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GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, 2010-11



Total General Government expenses for all levels of government were $484,455m in 2010–11. The major contributors were expenditure on Social security and welfare (27%), Health (19%), Education (16%) and Transport (5%).

GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, Commonwealth and State(a)
		Cwth	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Total(b)
		2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11
		$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
General public services		18 348	2 040	1 005	1 648	373	241	205	107	381	28 877
Defence		19 666	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19 666
Public order and safety		3 828	6 113	4 463	3 643	1 411	2 716	436	520	341	23 684
Education
	Primary and secondary	18 479	11 567	8 873	7 878	3 086	4 678	1 030	774	689	40 150
	University	8 718	91	113	4	85	22	1	12	11	19 837
	Technical and further education	1 955	1 709	2 183	778	411	547	152	116	101	6 273
	Other tertiary	–	–	–	–	73	–	1	21	–	91
	Other	4 641	1 807	1 053	1 141	144	452	102	71	51	9 303
	Total	33 794	15 174	12 223	9 800	3 798	5 699	1 285	994	852	75 655
Health
	Acute care institutions	13 730	11 453	9 030	7 755	3 915	3 608	940	631	758	37 792
	Other health institutions	–	47	63	292	–	188	36	15	5	643
	Community health services	21 564	2 665	1 860	2 291	316	868	247	290	167	30 067
	Pharmaceutical	10 040	204	186	–	11	461	1	30	19	10 948
	Other	10 690	855	872	862	316	421	71	69	74	12 922
	Total	56 023	15 225	12 011	11 200	4 558	5 546	1 295	1 037	1 023	92 373
Social security and welfare
	Social security	98 411	308	246	–	98	–	3	–	–	99 067
	Welfare services	15 299	4 341	3 242	2 637	838	1 504	351	278	205	26 976
	Other	3 240	187	–	37	110	–	5	2	2	4 130
	Total	116 951	4 837	3 488	2 674	1 046	1 504	359	280	208	130 173
Housing and community amenities
	Housing and community development	4 706	1 412	2 002	1 287	646	796	162	421	121	8 280
	Water supply	–	90	189	162	257	588	–	48	12	2 000
	Sanitation and protection of the environment	837	999	446	212	304	102	36	52	35	6 359
	Other community amenities	–	–	87	–	10	125	–	5	10	1 467
	Total	5 543	2 502	2 724	1 661	1 217	1 611	198	526	178	18 105
Recreation and culture
	Recreational facilities and services	667	815	330	642	149	451	89	82	72	6 034
	Cultural facilities and services	1 078	393	474	321	155	196	67	88	35	3 914
	Broadcasting and film production	1 486	12	–	–	10	13	2	1	–	1 523
	Other recreation and culture	3	25	–	199	5	–	27	11	–	482
	Total	3 234	1 245	804	1 162	318	660	185	182	106	11 952
Fuel and energy		5 929	28	28	466	38	442	2	119	13	7 014
Agriculture, forestry and fishing		2 546	833	480	826	178	346	63	60	6	4 980
Mining, manufacturing and construction		1 456	171	22	259	62	169	9	23	17	2 540
Transport and communications
	Road transport	3 048	3 121	2 070	2 801	351	1 168	231	178	256	15 397
	Water transport	281	182	36	30	19	23	1	4	–	572
	Rail transport	539	2 601	2 578	148	69	66	14	22	–	5 542
	Air transport	196	1	–	20	–	18	–	6	–	249
	Communications and other transport	667	177	308	2 330	436	564	4	33	16	4 299
	Total	4 731	6 081	4 993	5 329	875	1 839	250	242	272	26 060
Other economic affairs		9 042	1 263	671	877	278	667	127	134	71	14 008
Nominal interest on superannuation		6 997	835	932	1 240	427	317	232	134	230	11 342
Public debt transactions		9 894	1 833	986	1 141	308	297	14	143	91	15 236
Other		56 287	996	679	1 545	176	12	129	26	64	2 790
Total		354 269	59 177	45 510	43 473	15 062	22 066	4 790	4 527	3 853	484 455
– 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 EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, Local
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Total
	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11	2010–11
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
General public services	1 663	861	2 194	253	374	101	166	–	5 611
Public order and safety	308	143	162	32	103	6	17	–	769
Education	54	78	6	–	3	–	3	–	144
Health	89	84	52	43	49	12	3	–	332
Social security and welfare	343	998	64	94	138	24	24	–	1 684
Housing and community amenities	2 349	1 412	1 590	379	508	126	86	–	6 451
Recreation and culture	1 179	1 165	881	326	659	100	49	–	4 359
Fuel and energy	–	–	6	8	–	–	1	–	15
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1	5	14	9	–	–	–	–	29
Mining, manufacturing and construction	196	–	101	29	29	–	–	–	356
Transport and communications	1 734	1 202	2 400	341	741	178	45	–	6 640
Other economic affairs	291	336	166	67	88	31	38	–	1 016
Public debt transactions	213	48	249	35	28	4	1	–	578
Other	666	214	112	138	169	21	16	–	1 336
Total	9 088	6 544	7 997	1 753	2 890	603	449	–	29 323
– nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)