror taxes on behalf of the States, 2003-04 to 2007-08 (estimated)
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 $m $m $m $m $m
Mirror taxes 311.8 330.9 347.7 365.3 383.5
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FISCAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STATES
Most States are expected to record small general government fiscal deficits in 2004-05, partly reflecting the expected downturn in revenue from property-related taxes,1 and higher anticipated expenses.2 However, by 2006-07, all States are forecasting an increase in their fiscal balances, with most expected to achieve small surpluses.
Most States are set to continue the trend of reducing non-financial public sector net debt as a per cent of gross state product (GSP). An increasing number of States are forecasting to be in a net financial asset position in their general government sector by 2006-07. This trend is primarily due to States implementing medium term fiscal strategies and asset sales.
STATE GENERAL GOVERNMENT SECTOR FISCAL BALANCE
The aggregate state fiscal balance for the general government sector is estimated to be -0.2 per cent of GDP, lower than in 2003-04. Only South Australia and Tasmania expect fiscal surpluses as a per cent of GSP in 2004-05 (Chart 4).
The fiscal balance measures, in accrual terms, the gap between government savings plus net capital transfers, and investment in non-financial assets. A fiscal surplus indicates that a government is lending to other sectors. A fiscal deficit indicates that a government is borrowing.
The aggregate state fiscal balance is expected to rise over the forward estimates period, reaching a small surplus in 2006-07. Looking forward, most States are expecting to achieve fiscal surpluses by 2006-07.
1 See, for example, NSW 2003-04 Half-Yearly Review, pp1, 6-7 and Victorian 2004-05 Budget Paper No.2 Strategy and Outlook , p42.
2 See, for example, NSW 2003-04 Half-Yearly Review, p9, SA 2003-04 Mid-Year Budget Review and Victorian 2004-05 Budget Paper No.2 Strategy and Outlook, p46.
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Chart 4: Individual state general government sector fiscal balance(a)(b)
-2
-1
0
1
-2
-1
0
1
Vic
Qld
WA
NSW
All States
Per cent of GSP Per cent of GDP
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
NT
SA All States
ACT
Tas
Per cent of GSP Per cent of GDP
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
(a) Accrual time series data are being reviewed by the ABS, in consultation with all Treasuries in 2004, as accrual reporting is now established in all jurisdictions. This should result in improved quality in time series data, and may result in some changes to these series.
(b) States‘ fiscal balances are expressed as a per cent of GSP (left hand axis) and the all States fiscal balance is expressed as a per cent of GDP (right hand axis).
Sources: ABS Cat. No. 5512.0, state 2003-04 mid-year reports, Victoria, WA and the ACT 2004-05 Budgets and Treasury estimates.
Trends in the aggregate fiscal balance for state/local general government, public non-financial corporations and the non-financial public sector are presented in Tables 1, 2 and 3, Statement 12, Budget Paper No. 1.
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Fiscal developments in the States
STATE GENERAL GOVERNMENT SECTOR CASH SURPLUS
In aggregate terms, the general government sector cash surplus is estimated to be 0.3 per cent of GDP in 2004-05. This compares to an estimated 0.2 per cent in 2003-04. Cash surpluses are estimated for all States, except Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory, in 2004-05 (Chart 5).
Chart 5: Individual state general government sector cash surplus(a)(b)
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
Vic
Qld
WA
NSW All States
Per cent of GSP Per cent of GDP
1996-97 1998-99 2000-01 2002-03 2004-05 2006-07
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
SA
NT
Tas ACT
All States
Per cent of GSP Per cent of GDP
1996-97 1998-99 2000-01 2002-03 2004-05 2006-07
(a) Accrual time series data are being reviewed by the ABS, in consultation with all Treasuries in 2004, as accrual reporting is now established in all jurisdictions. This should result in improved quality in time series data, and may result in some changes to these series.
(b) States‘ cash surpluses are expressed as a per cent of GSP (left hand axis) and the all States cash surplus is expressed as a per cent of GDP (right hand axis).
Sources: ABS Cat. No. 5512.0, state 2003-04 mid-year reports, Victoria, WA and the ACT 2004-05 Budgets and Treasury estimates.
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An underlying cash surplus reflects the extent to which cash is available to a government to increase financial assets or decrease liabilities (assuming no revaluations or other changes occur). An underlying cash deficit measures the extent to which a government requires cash, either by running down financial assets or by borrowing.
Over the forward estimates period, the aggregate state general government sector cash surplus is expected to remain steady at 0.3 per cent of GDP. Despite considerable variation in the States’ cash positions in recent years, from 2005-06 cash surpluses are forecast by all States (Chart 5).
Trends in the aggregate cash surplus for state/local general government, public non-financial corporations and the non-financial public sector are presented in Chart 2, Statement 12, Budget Paper No. 1.
STATE NET DEBT
In aggregate, state general government sector net debt3 is expected to be -1.2 per cent of GDP in 2004-05, relative to -1.1 per cent in 2003-04. Net debt for the aggregate state public non-financial corporations sector is estimated to be 4.6 per cent of GDP in 2003-04,4 up from 4.5 per cent in 2002-03. The public non-financial corporations sector nearly exclusively owns the stock of state non-financial public net debt.
The higher the net debt of a government, the greater the call it will impose on future revenue flows to service that debt.
Most States continue to reduce their levels of general government sector net debt (Chart 6). For example, between 1996-97 and 2006-07, South Australia and Tasmania are expected to reduce general government net debt by more than 12 percentage points of GSP. This primarily reflects the electricity privatisation process in South Australia,5
and the application of budget surpluses and proceeds of assets sales in Tasmania to paying off debt.
3 Net debt is the sum of selected financial liabilities (deposits held, advances received, government securities, loans and other borrowing) less the sum of selected financial assets (cash and deposits, advances paid, and investments, loans and placements). Net debt does not include superannuation or superannuation related liabilities.
4 Estimates for the public non-financial corporations sector and the non-financial public sector are unavailable after 2003-04 in most States. The public non-financial corporations sector comprises bodies that provide goods and services (such as electricity, gas and water) that are mainly market, non-regulatory and non-financial in nature, and are financed predominantly through sales to the consumers of these goods and services.
5 SA Budget Paper No. 3, Budget Statement 2002-03, p63.
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Fiscal developments in the States
Aggregate state general government net debt is estimated to be -1.7 per cent of GDP by 2006-07. This reflects that an increasing number of States are forecasting to be in a net financial asset position in their general government sector by 2006-07. New South Wales is expected to join Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory in recording a net financial asset position from 2004-05, with South Australia forecasting to be in a similar position by 2006-07.
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Chart 6: Individual state net debt by sector (as at end of financial year)(a)(b)
General Government Per cent of GSP Per cent of GDP Per cent of GSP Per cent of GDP
Qld
WA
Vic
All
NSW
States
1818 18 18 NT
TasSA
All States ACT
1313 13 13
88 8 8
33 3 3
-3-3 -3 -3
-8-8 -8 -8
-13 -13 -13 -13 1996-97 2001-02 2006-07 1996-97 2001-02 2006-07
Public non-financial corporations Per cent of GSP Per cent of GDP Per cent of GSP Per cent of GDP
Vic
All
Qld
WA
NSW States
20 18 20 20 20
Tas
NT SA
All
ACT
States
18
16 18 18
16 14
16 16
14 14 14 1212 12 12 1010 10 10 88 8 8
6 66 6 4 44 4 2 2
2 2 0 0
0 0 1996-97 2001-02 2006-07
1996-97 2001-02 2006-07
Non-financial public sector Per cent of GSP Per cent of GDP Per cent of GSP Per cent of GDP
Vic
WA
All
Qld
NSW
States
3535 35 35
All
SA
NT Tas
States ACT
3030 30 30
2525 25 25 2020 20 20
1515 15 15
1010 10 10
5 5 5 5 00 0 0
-5 -5 -5 -5
-10 -10 -10 -10 1996-97 2001-02 2006-07 1996-97 2001-02 2006-07
(a) Accrual time series data are being reviewed by the ABS, in consultation with all Treasuries in 2004, as accruals reporting is now established in all jurisdictions. This should result in improved quality in time series data, and may result in some changes to these series.
(b) States‘ net debt is expressed as a per cent of GSP (left hand axis) and the all States net debt is expressed as a per cent of GDP (right hand axis).
Sources: ABS Cat. No. 5512.0, state 2003-04 mid-year reports, Victoria, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory 2004-05 Budgets and Treasury estimates.
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Fiscal developments in the States
LOAN COUNCIL ARRANGEMENTS
The Australian Loan Council is a Commonwealth-State Ministerial Council that coordinates public sector borrowing. The Loan Council comprises the Australian Government Treasurer as Chairman, and State and Territory Treasurers.
Present Loan Council arrangements operate on a voluntary basis and emphasise transparency of public sector financing rather than adherence to strict borrowing limits. These arrangements are designed to enhance financial market scrutiny of public sector borrowing and facilitate informed judgments about each government’s financial performance.
The Loan Council traditionally meets annually in March to consider jurisdictions’ Loan Council Allocation nominations for the forthcoming year. As part of the agreed arrangements, the Loan Council considers these nominations, having regard to each jurisdiction’s fiscal position and the macroeconomic implications of the aggregate figure. The Loan Council Allocation is a headline measure of a government’s call on financial markets.
Outcome of March 2004 Loan Council meeting The Loan Council met on 26 March 2004 to consider Loan Council Allocation nominations for 2004-05. In aggregate, the nominations represent a surplus of $2.5 billion (Table 19). The Loan Council approved each State’s nominated Allocation.
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Tabl
e 19
: Lo
an C
ounc
il A
lloca
tion
nom
inat
ions
for 2
004-
05(a
)N
SW
V
IC
QLD
W
A
SA
TA
S
AC
T N
T C
/wlth
To
tal
$m$m
$m$m
$m$m
$m$m
$m
$m
Nom
inat
ed 2
004-
05 L
CAs
G
ener
al g
over
nmen
t sec
tor c
ash
defic
it(+)
/sur
plus
(-)
-1,4
47
12
-429
13
0 -2
11
-75
-22
0 -3
,829
-5
,871
P
NFC
sec
tor c
ash
defic
it(+)
/sur
plus
(-)
1,59
0 -1
28
727
681
-65
-75
-21
9 -1
,412
1,
306
Non
-fina
ncia
l pub
lic s
ecto
r cas
h de
ficit(
+)/s
urpl
us(-)
(b)
144
-186
29
7 81
1 -2
75
-150
-4
4 9
-5,2
41
-4,6
35
min
us
Net
cas
h flo
ws
from
inve
stm
ents
in
fina
ncia
l ass
ets
for p
olic
y pu
rpos
es(c
) -5
9 48
0
13
5 30
14
7
-968
-9
10
plus
M
emor
andu
m it
ems(
d)
724
221
138
-170
-2
00
20
-6
0 52
4 1,
251
Loan
Cou
ncil
Allo
catio
n 92
7 -1
3 43
5 62
8 -4
81
-160
-6
4 2
-3,7
49
-2,4
75
2004
-05
tole
ranc
e lim
it 1,
033
589
595
322
205
83
53
57
4,81
9 (a
) Lo
an C
ounc
il A
lloca
tion
(LC
A)
nom
inat
ions
for
200
4-05
ref
lect
cur
rent
bes
t es
timat
es o
f no
n-fin
anci
al p
ublic
sec
tor
defic
its/s
urpl
uses
. N
omin
atio
ns h
ave
been
prov
ided
on
the
basi
s of
pol
icie
s an
noun
ced
up t
o an
d in
clud
ed i
n ju
risdi
ctio
ns‘
mid
-yea
r re
ports
. N
omin
atio
ns a
re b
ased
on
prel
imin
ary
estim
ates
of
gene
ral
gove
rnm
ent
finan
ces
prov
ided
by
juris
dict
ions
for
pur
pose
s of
the
ir m
id-y
ear
repo
rts,
and
proj
ecte
d bo
ttom
lin
es f
or e
ach
juris
dict
ion‘
s pu
blic
non
-fina
ncia
l co
rpor
atio
ns s
ecto
r, w
here
act
ual
estim
ates
are
una
vaila
ble.
Eac
h ju
risdi
ctio
n w
ill pu
blis
h an
upd
ated
LC
A e
stim
ate
as p
art
of i
ts b
udge
t do
cum
enta
tion.
The
tw
o pe
r cen
t (of
non
-fina
ncia
l pub
lic s
ecto
r ca
sh r
ecei
pts
from
ope
ratin
g ac
tiviti
es in
eac
h ju
risdi
ctio
n) to
lera
nce
limits
aro
und
each
juris
dict
ion‘
s 20
04-0
5 LC
A a
re
desi
gned
, am
ongs
t oth
er th
ings
, to
acco
mm
odat
e ch
ange
s to
the
LCA
resu
lting
from
cha
nges
in p
olic
y.
(b)
The
sum
of t
he s
urpl
uses
of t
he g
ener
al g
over
nmen
t and
the
publ
ic n
on-fi
nanc
ial c
orpo
ratio
ns s
ecto
rs m
ay n
ot e
qual
the
non-
finan
cial
pub
lic s
ecto
r sur
plus
due
toin
ters
ecto
ral t
rans
fers
bei
ng n
ette
d ou
t. (c
) Th
is c
ompr
ises
net
lend
ing
by g
over
nmen
ts w
ith th
e ai
m o
f ach
ievi
ng g
over
nmen
t pol
icy,
as
wel
l as
net e
quity
sal
es a
nd n
et le
ndin
g to
oth
er s
ecto
rs o
r jur
isdi
ctio
ns.
Suc
h tra
nsac
tions
invo
lve
the
trans
fer
or e
xcha
nge
of a
fina
ncia
l ass
et a
nd a
re n
ot in
clud
ed w
ithin
the
cash
def
icit.
How
ever
, th
e ca
sh fl
ow f
rom
inve
stm
ents
in
finan
cial
ass
ets
for p
olic
y pu
rpos
es h
as im
plic
atio
ns fo
r gov
ernm
ents
‘ cal
l on
finan
cial
mar
kets
. (d
) M
emor
andu
m it
ems
are
used
to a
djus
t the
non
-fina
ncia
l pub
lic s
ecto
r def
icit/
surp
lus
to in
clud
e in
LC
As c
erta
in tr
ansa
ctio
ns –
suc
h as
ope
ratin
g le
ases
– th
at h
ave
man
y of
the
cha
ract
eris
tics
of p
ublic
sec
tor
borr
owin
gs b
ut d
o no
t co
nstit
ute
form
al b
orro
win
gs.
They
are
als
o us
ed,
whe
re a
ppro
pria
te,
to d
educ
t fro
m t
heno
n-fin
anci
al p
ublic
sec
tor d
efic
it/su
rplu
s ce
rtain
tran
sact
ions
that
Loa
n C
ounc
il ha
s ag
reed
sho
uld
not b
e in
clud
ed in
LC
As
– fo
r exa
mpl
e, th
e fu
ndin
g of
mor
e th
anem
ploy
ers‘
em
ergi
ng c
osts
und
er p
ublic
sec
tor
supe
rann
uatio
n sc
hem
es,
or b
orro
win
gs b
y en
titie
s su
ch a
s st
atut
ory
mar
ketin
g au
thor
ities
. W
here
rel
evan
t,m
emor
andu
m it
ems
incl
ude
an a
mou
nt fo
r gro
ss n
ew b
orro
win
gs o
f gov
ernm
ent h
ome
finan
ce s
chem
es.
Not
e: G
over
nmen
ts‘ c
ontin
gent
exp
osur
es u
nder
infra
stru
ctur
e pr
ojec
ts w
ith p
rivat
e se
ctor
invo
lvem
ent a
re id
entif
ied
in th
e Lo
an C
ounc
il re
port,
rath
er th
an in
clud
ed a
s co
mpo
nent
s of
LC
As.
The
se e
xpos
ures
, whi
ch a
re m
easu
red
as g
over
nmen
ts‘ c
ontra
ctua
l lia
bilit
ies
in th
e ev
ent o
f ter
min
atio
n of
pro
ject
s, a
re u
nlik
ely
to b
e re
alis
ed
and
are
thus
mat
eria
lly d
iffer
ent f
rom
act
ual b
orro
win
gs u
nder
take
n to
fina
nce
the
publ
ic s
ecto
r de
ficit.
A g
over
nmen
t‘s o
utla
ys u
nder
thes
e pr
ojec
ts, s
uch
as e
quity
co
ntrib
utio
ns a
nd o
ngoi
ng c
omm
erci
al p
aym
ents
to th
e pr
ivat
e se
ctor
, con
tinue
to b
e in
clud
ed in
ann
ual t
otal
pub
lic s
ecto
r def
icits
, and
hen
ce th
e LC
A.
Budget Paper No. 3
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Appendix A: GST Revenue Measures
APPENDIX A: GST REVENUE MEASURES
Barter trade exchange schemes Revenue ($m)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Australian Taxation Office -2.0 -2.0 -2.0
It is proposed that the supply of an interest in, or under, a barter trade exchange scheme not be treated as an input taxed financial supply for GST purposes. The measure will have effect from the date of gazettal of the regulations.
The change will ensure barter trade exchange schemes are not treated as managed investment schemes for GST purposes.
The measure is subject to the unanimous agreement of State and Territory governments.
Changes to Australia's duty free concessions Revenue ($m)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Australian Taxation Office -17.0 -17.0 -17.0
It is proposed to make changes to the duty free concessions available to passengers and Australian-domiciled crew members. The changes will have effect from the date of commencement of the Customs by-laws.
These changes will simplify Customs processes and streamline passenger and crew processing. The changes include:
• an increase in the general concession from $400 to $900 for adult travellers and from $200 to $450 for minors;
• an increase in the alcoholic beverages concession from 1.125 litres to 2.25 litres;
• the carriage of one carton (being the current concession) and one opened packet (maximum 25 sticks) of cigarettes without the requirement for duty collection within the tobacco concession; and
• the adoption of the same concession regime for crew members as for passengers, but with a general concession amount of $450.
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Budget Paper No. 3
The current $50 waiver provision for all passengers will be replaced with a requirement that GST and/or duty be payable on the full value of goods within any category where the concession limit for that category is exceeded.
The measure is subject to the unanimous agreement of State and Territory governments.
Further information can be found in the joint press release of 18 September 2003 issued by the Minister for Justice and Customs and the Minister for Small Business and Tourism.
Compulsory third party insurance transactions Revenue ($m)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Australian Taxation Office * * * *
After having obtained the unanimous agreement of the States and the Australian Government, several corrections to the GST insurance provisions have been made to ensure that they operate as intended in relation to transactions undertaken by operators of motor vehicle compulsory third party schemes, with effect from 1 July 2000.
Extension of the GST-free car concessions for injured veterans Revenue ($m)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Australian Taxation Office .. .. .. ..
It is proposed to extend the GST-free motor vehicle concession to include a new category of severely injured veterans under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Scheme. The measure will have effect from the date of Royal Assent of the enabling legislation.
Currently, only veterans who have lost (or effectively lost) a leg or both arms, or who are in receipt of a Totally and Permanently Incapacitated pension under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, are eligible for a GST-free car.
The measure is subject to the unanimous agreement of State and Territory governments.
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Appendix A: GST Revenue Measures
GST-free Ibuprofen Revenue ($m)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Australian Taxation Office - - - -
After having obtained the unanimous agreement of all the States and the Australian Government, the supply of 200 mg or less of Ibuprofen in packs of up to 25 tablets became GST-free from 1 April 2004.
The measure ensures that the GST treatment of small quantities of Ibuprofen is consistent with Ibuprofen supplied in larger quantities and with the treatment of aspirin and paracetamol supplied in supermarkets and other retailers.
Income tax consolidation – interaction with the GST Revenue ($m)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Australian Taxation Office - - - -
After having obtained the unanimous agreement of all the States and the Australian Government, certain transactions undertaken by businesses as a result of the operation of the consolidation regime will not be taxable supplies, with effect from 1 July 2002.
Specifically, transactions will not be taxable supplies for GST purposes if they are made as a result of:
• the statutory operation of the consolidation provisions;
• entering into a tax sharing agreement;
• leaving a consolidated group clear of group liability; or
• entering into a tax funding agreement.
The measure will reduce compliance costs and will ensure that businesses will receive the same GST treatment under the consolidation regime as they received in a pre-consolidation environment.
Further information can be found in the press release of 27 June 2002 issued by the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer.
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Budget Paper No. 3
Long-term non-reviewable contracts Revenue ($m)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Australian Taxation Office - * * *
It is proposed that suppliers with long-term non-reviewable contracts will be allowed to recover the net impact of the GST from the recipient of their supplies, with effect from 1 July 2005.
Currently, the GST transitional rules allow pre-existing contracts that do not have a review opportunity to remain GST-free until 1 July 2005. When this transitional period ends, suppliers with these contracts would have incurred a GST liability with no recourse under the contract to recover this GST from their recipients.
The measure is subject to the unanimous agreement of State and Territory governments.
Further information can be found in the press release of 21 November 2003 issued by the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer.
Payments out of the National Guarantee Fund Revenue ($m)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Australian Taxation Office - - - -
After having obtained the unanimous agreement of all the States and the Australian Government, no GST consequences will arise from a payment from the National Guarantee Fund (NGF) to a prescribed body that undertakes clearing and settlement facility support. The measure is part of arrangements to restructure the investor protection and clearing support roles of the NGF. It applies to payments made on or after 4 December 2003.
The Corporations Act 2001 provides a mechanism for the Minister to direct a payment out of the NGF to a newly created fund responsible for clearing and settlement facility support operations. The NGF will then only remain responsible for funding investor protection operations.
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Appendix A: GST Revenue Measures
Small business – annual payment and lodgement Revenue ($m)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Australian Taxation Office -330.0 -16.4 -17.2 -18.2
It is proposed to allow eligible taxpayers that are voluntarily registered for the GST to pay and report GST annually, with effect from the 2004-05 income year.
Currently, businesses with annual turnover less than $50,000 and non-profit organisations with annual turnover less than $100,000 can voluntarily register for the GST. Registered taxpayers are required to pay GST either monthly or quarterly. The measure will ease compliance requirements for up to 740,000 small businesses and up to 30,000 non-profit organisations.
The measure is subject to the unanimous agreement of State and Territory governments.
See also the related expense measure titled Small business annual payment and lodgement of GST - compensating the States for revenue forgone in Budget Paper No. 2.
Small business – annual private apportionment Revenue ($m)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Australian Taxation Office * * * *
It is proposed to allow small businesses with an annual turnover of $2 million or less to apply private use apportionment for GST purposes on an annual basis. The measure will have effect from the 2004-05 income year.
Currently, businesses can claim input tax credits relating to eligible business expenses when they lodge their Business Activity Statement (BAS), which may be monthly or quarterly. Where expenses are partly for private use, only the proportion of credits relating to business use can be claimed.
The measure will allow eligible taxpayers to claim the entire amount of input tax credits when lodging their monthly or quarterly BAS, without apportioning for private use. Adjustments for private use will be made on an annual basis.
The measure will reduce the compliance requirements for many small businesses that use assets for private purposes, including those that operate from home or use a motor vehicle. The design and implementation will be developed in consultation with small business representatives.
The measure is subject to the unanimous agreement of State and Territory governments.
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Budget Paper No. 3
Treatment of first aid and life saving courses Revenue ($m)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Australian Taxation Office -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0
After having obtained the unanimous agreement of all the States and the Australian Government, supplies of eligible life saving courses are GST-free where the supplier uses an instructor that holds a specified training qualification, with effect from 1 July 2000.
In addition, the Government has removed the restriction that only an entity that is a ‘body’ may treat the supply of an eligible first aid or life saving course as GST-free.
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APPENDIX B: SPECIFIC PURPOSE PAYMENTS
This appendix provides information on Australian Government Specific Purpose Payments (SPPs) to and through the States and direct to local government. This includes SPPs for current and capital purposes, together with details of Australian Government advances (loans) to the States, including new advances, interest on advances, and repayments by the States. Most of these advances were funded from borrowings made on behalf of the States under previous Australian Loan Council arrangements.
Data in this appendix have been prepared on an accrual basis. The tables report payments made by the Australian Government general government sector.
Table B1 presents SPPs on a functional basis for the period 2003-04 to 2007-08. Payments are aggregated according to like objectives and purposes. Payments are further divided into those paid to the States and those paid through the States to be passed on to local government and others. Payments through the States are indicated in the table with an (*) and separate totals for payments to the States and payments through the States are presented in the summary at the end of the table.
Tables B2 and B3 present estimates of the state-by-state distributions of the SPPs listed in Table B1, for the years 2003-04 and 2004-05 respectively. Again, payments through the States are indicated with an (*) and separate totals for payments to the States and payments through the States are presented in the summary at the end of the table.
As in previous years, distribution of some payments depends on state governments participating in particular programmes or approving particular projects. For a few programmes, final decisions on the distribution of payments among the States have still to be taken by the Australian Government; for others, the final distribution for 2004-05 will not be settled until further data becomes available. In most cases, provisional or notional estimates of the distribution are included. This does not commit the Australian Government to a particular project or indicate that a State has agreed to participate in the programme.
Tables B4, B5 and B6 present estimates of Australian Government SPPs direct to local government authorities. Table B4 presents estimates on a functional basis for the period 2003-04 to 2007-08. Tables B5 and B6 present estimates of state-by-state distributions of payments direct to local government for 2003-04 and 2004-05.
Aged care services purchased by the Australian Government from local government agencies were reported as current and capital payments direct to local government in Tables B4, B5 and B6 in 2003-04 and previous years. Following a review of the nature of these payments, they are no longer classified as SPPs and, from 2004-05, are reported as Australian Government own purpose expenses (see Budget Paper No 1, Budget Strategy and Outlook 2004-05, Statement 6, Social Security and Welfare function, Assistance to the Aged sub-function). This reclassification does not represent a reduction in Australian Government assistance to local government.
41
42
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
Publ
ic O
rder
and
Saf
ety
Lega
l aid
74
,444
82
,745
82
,488
84
,064
86
,538
Fu
ndin
g is
pro
vide
d to
sta
te a
nd te
rrito
ries'
lega
l aid
com
mis
sion
s fo
r the
pro
visi
on o
f leg
alas
sist
ance
in A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent m
atte
rs.
Film
and
lite
ratu
re c
lass
ifica
tions
76
6 73
5 76
6 79
5 82
7 P
aym
ent t
o st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s fo
r par
ticip
atio
n in
the
Coo
pera
tive
Nat
iona
l Cen
sors
hip
Sch
eme
as p
er th
e in
ter-
gove
rnm
enta
l agr
eem
ent s
igne
d on
28
Nov
embe
r 199
5.C
lass
ifica
tion
deci
sion
s ar
e m
ade
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith th
e C
lass
ifica
tion
(Pub
licat
ions
,Fi
lms
and
Com
pute
r Gam
es) A
ct 1
995
and
the
Nat
iona
l Cla
ssifi
catio
ns C
ode.
Com
plem
enta
ry e
nfor
cem
ent a
rran
gem
ents
are
in p
lace
with
all
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries.
Gun
Buy
back
Sch
eme
78,8
52
10,5
60
0 0
0 P
rovi
des
for f
inan
cial
ass
ista
nce
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith th
e H
and g
un B
uyba
ck A
ct 2
003
to
com
pens
ate
elig
ible
per
sons
for t
he s
urre
nder
of h
andg
uns,
par
ts a
nd a
cces
sorie
sdu
ring
the
buyb
ack
perio
d an
d fo
r mon
ey e
xpen
ded
in d
irect
con
nect
ion
with
the
adm
inis
tratio
n of
the
hand
guns
buy
back
and
aw
aren
ess
rais
ing
of th
e C
ounc
il of
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t ref
orm
s.Pu
blic
Ord
er a
nd S
afet
y - t
otal
15
4,06
2 94
,040
83
,254
84
,859
87
,365
Ed
ucat
ion
Gov
ernm
ent s
choo
ls
1,56
1,43
9 1,
646,
502
1,74
8,65
9 1,
857,
336
1,96
7,41
3 P
rovi
des
supp
lem
enta
ry a
ssis
tanc
e to
sta
te a
nd te
rrito
ry e
duca
tion
auth
oriti
es th
roug
hpe
r cap
ita g
ener
al re
curr
ent g
rant
s w
hich
can
be
appl
ied
to s
taff
sala
ries,
teac
her
prof
essi
onal
dev
elop
men
t, cu
rric
ulum
dev
elop
men
t and
mai
nten
ance
and
gen
eral
o per
atio
nal p
rovi
sion
s.
* Non
- gov
ernm
ent s
choo
ls
4,10
9,83
3 4,
490,
212
4,84
8,49
2 5,
215,
494
5,59
8,96
5 P
rovi
des
supp
lem
enta
ry a
ssis
tanc
e to
non
-gov
ernm
ent s
choo
ls a
nd s
yste
ms
thro
ugh
per c
apita
gen
eral
recu
rren
t gra
nts
whi
ch c
an b
e ap
plie
d to
sta
ff sa
larie
s, te
ache
rpr
ofes
sion
al d
evel
opm
ent,
curr
icul
um d
evel
opm
ent a
nd m
aint
enan
ce a
nd g
ener
alop
erat
iona
l pro
visi
ons.
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
43
Educ
atio
n (c
ontin
ued)
Voca
tiona
l Edu
catio
n an
d Tr
aini
ng F
undi
ng A
ct(a
)Fu
nds
prov
ided
und
er th
is A
ct a
re u
sed
to p
rom
ote
a na
tiona
lly id
entif
iabl
e an
d co
nsis
tent
voca
tiona
l edu
catio
n an
d tra
inin
g sy
stem
.Ta
rget
ed p
rogr
amm
es -
gove
rnm
ent s
choo
ls a
nd jo
int
Pro
vide
s as
sist
ance
for t
he im
prov
emen
t of l
itera
cy, n
umer
acy
and
educ
atio
n ou
tcom
es fo
red
ucat
iona
lly d
isad
vant
aged
stu
dent
s; to
pro
mot
e th
e st
udy
of o
ther
lang
uage
s; a
nd to
ass
ist i
nth
e tra
nsiti
on fr
om s
choo
l to
wor
k.* T
arge
ted
prog
ram
mes
- no
n-go
vern
men
t sch
ools
Pro
vide
s as
sist
ance
for t
he im
prov
emen
t of l
itera
cy, n
umer
acy
and
educ
atio
n ou
tcom
es fo
red
ucat
iona
lly d
isad
vant
aged
stu
dent
s; t
o pr
omot
e th
e st
udy
of o
ther
lang
uage
s; a
nd to
ass
ist
in th
e tra
nsiti
on fr
om s
choo
l to
wor
k.In
dige
nous
Edu
catio
n St
rate
gic
Initi
ativ
es P
rogr
amm
e - g
over
nmen
t(b)
Pro
vide
s su
pple
men
tary
recu
rren
t fun
ding
to e
duca
tion
prov
ider
s in
the
pres
choo
l, sc
hool
and
voca
tiona
l edu
catio
n an
d tra
inin
g se
ctor
s, a
s w
ell a
s pr
ojec
t bas
ed fu
ndin
g ai
med
at i
mpr
ovin
gIn
dige
nous
edu
catio
n ou
tcom
es.
* Ind
igen
ous
Educ
atio
n St
rate
gic
Initi
ativ
es P
rogr
amm
e - n
on-g
over
nmen
t(c)
Pro
vide
s su
pple
men
tary
recu
rren
t fun
ding
to e
duca
tion
prov
ider
s in
the
pres
choo
l, sc
hool
and
voca
tiona
l edu
catio
n an
d tra
inin
g se
ctor
s, a
s w
ell a
s pr
ojec
t bas
ed fu
ndin
g ai
med
at i
mpr
ovin
gIn
dige
nous
edu
catio
n ou
tcom
es.
1,08
5,73
3 1,
101,
188
350,
045
371,
292
174,
873
190,
488
93,8
36
96,1
82
50,5
27
0
1,12
3,78
1
388,
470
199,
484
97,4
24 0
1,16
1,55
7
408,
886
210,
145
98,9
12 0
1,21
1,35
2
431,
237
221,
404
100,
543
Educ
atio
n - t
otal
7,
426,
286
7,89
5,86
4 8,
406,
310
8,95
2,33
0 9,
530,
914
Hea
lthH
epat
itis
C S
ettle
men
t Fun
dTh
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent's
Hep
atiti
s C
Set
tlem
ent F
und
is d
esig
ned
to p
rovi
de fi
nanc
ial
assi
stan
ce to
thos
e w
ho h
ave
been
infe
cted
with
Hep
atiti
s C
via
blo
od tr
ansf
usio
n.H
ealth
Pro
gram
me
Gra
nts
Hea
lth P
rogr
amm
e G
rant
s pr
ovid
e al
tern
ativ
e fu
ndin
g to
Med
icar
e be
nefit
s, w
ith th
e ai
m o
fim
prov
ing
acce
ss to
app
rove
d he
alth
ser
vice
s an
d/or
whe
re fe
e fo
r ser
vice
is in
appr
opria
te, b
yre
imbu
rsin
g se
rvic
e co
sts
to s
tate
and
terr
itory
gov
ernm
ents
.
3,00
0 0
0 0
2,77
3 2,
849
1,82
2 1,
839
1,86
3 0 0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
44
Hea
lth (c
ontin
ued)
Hea
lth C
are
Gra
nts(
d)G
rant
s to
the
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
unde
r the
Aus
tralia
n H
ealth
Car
e A
gree
men
ts to
assi
st w
ith th
e pr
ovis
ion
of p
ublic
hos
pita
l ser
vice
s fre
e of
cha
rge
to e
ligib
le p
erso
ns.
Hig
hly
spec
ialis
ed d
rugs
Pro
vide
s ac
cess
to c
erta
in d
rugs
und
er th
e P
harm
aceu
tical
Ben
efits
Sch
eme
whi
ch,
beca
use
of s
peci
al n
eed
in c
linic
al a
dmin
istra
tion
or m
onito
ring,
can
not s
afel
y be
pro
vide
dth
roug
h co
mm
unity
pha
rmac
y an
d m
ust b
e su
pplie
d th
roug
h ho
spita
ls to
out
patie
nts
Yout
h he
alth
ser
vice
sFu
ndin
g is
pro
vide
d on
a m
atch
ed b
asis
to d
evel
op a
nd im
plem
ent i
nnov
ativ
e pr
imar
yhe
alth
car
e se
rvic
es fo
r hom
eles
s an
d at
risk
you
th.
Nat
iona
l pub
lic h
ealth
Pay
men
ts to
the
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries,
und
er b
road
band
ed a
nd o
ther
arr
ange
men
ts fo
rpu
blic
hea
lth, f
or s
ubsi
dies
for h
ealth
pro
mot
ion
and
dise
ase
prev
entio
n (c
over
ing
area
ssu
ch a
s w
omen
‘s h
ealth
, AID
S c
ontro
l, dr
ug s
trate
gies
and
can
cer s
cree
ning
).Es
sent
ial v
acci
nes
Fund
s fo
r ess
entia
l vac
cine
s fo
r im
mun
isat
ion
unde
r the
Pub
lic H
ealth
Out
com
e Fu
ndin
gA
gree
men
ts u
ntil
30 J
une
2004
and
for s
elec
ted
new
vac
cine
s re
com
men
ded
by th
eN
atio
nal H
ealth
and
Med
ical
Res
earc
h C
ounc
il fo
r inc
lusi
on in
the
Sta
ndar
d V
acci
natio
nS
ched
ule.
Fro
m 1
Jul
y 20
04 E
ssen
tial V
acci
nes
will
be
cove
red
unde
r sep
arat
e
agre
emen
ts.
R
epat
riatio
n ge
nera
l hos
pita
lsTo
pro
vide
fund
s fo
r pay
men
ts o
f a n
on-tr
eatm
ent n
atur
e (e
g st
aff t
rans
fer c
osts
suc
has
acc
rued
leav
e cr
edits
, inc
ome
mai
nten
ance
, sup
eran
nuat
ion
diffe
rent
ial e
tc) t
o st
ate
and
terr
itory
gov
ernm
ents
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith a
gree
men
ts re
ache
d on
inte
grat
ion
ofre
patri
atio
n ge
nera
l hos
pita
ls.
7,50
4,45
0 7,
904,
893
398,
612
429,
338
2,36
9 2,
418
178,
825
210,
006
148,
449
155,
105
6,82
6 6,
804
8,29
7,71
6
456,
884
2,46
4
208,
136
101,
071
6,77
7
8,71
2,10
2
489,
320
2,50
0
215,
029
103,
073
6,75
8
9,15
4,78
9
519,
666
2,55
0
219,
327
107,
650
6,89
9
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
45
Hea
lth (c
ontin
ued)
Ass
ista
nce
for B
ali v
ictim
sTh
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent i
s pr
ovid
ing
one-
off a
ssis
tanc
e to
mos
t sta
te a
nd te
rrito
rygo
vern
men
ts fo
r the
pub
lic h
ospi
tal c
osts
incu
rred
in th
e in
itial
trea
tmen
t of v
ictim
s of
the
bom
bing
in B
ali o
n 12
Oct
ober
200
2. T
his
assi
stan
ce w
ill b
e pa
id in
200
3-04
.H
ealth
- to
tal
Soci
al S
ecur
ity a
nd W
elfa
reA
ged
care
ass
essm
ent
Fund
s ar
e pr
ovid
ed to
ena
ble
aged
car
e as
sess
men
t tea
ms
to c
ondu
ct h
olis
tic as
sess
men
ts o
f fra
il ag
ed c
lient
s an
d re
fer t
hem
to a
ppro
pria
te re
side
ntia
l or
com
mun
ity c
are
serv
ices
.
Hom
e an
d co
mm
unity
car
e(e)
Fund
s ar
e pr
ovid
ed o
n a
mat
ched
bas
is fo
r the
pro
visi
on o
f app
ropr
iate
com
mun
ity c
are
serv
ices
to h
elp
frail
aged
peo
ple
and
peop
le w
ith a
dis
abili
ty li
ve in
depe
nden
tly in
thei
rho
mes
as
long
as
poss
ible
.D
isab
ilitie
s se
rvic
esU
nder
the
term
s of
the
Com
mon
wea
lth S
tate
and
Ter
ritor
y D
isab
ility
Agr
eem
ents
, the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t pro
vide
s fu
nds
to s
tate
s an
d te
rrito
ries
to a
ssis
t in
the
prov
isio
n of
acco
mm
odat
ion
supp
ort a
nd o
ther
ser
vice
s fo
r peo
ple
with
dis
abili
ties.
Chi
ldre
n‘s
serv
ices
Fund
s ar
e pr
ovid
ed to
ens
ure
acce
ss to
affo
rdab
le q
ualit
y ch
ild c
are
in p
rogr
amm
esad
min
iste
red
by s
tate
and
terr
itory
gov
ernm
ents
on
beha
lf of
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t.Su
ppor
ted
Acc
omm
odat
ion
Ass
ista
nce
This
is a
join
tly fu
nded
Aus
tralia
n-S
tate
Gov
ernm
ent p
rogr
amm
e to
ass
ist p
eopl
e w
ho a
reho
mel
ess
and
in c
risis
. U
nder
the
Aus
tralia
n-S
tate
Gov
ernm
ent a
gree
men
ts, r
ecur
rent
annu
al fu
ndin
g is
pro
vide
d un
der t
he S
uppo
rted
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omm
odat
ion
Ass
ista
nce
Act
199
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4,84
9 0
0 0
8,25
0,15
3 8,
711,
413
9,07
4,87
0 9,
530,
621
10,0
12,7
44
48,2
59
52,9
30
732,
388
791,
858
558,
967
570,
185
10,4
25
11,0
11
171,
260
174,
688
55,1
80
855,
316
596,
493
11,2
03
178,
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58,4
43
924,
770
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405
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02
181,
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42
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9
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479
11,6
14
185,
009 0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
46
Soci
al S
ecur
ity a
nd W
elfa
re (c
ontin
ued)
Una
ccom
pani
ed h
uman
itaria
n m
inor
sTo
ass
ist h
uman
itaria
n m
inor
s w
ithou
t par
ents
in A
ustra
lia a
nd th
e fa
mili
es p
rovi
ding
thei
rca
re th
roug
h ea
rly in
terv
entio
n, c
ouns
ellin
g an
d as
sist
ance
by
stat
e an
d te
rrito
ryw
elfa
re a
genc
ies.
Exte
nsio
n of
frin
ge b
enef
itsTh
is fu
ndin
g co
mpe
nsat
es th
e st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s fo
r the
ext
ra c
osts
resu
lting
from
the
liber
alis
atio
n of
acc
ess
to th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent's
Pen
sion
er C
once
ssio
n C
ard
in19
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n re
turn
the
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
agre
e to
pro
vide
a c
ore
grou
p of
con
cess
ions
toal
l car
dhol
ders
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ativ
e Ti
tleFo
r exp
endi
ture
und
er p
art 9
of t
he N
ativ
e Ti
tle A
ct 1
993
. Fu
ndin
g is
to a
ssis
t sta
tes
and
terr
itorie
s im
plem
ent a
con
sist
ent f
ram
ewor
k fo
r dea
ling
with
nat
ive
title
issu
es a
ndm
eetin
g na
tive
title
com
pens
atio
n co
sts.
Con
cess
ions
for C
omm
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Sen
iors
Hea
lth C
ard
(CSH
C) h
olde
rs(f)
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pro
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me
prov
ides
ass
ista
nce
with
the
cost
to s
tate
and
terr
itory
gov
ernm
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of
exte
ndin
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nsio
ner c
once
ssio
ns to
CS
HC
hol
ders
. The
con
cess
ions
for w
hich
this
paym
ent i
s m
ade
are
elec
trici
ty, c
ounc
il ra
tes,
wat
er a
nd s
ewer
age,
and
mot
orve
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gist
ratio
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ate
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d re
cipr
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tran
spor
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cess
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(f)Th
is in
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aim
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reem
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rovi
de fu
ndin
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sta
tes
and
terr
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litat
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city
of t
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port
conc
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tate
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nabl
e S
tate
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d ho
lder
s to
acc
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conc
essi
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tran
spor
t far
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hile
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tate
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fare
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tal
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140
184,
997
190,
693
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00
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00
45,2
54
78,9
74
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2,19
1
196,
989
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00
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13
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0
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7
200,
732
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83,7
13
6,10
0
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9
204,
745
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00
83,7
13
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0
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9,63
7 1,
889,
279
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202
2,17
9,89
0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
47
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
Ass
ista
nce
for w
ater
and
sew
erag
eTo
com
pens
ate
the
AC
T G
over
nmen
t for
add
ition
al c
osts
resu
lting
from
the
natio
nal c
apita
lpl
anni
ng in
fluen
ces
on th
e pr
ovis
ion
of w
ater
and
sew
erag
e se
rvic
es.
The
leve
l of f
undi
ng is
base
d up
on th
e fin
ding
s of
the
Com
mon
wea
lth G
rant
s C
omm
issi
on in
its
seco
nd a
nd th
irdre
ports
on
finan
cing
in th
e A
CT.
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ural
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itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tral
ia -
Bus
hcar
e(g)
To c
onse
rve
and
rest
ore
habi
tat f
or A
ustra
lia's
uni
que
nativ
e flo
ra a
nd fa
una
that
und
erpi
n th
ehe
alth
of o
ur la
ndsc
apes
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atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustr
alia
- C
oast
care
(g)
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rote
ct o
ur c
oast
al c
atch
men
ts, e
cosy
stem
s an
d th
e m
arin
e en
viro
nmen
t.N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustr
alia
- La
ndca
re(g
)To
reve
rse
land
deg
rada
tion
and
prom
ote
sust
aina
ble
agric
ultu
re.
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tral
ia -
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erca
re(g
)To
impr
ove
wat
er q
ualit
y an
d en
viro
nmen
tal c
ondi
tions
in o
ur ri
ver s
yste
ms
and
wet
land
s.H
ousi
ng a
nd C
omm
unity
Am
eniti
es -
tota
lR
ecre
atio
n an
d C
ultu
reM
elbo
urne
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omm
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esP
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ent t
o th
e V
IC g
over
nmen
t as
a co
ntrib
utio
n to
the
cost
s of
sta
ging
the
Mel
bour
ne 2
006
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mon
wea
lth G
ames
.N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustr
alia
- B
ushc
are(
g)To
con
serv
e an
d re
stor
e ha
bita
t for
Aus
tralia
's u
niqu
e na
tive
flora
and
faun
a th
at u
nder
pin
the
heal
th o
f our
land
scap
es.
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tral
ia -
Coa
stca
re(g
)To
pro
tect
our
coa
stal
cat
chm
ents
, eco
syst
ems
and
the
mar
ine
envi
ronm
ent.
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tral
ia -
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care
(g)
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vers
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nd d
egra
datio
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d pr
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stai
nabl
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ricul
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9,22
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6,82
2 14
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15
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2,60
7 5,
591
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6
5,21
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5,41
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28,9
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65
54,9
74
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587
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0
0
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0
1,29
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541
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0
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5,40
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0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
48
Rec
reat
ion
and
Cul
ture
(con
tinue
d)N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustr
alia
- R
iver
care
(g)
To im
prov
e w
ater
qua
lity
and
envi
ronm
enta
l con
ditio
ns in
our
rive
r sys
tem
s an
d w
etla
nds.
Rec
reat
ion
and
Cul
ture
- to
tal
Fuel
and
Ene
rgy
Snow
y H
ydro
Ltd
- co
mpa
ny ta
x co
mpe
nsat
ion
Com
pens
ate
VIC
and
NS
W fo
r com
pany
tax
paym
ents
mad
e by
Sno
wy
Hyd
ro L
td.
Fuel
and
Ene
rgy
- tot
alA
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
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ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tral
ia -
Bus
hcar
e(g)
To c
onse
rve
and
rest
ore
habi
tat f
or A
ustra
lia's
uni
que
nativ
e flo
ra a
nd fa
una
that
und
erpi
n th
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alth
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ur la
ndsc
apes
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atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustr
alia
- C
oast
care
(g)
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rote
ct o
ur c
oast
al c
atch
men
ts, e
cosy
stem
s an
d th
e m
arin
e en
viro
nmen
t.N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustr
alia
- La
ndca
re(g
)To
reve
rse
land
deg
rada
tion
and
prom
ote
sust
aina
ble
agric
ultu
re.
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tral
ia -
Riv
erca
re(g
)To
impr
ove
wat
er q
ualit
y an
d en
viro
nmen
tal c
ondi
tions
in o
ur ri
ver s
yste
ms
and
wet
land
s.Ta
sman
ian
Whe
at F
reig
ht S
hipp
ing
The
Tasm
ania
n W
heat
Fre
ight
Sch
eme
aim
s to
ass
ist t
he c
erea
l pro
cess
ing
and
rela
ted
baki
ng, i
nten
sive
ani
mal
, fee
dlot
and
aqu
acul
ture
indu
strie
s in
Tas
man
ia.
Exot
ic D
isea
se P
repa
redn
ess
The
Wild
life
and
Exo
tic D
isea
ses
Pre
pare
dnes
s P
rogr
amm
e su
ppor
ts in
vest
igat
ions
into
the
role
of w
ildlif
e sp
ecie
s in
the
mai
nten
ance
and
spr
ead
of e
mer
ging
ani
mal
dis
ease
s an
din
curs
ions
of m
ajor
exo
tic d
isea
ses
of a
nim
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3 5,
280
5,61
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49,9
33
19,5
52
83,6
96
0
35,3
39
27,8
40
38,0
98
43,1
67
45,2
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39
27,8
40
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67
45,2
37
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8,52
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11,2
61
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01
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2
24,5
11
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2
18,7
43
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372
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379
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387 0 0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
49
Agr
icul
ture
, For
estr
y an
d Fi
shin
g (c
ontin
ued)
Exce
ptio
nal c
ircum
stan
ces
assi
stan
ceTo
pro
vide
sup
port
to e
ligib
le fa
rm b
usin
ess
ente
rpris
es w
here
inco
mes
hav
e be
en a
dver
sely
affe
cted
by
exce
ptio
nal c
ircum
stan
ces
such
as
extre
me
drou
ght a
nd to
sup
port
the
adm
inis
trativ
e co
sts
of s
tate
and
terr
itory
rura
l ass
ista
nce
auth
oriti
es fo
r the
issu
ing
ofex
cept
iona
l circ
umst
ance
cer
tific
ates
and
the
deliv
ery
of e
xcep
tiona
l circ
umst
ance
inte
rest
rate
subs
idie
s.N
atio
nal L
andc
are
Prog
ram
me
(NLP
)Th
e N
LP a
ims
to a
chie
ve e
ffici
ent,
sust
aina
ble
and
equi
tabl
e m
anag
emen
t of n
atur
al re
sour
ces
in A
ustra
lia.
Cur
rent
pay
men
ts m
ainl
y as
sist
com
mun
ity la
ndca
re g
roup
act
iviti
es a
nd p
roje
cts
whi
ch s
uppo
rt co
mm
unity
land
care
, alth
ough
som
e st
ate
and
terr
itory
age
ncy
proj
ects
are
als
osu
ppor
ted.
Thi
s fu
ndin
g is
man
aged
in c
onju
nctio
n w
ith N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
allo
catio
ns to
the
NLP
.R
egio
nal A
ssis
tanc
eTo
pro
vide
sup
port
to fa
rm b
usin
ess
ente
rpris
es to
impr
ove
farm
pro
duct
ivity
, pro
fitab
ility
and
sust
aina
bilit
y.G
reat
Art
esia
n B
asin
Sus
tain
abili
ty In
itiat
ive
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t con
tribu
tion
to a
ssis
t with
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
Gre
at A
rtesi
anB
asin
Man
agem
ent P
lan.
Gra
nts
will
be
mad
e to
som
e st
ates
to a
ssis
t bor
e re
habi
litat
ion.
Sup
plem
enta
ry in
cent
ives
will
als
o be
mad
e av
aila
ble
for t
he re
plac
emen
t of o
pen
drai
ns w
ithpi
ping
.Fo
rest
Indu
stry
Str
uctu
ral A
djus
tmen
t Pac
kage
The
Fore
st In
dust
ry S
truct
ural
Adj
ustm
ent P
acka
ge is
an
indu
stry
dev
elop
men
t pr
ogra
mm
e to
ass
ist t
he n
ativ
e fo
rest
tim
ber i
ndus
try to
bec
ome
mor
e ef
ficie
nt,
sust
aina
ble
and
inte
rnat
iona
lly c
ompe
titiv
e. It
als
o pr
ovid
es s
truct
ural
adj
ustm
ent
assi
stan
ce to
elig
ible
fore
st in
dust
ry w
orke
rs a
nd b
usin
esse
s w
ho h
ave
been
adv
erse
ly af
fect
ed b
y th
e R
egio
nal F
ores
t Agr
eem
ent p
roce
ss.
142,
028
248,
219
19,3
21
0 0
27,9
44
29,0
91
29,9
41
29,7
78
29,7
78
4,73
3 0
0 0
0
512
7,70
0 7,
897
7,93
0 8,
097
21,7
29
6,75
7 0
0 0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
50
Agr
icul
ture
, For
estr
y an
d Fi
shin
g (c
ontin
ued)
Skill
ing
farm
ers
for t
he fu
ture
A p
rogr
amm
e to
inte
grat
e an
d en
hanc
e th
e ex
istin
g su
cces
sful
Far
mB
is a
nd P
rope
rtyM
anag
emen
t Pla
nnin
g P
rogr
amm
es a
nd in
corp
orat
e th
e w
ild c
atch
fish
ing
indu
stry
. It w
illfa
cilit
ate
farm
er s
elf r
elia
nce
and
prom
ote
a po
sitiv
e ap
proa
ch to
cha
nge
and
a cu
lture
of
cont
inuo
us im
prov
emen
t by
prov
idin
g fin
anci
al a
ssis
tanc
e to
impr
ove
skill
s in
bus
ines
s an
dre
sour
ce m
anag
emen
t.W
ar S
ervi
ce L
and
Settl
emen
t Sch
eme
To re
imbu
rse
SA
for t
he o
pera
tion
and
mai
nten
ance
of t
he L
oxto
n Irr
igat
ion
Sch
eme,
to m
eet
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t obl
igat
ions
for t
his
elem
ent o
f the
War
Ser
vice
Lan
d S
ettle
men
tS
chem
e.Er
adic
atio
n of
Red
Impo
rted
Fire
Ant
To p
rovi
de fu
ndin
g fo
r the
era
dica
tion
of R
ed Im
porte
d Fi
re A
nt in
fest
atio
ns d
etec
ted
in A
ustra
lia.
N
atio
nal A
ctio
n Pl
an fo
r Sal
inity
and
Wat
er Q
ualit
yTh
e N
atio
nal A
ctio
n P
lan
aim
s to
mot
ivat
e an
d en
able
regi
onal
com
mun
ities
to u
se c
oord
inat
edan
d ta
rget
ed a
ctio
n to
: a)
prev
ent,
stab
ilise
and
reve
rse
trend
s in
dry
land
sal
inity
affe
ctin
g th
esu
stai
nabi
lity
of p
rodu
ctio
n, th
e co
nser
vatio
n of
bio
logi
cal d
iver
sity
and
the
viab
ility
of o
urin
frast
ruct
ure;
and
b)
impr
ove
wat
er q
ualit
y an
d se
cure
relia
ble
allo
catio
ns fo
r hum
an u
ses,
indu
stry
and
the
envi
ronm
ent.
Cur
rent
pay
men
ts m
ainl
y as
sist
des
igna
ted
regi
onal
bod
ies
topr
epar
e re
gion
al N
atur
al R
esou
rce
Man
agem
ent p
lans
and
inve
st in
prio
rity
actio
ns id
entif
ied
inth
ose
plan
s to
add
ress
sal
inity
and
wat
er q
ualit
y is
sues
. Thi
s fu
ndin
g is
mat
ched
with
add
ition
alca
sh b
y st
ate
and
terr
itory
gov
ernm
ents
whi
ch h
ave
sign
ed b
ilate
ral a
gree
men
ts w
ith th
eA
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent.
Agr
icul
tura
l Dev
elop
men
t Par
tner
ship
sTh
is p
rogr
amm
e pr
ovid
es a
ssis
tanc
e fo
r stru
ctur
al a
djus
tmen
t, ta
rget
ed to
agr
icul
tura
l in
dust
ries
and
regi
ons
expe
rienc
ing
sign
ifica
nt p
robl
ems
affe
ctin
g fa
rm p
rofit
abili
ty an
d su
stai
nabi
lity.
25,6
88
12,1
00
16,2
00
16,2
00
16,2
00
360
0 0
0 0
20,5
00
6,90
0 1,
700
0 0
103,
035
147,
535
145,
035
115,
004
71,6
35
670
3,01
2 0
0 0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
Agr
icul
ture
, For
estr
y an
d Fi
shin
g (c
ontin
ued)
Agr
icul
tura
l Dev
elop
men
t Par
tner
ship
s (c
ontin
ued)
A fe
atur
e of
the
prog
ram
me
is th
at s
tate
and
terr
itory
gov
ernm
ents
are
exp
ecte
d to
prov
ide
mat
chin
g fu
ndin
g to
faci
litat
e a
genu
ine
partn
ersh
ip a
ppro
ach.
A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
- tot
al
385,
677
530,
666
292,
556
169,
291
126,
097
51
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
Inte
rsta
te ro
ad tr
ansp
ort
42,0
30
Und
er th
e In
ters
tate
Roa
d Tr
ansp
ort A
ct 1
985
, the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t mak
es p
aym
ents
toth
e st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s w
hich
equ
al to
tal r
even
ue re
ceiv
ed fr
om th
e st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s fro
mre
gist
ratio
ns m
ade
unde
r the
Fed
eral
Inte
rsta
te R
egis
tratio
n S
chem
e (F
IRS
). P
aym
ent o
fam
ount
s eq
ual t
o pe
nalti
es a
risin
g fro
m p
rose
cutio
ns u
nder
the
Act
are
als
o m
ade
by th
eA
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent.
*Sup
plem
enta
ry fu
ndin
g to
SA
cou
ncils
for l
ocal
road
s 0
Pro
vide
s su
pple
men
tary
fund
ing
to lo
cal g
over
nmen
t in
SA
to a
ddre
ss th
at s
tate
's c
urre
ntdi
sadv
anta
ge in
loca
l roa
d fu
ndin
g un
der t
he F
inan
cial
Ass
ista
nce
Gra
nt a
rran
gem
ents
.Pe
trol
eum
Pro
duct
s Fr
eigh
t Sub
sidy
Sch
eme
3,60
0 Th
e S
tate
s G
rant
s (P
etro
leum
Pro
duct
s) A
ct 1
965
pro
vide
s fo
r gra
nts
to b
e m
ade
to m
ost
stat
es a
nd th
e N
T to
ena
ble
them
to s
ubsi
dise
the
cost
of t
rans
porti
ng e
ligib
le p
etro
leum
prod
ucts
to re
mot
e ar
eas
of A
ustra
lia.
Roa
ds to
Rec
over
y - U
ninc
orpo
rate
d A
reas
2,
002
Fund
ing
for t
he c
onst
ruct
ion,
upg
rade
and
mai
nten
ance
of r
oads
in u
ninc
orpo
rate
d ar
eas
of S
A,
NS
W, V
IC a
nd th
e N
T no
t gov
erne
d by
loca
l gov
ernm
ent a
utho
ritie
s.G
old
Coa
st L
ight
Rai
l 37
7
To c
ontri
bute
tow
ards
a fe
asib
ility
stu
dy in
to a
ligh
t rai
l sys
tem
from
Hel
ensv
ale
to B
road
beac
hon
QLD
's G
old
Coa
st.
48,0
20
4,25
0
3,50
0
3,00
0 0
48,0
20
9,00
0
3,50
0 0 0
48,0
20
13,0
00
3,50
0 0 0
48,0
20 0
3,50
0 0 0
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
- tot
al
48,0
09
58,7
70
60,5
20
64,5
20
51,5
20
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
52
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
Deb
t Red
empt
ion
Ass
ista
nce
Cov
ers
the
paym
ent o
f com
pens
atio
n to
the
six
stat
es a
nd N
T un
der t
he F
inan
cial
Agr
eem
ent
Act
199
4 , f
or th
e ad
ditio
nal i
nter
est c
osts
of r
epla
cing
mat
urin
g A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent d
ebt
with
thei
r ow
n bo
rrow
ings
, rat
her t
han
by th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent b
orro
win
g on
thei
r beh
alf,
and
for t
he lo
wer
, for
mul
a ba
sed,
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t sin
king
fund
con
tribu
tions
whi
ch h
ave
resu
lted
from
the
debt
rede
mpt
ion
arra
ngem
ents
.* F
inan
cial
Ass
ista
nce
Gra
nts
for l
ocal
gov
ernm
ent
Gen
eral
Pur
pose
Ass
ista
nce
Pro
vide
s un
tied
gene
ral p
urpo
se a
ssis
tanc
e to
loca
l gov
ernm
ent a
utho
ritie
s. T
he g
rant
s ar
edi
strib
uted
bet
wee
n th
e st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s on
an
equa
l per
cap
ita b
asis
.U
ntie
d Lo
cal R
oads
Gra
nts
Pro
vide
s un
tied
assi
stan
ce to
loca
l gov
ernm
ent a
utho
ritie
s in
pla
ce o
f spe
cific
pur
pose
paym
ents
form
erly
pas
sed
on to
loca
l gov
ernm
ent b
y th
e st
ates
for e
xpen
ditu
re o
n lo
cal
road
s.C
ompe
nsat
ion
- com
pani
es re
gula
tion
Und
er th
e te
rms
of th
e C
orpo
ratio
ns A
gree
men
t, th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent i
s ob
liged
toco
mpe
nsat
e th
e si
x st
ates
and
the
NT
for r
even
ue fo
rgon
e fo
llow
ing
the
com
men
cem
ent o
f the
natio
nal s
chem
e fo
r the
regu
latio
n of
com
pani
es a
nd s
ecur
ities
.N
atur
al D
isas
ter R
elie
fR
eim
burs
emen
t of p
art o
f the
exp
endi
ture
incu
rred
by
the
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
on pe
rson
al h
ards
hip
and
dist
ress
pay
men
ts m
ade
to p
erso
ns a
dver
sely
affe
cted
by
natu
ral d
isas
ter.
35,2
92
53,7
45
195,
310
0
1,04
4,80
7 1,
061,
892
1,10
9,54
6 1,
149,
933
1,19
0,98
6
463,
629
471,
193
492,
337
510,
259
528,
475
155,
853
159,
799
163,
808
167,
904
172,
193
135,
000
89,5
40
89,5
40
89,5
40
89,5
40 0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
53
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
(con
tinue
d)R
oyal
ties
337,
878
Pay
men
t of t
he m
onth
ly s
hare
of t
he A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent's
Nor
th W
est S
helf
petro
leum
roya
lty u
nder
sec
tion
129
of th
e P
etro
leum
(Sub
mer
ged
Land
s) A
ct 1
967
; and
reim
burs
emen
tto
the
NT
Gov
ernm
ent i
n lie
u of
ura
nium
roya
lties
from
the
Ran
ger p
roje
ct e
quiv
alen
t to
1.25
per c
ent o
f net
sal
es p
roce
eds
as re
quire
d un
der t
he 1
978
finan
cial
Mem
oran
dum
of
Und
erst
andi
ng b
etw
een
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t and
the
NT.
AC
T N
atio
nal C
apita
l inf
luen
ces
22,0
67
Fund
ing
assi
sts
the
AC
T G
over
nmen
t to
mee
t the
add
ition
al m
unic
ipal
cos
ts fl
owin
g fro
mC
anbe
rra'
s ro
le a
s th
e N
atio
nal C
apita
l. Th
e le
vel o
f fun
ding
is b
ased
upo
n th
e fin
ding
sof
the
Com
mon
wea
lth G
rant
s C
omm
issi
on in
its
seco
nd a
nd th
ird re
ports
on
finan
cing
in th
e A
CT.
Spec
ial R
even
ue A
ssis
tanc
e to
the
AC
T 15
,000
P
aym
ent t
o th
e A
CT
that
reco
gnis
es th
at A
ustra
lian-
Sta
te g
over
nmen
t fin
anci
al re
latio
nsdi
ffer f
rom
Aus
tralia
n-A
CT
gove
rnm
ent f
inan
cial
rela
tions
in c
erta
in s
peci
fic re
spec
ts.
Ass
ista
nce
to A
CT
Softw
ood
Saw
mill
1,
000
Pay
men
t to
the
AC
T S
oftw
ood
Saw
mill
for a
ssis
tanc
e fo
llow
ing
the
2003
bus
hfire
.
361,
254
22,5
08
14,2
00 0
334,
417
22,9
36 0 0
330,
856
23,3
71 0 0
338,
187
23,8
39 0 0
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
- tot
al
2,21
0,52
6 2,
234,
131
2,40
7,89
4 2,
271,
863
2,34
3,22
0 TO
TAL
CU
RR
ENT
20,3
58,5
57
21,5
13,6
20
22,4
98,3
65
23,2
21,2
51
24,3
86,5
74
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
API
TAL
PUR
POSE
SEd
ucat
ion
Gov
ernm
ent s
choo
ls
249,
417
265,
146
275,
366
274,
798
280,
294
Pro
vide
s su
pple
men
tary
ass
ista
nce
to s
tate
and
terr
itory
edu
catio
n au
thor
ities
for t
he p
rovi
sion
,m
aint
enan
ce a
nd u
pgra
ding
of s
choo
l fac
ilitie
s, w
hich
can
incl
ude,
am
ongs
t oth
er th
ings
, lan
dor
bui
ldin
g pu
rcha
ses,
cap
ital w
orks
or t
he p
rovi
sion
of e
quip
men
t.
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
API
TAL
PUR
POSE
S
54
Educ
atio
n (c
ontin
ued)
* Non
-gov
ernm
ent s
choo
lsP
rovi
des
supp
lem
enta
ry a
ssis
tanc
e to
non
-gov
ernm
ent s
choo
ls a
nd s
yste
ms,
as
wel
l as
host
els
for r
ural
stu
dent
s, fo
r the
pro
visi
on, m
aint
enan
ce a
nd u
pgra
ding
of s
choo
l fac
ilitie
s,w
hich
can
incl
ude,
am
ongs
t oth
er th
ings
, lan
d or
bui
ldin
g pu
rcha
ses,
cap
ital w
orks
or t
hepr
ovis
ion
of e
quip
men
t.Ed
ucat
ion
- tot
alSo
cial
Sec
urity
and
Wel
fare
Cris
is a
ccom
mod
atio
n as
sist
ance
(h)
To p
rovi
de fu
nds
to th
e st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s un
der t
he C
omm
onw
ealth
-Sta
te H
ousi
ngA
gree
men
t (C
SH
A) f
or th
e ac
quis
ition
of a
ccom
mod
atio
n fo
r use
und
er th
e S
uppo
rted
Acc
omm
odat
ion
Ass
ista
nce
Pro
gram
me.
Soci
al S
ecur
ity a
nd W
elfa
re -
tota
l
98,0
52
108,
251
112,
621
112,
391
114,
636
347,
469
373,
397
387,
987
387,
189
394,
930
39,6
55
40,1
22
40,5
15
40,9
13
41,4
35
39,6
55
40,1
22
40,5
15
40,9
13
41,4
35
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
Hou
sing
ass
ista
nce
for I
ndig
enou
s pe
ople
(h)
To a
ssis
t Abo
rigin
al a
nd T
orre
s S
trait
Isla
nder
peo
ple
on lo
w to
mod
erat
e in
com
es to
hav
eac
cess
to a
fford
able
, app
ropr
iate
and
sec
ure
rent
al h
ousi
ng, i
nclu
ding
pub
lic a
ndco
mm
unity
-ow
ned
rent
al h
ousi
ng. F
unds
are
pro
vide
d un
der t
he C
SH
A.
Com
mun
ity h
ousi
ng(h
)To
dev
elop
com
mun
ity h
ousi
ng w
hich
pro
vide
s ap
prop
riate
and
affo
rdab
le re
ntal
acco
mm
odat
ion
for l
ow to
mod
erat
e in
com
e ea
rner
s. F
unds
are
pro
vide
d un
der
the
CS
HA
.
CSH
A B
lock
Ass
ista
nce/
Bas
e Fu
ndin
g(h)
The
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t, th
roug
h th
e C
SH
A, p
rovi
des
fund
s to
the
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
prim
arily
for t
he p
rovi
sion
of p
ublic
rent
al h
ousi
ng fo
r low
to m
oder
ate
inco
me
hous
ehol
ds.
The
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
are
requ
ired
to c
ontri
bute
to h
ousi
ng a
ssis
tanc
e in
am
ount
s as
set
in th
eC
SH
A.
101,
000
102,
072
92,9
74
93,8
86
95,0
85
63,9
90
64,7
44
65,3
79
66,0
20
66,8
62
725,
230
733,
773
740,
965
748,
226
757,
781
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
20
03-0
4 20
04-0
5 20
05-0
6 20
06-0
7 20
07-0
8 D
escr
iptio
nSP
ECIF
IC P
UR
POSE
PA
YMEN
TS -
CA
PITA
L PU
RPO
SES
55
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
(con
tinue
d)So
cial
Hou
sing
Sub
sidy
Pro
gram
me
Pro
vide
s m
atch
ing
fund
ing
until
30
June
201
6 to
sub
sidi
se th
e re
curr
ent c
osts
of f
inan
cing
rent
al a
ccom
mod
atio
n fo
r low
and
mod
erat
e in
com
e ea
rner
s. F
unds
are
com
mitt
ed to
NS
Wan
d th
e A
CT
and
futu
re fu
ndin
g to
oth
er s
tate
s an
d te
rrito
ries
was
rem
oved
in th
e 19
96-9
7B
udge
t.* F
eder
al F
lood
Miti
gatio
n Pr
ogra
mm
eP
rovi
des
fund
ing
thro
ugh
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
to a
ssis
t in
addr
essi
ng th
e pr
oble
m o
f rep
eate
dflo
odin
g in
rura
l tow
ns a
nd re
gion
al c
entre
s.* D
isas
ter M
itiga
tion
Pack
age
Fund
ing
for a
wid
e ra
nge
of m
itiga
tion
mea
sure
s to
hel
p re
duce
the
thre
at p
osed
by
natu
ral
disa
ster
s su
ch a
s bu
shfir
es, c
yclo
nes,
floo
ds a
nd la
ndsl
ides
acr
oss
the
natio
n.* A
dditi
onal
Firs
t Hom
e O
wne
rs S
chem
eTh
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent i
s fu
ndin
g an
add
ition
al F
irst H
ome
Ow
ners
Sch
eme
(FH
OS
) gra
ntfo
r all
elig
ible
firs
t hom
e ow
ners
con
tract
ing
betw
een
9 M
arch
200
1 an
d 30
Jun
e 20
02 to
buy
or
build
a n
ew h
ome.
The
gra
nt is
$7,
000
for c
ontra
cts
mad
e be
twee
n 9
Mar
ch a
nd 3
1 D
ecem
ber
2001
and
$3,
000
for c
ontra
cts
mad
e be
twee
n 1
Janu
ary
and
30 J
une
2002
. Alth
ough
the
addi
tiona
l FH
OS
has
end
ed, g
rant
s co
ntin
ue to
be
paid
to e
ligib
le a
pplic
ants
due
to th
e tim
ene
eded
to c
ompl
ete
cons
truct
ion
and
the
one-
year
per
iod
allo
wed
to lo
dge
an a
pplic
atio
n, o
nce
cons
truct
ion
is c
ompl
ete.
2,13
0 2,
130
9,90
0 12
,100
5,45
0 17
,380
6,57
2 2,
214
2,13
0 0
21,0
40 0
2,13
0 0
18,5
40 0
2,13
0 0
15,4
44 0
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
- to
tal
914,
272
934,
413
922,
488
928,
802
937,
302
Fuel
and
Ene
rgy
* Pho
tovo
ltaic
Reb
ate
Prog
ram
me
(PVR
P)
3,65
5 4,
900
0 0
To p
rovi
de re
bate
s to
hou
seho
lder
s an
d co
mm
unity
gro
ups
who
inst
all p
hoto
volta
ic e
quip
men
tto
mak
e el
ectri
city
from
sun
light
for d
omes
tic u
se.
0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
API
TAL
PUR
POSE
S
56
Fuel
and
Ene
rgy
Ren
ewab
le R
emot
e Po
wer
Gen
erat
ion
To p
rovi
de a
reba
te fo
r the
inst
alla
tion
of re
new
able
ene
rgy
gene
ratio
n te
chno
logi
es in
area
s of
Aus
tralia
cur
rent
ly re
liant
on
dies
el fo
r ele
ctric
ity g
ener
atio
n. F
undi
ng is
bas
edon
the
rele
vant
am
ount
of d
iese
l fue
l exc
ise
paid
in e
ach
stat
e or
terr
itory
by
publ
icel
ectri
city
gen
erat
ors.
Fuel
and
Ene
rgy
- tot
alA
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tral
ia -
Land
care
(g)
To re
vers
e la
nd d
egra
datio
n an
d pr
omot
e su
stai
nabl
e ag
ricul
ture
.N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustr
alia
- R
iver
care
(g)
To im
prov
e w
ater
qua
lity
and
envi
ronm
enta
l con
ditio
ns in
our
rive
r sys
tem
s an
d w
etla
nds.
War
ner C
reek
Dam
and
Nor
ther
n M
idla
nds
Wat
er P
roje
ctTo
pro
vide
fund
ing
to T
AS
for t
he c
onst
ruct
ion
of th
e W
arne
r Cre
ek D
am a
nd th
e N
orth
ern
Mid
land
s W
ater
Pro
ject
. Th
ese
proj
ects
aim
to p
rovi
de re
liabl
e so
urce
s of
irrig
atio
n w
ater
inth
eir r
espe
ctiv
e re
gion
s.G
reat
Art
esia
n B
asin
Sus
tain
abili
ty In
itiat
ive
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t con
tribu
tion
to a
ssis
t with
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
Gre
at A
rtesi
anB
asin
Man
agem
ent P
lan.
Gra
nts
will
be
mad
e to
som
e st
ates
to a
ssis
t bor
e re
habi
litat
ion.
Sup
plem
enta
ry in
cent
ives
will
als
o be
mad
e av
aila
ble
for t
he re
plac
emen
t of o
pen
drai
ns w
ithpi
ping
.A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
- tot
alTr
ansp
ort a
nd C
omm
unic
atio
nA
lice
Sprin
gs D
arw
in R
ailw
ayTh
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent a
gree
d to
pro
vide
up
to a
n ad
ditio
nal $
91.4
mill
ion
tow
ards
the
cons
truct
ion
of th
e A
lice
Spr
ings
to D
arw
in ra
il lin
k. T
his
is in
add
ition
to th
e $1
00 m
illio
npr
evio
usly
pro
vide
d un
der t
he F
eder
atio
n Fu
nd.
14,2
82
23,4
88
23,4
70
17,9
43
18,6
96
17,9
37
28,3
88
23,4
70
17,9
43
18,6
96
23,5
11
0 0
23,2
58
0 0
0 2,
100
1,10
0
7,04
4 0
0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
53,8
13
2,10
0 1,
100
0
0 0
6,25
0 6,
250
0 0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
API
TAL
PUR
POSE
S
57
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
(con
tinue
d)A
usLi
nk(i)
0
The
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t will
con
tribu
te fu
ndin
g fo
r the
dev
elop
men
t, co
nstru
ctio
n an
dm
aint
enan
ce o
f lan
d tra
nspo
rt pr
ojec
ts o
n a
new
ly d
efin
ed N
atio
nal L
and
Tran
spor
tN
etw
ork.
Roa
d pr
ogra
mm
es(j)
92
8,08
5 Th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent f
unds
the
Nat
iona
l Hig
hway
Sys
tem
and
con
tribu
tes
to th
e ca
pita
lco
st o
f dec
lare
d R
oads
of N
atio
nal I
mpo
rtanc
e. F
unds
are
app
ropr
iate
d un
der t
he A
ustra
lian
Land
Tra
nspo
rt D
evel
opm
ent A
ct 1
988
.R
oad
safe
ty b
lack
spot
s 44
,500
Fu
ndin
g is
ava
ilabl
e fo
r the
trea
tmen
t of r
oad
site
s w
here
cas
ualty
cra
shes
are
occ
urrin
g. S
tate
an
d te
rrito
ry tr
ansp
ort a
genc
ies
man
age
prog
ram
mes
of w
orks
. Fu
nds
are
appr
opria
ted
unde
rth
e A
ustra
lian
Land
Tra
nspo
rt D
evel
opm
ent A
ct 1
988
. Fe
dera
tion
Fund
s Pr
ojec
ts -
QLD
30
,000
Th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent a
gree
d to
pro
vide
$40
mill
ion
from
the
Fede
ratio
n Fu
nd to
war
dsth
e w
iden
ing
of th
e C
aboo
lture
Mot
orw
ay.
Fede
ratio
n Fu
nds
Proj
ects
- N
SW/V
IC
19,2
36
The
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t agr
eed
to fu
nd $
22 m
illio
n ea
ch to
bot
h V
IC a
nd N
SW
for t
here
plac
emen
t of t
hree
key
cro
ssin
gs o
f the
Mur
ray
Riv
er a
t Ech
uca,
Rob
inva
le a
ndC
orow
a.
1,32
3,38
9 0
44,5
00
4,66
6
22,5
00
1,14
5,56
6 0
44,5
00 0
1,96
5
1,42
3,92
7 0 0 0
299
1,45
2,18
8 0 0 0 0
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
- tot
al
1,02
1,82
1 1,
395,
055
1,19
8,28
1 1,
430,
476
1,45
2,18
8 O
ther
Pur
pose
sSi
nkin
g Fu
nd o
n St
ate
Deb
t 1,
412
595
380
0 0
Con
tribu
tions
to th
e D
ebt R
etire
men
t Res
erve
Tru
st A
ccou
nt (D
RR
TA) b
y th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent o
n be
half
of th
e si
x st
ates
and
the
NT
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith th
e Fi
nanc
ial A
gree
men
tA
ct 1
994
.O
ther
Pur
pose
s - t
otal
1,
412
595
380
0 0
TOTA
L C
API
TAL
2,39
6,37
9 2,
774,
070
2,57
4,22
1 2,
805,
323
2,84
4,55
1
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
REP
AYM
ENTS
Supp
lem
enta
ry c
ontr
ibut
ions
Deb
t Ret
irem
ent R
eser
ve T
rust
Acc
ount
(DR
RTA
) rec
eipt
s of
sup
plem
enta
ry c
ontri
butio
nsfro
m th
e si
x st
ates
and
the
NT,
pay
able
und
er th
e pr
ovis
ions
of t
he F
inan
cial
Agr
eem
ent
Act
199
4 , t
o en
able
the
rede
mpt
ion
of A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent s
ecur
ities
mat
urin
g on
thei
r beh
alf.
Paym
ents
to D
ebt S
inki
ng F
unds
Deb
t Ret
irem
ent R
eser
ve T
rust
Acc
ount
(DR
RTA
) rec
eipt
s of
con
tribu
tions
from
the
six
stat
esan
d th
e N
T an
d fro
m th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent o
n th
eir b
ehal
f pay
able
und
er th
e pr
ovis
ions
of
the
Fina
ncia
l Agr
eem
ent A
ct 1
994
.
285,
878
74,0
17
134,
396
0 0
5,69
6 2,
400
1,53
6 0
0
Tota
l 29
1,57
4 76
,417
13
5,93
2 0
58
Rep
aym
ents
of A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t Loa
nsA
CT
debt
repa
ymen
tsS
ervi
cing
of r
emai
ning
not
iona
l deb
t hel
d ag
ains
t ass
ets
trans
ferr
ed fr
om th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent t
o th
e A
CT
Gov
ernm
ent,
on s
elf-g
over
nmen
t, fo
r pub
lic tr
ansp
ort (
land
and
build
ings
), el
ectri
city
, wat
er s
uppl
y an
d se
wer
age.
Loan
Cou
ncil
- hou
sing
nom
inat
ions
Prin
cipa
l rep
aym
ents
by
the
six
stat
es a
nd th
e N
T of
adv
ance
s m
ade
to th
em u
nder
the
vario
usS
tate
s (W
orks
and
Hou
sing
) Ass
ista
nce
Act
s.
4,64
7 4,
647
4,64
7 4,
647
4,64
7
16,9
49
17,7
11
18,5
11
19,3
43
20,2
12
Rep
aym
ents
of A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t Loa
ns -
tota
l 21
,596
22
,358
23
,158
23
,990
24
,859
D
efen
ceH
ousi
ng fo
r ser
vice
men
1,
361
1,45
3 1,
552
1,66
1 1,
776
Prin
cipa
l rep
aym
ents
by
the
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
of a
dvan
ces
to fi
nanc
e th
e co
nstru
ctio
n,m
aint
enan
ce a
nd u
pgra
de o
f pub
lic h
ousi
ng fo
r use
by
serv
ice
pers
onne
l.D
efen
ce -
tota
l 1,
361
1,45
3 1,
552
1,66
1 1,
776
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
CSH
A L
oans
61
,955
63
,545
64
,908
66
,164
67
,375
P
rinci
pal r
epay
men
ts b
y th
e si
x st
ates
and
the
NT
of a
dvan
ces
mad
e to
them
und
er th
e va
rious
Hou
sing
Agr
eem
ents
, NT
Hou
sing
Agr
eem
ent a
nd H
ousi
ng A
ssis
tanc
e A
cts.
0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
REP
AYM
ENTS
59
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
(con
tinue
d)O
ther
hou
sing
Rep
aym
ent o
f the
prin
cipa
l of l
oans
rela
ting
to a
sset
s tra
nsfe
rred
from
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t to
the
NT
at th
e tim
e of
sel
f gov
ernm
ent i
n 19
78 a
nd to
the
AC
T at
the
time
of s
elf g
over
nmen
t in
1989
.
Urb
an w
ater
sup
ply
and
trea
tmen
tR
epay
men
t of p
rinci
pal o
n lo
ans
to S
A fo
r wat
er q
ualit
y im
prov
emen
t via
Ade
laid
e an
d N
orth
ern
Tow
ns W
ater
Tre
atm
ent a
nd to
WA
for s
alin
ity m
itiga
tion
via
the
Har
ding
Riv
er D
am p
roje
ct.
N
T - w
ater
and
sew
erag
e as
sist
ance
Rep
aym
ent o
f the
prin
cipa
l of a
loan
rela
ting
to a
sset
s tra
nsfe
rred
from
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t to
the
NT
at th
e tim
e of
sel
f-gov
ernm
ent i
n 19
78.
Gro
wth
cen
tres
Rep
aym
ent o
f the
prin
cipa
l of l
oans
pro
vide
d un
der t
he U
rban
and
Reg
iona
l Dev
elop
men
t(F
inan
cial
Ass
ista
nce)
Act
197
4 to
NS
W fo
r urb
an e
xpan
sion
and
rede
velo
pmen
t in
the
Bat
hurs
t-Ora
nge
area
and
to V
IC fo
r the
dev
elop
men
t of a
gro
wth
com
plex
in th
e A
lbur
y-W
odon
ga a
rea.
Urb
an re
habi
litat
ion
Rep
aym
ent o
f the
prin
cipa
l of a
loan
pro
vide
d un
der t
he L
and
Com
mis
sion
s (F
inan
cial
A
ssis
tanc
e) A
ct 1
973
to V
IC, f
or th
e ac
quis
ition
and
rede
velo
pmen
t of l
and
at
Em
eral
d H
ill, S
outh
Mel
bour
ne.
Com
mun
ity fa
cilit
ies
- Tow
nsvi
lleR
epay
men
t of a
loan
to th
e Q
LD G
over
nmen
t as
a co
ntrib
utio
n to
war
ds th
e co
st o
f dev
elop
ing
com
mun
ity fa
cilit
ies
in T
owns
ville
to a
ssis
t in
assi
mila
ting
serv
icem
en a
nd th
eir f
amili
es in
to th
eco
mm
unity
.
8,52
5 8,
450
8,71
2
392
437
486
136
136
136
304
247
94
103
0 0
3942
2
8,99
5
542
136 0 0 0
9,31
8
603
136 0 0 0
60
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
REP
AYM
ENTS
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
(con
tinue
d)C
apta
ins
Flat
(Aba
tem
ent o
f Pol
lutio
n) A
gree
men
tTh
is is
a lo
an a
gree
men
t tha
t gen
erat
es re
paym
ents
of p
rinci
pal a
nd in
tere
st fr
om th
e N
SW
Gov
ernm
ent i
n re
latio
n to
cap
ital w
orks
und
erta
ken
at C
apta
ins
Flat
to p
reve
nt p
ollu
tion
of th
eM
olon
glo
Riv
er.
Sew
erag
eR
epay
men
t of t
he p
rinci
pal o
f loa
ns p
rovi
ded
unde
r the
Urb
an a
nd R
egio
nal D
evel
opm
ent
(Fin
anci
al A
ssis
tanc
e) A
ct 1
974
to a
ll st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s to
und
erta
ke p
rogr
amm
esco
nnec
ted
with
pro
visi
on o
f sew
erag
e fa
cilit
ies
with
par
ticul
ar o
bjec
tives
of e
limin
atin
g th
eba
cklo
g of
sew
erag
e w
orks
.
7 8
1011
3,39
2 3,
730
4,10
3 4,
509
4,95
8
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
- to
tal
74,8
53
76,5
95
78,4
51
80,3
57
82,3
99
Agr
icul
ture
, For
estr
y an
d Fi
shin
gB
ovin
e B
ruce
llosi
s an
d Tu
berc
ulos
is(k
)A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent s
hare
of p
rinci
pal r
epai
d by
pas
tora
lists
on
loan
s fo
r pro
perty
mai
nten
ance
and
impr
ovem
ent e
ssen
tial f
or d
isea
se e
radi
catio
n un
der t
he B
ruce
llosi
s an
dTu
berc
ulos
is E
radi
catio
n C
ampa
ign.
Rur
al A
djus
tmen
t Sch
eme
Rep
aym
ents
of l
oans
adm
inis
tere
d un
der t
he S
tate
s G
rant
s (R
ural
Adj
ustm
ent)
Act
s 19
76 &
1979
whi
ch p
rovi
de a
ssis
tanc
e to
hel
p re
stor
e to
eco
nom
ic v
iabi
lity
thos
e fa
rms
and
farm
ers
with
the
capa
city
to m
aint
ain
viab
ility
onc
e ac
hiev
ed.
War
Ser
vice
Lan
d Se
ttlem
ent S
chem
eTh
ese
repa
ymen
ts a
re o
f adv
ance
s m
ade
to v
eter
ans
of W
WII
or th
e K
orea
/Mal
aya
cam
paig
nsfo
r the
pur
pose
of p
rovi
ding
wor
king
cap
ital f
undi
ng, p
ayin
g an
d ef
fect
ing
impr
ovem
ents
and
acqu
iring
sto
ck, p
lant
and
equ
ipm
ent.
00
00
0
1,82
6 55
4 10
1 0
0
935
957
992
1,02
7 1,
065
Agr
icul
ture
, For
estr
y an
d Fi
shin
g - t
otal
2,
761
1,51
1 1,
093
1,02
7 1,
065 9
61
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
REP
AYM
ENTS
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
Rai
lwa y
pro
ject
sR
epay
men
t of t
he p
rinci
pal o
f loa
ns p
rovi
ded
by th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent t
o up
grad
e an
dst
anda
rdis
e ra
ilway
s in
mai
nlan
d A
ustra
lia.
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
- tot
alO
ther
Pur
pose
sN
atur
al D
isas
ter R
elie
fR
epay
men
t by
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
of lo
ans
mad
e by
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t und
er th
eN
atur
al D
isas
ter R
elie
f Arr
ange
men
ts (N
DR
A) a
nd th
e re
paym
ent o
f ove
rpai
d m
onie
s.O
ther
Pur
pose
s - t
otal
TOTA
L R
EPA
YMEN
TS
571
574
572
574
571
574
572
574
2,48
8 3,
365
3,36
5 3,
365
3,08
4
2,48
8 3,
365
3,36
5 3,
365
3,08
4 39
5,20
4 18
2,27
3 24
4,12
3 11
0,97
4 11
3,75
7 A
DVA
NC
ESN
atur
al D
isas
ter R
elie
f 7,
500
7,50
0 7,
500
7,50
0 7,
500
Con
cess
iona
l int
eres
t rat
e lo
ans
to th
e st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s in
resp
ect o
f loa
ns m
ade
by th
emto
indi
vidu
als
affe
cted
by
natu
ral d
isas
ters
.O
ther
Pur
pose
s - t
otal
7,
500
7,50
0 7,
500
7,50
0 7,
500
TOTA
L A
DVA
NC
ES
7,50
0 7,
500
7,50
0 7,
500
7,50
0 IN
TER
EST
Inte
rest
on
Loan
Cou
ncil
and
NT
Gov
ernm
ent B
orro
win
gs
19,0
09
10,8
47
633
0 0
Rec
eipt
s fro
m th
e si
x st
ates
and
the
NT
of in
tere
st o
n A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent s
ecur
ities
outs
tand
ing
on th
eir b
ehal
f.In
tere
st o
n Lo
an C
ounc
il an
d N
T G
over
nmen
t Bor
row
ings
- to
tal
19,0
09
10,8
47
633
0 0
AC
T G
over
nmen
t deb
t 4,
674
4,14
0 3,
605
3,07
1 2,
536
Rec
eipt
s fro
m th
e A
CT
of in
tere
st o
n A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent l
oans
and
on
Aus
tralia
nG
over
nmen
t sec
uriti
es n
omin
ally
out
stan
ding
on
its b
ehal
f.
574
574
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
INTE
RES
TIn
tere
st o
n A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t Loa
ns (c
ontin
ued)
Hou
sing
nom
inat
ions
68
,448
67
,686
66
,890
66
,055
65
,187
In
tere
st re
ceiv
ed fr
om th
e si
x st
ates
and
the
NT
on o
utst
andi
ng a
dvan
ces
mad
e to
them
und
erth
e S
tate
s (W
orks
and
Hou
sing
) Ass
ista
nce
Act
s.In
tere
st o
n A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t Loa
ns -
tota
l 73
,122
71
,826
70
,495
69
,126
67
,723
D
efen
ceH
ousi
ng fo
r ser
vice
men
4,
249
4,18
9 4,
126
4,05
9 3,
987
Inte
rest
pay
men
ts b
y th
e st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s of
adv
ance
s to
fina
nce
the
cons
truct
ion,
mai
nten
ance
and
upg
rade
of p
ublic
hou
sing
for u
se b
y se
rvic
e pe
rson
nel.
Def
ence
- to
tal
4,24
9 4,
189
4,12
6 4,
059
3,98
7
62
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
CSH
A lo
ans
Inte
rest
rece
ived
from
the
six
stat
es a
nd th
e N
T on
out
stan
ding
adv
ance
s m
ade
to th
em u
nder
the
vario
us H
ousi
ng A
gree
men
ts, N
T H
ousi
ng A
gree
men
t and
Hou
sing
Ass
ista
nce
Act
s.R
epay
men
ts o
f prin
cipa
l and
inte
rest
are
mad
e at
the
end
of e
ach
finan
cial
yea
r.O
ther
hou
sing
Pay
men
t of i
nter
est o
n lo
ans
rela
ting
to a
sset
s tra
nsfe
rred
from
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t to
the
NT
at th
e tim
e of
sel
f-gov
ernm
ent i
n 19
78 a
nd to
the
AC
T at
the
time
of s
elf-g
over
nmen
t in
1989
.U
rban
wat
er s
uppl
y an
d tr
eatm
ent
Pay
men
t of i
nter
est o
n lo
ans
to S
A fo
r wat
er q
ualit
y im
prov
emen
t via
Ade
laid
e an
dN
orth
ern
Tow
ns W
ater
Tre
atm
ent a
nd to
WA
for s
alin
ity m
itiga
tion
via
the
Har
ding
Riv
erD
am p
roje
ct.
NT
- wat
er a
nd s
ewer
age
assi
stan
ceP
aym
ent o
f int
eres
t on
loan
s re
latin
g to
ass
ets
trans
ferr
ed fr
om th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent t
oth
e N
T at
the
time
of s
elf-g
over
nmen
t in
1978
.
94,1
00
91,5
22
14,4
48
14,0
62
1,09
8 1,
054
630
623
88,8
62
13,6
76
1,00
4
616
86,1
31
13,2
77 949
610
83,3
23
12,8
67 887
603
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
INTE
RES
T
63
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
(con
tinue
d)G
row
th c
entr
esP
aym
ent o
f int
eres
t on
loan
s pr
ovid
ed u
nder
the
Urb
an a
nd R
egio
nal D
evel
opm
ent
(F
inan
cial
Ass
ista
nce)
Act
197
4 to
NS
W fo
r urb
an e
xpan
sion
and
rede
velo
pmen
t in
the
B
athu
rst-O
rang
e ar
ea a
nd to
VIC
, for
the
purp
oses
of d
evel
opin
g a
grow
th c
ompl
ex in
the
Alb
ury-
Wod
onga
are
a.
Urb
an re
habi
litat
ion
Pay
men
t of i
nter
est o
n a
loan
pro
vide
d un
der t
he L
and
Com
mis
sion
s (F
inan
cial
Ass
ista
nce)
Act
197
3 , t
o V
IC, f
or th
e ac
quis
ition
and
rede
velo
pmen
t of l
and
at E
mer
ald
Hill
, Sou
thM
elbo
urne
.Se
wer
age
Pay
men
t of i
nter
est o
n lo
ans
prov
ided
und
er th
e U
rban
and
Reg
iona
l Dev
elop
men
t (Fi
nanc
ial
Ass
ista
nce)
Act
197
4 to
all
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
to u
nder
take
pro
gram
mes
con
nect
ed w
ithpr
ovis
ion
of s
ewer
age
faci
litie
s w
ith p
artic
ular
obj
ectiv
es o
f elim
inat
ing
the
back
log
of s
ewer
age
wor
ks.
Com
mun
ity fa
cilit
ies
- Tow
nsvi
lleIn
tere
st p
aid
on a
loan
to th
e Q
LD G
over
nmen
t as
a co
ntrib
utio
n to
war
ds th
e co
st o
f dev
elop
ing
com
mun
ity fa
cilit
ies
in T
owns
ville
to a
ssis
t in
assi
mila
ting
serv
icem
en a
nd th
eir f
amili
es in
to th
eco
mm
unity
.C
apta
ins
Flat
(Aba
tem
ent o
f Pol
lutio
n) A
gree
men
tIn
tere
st p
ayab
le u
nder
the
loan
agr
eem
ent w
ith th
e N
SW
Gov
ernm
ent i
n re
latio
n to
cap
ital
wor
ks u
nder
take
n at
Cap
tain
s Fl
at to
pre
vent
pol
lutio
n of
the
Mol
ongl
o R
iver
.
57
28
40
7,11
7 6,
772
73
65
7 0
6,39
5 0 4
0 0
5,97
7 0 3
0 0
5,51
9 0 1
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
- to
tal
117,
467
114,
069
110,
564
106,
947
103,
200
Agr
icul
ture
, For
estr
y an
d Fi
shin
gB
ovin
e B
ruce
llosi
s an
d Tu
berc
ulos
is(k
) 0
00
0 P
aym
ent o
f int
eres
t on
loan
s to
pas
tora
lists
for p
rope
rty m
aint
enan
ce a
nd im
prov
emen
tses
sent
ial f
or d
isea
se e
radi
catio
n un
der t
he B
ruce
llosi
s an
d Tu
berc
ulos
is E
radi
catio
nC
ampa
ign.
0
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00) (
cont
inue
d)
Func
tion
Paym
ent t
itle
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Des
crip
tion
INTE
RES
T A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
(con
tinue
d)R
ural
Adj
ustm
ent S
chem
eP
aym
ent o
f int
eres
t on
loan
s un
der t
he S
tate
s G
rant
s (R
ural
Adj
ustm
ent)
Act
s 19
76 &
197
9 to
pr
ovid
e as
sist
ance
to h
elp
rest
ore
to e
cono
mic
via
bilit
y th
ose
farm
s an
d fa
rmer
s w
ith th
eca
paci
ty to
mai
ntai
n vi
abili
ty o
nce
achi
eved
.W
ar S
ervi
ce L
and
Settl
emen
t Sch
eme
Pay
men
t of i
nter
est o
n lo
ans
to v
eter
ans
of W
WII
or th
e K
orea
/Mal
aya
cam
paig
ns w
hich
wer
efo
r the
pur
pose
of p
rovi
ding
wor
king
cap
ital f
undi
ng, p
ayin
g an
d ef
fect
ing
impr
ovem
ents
and
acqu
iring
sto
ck, p
lant
and
equ
ipm
ent.
102
112
33
4 0
305
270
234
197
158
64
Agr
icul
ture
, For
estr
y an
d Fi
shin
g - t
otal
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
Rai
lway
pro
ject
sP
aym
ent o
f int
eres
t on
loan
s pr
ovid
ed b
y th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent t
o up
grad
e an
dst
anda
rdis
e ra
ilway
s in
mai
nlan
d A
ustra
lia.
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
- tot
alO
ther
Pur
pose
sN
atur
al D
isas
ter R
elie
fIn
tere
st p
ayab
le b
y th
e st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s in
resp
ect o
f loa
ns m
ade
by th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent t
o th
em u
nder
ND
RA
.O
ther
Pur
pose
s - t
otal
TOTA
L IN
TER
EST
407
382
267
201
396
364
333
300
396
364
333
300
566
565
565
565
566
565
565
565
215,
216
202,
242
186,
983
181,
198
175,
901
SUM
MA
RY
OF
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
Tota
l Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts
22,7
54,9
36
24,2
87,6
90
25,0
72,5
86
26,0
26,5
74
27,2
31,1
25
Tota
l 'to
' 16
,787
,638
17
,924
,810
18
,280
,066
18
,796
,812
19
,561
,215
To
tal '
thro
ugh'
5,
967,
298
6,36
2,88
0 6,
792,
520
7,22
9,76
2 7,
669,
910
* Ite
ms
so m
arke
d ar
e cl
assi
fied
as p
aym
ents
'thr
ough
' the
sta
tes.
158
268
268
565
565
Tabl
e B
1: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 to
200
7-08
($'0
00)
(a)
The
allo
catio
n of
fund
s to
the
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
for e
ach
year
, as
per t
he A
ustra
lian
Nat
iona
l Tra
inin
g A
utho
rity'
s D
irect
ions
and
Res
ourc
e A
lloca
tions
, is
subj
ect t
o ag
reem
ent b
y th
e A
ustra
lian
Nat
iona
l Tra
inin
g A
utho
rity
Min
iste
rial C
ounc
il. T
he to
tal l
evel
of f
undi
ng is
sub
ject
to th
e am
endm
ent o
f the
Voc
atio
nal
Edu
catio
n an
d Tr
aini
ng F
undi
ng A
ct 1
992
. (b
)
'Aw
ay fr
om B
ase'
pay
men
ts u
nder
the
Indi
geno
us E
duca
tion
Stra
tegi
c In
itiat
ives
Pro
gram
me
- gov
ernm
ent h
ave
been
recl
assi
fied
effe
ctiv
e fro
m
2003
-04.
Fun
ding
is n
ow c
lass
ified
as
gran
ts d
irect
to p
rovi
ders
and
per
sona
l ben
efic
iarie
s. T
otal
fund
ing
has
not b
een
affe
cted
by
this
re
clas
sific
atio
n. D
etai
ls o
f thi
s pa
ymen
t can
be
foun
d in
the
Edu
catio
n, S
cien
ce a
nd T
rain
ing
Por
tfolio
Bud
get S
tate
men
t 200
4-05
. (c
)
Non
-gov
ernm
ent I
ndig
enou
s ed
ucat
ion
paym
ents
hav
e be
en re
clas
sifie
d ef
fect
ive
from
200
4-05
. Fun
ding
is n
ow c
lass
ified
as
gran
ts d
irect
to n
on
gove
rnm
ent e
duca
tion
prov
ider
s. T
otal
fund
ing
has
not b
een
affe
cted
by
this
recl
assi
ficat
ion.
Det
ails
of t
his
paym
ent c
an b
e fo
und
in th
e E
duca
tion,
Sci
ence
and
Tra
inin
g P
ortfo
lio B
udge
t Sta
tem
ent 2
004-
05.
(d)
Th
e A
ustra
lian
Hea
lth C
are
Agr
eem
ents
exp
ire o
n 30
Jun
e 20
08. T
he e
stim
ates
for 2
004-
05 o
nwar
ds re
pres
ent t
he A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent's
exp
ecte
d m
axim
um fu
ndin
g po
sitio
n su
bjec
t to
chan
ges
in w
age
cost
s an
d po
pula
tion
prof
iles.
If th
e st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s fa
il to
mee
t the
term
s an
d co
nditi
ons
of th
e ag
reem
ents
, the
se a
mou
nts
may
be
redu
ced.
(e)
P
rior t
o 20
04-0
5, H
ome
and
Com
mun
ity C
are
paym
ents
incl
uded
bot
h cu
rren
t and
cap
ital g
rant
s. A
s th
e da
y-to
-day
adm
inis
tratio
n i s
man
aged
by
the
stat
e an
d te
rrito
ry g
over
nmen
ts, i
t is
now
thei
r res
pons
ibili
ty to
det
erm
ine
any
capi
tal e
xpen
ditu
re m
ade
thro
ugh
the
prog
ram
me.
(f)Th
e am
ount
s re
pres
ent f
ull y
ear e
xpen
ditu
re. T
he A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent’s
con
tribu
tion
is s
ubje
ct to
the
stat
e an
d te
rrito
ry g
over
nmen
ts a
gree
ing
to th
e te
rms
of th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent’s
offe
r.(g
) A
ll fig
ures
are
indi
cativ
e on
ly.
(h)
This
fund
ing
is in
dica
tive
and
subj
ect t
o th
e si
gnin
g of
bila
tera
l agr
eem
ents
by
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t and
eac
h st
ate
and
t err
itory
gov
ernm
ent a
s re
quire
d by
the
2003
Com
mon
wea
lth-S
tate
Hou
sing
Agr
eem
ent,
effe
ctiv
e 1
July
200
3.(i)
Aus
Link
pay
men
ts to
the
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
are
low
er th
an to
tal A
usLi
nk p
rogr
amm
e ex
pend
iture
as
som
e A
usLi
nk p
roje
cts
are
Nat
iona
l, or
oth
erw
ise
may
no
t inv
olve
pay
men
ts to
the
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries.
(j)Th
is p
rogr
amm
e w
ill b
ecom
e pa
rt of
the
Aus
Link
pro
gram
me
from
200
4-05
.(k
)
The
NT
is c
urre
ntly
pre
parin
g a
subm
issi
on to
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t and
the
Cat
tle C
ounc
il of
Aus
tralia
rega
rdin
g th
e pa
yme n
t of t
he B
ovin
e B
ruce
llosi
s an
d Tu
berc
ulos
is E
radi
catio
n C
ampa
ign
(BTE
C) p
art D
type
loan
s. T
he d
ebts
hav
e no
t bee
n re
alis
ed d
ue to
pro
tract
ed le
gal n
egot
i atio
ns. H
owev
er, i
t is
unlik
ely
that
thes
e de
bts
will
be
repa
id.
65
Tabl
e B
2: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 ($
'000
) Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
Publ
ic O
rder
and
Saf
ety
Lega
l aid
42
,481
0
0 11
,269
10
,958
3,
974
3,19
0 2,
572
74,4
44
Film
and
lite
ratu
re c
lass
ifica
tions
97
96
97
95
97
95
96
93
G
un B
uyba
ck S
chem
e 19
,519
19
,802
19
,170
7,
510
8,28
3 2,
736
736
1,09
6 78
,852
66
Publ
ic O
rder
and
Saf
ety
- tot
alEd
ucat
ion
Gov
ernm
ent s
choo
ls*N
on-g
over
nmen
t sch
ools
Voc
atio
nal E
duca
tion
and
Trai
ning
Fun
ding
Act
(a)
Targ
eted
pro
gram
mes
- go
vern
men
t sch
ools
and
join
t*T
arge
ted
Pro
gram
mes
- no
n-go
vern
men
t sch
ools
Indi
geno
us E
duca
tion
Stra
tegi
c In
itiat
ives
Pro
gram
me
- gov
ernm
ent(b
)
*Ind
igen
ous
Edu
catio
n S
trate
gic
Initi
ativ
es
Pro
gram
me
- non
-gov
ernm
ent(c
)
62,0
97
19,8
98
19,2
67
18,8
74
19,3
38
6,80
5 4,
022
3,76
1 15
4,06
2
518,
246
372,
228
316,
036
154,
689
112,
378
42,9
94
25,7
54
19,1
14
1,56
1,43
9 1,
352,
545
1,07
2,34
3 76
7,02
0 40
2,16
0 31
8,04
5 82
,080
83
,718
31
,922
4,
109,
833
372,
839
270,
031
188,
488
103,
407
86,9
61
29,6
49
20,6
50
13,7
08
1,08
5,73
3 12
9,47
0 81
,319
57
,385
30
,824
30
,763
9,
997
3,32
5 6,
962
350,
045
64,5
47
52,2
18
23,3
40
13,6
29
13,8
58
2,81
6 2,
589
1,87
6 17
4,87
3
25,1
83
4,24
5 23
,598
16
,831
5,
610
2,32
5 40
5 15
,639
93
,836
14,0
80
1,83
8 12
,952
10
,724
2,
897
808
334
6,89
4 50
,527
Ed
ucat
ion
- tot
al
2,47
6,91
0 1,
854,
222
1,38
8,81
9 73
2,26
4 57
0,51
2 17
0,66
9 13
6,77
5 96
,115
7,
426,
286
Hea
lthH
epat
itis
C S
ettle
men
t Fun
d 2,
328
0 0
16
575
31
45
5 3,
000
Hea
lth P
rogr
amm
e G
rant
s 0
2,15
5 0
0 0
0 0
618
2,77
3 H
ealth
Car
e G
rant
s(d)
2,
537,
537
1,81
9,80
4 1,
418,
764
732,
825
636,
927
167,
723
98,7
75
92,0
95
7,50
4,45
0 H
ighl
y sp
ecia
lised
dru
gs
141,
960
106,
701
69,5
82
32,5
64
30,0
23
7,47
0 6,
558
3,75
4 39
8,61
2 Y
outh
hea
lth s
ervi
ces
795
587
413
213
194
59
54
54
2,36
9 N
atio
nal p
ublic
hea
lth
64,5
09
48,1
61
29,5
09
15,3
59
13,7
59
3,59
7 2,
099
1,83
2 17
8,82
5 E
ssen
tial v
acci
nes
50,2
82
35,7
23
28,1
45
14,6
23
11,1
11
3,59
4 2,
764
2,20
7 14
8,44
9 R
epat
riatio
n ge
nera
l hos
pita
ls
3,50
0 2,
000
0 0
670
656
0 0
6,82
6 A
ssis
tanc
e fo
r Bal
i vic
tims
474
130
238
2,33
7 35
0 0
0 1,
320
4,84
9 H
ealth
- to
tal
2,80
1,38
5 2,
015,
261
1,54
6,65
1 79
7,93
7 69
3,60
9 18
3,13
0 11
0,29
5 10
1,88
5 8,
250,
153
766
Tabl
e B
2: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 ($
'000
) Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
Soci
al S
ecur
ity a
nd W
elfa
reA
ged
care
ass
essm
ent
Hom
e an
d co
mm
unity
car
e(e)
Dis
abili
ties
serv
ices
Chi
ldre
n’s
serv
ices
Sup
porte
d ac
com
mod
atio
n as
sist
ance
Una
ccom
pani
ed h
uman
itaria
n m
inor
sE
xten
sion
of f
ringe
ben
efits
Nat
ive
Title
Con
cess
ions
for C
wlth
Sen
iors
Hea
lth C
ard
hold
ers(
f)S
tate
Sen
ior’s
Car
d re
cipr
ocal
tran
spor
t con
cess
ions
(f)
15,1
68
11,9
93
7,55
3 5,
084
4,64
4 2,
042
608
1,16
7 48
,259
22
8,72
6 18
9,87
9 14
5,88
3 72
,497
63
,086
18
,743
8,
516
5,05
8 73
2,38
8 19
1,95
6 12
4,07
6 10
5,38
5 43
,868
61
,279
19
,083
7,
624
5,69
6 55
8,96
7 95
8 62
1 46
6 41
0 7,
697
215
56
2 10
,425
55
,183
36
,667
28
,373
16
,899
16
,238
7,
271
5,79
2 4,
837
171,
260
245
451
263
160
368
0 0
0 1,
487
64,3
40
45,9
95
32,1
16
16,1
72
18,2
97
5,87
6 1,
306
895
184,
997
2,00
0 0
3,00
0 2,
000
2,00
0 0
0 2,
000
11,0
00
16,9
31
8,22
3 6,
298
7,43
8 3,
265
931
1,85
7 31
1 45
,254
1,
886
1,68
4 97
1 29
7 48
9 88
17
7 8
5,60
0
67
Soci
al S
ecur
ity a
nd W
elfa
re -
tota
l 57
7,39
3 41
9,58
9 33
0,30
8 16
4,82
5 17
7,36
3 54
,249
25
,936
19
,974
1,
769,
637
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
Ass
ista
nce
for w
ater
and
sew
erag
e 0
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tralia
- B
ushc
are(
g)
1,42
3 N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Coa
stca
re(g
) 54
4 N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Land
care
(g)
1,08
9 N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Riv
erca
re(g
) 1,
130
056
721
743
345
0
03,
173
1,21
32,
426
2,52
0
039
615
130
231
4
015
8 60 121
126
079
330
360
763
0
8,87
3 0 0 0 0
031
211
923
824
7
8,87
36,
822
2,60
75,
216
5,41
7 H
ousi
ng a
nd C
omm
unity
Am
eniti
es -
tota
lR
ecre
atio
n an
d C
ultu
reM
elbo
urne
200
6 C
omm
onw
ealth
Gam
es N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Bus
hcar
e(g)
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tralia
- C
oast
care
(g)
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tralia
- La
ndca
re(g
) N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Riv
erca
re(g
)
4,18
6 1,
667
9,33
2 1,
163
465
2,33
3 8,
873
916
28,9
35
064
724
749
551
4
40,0
00 257 98 197
205
01,
442
552
1,10
31,
145
018
0 69 137
143
034
813
326
627
8
036
113
827
628
6
0 0 0 0 0
014
2 54 108
112
40,0
003,
377
1,29
12,
582
2,68
3 R
ecre
atio
n an
d C
ultu
re -
tota
l 1,
903
40,7
57
4,24
2 52
9 1,
025
1,06
1 0
416
49,9
33
Fuel
and
Ene
rgy
Sno
wy
Hyd
ro L
td -
com
pany
tax
com
pens
atio
n 23
,559
11
,780
0
0 0
0 0
0 35
,339
Fu
el a
nd E
nerg
y - t
otal
23
,559
11
,780
0
0 0
0 0
0 35
,339
Tabl
e B
2: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 ($
'000
) Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
68
Agr
icul
ture
, For
estr
y an
d Fi
shin
gN
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Bus
hcar
e(g)
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tralia
- C
oast
care
(g)
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tralia
- La
ndca
re(g
)N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Riv
erca
re(g
)TA
S W
heat
Fre
ight
- sh
ippi
ngE
xotic
Dis
ease
Pre
pare
dnes
sE
xcep
tiona
l circ
umst
ance
s as
sist
ance
Nat
iona
l Lan
dcar
e P
rogr
amm
e (N
LP)
Reg
iona
l Ass
ista
nce
Gre
at A
rtesi
an B
asin
Sus
tain
abili
ty In
itiat
ive
Fore
st In
dust
ry S
truct
ural
Adj
ustm
ent P
acka
geS
killi
ng F
arm
ers
for t
he F
utur
eW
ar S
ervi
ce L
and
Set
tlem
ent S
chem
eE
radi
catio
n of
Red
Impo
rted
Fire
Ant
Nat
iona
l Act
ion
Pla
n fo
r Sal
inity
and
Wat
er Q
ualit
yA
gric
ultu
ral D
evel
opm
ent P
artn
ersh
ips
2,24
385
81,
715
1,78
1 038
181
,994
6,44
02,
469
218
18,5
054,
046 0 0
40,0
35 35
893
341
683
709 0
1,49
222
,015
5,09
8 0 03,
947
6,20
8 0 022
,500 0
5,00
01,
912
3,82
33,
971 0 56
31,3
176,
466
398
237 0
7,42
4 020
,500
10,0
00 0
623
238
477
495 0 34
6,04
14,
293
963 0
-723
1,63
1 0 014
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549
210
420
436 0 55 661
2,95
290
3 57 04,
493
359 0
14,0
00 465
1,25
047
895
63,
405
1,20
0 34 01,
342 0 0 0
863 1 0
1,50
0 0
94 0 72 74 0 42 014
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
491
188
375
390 0 34 0
1,21
3 0 0 01,
023 0 0
500 0
11,1
434,
225
8,52
111
,261
1,20
02,
128
142,
028
27,9
444,
733
512
21,7
2925
,688 360
20,5
0010
3,03
567
0 A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
- tot
al
160,
720
63,8
86
91,1
04
28,7
42
25,5
60
11,0
29
422
4,21
4 38
5,67
7 Tr
ansp
ort a
nd C
omm
unic
atio
nIn
ters
tate
road
tran
spor
t 19
,366
*S
uppl
emen
tary
fund
ing
to S
A c
ounc
ils fo
r loc
al ro
ads
0 P
etro
leum
Pro
duct
s Fr
eigh
t Sub
sidy
Sch
eme
250
R
oads
to R
ecov
ery
- Uni
ncor
pora
ted
area
s 95
0
Gol
d C
oast
ligh
t rai
l 0
11,2
69
3,99
0 1,
667
5,10
8 21
0 21
0 21
0 42
,030
0
00
00
00
0 0
1,75
0 80
20
0 0
0 1,
320
3,60
0 50
0
01,
002
0 0
0 2,
002
037
7 0
00
00
377
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
- tot
al
20,5
66
11,3
19
6,11
7 1,
747
6,31
0 21
0 21
0 1,
530
48,0
09
69
Tabl
e B
2: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 ($
'000
) Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
Deb
t Red
empt
ion
Ass
ista
nce
*Fin
anci
al A
ssis
tanc
e G
rant
s fo
r loc
al g
over
nmen
tFi
nanc
ial A
ssis
tanc
e G
rant
s U
ntie
d Lo
cal R
oads
Gra
nts
C
ompe
nsat
ion
- com
pani
es re
gula
tion
Nat
ural
Dis
aste
r Rel
ief
Roy
altie
s A
CT
Nat
iona
l Cap
ital i
nflu
ence
s
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
(con
tinue
d)S
peci
al R
even
ue A
ssis
tanc
e to
the
AC
T A
ssis
tanc
e to
AC
T S
oftw
ood
Saw
mill
9,60
0
352,
336
134,
513
51,7
9170
,000 0 0 0 0
4,99
3
258,
937
95,5
8345
,275
25,0
00 0 0 0 0
8,74
2
198,
076
86,8
6725
,497
19,0
00 0 0 0 0
3,09
1
102,
482
70,8
8915
,694
2,50
033
5,31
3 0 0 0
3,76
9
80,4
9325
,480
11,6
73 0 0 0 0 0
3,72
9
25,0
5424
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3,61
64,
000 0 0 0 0
0
17,0
4114
,867 0
10,0
00 022
,067
15,0
001,
000
1,36
8
10,3
8810
,861
2,30
74,
500
2,56
5 0 0 0
35,2
92
1,04
4,80
746
3,62
915
5,85
313
5,00
033
7,87
822
,067
15,0
001,
000
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
- tot
al
618,
240
429,
788
338,
182
529,
969
121,
415
60,9
68
79,9
75
31,9
89
2,21
0,52
6 TO
TAL
CU
RR
ENT
6,74
6,95
9 4,
868,
167
3,73
4,02
2 2,
276,
050
1,61
5,59
7 49
0,45
4 36
6,50
8 26
0,80
0 20
,358
,557
SP
ECIF
IC P
UR
POSE
PA
YMEN
TS -
CA
PITA
L PU
RPO
SES
Educ
atio
nG
over
nmen
t sch
ools
83
,278
58
,938
48
,624
25
,782
18
,766
6,
796
4,11
7 3,
116
249,
417
*Non
-gov
ernm
ent s
choo
ls
32,5
87
26,2
82
17,2
19
9,45
4 7,
337
2,10
7 2,
192
874
98,0
52
Educ
atio
n - t
otal
11
5,86
5 85
,220
65
,843
35
,236
26
,103
8,
903
6,30
9 3,
990
347,
469
Soci
al S
ecur
ity a
nd W
elfa
reC
risis
acc
omm
odat
ion
assi
stan
ce(h
) 13
,410
9,
856
7,35
7 3,
895
3,10
9 97
7 64
7 40
4 39
,655
So
cial
Sec
urity
and
Wel
fare
- to
tal
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
Hou
sing
ass
ista
nce
for i
ndig
enou
s pe
ople
(h)
Com
mun
ity h
ousi
ng(h
) C
SH
A B
lock
Ass
ista
nce/
Bas
e Fu
ndin
g(h)
Soc
ial H
ousi
ng S
ubsi
dy P
rogr
amm
e *F
eder
al fl
ood
miti
gatio
n
13,4
10
9,85
6 7,
357
3,89
5 3,
109
977
647
404
39,6
55
17,7
7721
,640
240,
113
1,99
54,
250
3,63
815
,904
176,
465 0
254
28,5
1011
,872
131,
730 0
4,20
8
19,1
446,
285
69,7
39 031
8
8,34
25,
017
55,6
71 066
8
696
1,57
621
,566 0
202
01,
044
16,7
48 135 0
22,8
93 652
13,1
98 0 0
101,
000
63,9
9072
5,23
02,
130
9,90
0
Tabl
e B
2: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 ($
'000
) Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
API
TAL
PUR
POSE
SH
ousi
ng a
nd C
omm
unity
Am
eniti
es (c
ontin
ued)
*Dis
aste
r Miti
gatio
n P
acka
ge
1,74
0 64
5 1,
625
330
300
330
240
240
5,45
0 *A
dditi
onal
Firs
t Hom
e O
wne
rs S
chem
e 4,
313
1,83
1 0
65
35
328
0 0
6,57
2 H
ousi
ng a
nd C
omm
unity
Am
eniti
es -
tota
l 29
1,82
8 19
8,73
7 17
7,94
5 95
,881
70
,033
24
,698
18
,167
36
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91
4,27
2 Fu
el a
nd E
nerg
y*P
hoto
volta
ic R
ebat
e P
rogr
amm
e (P
VR
P)
122
133
1,33
9 1
1,61
6 42
15
38
7 3,
655
Ren
ewab
le R
emot
e P
ower
Gen
erat
ion
282
0 3,
000
4,50
0 2,
700
1,00
0 0
2,80
0 14
,282
70
Fuel
and
Ene
rgy
- tot
al
404
133
4,33
9 4,
501
4,31
6 1,
042
15
3,18
7 17
,937
A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tralia
- La
ndca
re(g
) N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Riv
erca
re(g
) W
arne
r Cre
ek D
am a
nd N
orth
ern
Mid
land
s W
ater
Pro
ject
Gre
at A
rtesi
an B
asin
Sus
tain
abili
ty In
itiat
ive
10,3
19
3,44
0 0
77
1,78
6 7,
172
377
340
23,5
11
9,52
5 3,
580
0 82
1,
859
7,46
5 39
3 35
4 23
,258
00
00
00
00
2,78
2 0
3,95
4 0
308
0 0
0 7,
044
Agr
icul
ture
, For
estr
y an
d Fi
shin
g - t
otal
22
,626
7,
020
3,95
4 15
9 3,
953
14,6
37
770
694
53,8
13
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
Alic
e S
prin
gs D
arw
in R
ailw
ay
0 A
usLi
nk
0 R
oad
prog
ram
mes
(i)
396,
200
Roa
d sa
fety
bla
cksp
ots
14,2
87
Fede
ratio
n Fu
nd P
roje
cts
- QLD
0
Fede
ratio
n Fu
nd P
roje
cts
- NS
W/V
IC
17,0
00
0 013
8,15
010
,428 0
2,23
6
0 022
4,97
08,
923
30,0
00 0
0 071
,610
4,98
2 0 0
0 050
,950
3,49
0 0 0
0 013
,560
1,11
6 0 0
0 02,
615
602 0 0
0 030
,030 672 0 0
0 092
8,08
544
,500
30,0
0019
,236
Tr
ansp
ort a
nd C
omm
unic
atio
n - t
otal
42
7,48
7 15
0,81
4 26
3,89
3 76
,592
54
,440
14
,676
3,
217
30,7
02
1,02
1,82
1 O
ther
Pur
pose
sS
inki
ng F
und
on S
tate
Deb
t 43
5 12
8 50
7 23
17
6 14
3 0
0 1,
412
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
- tot
al
435
128
507
23
176
143
0 0
1,41
2 TO
TAL
CA
PITA
L 87
2,05
5 45
1,90
8 52
3,83
8 21
6,28
7 16
2,13
0 65
,076
29
,125
75
,960
2,
396,
379 0
Tabl
e B
2: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 ($
'000
) Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
REP
AYM
ENTS
Sup
plem
enta
ry C
ontri
butio
ns
55,4
04
43,3
46
111,
311
7,95
8 31
,871
35
,988
0
0 28
5,87
8 P
aym
ents
to D
ebt S
inki
ng F
unds
1,
754
516
2,04
5 91
71
2 57
8 0
0 5,
696
Tota
l 57
,158
43
,862
11
3,35
6 8,
049
32,5
83
36,5
66
0 0
291,
574
Re p
aym
ents
of A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t Loa
ns
AC
T D
ebt R
epay
men
ts
0 0
0 0
0 0
4,64
7 0
4,64
7 Lo
an C
ounc
il - H
ousi
ng N
omin
atio
ns
5,28
7 0
1,94
5 3,
373
3,16
6 1,
418
0 1,
760
16,9
49
Rep
aym
ents
of A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
tLo
ans
- tot
al
5,28
7 0
1,94
5 3,
373
3,16
6 1,
418
4,64
7 1,
760
21,5
96
Def
ence
Hou
sing
for s
ervi
cem
en
742
0 45
4 14
7 18
0
0 0
1,36
1 D
efen
ce -
tota
l 74
2 0
454
147
18
0 0
01,
361
71
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
CS
HA
loan
sO
ther
hou
sing
Urb
an w
ater
sup
ply
and
treat
men
tN
T - w
ater
and
sew
erag
e as
sist
ance
Gro
wth
cen
tres
Urb
an re
habi
litat
ion
Com
mun
ity fa
cilit
ies
- Tow
nsvi
lleC
apta
ins
Flat
(Aba
tem
ent o
f Pol
lutio
n) A
gree
men
tS
ewer
age
31,3
86 0 0 030
4 0 0 72,
710
0 0 0 0 010
3 0 0 0
8,63
3 0 0 0 0 0 39 067
7
8,21
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
9,58
5 039
2 0 0 0 0 0 0
3,64
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06,
043 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
488
2,48
2 013
6 0 0 0 0 0
61,9
558,
525
392
136
304
103 39 7
3,39
2 H
ousi
ng a
nd C
omm
unity
Am
eniti
es -
tota
l 34
,407
10
3 9,
349
8,22
1 9,
977
3,64
7 6,
043
3,10
6 74
,853
A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
Bov
ine
Bru
cello
sis
and
Tube
rcul
osis
(j)
0 R
ural
Adj
ustm
ent S
chem
e 1,
722
War
Ser
vice
Lan
d S
ettle
men
t Sch
eme
445
00
00
00
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
104
1,82
6 47
4 0
0 4
120
093
5 A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
- tot
al
2,16
7 47
4 0
0 4
12
0 10
4 2,
761
72
Tabl
e B
2: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 ($
'000
) Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
REP
AYM
ENTS
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
Rai
lway
pro
ject
s 96
96
0
379
0 0
0 0
571
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
- tot
al
9696
0
379
00
00
571
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
Nat
ural
Dis
aste
r Rel
ief
388
0 1,
770
0 0
0 0
330
2,48
8 O
ther
Pur
pose
s - t
otal
38
8 0
1,77
0 0
0 0
033
0 2,
488
TOTA
L R
EPA
YMEN
TS
100,
245
44,5
35
126,
874
20,1
69
45,7
48
41,6
43
10,6
90
5,30
0 39
5,20
4 A
DVA
NC
ESO
ther
Pur
pose
sN
atur
al D
isas
ter R
elie
f 3,
000
0 4,
000
0 0
0 0
500
7,50
0 O
ther
Pur
pose
s - t
otal
3,
000
0 4,
000
0 0
0 0
500
7,50
0 TO
TAL
AD
VAN
CES
3,
000
0 4,
000
0 0
0 0
500
7,50
0 IN
TER
EST
Inte
rest
on
Loan
Cou
ncil
and
NT
Gov
ernm
ent B
orro
win
gs
7,49
0 65
6 6,
210
107
2,52
9 2,
017
0 0
19,0
09
Tota
l 7,
490
656
6,21
0 10
7 2,
529
2,01
7 0
0 19
,009
In
tere
st o
n A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t Loa
nsA
CT
Gov
ernm
ent D
ebt
0 0
0 0
0 0
4,67
4 0
4,67
4 H
ousi
ng n
omin
atio
ns
21,4
25
0 7,
721
13,2
17
12,9
54
5,68
9 0
7,44
2 68
,448
In
tere
st o
n A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t Loa
ns -
tota
l 21
,425
0
7,72
1 13
,217
12
,954
5,
689
4,67
4 7,
442
73,1
22
Def
ence
Hou
sing
for s
ervi
cem
en
2,45
6 0
1,39
7 29
3 10
3 0
0 0
4,24
9 D
efen
ce -
tota
l 2,
456
0 1,
397
293
103
0 0
0 4,
249
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
CS
HA
loan
s 44
,175
O
ther
hou
sing
0
Urb
an w
ater
sup
ply
and
treat
men
t 0
NT
- wat
er a
nd s
ewer
age
assi
stan
ce
0 G
row
th c
entre
s 57
U
rban
reha
bilit
atio
n 0
0 12
,270
11
,745
18
,441
5,
974
0 1,
495
94,1
00
0 0
0 0
0 10
,411
4,
037
14,4
48
0 0
01,
098
0 0
0 1,
098
0 0
0 0
00
630
630
00
00
00
0 57
4
00
00
00
4
Tabl
e B
2: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 ($
'000
) Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
N
SW
VIC
Q
LD
WA
SA
TA
S A
CT
NT
Tota
l
73
INTE
RES
TH
ousi
ng a
nd C
omm
unity
Am
eniti
es (c
ontin
ued)
Sew
erag
e 5,
648
Com
mun
ity fa
cilit
ies
- Tow
nsvi
lle
0 C
apta
ins
Flat
(Aba
tem
ent o
f Pol
lutio
n) A
gree
men
t 6
01,
460
9 0
0 0
07,
117
07
00
00
0 7
00
00
00
0 6
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
- to
tal
49,8
86
4 13
,737
11
,754
19
,539
5,
974
10,4
11
6,16
2 11
7,46
7 A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
Bov
ine
Bru
cello
sis
and
Tube
rcul
osis
(j)
0 R
ural
Adj
ustm
ent S
chem
e 94
W
ar S
ervi
ce L
and
Set
tlem
ent S
chem
e 14
8
00
00
00
0 0
0 0
0 0
00
810
2 15
6 0
0 0
10
030
5 A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
- tot
al
242
156
0 0
01
08
407
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
Rai
lway
pro
ject
s
44
39
0 31
3 0
0 0
0 39
6 Tr
ansp
ort a
nd C
omm
unic
atio
n - t
otal
44
39
031
3 0
00
039
6 O
ther
Pur
pose
sN
atur
al D
isas
ter R
elie
f
240
0 29
1 0
0 0
0 35
56
6 O
ther
Pur
pose
s - t
otal
24
0 0
291
0 0
00
3556
6 TO
TAL
INTE
RES
T 81
,783
85
5 29
,356
25
,684
35
,125
13
,681
15
,085
13
,647
21
5,21
6 SU
MM
AR
Y O
F SP
ECIF
IC P
UR
POSE
PA
YMEN
TSTo
tal S
peci
fic P
urpo
se P
aym
ents
7,
619,
014
5,32
0,07
5 4,
257,
860
2,49
2,33
7 1,
777,
727
555,
530
395,
633
336,
760
22,7
54,9
36
Tota
l 'To
' 5,
657,
981
3,81
0,01
1 3,
145,
214
1,88
2,28
5 1,
326,
998
417,
194
274,
637
273,
318
16,7
87,6
38
Tota
l 'Th
roug
h'
1,96
1,03
3 1,
510,
064
1,11
2,64
6 61
0,05
2 45
0,72
9 13
8,33
6 12
0,99
6 63
,442
5,
967,
298
* Ite
ms
so m
arke
d ar
e cl
assi
fied
as p
aym
ents
'thr
ough
' the
Sta
tes.
(a)
Th
e al
loca
tion
of fu
nds
to th
e st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s fo
r eac
h ye
ar, a
s pe
r the
Aus
tralia
n N
atio
nal T
rain
ing
Aut
horit
y's
Dire
ctio
ns a
nd R
esou
rce
Allo
catio
ns, i
s su
bjec
t to
agre
emen
t by
the
Aus
tralia
n N
atio
nal T
rain
ing
Aut
horit
y M
inis
teria
l Cou
ncil.
The
tota
l lev
el o
f fun
ding
is s
ubje
ct to
the
amen
dmen
t of t
he V
ocat
iona
l Edu
catio
n an
d Tr
aini
ng F
undi
ng A
ct 1
992.
(b)
'A
way
from
Bas
e' p
aym
ents
und
er th
e In
dige
nous
Edu
catio
n S
trate
gic
Initi
ativ
es P
rogr
amm
e - g
over
nmen
t hav
e be
en re
clas
sifie
d e
ffect
ive
from
200
3-04
. Fun
ding
is n
ow c
lass
ified
as
gran
ts d
irect
to p
rovi
ders
and
per
sona
l ben
efic
iarie
s. T
otal
fund
ing
has
not b
een
affe
cted
by
this
recl
assi
ficat
ion.
Det
ails
of t
his
paym
ent c
an b
e fo
und
in th
e E
duca
tion,
Sci
ence
and
Tra
inin
g P
ortfo
lio B
udge
t Sta
tem
ent 2
004-
05.
Tabl
e B
2: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
003-
04 ($
'000
) (c
)
Non
-gov
ernm
ent I
ndig
enou
s ed
ucat
ion
paym
ents
hav
e be
en re
clas
sifie
d ef
fect
ive
from
200
4-05
. Fun
ding
is n
ow c
lass
ified
as
gran
ts d
irect
to n
on-g
over
nmen
t edu
catio
n pr
ovid
ers.
Tot
al fu
ndin
g ha
s no
t bee
n af
fect
ed b
y th
is re
clas
sific
atio
n. D
etai
ls o
f thi
s pa
ymen
t can
be
foun
d in
the
Edu
catio
n, S
cien
ce a
nd T
rain
ing
Por
tfolio
Bud
get S
tate
men
t 200
4-05
.(d
)
The
Aus
tralia
n H
ealth
Car
e A
gree
men
ts e
xpire
on
30 J
une
2008
. The
est
imat
es fo
r 200
4-05
onw
ards
repr
esen
t the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t's e
xpec
ted
max
imum
fund
ing
posi
tion
subj
ect t
o ch
ange
s in
wag
e co
sts
and
popu
latio
n pr
ofile
s. If
the
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
fail
to m
eet
the
term
s an
d co
nditi
ons
of th
e ag
reem
ents
, the
se a
mou
nts
may
be
redu
ced.
(e)
P
rior t
o 20
04-0
5, H
ome
and
Com
mun
ity C
are
paym
ents
incl
uded
bot
h cu
rren
t and
cap
ital g
rant
s. A
s th
e da
y-to
-day
adm
inis
tratio
n is
man
aged
by
the
sta
te a
nd te
rrito
ry g
over
nmen
ts, i
t is
now
thei
r res
pons
ibili
ty to
det
erm
ine
any
capi
tal e
xpen
ditu
re m
ade
thro
ugh
the
prog
ram
me.
(f)
The
amou
nts
repr
esen
t ful
l yea
r exp
endi
ture
. The
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t’s c
ontri
butio
n is
sub
ject
to th
e st
ate
and
terr
itory
gov
ernm
ents
agr
eein
g to
the
term
s of
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t’s o
ffer.
(g)
A
ll fig
ures
are
indi
cativ
e on
ly.
(h)
Th
is fu
ndin
g is
indi
cativ
e an
d su
bjec
t to
the
sign
ing
of b
ilate
ral a
gree
men
ts b
y th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent a
nd e
ach
stat
e an
d te
rrito
rygo
vern
men
t as
requ
ired
by th
e 20
03 C
omm
onw
ealth
Sta
te H
ousi
ng A
gree
men
t, ef
fect
ive
1 Ju
ly 2
003.
(i)
Th
is p
rogr
amm
e w
ill b
ecom
e pa
rt of
the
Aus
link
prog
ram
me
from
200
4-05
.(j)
The
NT
is c
urre
ntly
pre
parin
g a
subm
issi
on to
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t and
the
Cat
tle C
ounc
il of
Aus
tralia
rega
rdin
g t h
e pa
ymen
t of t
he B
ovin
e
Bru
cello
sis
and
Tube
rcul
osis
Era
dica
tion
Cam
paig
n (B
TEC
) par
t D ty
pe lo
ans.
The
deb
ts h
ave
not b
een
real
ised
due
to p
rotra
cted
lega
l neg
otia
tions
.H
owev
er, i
t is
unlik
ely
that
thes
e de
bts
will
be
repa
id.
74
Tabl
e B
3: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
004-
05 ($
'000
) Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
Publ
ic O
rder
and
Saf
ety
Lega
l aid
44
,732
0
0 13
,509
12
,703
4,
843
3,63
4 3,
324
82,7
45
Film
and
lite
ratu
re c
lass
ifica
tions
93
92
93
92
93
91
92
89
G
un B
uyba
ck S
chem
e 4,
490
2,06
2 2,
025
780
878
197
49
79
10,5
60
Publ
ic O
rder
and
Saf
ety
- tot
al
49,3
15
2,15
4 2,
118
14,3
81
13,6
74
5,13
1 3,
775
3,49
2 94
,040
75
Educ
atio
nG
over
nmen
t sch
ools
54
6,47
9 *N
on-g
over
nmen
t sch
ools
1,
477,
596
Voc
atio
nal E
duca
tion
and
Trai
ning
Fun
ding
Act
(a)
377,
624
Targ
eted
pro
gram
mes
- go
vern
men
t sch
ools
and
join
t 13
9,80
2 *T
arge
ted
Pro
gram
mes
- no
n-go
vern
men
t sch
ools
68
,394
In
dige
nous
Edu
catio
n S
trate
gic
Initi
ativ
esP
rogr
amm
e - g
over
nmen
t(b)
24,4
89
*Ind
igen
ous
Edu
catio
n S
trate
gic
Initi
ativ
esP
rogr
amm
e - n
on-g
over
nmen
t(c)
0
392,
506
1,16
1,26
027
3,62
785
,273
55,0
14
5,06
0 0
333,
253
844,
124
192,
096
60,0
6728
,195
22,1
02 0
163,
116
436,
899
105,
015
32,2
1917
,600
16,1
13 0
118,
500
355,
264
88,0
2932
,648
13,1
24
6,45
5 0
45,3
3692
,123
29,9
2910
,445
3,17
5
2,78
9 0
27,1
5789
,629
20,9
583,
472
2,83
4
906 0
20,1
5533
,317
13,9
107,
366
2,15
2
18,2
68 0
1,64
6,50
24,
490,
212
1,10
1,18
837
1,29
219
0,48
8
96,1
82
Educ
atio
n - t
otal
2,
634,
384
1,97
2,74
0 1,
479,
837
770,
962
614,
020
183,
797
144,
956
95,1
68
7,89
5,86
4 H
ealth
Hep
atiti
s C
Set
tlem
ent F
und
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 H
ealth
Pro
gram
me
Gra
nts
0 2,
199
0 0
0 0
0 65
0 2,
849
Hea
lth C
are
Gra
nts(
d)
2,66
6,80
1 1,
916,
384
1,50
3,91
3 77
4,77
4 66
6,88
7 17
5,40
2 10
4,23
8 96
,494
7,
904,
893
Hig
hly
Spe
cial
ised
Dru
gs
152,
837
114,
928
74,9
70
35,1
17
32,3
35
8,04
6 7,
066
4,03
9 42
9,33
8 Y
outh
hea
lth s
ervi
ces
810
600
421
217
198
60
55
57
2,41
8 N
atio
nal p
ublic
hea
lth
71,7
74
51,2
98
38,6
83
19,4
72
17,5
51
5,24
1 3,
144
2,84
3 21
0,00
6 E
ssen
tial v
acci
nes
56,0
56
35,6
24
28,9
54
15,0
55
11,1
38
3,64
5 2,
358
2,27
5 15
5,10
5 R
epat
riatio
n ge
nera
l hos
pita
ls
3,49
0 1,
992
0 0
668
654
0 0
6,80
4 A
ssis
tanc
e fo
r Bal
i vic
tims
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 H
ealth
- to
tal
2,95
1,76
8 2,
123,
025
1,64
6,94
1 84
4,63
5 72
8,77
7 19
3,04
8 11
6,86
1 10
6,35
8 8,
711,
413
735 0
Tabl
e B
3: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
004-
05 ($
'000
) (co
ntin
ued)
Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
SPEC
IFIC
PU
RPO
SE P
AYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
T PU
RPO
SES
Soci
al S
ecur
ity a
nd W
elfa
reA
ged
care
ass
essm
ent
Hom
e an
d co
mm
unity
car
e(e)
Dis
abili
ties
serv
ices
Chi
ldre
n’s
serv
ices
Sup
porte
d A
ccom
mod
atio
n A
ssis
tanc
eU
nacc
ompa
nied
hum
anita
rian
min
ors
Ext
ensi
on o
f frin
ge b
enef
itsN
ativ
e Ti
tleC
once
ssio
ns fo
r Cw
lth S
enio
rs H
ealth
Car
d ho
lder
s(f)
Sta
te S
enio
r’s C
ard
reci
proc
al tr
ansp
ort c
once
ssio
ns(f)
16,7
74
12,9
82
8,24
2 5,
526
5,12
3 2,
300
707
1,27
6 52
,930
24
7,83
6 20
1,24
2 16
1,27
4 78
,775
67
,619
20
,307
9,
329
5,47
6 79
1,85
8 18
8,85
5 12
9,02
6 10
9,45
9 45
,675
63
,520
19
,785
7,
936
5,92
9 57
0,18
5 97
5 63
0 47
5 41
8 8,
235
219
57
2 11
,011
56
,048
37
,473
29
,007
17
,275
16
,595
7,
431
5,92
0 4,
939
174,
688
447
696
295
263
439
0 0
0 2,
140
66,3
18
47,4
10
33,1
05
16,6
70
18,8
62
6,05
8 1,
347
923
190,
693
2,00
0 0
3,00
0 2,
000
2,00
0 0
0 2,
000
11,0
00
35,9
14
17,4
08
8,90
2 7,
884
4,62
7 1,
305
2,60
4 33
0 78
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1,
953
1,74
5 1,
005
308
506
92
183
8 5,
800
76
Soci
al S
ecur
ity a
nd W
elfa
re -
tota
l 61
7,12
0 44
8,61
2 35
4,76
4 17
4,79
4 18
7,52
6 57
,497
28
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20
,883
1,
889,
279
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
Ass
ista
nce
for w
ater
and
sew
erag
e 0
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st -
Bus
hcar
e(g)
3,
376
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tralia
- C
oast
care
(g)
1,29
1 N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Land
care
(g)
2,58
2 N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Riv
erca
re(g
) 2,
681
02,
776
1,06
12,
123
2,20
4
02,
922
1,11
72,
234
2,32
0
02,
338
894
1,78
71,
856
01,
607
614
1,22
91,
276
073
027
955
958
0
9,05
114
6 56 112
116
073
027
955
958
0
9,05
114
,625
5,59
111
,185
11,6
13
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
- to
tal
Rec
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ion
and
Cul
ture
Mel
bour
ne 2
006
Com
mon
wea
lth G
ames
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tralia
- B
ushc
are(
g) N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Coa
stca
re(g
) N
atur
al H
erita
ge T
rust
of A
ustra
lia -
Land
care
(g)
Nat
ural
Her
itage
Tru
st o
f Aus
tralia
- R
iver
care
(g)
9,93
0 8,
164
8,59
3 6,
875
4,72
6 2,
148
9,48
1 2,
148
52,0
65
01,
535
587
1,17
41,
217
01,
262
482
965
1,00
2
01,
327
508
1,01
61,
055
01,
062
406
812
844
073
027
955
958
1
033
212
725
426
4
0 66 25 51 53
033
212
725
426
4
6,64
62,
541
5,08
55,
280
Rec
reat
ion
and
Cul
ture
- to
tal
4,51
3 3,
711
3,90
6 3,
124
2,14
9 97
7 19
5 97
7 19
,552
Fu
el a
nd E
nerg
yS
now
y H
ydro
Ltd
- co
mpa
ny ta
x co
mpe
nsat
ion
18,5
60
9,28
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 27
,840
Fu
el a
nd E
nerg
y - t
otal
18
,560
9,
280
0 0
0 0
0 0
27,8
40 0
Tabl
e B
3: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
004-
05 ($
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) (co
ntin
ued)
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nctio
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C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
SPEC
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PU
RPO
SE P
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- C
UR
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77
Agr
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, For
estr
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d Fi
shin
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atur
al H
erita
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rust
of A
ustra
lia -
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Nat
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Her
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Tru
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Nat
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Her
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Tru
st o
f Aus
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Nat
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Reg
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Gre
at A
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149,
246
6,97
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6,35
73,
600 0 0
46,0
351,
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4,37
41,
672
3,34
63,
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400
2,70
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4,60
41,
760
3,52
13,
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4,00
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6,90
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3,68
41,
408
2,81
62,
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7,76
54,
654 0
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620 0 0
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2,53
296
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936
2,01
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3,19
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1,15
144
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1,45
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230 88 176
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152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,15
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314 0 0 0
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23,0
468,
810
17,6
2318
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1,20
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224
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929
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7,70
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757
12,1
00 06,
900
147,
535
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2 A
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and
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232,
591
84,3
00
102,
141
65,2
64
31,2
35
8,35
5 86
5 5,
915
530,
666
Tran
spor
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Com
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Inte
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22,1
33
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12,8
78
4,56
0 1,
906
5,82
3 24
0 24
0 24
0 48
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0
0 0
4,25
0 0
0 0
4,25
0 0
1,70
0 80
20
0 0
0 1,
270
3,50
0 50
0
0 1,
000
0 0
1,00
0 3,
000
0 0
0 0
00
0 Tr
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nd C
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otal
23
,333
12
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6,
260
1,98
6 11
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24
0 24
0 2,
510
58,7
70
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
Deb
t Red
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ion
Ass
ista
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9,61
0 4,
994
28,1
51
3,07
2 3,
743
2,82
3 0
1,35
2 53
,745
0
Tabl
e B
3: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
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epay
men
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f adv
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s, a
dvan
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and
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rest
pay
men
ts, 2
004-
05 ($
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Fu
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262,
031
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204,
358
88,2
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104,
330
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81,3
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25,5
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3,60
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17,1
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10,5
93
1,06
1,89
2 15
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11
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1,19
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2,36
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89,5
40
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386
361,
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22,5
08
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0
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78
Oth
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593,
031
411,
160
379,
953
562,
418
122,
945
56,9
14
68,9
74
38,7
36
2,23
4,13
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7,13
4,54
5 5,
076,
074
3,98
4,51
3 2,
444,
439
1,71
6,32
5 50
8,10
7 37
3,43
0 27
6,18
7 21
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SP
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POSE
PA
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Educ
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88
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62
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51
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27
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19
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7,
225
4,37
7 3,
313
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146
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34,6
42
27,9
40
18,3
05
10,0
50
7,80
0 2,
240
2,33
0 4,
944
108,
251
Educ
atio
n - t
otal
12
3,17
1 90
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69
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37
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27
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9,
465
6,70
7 8,
257
373,
397
Soci
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acc
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assi
stan
ce(h
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9,
972
7,44
4 3,
941
3,14
6 98
8 65
4 40
9 40
,122
So
cial
Sec
urity
and
Wel
fare
- to
tal
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
Hou
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ass
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for i
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(h)
Com
mun
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SH
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Ass
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Bas
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Soc
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miti
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13,5
68
9,97
2 7,
444
3,94
1 3,
146
988
654
409
40,1
22
17,9
8721
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242,
873
1,99
54,
310
5,51
01,
134
3,68
116
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178,
494 0
1,81
52,
445
666
28,7
8012
,012
133,
245 0
4,31
04,
385
108
19,3
056,
359
70,5
42 060
51,
050
126
8,44
25,
076
56,3
11 048
41,
020
126
704
1,59
421
,869 0
384
1,05
0 36
01,
056
17,0
09 135 0
960 18
23,1
73 659
13,4
30 019
296
0 0
102,
072
64,7
4473
3,77
32,
130
12,1
0017
,380
2,21
4 H
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ng a
nd C
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unity
Am
eniti
es -
tota
l 29
5,70
6 20
3,19
2 18
2,84
0 97
,987
71
,459
25
,637
19
,178
38
,414
93
4,41
3 0
Tabl
e B
3: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
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s, a
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ces
and
inte
rest
pay
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ts, 2
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ntin
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nctio
nP
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VI
C
QLD
W
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TAS
AC
T N
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SPEC
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PU
RPO
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- C
API
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PUR
POSE
SFu
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Pho
tovo
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Reb
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Pro
gram
me
(PV
RP
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423
1,43
4 26
7 10
4 1,
526
125
11
10
4,90
0 R
enew
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5 0
4,95
0 10
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41
1 1,
070
0 6,
288
23,4
88
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and
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1,71
8 1,
434
5,21
7 10
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1,
937
1,19
5 11
6,
298
28,3
88
Agr
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Agr
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0
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2,10
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100
Tran
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Alic
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0 0
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0 0
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Sta
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8,
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4,98
2 3,
490
1,11
6 60
2 67
2 44
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4,66
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12
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0 22
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Tr
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26,2
87
20,9
28
13,5
89
4,98
2 3,
490
1,11
6 60
2 67
2 1,
395,
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275
5 18
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275
518
9 0
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0,72
5 32
6,12
6 27
9,27
4 15
4,94
6 10
7,86
6 40
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27
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54
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2,
774,
070
REP
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Sup
plem
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0 0
66,8
02
0 0
7,21
5 0
0 74
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P
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to D
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ng F
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1,
108
20
763
0 34
4 16
5 0
0 2,
400
Tota
l 1,
108
20
67,5
65
0 34
4 7,
380
0 0
76,4
17
595
595
Tabl
e B
3: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
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Stat
es, r
epay
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ts o
f adv
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0
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0 0
0 4,
647
0 4,
647
Loan
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sing
nom
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ions
5,
525
0 2,
033
3,52
4 3,
308
1,48
2 0
1,83
9 17
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R
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men
ts o
f Aus
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Loan
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5,
525
0 2,
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3,52
4 3,
308
1,48
2 4,
647
1,83
9 22
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D
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79
4 0
485
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19
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0 1,
453
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0 48
5 15
5 19
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ewer
age
32,0
58 0 0 024
7 0 0 82,
981
0 8,
776
00
00
00
00
00
0 42
0
0 0
744
8,39
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
10,0
06 043
7 0 0 0 0 0 0
3,80
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06,
232 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
510
2,21
8 013
6 0 0 0 0 0
63,5
458,
450
437
136
247 0 42 8
3,73
0 H
ousi
ng a
nd C
omm
unity
Am
eniti
es -
tota
l 35
,294
0
9,56
2 8,
398
10,4
43
3,80
2 6,
232
2,86
4 76
,595
A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
Bov
ine
Bru
cello
sis
and
Tube
rcul
osis
(k)
0 R
ural
Adj
ustm
ent S
chem
e 52
6 W
ar S
ervi
ce L
and
Set
tlem
ent S
chem
e 46
2
0 0
0 0
00
0 0
0 0
0 0
00
28
554
491
0 0
04
00
957
Agr
icul
ture
, For
estr
y an
d Fi
shin
g - t
otal
98
8 49
1 0
0 0
4 0
281,
511
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
Rai
lway
pro
ject
s 96
96
0
382
0 0
0 0
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
- tot
al
96
96
038
2 0
00
0 57
4 57
4
81
Tabl
e B
3: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
004-
05 ($
'000
) (co
ntin
ued)
Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
REP
AYM
ENTS
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
Nat
ural
Dis
aste
r Rel
ief
1,26
6 0
1,77
0 0
0 0
0 32
9 3,
365
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
- tot
al
1,26
6 0
1,77
0 0
0 0
0 32
9 3,
365
TOTA
L R
EPA
YMEN
TS
45,0
71
607
81,4
15
12,4
59
14,1
14
12,6
68
10,8
79
5,06
0 18
2,27
3 A
DVA
NC
ES
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
Nat
ural
Dis
aste
r Rel
ief
3,00
0 0
4,00
0 0
0 0
0 50
0 7,
500
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
- tot
al
3,00
0 0
4,00
0 0
0 0
0 50
0 7,
500
TOTA
L A
DVA
NC
ES
3,00
0 0
4,00
0 0
0 0
0 50
0 7,
500
INTE
RES
T In
tere
st o
n Lo
an C
ounc
il an
d N
T G
over
nmen
tB
orro
win
gs
5,85
3 54
2,
544
0 1,
757
639
0 0
10,8
47
Tota
l 5,
853
54
2,54
4 0
1,75
7 63
9 0
0 10
,847
In
tere
st o
n A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t Loa
nsA
CT
Gov
ernm
ent d
ebt
0 0
0 0
0 0
4,14
0 0
4,14
0 H
ousi
ng n
omin
atio
ns
21,1
87
0 7,
634
13,0
65
12,8
11
5,62
6 0
7,36
3 67
,686
In
tere
st o
n A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t Loa
ns
tota
l 21
,187
0
7,63
4 13
,065
12
,811
5,
626
4,14
0 7,
363
71,8
26
Def
ence
Hou
sing
for s
ervi
cem
en
2,42
4 0
1,37
7 28
6 10
2 0
0 0
4,18
9 D
efen
ce -
tota
l 2,
424
0 1,
377
286
102
0 0
0 4,
189
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
CS
HA
loan
s 42
,886
O
ther
hou
sing
0
Urb
an w
ater
sup
ply
and
treat
men
t 0
NT
- wat
er a
nd s
ewer
age
assi
stan
ce
0 G
row
th c
entre
s 28
U
rban
reha
bilit
atio
n 0
Sew
erag
e 5,
374
0 11
,918
11
,408
18
,020
5,
817
0 1,
473
91,5
22
0 0
0 0
0 10
,139
3,
923
14,0
62
0 0
01,
054
0 0
0 1,
054
0 0
0 0
00
623
623
0 0
0 0
00
028
0
00
00
00
0 0
1,39
0 8
0 0
0 0
6,77
2
Tabl
e B
3: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
004-
05 ($
'000
) (co
ntin
ued)
Fu
nctio
nP
aym
ent t
itle
N
SW
VIC
Q
LD
WA
SA
TA
S A
CT
NT
Tota
l
82
INTE
RES
T H
ousi
ng a
nd C
omm
unity
Am
eniti
es (c
ontin
ued)
Com
mun
ity fa
cilit
ies
- Tow
nsvi
lle
0 0
3 0
0 0
0 0
3 C
apta
ins
Flat
(Aba
tem
ent o
f Pol
lutio
n) A
gree
men
t 5
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 5
Hou
sing
and
Com
mun
ity A
men
ities
- to
tal
48,2
93
0 13
,311
11
,416
19
,074
5,
817
10,1
39
6,01
9 11
4,06
9 A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
Bov
ine
Bru
cello
sis
and
Tube
rcul
osis
(k)
0 R
ural
Adj
ustm
ent S
chem
e 11
0 W
ar S
ervi
ce L
and
Set
tlem
ent S
chem
e 13
1
0 0
0 0
00
0 0
0 0
0 0
00
2 11
2 13
8 0
0 0
10
0 27
0 A
gric
ultu
re, F
ores
try
and
Fish
ing
- tot
al
241
138
0 0
0 1
02
382
Tran
spor
t and
Com
mun
icat
ion
Rai
lway
pro
ject
s
39
34
0 29
1 0
0 0
0 36
4 Tr
ansp
ort a
nd C
omm
unic
atio
n - t
otal
39
34
0
291
0 0
00
364
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
Nat
ural
Dis
aste
r Rel
ief
24
0 0
290
0 0
0 0
35
565
Oth
er P
urpo
ses
- tot
al
240
029
0 0
0 0
035
TO
TAL
INTE
RES
T 78
,277
22
6 25
,156
25
,058
33
,744
12
,083
14
,279
13
,419
20
2,24
2 SU
MM
AR
Y O
F SP
ECIF
IC P
UR
POSE
PA
YMEN
TSTo
tal S
peci
fic P
urpo
se P
aym
ents
(j)
7,59
5,27
0 5,
402,
200
4,26
3,78
7 2,
599,
385
1,82
4,19
1 54
8,64
9 40
0,58
2 33
0,23
7 24
,287
,690
To
tal '
To' (
j) 5,
508,
976
3,79
2,45
2 3,
071,
451
1,95
6,57
5 1,
333,
372
399,
030
272,
534
267,
031
17,9
24,8
10
Tota
l 'Th
roug
h'
2,08
6,29
4 1,
609,
748
1,19
2,33
6 64
2,81
0 49
0,81
9 14
9,61
9 12
8,04
8 63
,206
6,
362,
880
* Ite
ms
so m
arke
d ar
e cl
assi
fied
as p
aym
ents
'thr
ough
' the
Sta
tes.
(a)
Th
e al
loca
tion
of fu
nds
to th
e st
ates
and
terr
itorie
s fo
r eac
h ye
ar, a
s pe
r the
Aus
tralia
n N
atio
nal T
rain
ing
Aut
horit
y's
Dire
ctio
ns a
nd R
esou
rce
Allo
catio
ns, i
s su
bjec
t to
agre
emen
t by
the
Aus
tralia
n N
atio
nal T
rain
ing
Aut
horit
y M
inis
teria
l Cou
ncil.
The
tota
l lev
el o
f fun
ding
is s
ubje
ct to
the
amen
dmen
t of t
he V
ocat
iona
l Edu
catio
n an
d Tr
aini
ng F
undi
ng A
ct 1
992.
(b)
'A
way
from
Bas
e' p
aym
ents
und
er th
e In
dige
nous
Edu
catio
n S
trate
gic
Initi
ativ
es P
rogr
amm
e - g
over
nmen
t hav
e be
en re
clas
sifie
d e
ffect
ive
from
200
3-04
. Fun
ding
is n
ow c
lass
ified
as
gran
ts d
irect
to p
rovi
ders
and
per
sona
l ben
efic
iarie
s. T
otal
fund
ing
has
not b
een
affe
cted
by
this
recl
assi
ficat
ion.
Det
ails
of t
his
paym
ent c
an b
e fo
und
in th
e E
duca
tion,
Sci
ence
and
Tra
inin
g P
ortfo
lio B
udge
t Sta
tem
ent 2
004-
05.
565
Tabl
e B
3: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts to
and
thro
ugh
the
Stat
es, r
epay
men
ts o
f adv
ance
s, a
dvan
ces
and
inte
rest
pay
men
ts, 2
004-
05 ($
'000
) (c
)
Non
-gov
ernm
ent I
ndig
enou
s ed
ucat
ion
paym
ents
hav
e be
en re
clas
sifie
d ef
fect
ive
from
200
4-05
. Fun
ding
is n
ow c
lass
ified
as
gran
ts d
irect
to n
on-g
over
nmen
t edu
catio
n pr
ovid
ers.
Tot
al fu
ndin
g ha
s no
t bee
n af
fect
ed b
y th
is re
clas
sific
atio
n. D
etai
ls o
f thi
s pa
ymen
t can
be
foun
d in
the
Edu
catio
n, S
cien
ce a
nd T
rain
ing
Por
tfolio
Bud
get S
tate
men
t 200
4-05
.(d
)
The
Aus
tralia
n H
ealth
Car
e A
gree
men
ts e
xpire
on
30 J
une
2008
. The
est
imat
es fo
r 200
4-05
onw
ards
repr
esen
t the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t's e
xpec
ted
max
imum
fund
ing
posi
tion
subj
ect t
o ch
ange
s in
wag
e co
sts
and
popu
latio
n pr
ofile
s. If
the
stat
es a
nd te
rrito
ries
fail
to m
eet
the
term
s an
d co
nditi
ons
of th
e ag
reem
ents
, the
se a
mou
nts
may
be
redu
ced.
(e)
P
rior t
o 20
04-0
5, H
ome
and
Com
mun
ity C
are
paym
ents
incl
uded
bot
h cu
rren
t and
cap
ital g
rant
s. A
s th
e da
y-to
-day
adm
inis
tratio
n is
man
aged
by
the
sta
te a
nd te
rrito
ry g
over
nmen
ts, i
t is
now
thei
r res
pons
ibili
ty to
det
erm
ine
any
capi
tal e
xpen
ditu
re m
ade
thro
ugh
the
prog
ram
me.
(f)
The
amou
nts
repr
esen
t ful
l yea
r exp
endi
ture
. The
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t’s c
ontri
butio
n is
sub
ject
to th
e st
ate
and
terr
itory
gov
ernm
ents
agr
eein
g to
the
term
s of
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t’s o
ffer.
(g)
A
ll fig
ures
are
indi
cativ
e on
ly.
(h)
Th
is fu
ndin
g is
indi
cativ
e an
d su
bjec
t to
the
sign
ing
of b
ilate
ral a
gree
men
ts b
y th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent a
nd e
ach
stat
e an
d te
rrito
rygo
vern
men
t as
requ
ired
by th
e 20
03 C
omm
onw
ealth
Sta
te H
ousi
ng A
gree
men
t, ef
fect
ive
1 Ju
ly 2
003.
(i)
Th
is p
rogr
amm
e w
ill b
ecom
e pa
rt of
the
Aus
Link
pro
gram
me
from
200
4-05
.(j)
Indi
vidu
al s
tate
and
terr
itory
Aus
link
brea
kdow
ns a
re n
ot y
et a
vaila
ble
and
acco
rdin
gly
are
not i
nclu
ded
in in
divi
dual
sta
te a
nd te
rrito
ry e
stim
ated
am
ount
s fo
r 200
4-05
. The
se a
lloca
tions
will
be
anno
unce
d as
par
t of t
he A
uslin
k W
hite
Pap
er in
Jun
e 20
04. T
he a
ggre
gate
Aus
link
amou
nt o
f$1
,323
.4 m
illio
n fo
r 200
4-05
is in
clud
ed in
the
aggr
egat
e st
ate
and
terr
itory
tota
l.(k
)
The
NT
is c
urre
ntly
pre
parin
g a
subm
issi
on to
the
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t and
the
Cat
tle C
ounc
il of
Aus
tralia
rega
rdin
g th
e pa
ymen
t of t
he B
ovin
e B
ruce
llosi
s an
d Tu
berc
ulos
is E
radi
catio
n C
ampa
ign
(BTE
C) p
art D
type
loan
s. T
he d
ebts
hav
e no
t bee
n re
alis
ed d
ue to
pro
tract
ed le
gal n
egot
iatio
ns.
How
ever
, it i
s un
likel
y th
at th
ese
debt
s w
ill b
e re
paid
.
83
Tabl
e B
4: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts d
irect
to lo
cal g
over
nmen
t aut
horit
ies,
200
3-04
to 2
007-
08 ($
'000
) Pa
ymen
t titl
e 20
03-0
4 20
04-0
5 20
05-0
6 20
06-0
7 20
07-0
8 D
escr
iptio
nD
IREC
T PA
YMEN
TS -
CU
RR
ENT
Dis
abili
ty s
ervi
ces
1,38
0 P
aym
ents
to lo
cal g
over
nmen
t aut
horit
ies
in o
rder
to p
rovi
de s
ervi
ces
for p
eopl
e w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s.C
hild
ren'
s se
rvic
es
47,9
53
Fund
s ar
e pr
ovid
ed to
ens
ure
acce
ss to
affo
rdab
le q
ualit
y ch
ild c
are
in p
rogr
amm
es a
dmin
iste
red
by lo
cal g
over
nmen
ts o
n be
half
of th
e A
ustra
lian
Gov
ernm
ent.
Roa
ds to
Rec
over
y Pr
ogra
mm
e 30
0,00
0 Th
e R
oads
to R
ecov
ery
prog
ram
me
has
been
ext
ende
d un
der A
usLi
nk, t
he n
ew n
atio
nal l
and
trans
port
plan
, fro
m 2
005-
06 to
200
8-09
. A
n am
ount
of $
200
mill
ion
per a
nnum
will
be
mad
e av
aila
ble
to lo
cal
coun
cils
for u
pgra
ding
and
mai
nten
ance
wor
ks o
n lo
cal r
oads
and
$10
0 m
illio
n pe
r ann
um w
ill b
eal
loca
ted
on a
com
petit
ive
basi
s fo
r loc
al la
nd tr
ansp
ort i
nfra
stru
ctur
e of
regi
onal
impo
rtanc
e.W
eipa
Str
uctu
ral A
djus
tmen
t Pac
kage
0
This
pay
men
t is
to c
ompe
nsat
e fo
r the
loss
of t
he d
iese
l fue
l reb
ate
whe
n ow
ners
hip
trans
fers
from
Com
alco
Ltd
.
1,41
6
49,0
17
250,
000
2,20
0
1,45
5 1,
496
49,7
81
50,5
59
300,
000
300,
000
2,20
0 2,
200
1,53
9
51,3
39
300,
000
84
TOTA
L C
UR
REN
T 34
9,33
3 30
2,63
3 35
3,43
6 35
4,25
5 35
2,87
8 D
IREC
T PA
YMEN
TS -
CA
PITA
L C
hild
ren'
s se
rvic
es
358
364
371
378
385
For c
onst
ruct
ing
com
mun
ity c
hild
car
e ce
ntre
s un
der A
ustra
lian-
Sta
te G
over
nmen
t Nat
iona
l Chi
ld C
are
Stra
tegi
es.
Nat
ural
Her
itage
and
Wat
er P
ark,
Goo
ndiw
indi
53
0 0
00
0 To
ena
ble
the
cons
truct
ion
of a
Nat
ural
Her
itage
and
Wat
er P
ark
at S
erpe
ntin
e La
goon
,G
oond
iwin
di, a
s an
alte
rnat
e w
ater
ski
ing
and
recr
eatio
nal a
rea
to B
oobe
ra L
agoo
n.B
ert H
inkl
er H
all o
f Avi
atio
n 72
572
5 0
0 0
The
Aus
tralia
n G
over
nmen
t will
pro
vide
a $
1.5
mill
ion
cont
ribut
ion
tow
ards
the
cons
truct
ion
of th
eB
ert H
inkl
er H
all o
f Avi
atio
n in
Bun
dabe
rg, Q
LD.
The
Hal
l of A
viat
ion
will
be
a m
useu
m s
how
casi
ngm
emor
abili
a re
late
d to
Aus
tralia
's a
viat
ion
hist
ory.
Dev
elop
men
t of S
ewer
age
Sche
mes
for B
oat H
arbo
ur B
each
and
Sis
ters
Bea
ch
1,00
0 1,
000
0 0
0 To
sup
port
the
esta
blis
hmen
t of e
nviro
nmen
tally
sus
tain
able
sew
erag
e tre
atm
ent f
acili
ties
at S
iste
rs B
each
and
Boa
t Har
bour
com
mun
ities
, Tas
man
ia.
Mou
nt P
anor
ama
mot
or ra
cing
circ
uit
10,0
00
0 0
0 0
To c
ontri
bute
to th
e up
grad
e of
faci
litie
s at
the
Mou
nt P
anor
ama
mot
or ra
cing
circ
uit.
TOTA
L C
API
TAL
12,6
13
2,08
9 37
1 37
8 38
5 TO
TAL
DIR
ECT
PAYM
ENT S
36
1,94
6 30
4,72
2 35
3,80
7 35
4,63
3 35
3,26
3 0
Tabl
e B
5: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts d
irect
to lo
cal g
over
nmen
t aut
horit
ies,
200
3-04
($'0
00)
Pay
men
t titl
e N
SW
VIC
Q
LD
WA
SA
TA
S A
CT
NT
Tota
l
DIR
ECT
PAYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
TD
isab
ility
ser
vice
s 18
1 56
1 63
8 0
0 0
0 0
1,38
0 C
hild
ren'
s se
rvic
es
17,3
57
18,3
32
5,32
7 3,
125
820
2,31
3 0
679
47,9
53
Roa
ds to
Rec
over
y P
rogr
amm
e 85
,000
62
,500
62
,500
45
,000
25
,000
10
,000
5,
000
5,00
0 30
0,00
0 W
eipa
Stru
ctur
al A
djus
tmen
t Pac
kage
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 TO
TAL
CU
RR
ENT
102,
538
81,3
93
68,4
65
48,1
25
25,8
20
12,3
13
5,00
0 5,
679
349,
333
DIR
ECT
PAYM
ENTS
- C
API
TAL
Chi
ldre
n's
serv
ices
Nat
ural
Her
itage
and
Wat
er P
ark,
Goo
ndiw
indi
Ber
t Hin
kler
Hal
l of A
viat
ion
Dev
elop
men
t of S
ewer
age
Sch
emes
for B
oat H
arbo
urB
each
and
Sis
ters
Bea
chM
ount
Pan
oram
a m
otor
raci
ng c
ircui
t
66
6878
180
120
0 8
358
0 0
530
00
0 0
053
0 0
072
5 0
0 0
0 0
725
0 0
0 0
01,
000
0 0
1,00
0 10
,000
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
10,0
00
TOTA
L C
API
TAL
10,0
66
68
1,33
3 18
0
1,12
0 0
8 12
,613
TO
TAL
DIR
ECT
PAYM
ENTS
11
2,60
4 81
,461
69
,798
48
,143
25
,820
13
,433
5,
000
5,68
7 36
1,94
6 0
85
Tabl
e B
6: E
stim
ated
Spe
cific
Pur
pose
Pay
men
ts d
irect
to lo
cal g
over
nmen
t aut
horit
ies,
200
4-05
($'0
00)
Paym
ent t
itle
NSW
VI
C
QLD
W
A
SA
TAS
AC
T N
T To
tal
DIR
ECT
PAYM
ENTS
- C
UR
REN
TD
isab
ility
ser
vice
s 18
6 57
5 65
5 0
Chi
ldre
n's
serv
ices
17
,743
18
,740
5,
446
3,19
2 R
oads
to R
ecov
ery
Pro
gram
me
70,8
34
52,0
83
52,0
83
37,5
00
Wei
pa S
truct
ural
Adj
ustm
ent P
acka
ge
0 0
2,20
0 0
0 0
0 0
1,41
6 83
8 2,
364
0 69
4 49
,017
20
,833
8,
333
4,16
7 4,
167
250,
000
0 0
0 0
2,20
0 TO
TAL
CU
RR
ENT
88,7
63
71,3
98
60,3
84
40,6
92
21,6
71
10,6
97
4,16
7 4,
861
302,
633
DIR
ECT
PAYM
ENTS
- C
API
TAL
Chi
ldre
n's
serv
ices
67
B
ert H
inkl
er H
all o
f Avi
atio
n 0
Dev
elop
men
t of S
ewer
age
Sch
emes
for B
oat
Har
bour
Bea
ch a
nd S
iste
rs B
each
0
69
79
18
012
2 0
936
4 0
725
0 0
0 0
072
5
0 0
0 0
1,00
0 0
01,
000
TOTA
L C
API
TAL
67
69
804
18
0 1,
122
0 9
2,08
9 TO
TAL
DIR
ECT
PAYM
ENTS
88
,830
71
,467
61
,188
40
,710
21
,671
11
,819
4,
167
4,87
0 30
4,72
2
86
APPENDIX C: PARAMETER ESTIMATES AND FURTHER INFORMATION
PARAMETER ESTIMATES USED IN THIS PAPER
Table C1 sets out the population series used in this paper.
Table C1: Population by state NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT Total '000 '000 '000 '000 '000 '000 '000 '000 '000
2003-04 6,718 4,948 3,841 1,966 1,532 480 323 199 20,007 2004-05 6,777 5,003 3,927 1,996 1,539 485 325 199 20,252
Table C2 sets out the parameters used in this paper, rounded to the nearest quarter.
Table C2: Parameters CPI Population Real per capita
% growth % growth % growth 2003-04 2 1/2 1 1/4 3 3/4 2004-05 2 1/4 1 1/4 3 1/2
The population parameters in 2002-03 and 2003-04 are based on the estimated annual growth in the Australian population to 31 December 2003 and 31 December 2004 respectively.
Some data presented in this paper are drawn from the Commonwealth Grants Commission Report on State Revenue Sharing Relativities 2004 Review, 2003-04 state mid-year budget updates and 2004-05 state budgets where available.
FURTHER INFORMATION
A number of ABS publications also provide information that is relevant to analysing Commonwealth-State financial relations, including:
• Taxation Revenue, Australia (Cat. No. 5506.0)
• Government Finance Statistics, Australia (Cat. No. 5512.0)
• Government Finance Statistices – Concepts, Sources and Methods (Cat. No. 5514.0)
• Information Paper: Developments in Government Finance Statistics, Australia (Cat. No. 5516.0)
• Information Paper: Accruals Based Government Finance Statistics, Australia (Cat. No. 5517.0)
87
INDEX
B Budget Balancing Assistance, 1, 3, 13–18
C Commonwealth Grants Commission, 1, 3,
8, 11–12
F Financial Assistance Grants, 1, 3, 8, 13
Local government, 3, 23–25
First Home Owners Scheme, 3, 20 Fiscal developments, States, 27–32
Cash surplus, 29
Fiscal balance, 1, 27 Net debt, 1, 30
G General Government Sector, State, 27–31 GST
Measures, 7, 35–40 Relativities, 1, 8–11 Revenue, 1–10, 13–17
Guaranteed Minimum Amount, 3, 8, 13–17
H Health Care Grants, 8–11 Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation, 3, 8, 11, 12
IIntergovernmental Agreement on the Reform of
Commonwealth-State Financial Relations, 3, 13, 19
L Loan Council arrangements, 33, 41
M Mirror tax arrangements, 3, 26
N National Competition Policy Payments, 1,
3, 21 Non-financial public sector, State, 28, 30
P Parameter estimates, 87
S Specific Purpose Payments, 1, 3, 22–23, 41
Accountability, 23 Direct to local government, 23 Through the states, 22–23 To the states, 22–23
T The New Tax System, 3, 7, 13
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