5512.0 - Government Finance Statistics, Australia, 2011-12 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 30/04/2013   
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CASH OPERATING RESULTS, 2011–12


The cash operating result for All Levels of Government in 2011–12 was a deficit of –$62,307m for the General Government sector and a deficit of –$73,308m for the Total Public sector.

The following table presents the 2011–12 cash operating surplus/deficit results by sector for each jurisdiction.

Cash Operating Results, 2011–12

General Government
Non–financial Public Sector
Total Public Sector(a)
2011–12
2011–12
2011–12
$m
$m
$m

SURPLUS (+)/DEFICIT(–)
Commonwealth Government
–41 264
–43 262
–42 203
State and Local Government
New South Wales
–4 998
–7 679
–7 070
Victoria
–1 831
–4 652
–4 328
Queensland
–5 639
–7 988
–9 363
South Australia
–854
–1 230
–931
Western Australia
–896
–2 147
–1 979
Tasmania
26
–143
–149
Northern Territory
–442
–481
–426
Australian Capital Territory
–92
–447
–447
Total
–14 739
–24 823
–24 749
Multi–jurisdictional(b)
–898
–959
–959
Total
–62 307
–74 442
–73 308

(a) The Total Public Sector comprises General Government, Public Non–financial Corporations and Public Financial Corporations. The sum of individual levels of government or sectors may not agree with the Total Public Sector figures due to transfers between levels of government.
(b) The Multi–jurisdictional sector contains units where jurisdiction is shared between two or more governments, or classification of a unit to a jurisdiction is otherwise unclear. The main types of units currently falling into this category are the public universities.