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MARCH QUARTER 2010 KEY FIGURES: ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

In the March quarter 2010 -

• Taxation revenue decreased 3.1% to $84,332m.
• The GFS net operating balance for the general government sector was $-13,832m.
• The GFS net lending(+)/borrowing(-) position for the general government sector was $-20,082m.

			Dec Qtr 2009	Mar Qtr 2010	Dec Qtr 2009 to Mar Qtr 2010
			$m	$m	% change
Current Prices
Taxation revenue
	General government		87 017	84 332	-3.1
Total revenue
	General government		105 810	104 242	-1.5
	Public Non-Financial corporations		16 878	16 724	-0.9
Total expenses
	General government		111 365	118 074	6.0
	Public Non-Financial corporations		15 107	15 042	-0.4
GFS Net operating balance
	General government		-5 556	-13 832	..
	Public Non-Financial corporations		1 771	1 682	..
GFS Net lending(+)/borrowing(-)
	General government		-12 839	-20 082	..
	Public Non-Financial corporations		-1 375	-1 698	..

• In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, total general government final consumption expenditure increased by $441m, a rise of 0.8% compared with December quarter 2009.
• General government gross fixed capital formation, in seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, increased by 16.3%.

			Jun Qtr 2009	Sep Qtr 2009	Dec Qtr 2009	Mar Qtr 2010	Dec Qtr 2009 to Mar Qtr 2010
			$m	$m	$m	$m	% change
Current Prices
General government final consumption expenditure (a)
	National - defence		4 626	4 904	5 233	5 572	6.5
	National - non-defence		16 067	16 486	17 277	17 390	0.7
	Total national		20 693	21 390	22 510	22 962	2.0
	State and local		34 201	34 770	35 205	35 646	1.3
	Total general government final consumption expenditure		54 894	56 159	57 715	58 608	1.5
Public gross fixed capital formation
	General government
		National - defence	1 249	1 502	2 206	2 129	-3.5
		National - non-defence	1 678	1 721	1 457	2 105	44.5
		Total national	2 927	3 224	3 663	4 234	15.6
		State and local	6 880	7 576	8 620	10 093	17.1
		Total general government	9 808	10 800	12 282	14 327	16.6
	Public corporations
		Commonwealth	337	537	586	554	-5.5
		State and local	5 500	5 552	5 712	6 009	5.2
		Total public corporations	5 838	6 089	6 298	6 563	4.2
	Total public gross fixed capital formation		15 645	16 889	18 580	20 890	12.4
Memorandum item
	Net purchases of second-hand assets by public sector		-424	-285	-231	-371	..
Chain Volume (b)
General government final consumption expenditure (a)
	National - defence		4 350	4 591	4 876	5 159	5.8
	National - non-defence		15 727	15 987	16 455	16 444	-0.1
	Total national		20 077	20 578	21 330	21 603	1.3
	State and local		32 184	32 371	32 587	32 756	0.5
	Total general government final consumption expenditure		52 261	52 949	53 918	54 359	0.8
Public gross fixed capital formation
	General government
		National - defence	1 116	1 474	2 277	2 211	-2.9
		National - non-defence	1 675	1 716	1 463	2 097	43.3
		Total national	2 791	3 191	3 740	4 308	15.2
		State and local	6 820	7 592	8 688	10 148	16.8
		Total general government	9 610	10 782	12 428	14 456	16.3
	Public corporations
		Commonwealth	330	530	589	560	-4.9
		State and local	6 014	6 153	6 300	6 550	4.0
		Total public corporations	6 344	6 683	6 889	7 110	3.2
	Total public gross fixed capital formation		15 954	17 465	19 317	21 566	11.6
Memorandum item
	Net purchases of second-hand assets by public sector		-412	-282	-230	-373	..

Table	Sep 09	Dec 09	Mar 10
Table 1 All Levels of Government - General Government	*	*	*
Table 2 All Levels of Government - Public Non-Financial Corporations	*	*	*
Table 3 Commonwealth Government	*	*	*
Table 4 Total State & Local	*	*	*
Table 5 New South Wales	*	*
Table 6 Victoria	*	*
Table 7 Queensland	*	*
Table 8 South Australia	*	*
Table 9 Western Australia	*	*
Table 10 Tasmania	*	*
Table 11 Northern Territory	*	*
Table 12 Australian Capital Territory	*	*

Issue	5519.0.55.001	5206.0
June 2010	31 August 2010	1 September 2010
September 2010	30 November 2010	1 December 2010