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GENERAL GOVERNMENT SECTOR EXPENSES BY PURPOSE


Total general government expenses for Commonwealth and state government were $564,420m in 2013–14. The major contributors were expenditure on social security and welfare (28%), health (19%), education (14%) and general public services (6%).

GENERAL GOVERNMENT SECTOR EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, Commonwealth and State(a)
		Cwth	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Total(b)
		2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14
		$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
General public services		23 849	1 949	1 125	1 764	349	353	193	121	497	35 038
Defence		21 992	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21 992
Public order and safety		4 357	6 416	5 274	3 965	1 554	3 088	430	643	404	26 283
Education
	Primary and secondary	14 336	12 384	9 313	8 564	3 375	5 195	1 012	748	776	41 763
	University	9 799	–	114	1	65	17	–	28	12	22 792
	Technical and further education	1 832	1 831	2 225	696	534	624	187	101	99	6 317
	Other tertiary	–	–	–	–	61	–	1	15	–	76
	Other education	4 082	2 497	1 279	1 472	263	615	93	103	78	10 427
	Total education	30 049	16 713	12 931	10 733	4 298	6 451	1 293	995	965	81 375
Health
	Acute care institutions	16 709	13 036	10 163	7 214	4 324	4 986	1 014	844	959	42 064
	Other health institutions	52	165	83	390	–	153	52	11	8	860
	Community health services	25 086	2 518	2 047	3 310	365	1 029	377	329	214	35 346
	Pharmaceutical	10 284	1 123	327	–	13	542	2	42	18	12 344
	Other health	11 628	807	981	1 755	289	626	34	49	66	15 319
	Total health	63 757	17 648	13 602	12 669	4 991	7 336	1 479	1 275	1 265	105 933
Social security and welfare
	Social security	116 867	413	505	–	139	–	10	–	–	117 934
	Welfare services	19 384	4 542	3 589	2 577	1 163	1 931	396	330	223	32 848
	Other social security and welfare	3 945	224	–	112	18	–	–	3	2	4 865
	Total social security and welfare	140 196	5 180	4 093	2 690	1 320	1 931	406	332	226	155 648
Housing and community amenities
	Housing and community development	3 819	1 424	1 480	1 176	597	1 068	178	431	148	8 202
	Water supply	–	45	151	152	236	672	–	39	13	2 515
	Sanitation and protection of the environment	6 382	780	432	172	295	108	41	29	11	12 219
	Other community amenities	–	–	8	–	–	22	–	–	6	1 315
	Total housing and community amenities	10 202	2 249	2 071	1 499	1 129	1 870	219	498	178	24 252
Recreation and culture
	Recreational facilities and services	1 048	965	297	501	144	570	123	105	98	6 763
	Cultural facilities and services	1 248	331	390	300	185	218	62	78	66	4 140
	Broadcasting and film production	1 515	9	–	–	8	14	1	1	1	1 549
	Other recreation and culture	–	28	–	48	9	–	–	9	1	560
	Total recreation and culture	3 811	1 332	687	850	347	802	187	192	166	13 012
Fuel and energy		6 374	28	123	557	36	708	2	110	28	7 945
Agriculture, forestry and fishing		2 399	792	355	597	206	348	131	77	3	4 263
Mining, manufacturing and construction		3 639	181	–	261	94	216	6	28	16	4 798
Transport and communications
	Road transport	5 384	3 470	2 187	3 127	435	1 482	249	201	284	15 972
	Water transport	333	114	25	111	24	24	1	15	–	640
	Rail transport	1 595	3 906	3 060	916	59	43	25	4	8	8 005
	Air transport	208	–	–	–	–	11	–	7	–	239
	Communications and other transport	738	1 245	95	1 682	448	558	5	36	19	4 696
	Total transport and communications	8 257	8 734	5 367	5 836	967	2 118	280	263	311	29 553
Other economic affairs		10 804	1 190	1 105	697	242	785	110	139	57	16 052
Nominal interest on superannuation		8 214	1 762	1 052	963	468	297	252	128	300	13 436
Public debt transactions		13 536	2 231	2 138	2 207	300	492	12	210	150	22 009
Other expenses		54 514	1 282	133	828	96	168	75	15	11	2 830
Total expenses		405 949	67 686	50 058	46 116	16 397	26 965	5 075	5 028	4 575	564 420
– nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) The expenses by purpose data in this table are consistent with the underlying transactions data reported in 5512.0 for each jurisdiction. These data do not necessarily align with the data published by each Treasury. For further information on other differences please see paragraphs 48 to 51 of the Explanatory Notes.
(b) Includes multi-jurisdictional sector and local government expenses by purpose.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT SECTOR EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, Local
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Total
	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14	2013–14
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
General public services	1 433	1 184	2 649	130	467	128	128	–	6 118
Public order and safety	338	160	120	36	127	7	19	–	808
Education	73	99	3	–	4	–	4	–	182
Health	64	155	49	59	62	11	5	–	405
Social security and welfare	387	932	54	128	173	21	30	–	1 725
Housing and community amenities	2 787	1 554	2 088	534	614	156	83	–	7 816
Recreation and culture	1 401	1 317	820	462	808	117	59	–	4 983
Fuel and energy	–	–	6	10	4	–	1	–	20
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	–	3	16	13	–	–	–	–	33
Mining, manufacturing and construction	196	–	88	36	36	–	–	–	357
Transport and communications	1 958	1 340	2 445	426	860	176	43	–	7 248
Other economic affairs	336	385	204	95	111	30	34	–	1 196
Public debt transactions	242	65	318	34	34	5	1	–	698
Other expenses	908	136	–181	9	217	23	37	–	1 149
Total expenses	10 124	7 329	8 677	1 972	3 520	674	444	–	32 739
– nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)