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GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, 2012–13


Total General Government expenses for Commonwealth and State Government were $537,787m in 2012–13. The major contributors were expenditure on Social security and welfare (27%), Health (19%), Education (15%) and General Public Services (6%).

GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, Commonwealth and State(a)
		Cwth	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Total(b)
		2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13
		$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
General public services		22 197	2 413	995	1 666	321	411	228	117	459	33 532
Defence		20 728	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20 728
Public order and safety		3 924	6 396	5 138	3 968	1 516	2 940	444	618	387	25 622
Education
	Primary and secondary	13 771	11 753	9 032	8 339	3 272	4 955	1 001	750	743	40 625
	University	9 248	66	139	1	8	17	–	22	17	22 257
	Technical and further education	2 068	1 807	2 510	783	505	618	166	92	103	6 776
	Other tertiary	–	–	–	–	48	–	1	15	–	64
	Other	4 247	2 379	1 084	1 386	254	565	86	104	73	9 840
	Total	29 334	16 004	12 763	10 509	4 086	6 154	1 254	982	936	79 563
Health
	Acute care institutions	2 555	12 082	8 811	7 247	4 396	4 650	1 030	763	930	39 592
	Other health institutions	44	140	70	355	–	156	58	13	8	798
	Community health services	24 160	2 435	3 319	3 134	331	1 035	356	301	201	35 233
	Pharmaceutical	9 832	1 351	36	–	13	531	1	36	25	11 821
	Other	24 523	827	816	1 614	346	531	39	48	65	14 652
	Total	61 115	16 835	13 052	12 350	5 086	6 903	1 484	1 161	1 229	102 096
Social security and welfare
	Social security	109 678	401	293	–	139	–	14	–	–	110 525
	Welfare services	18 148	4 318	3 572	2 535	896	1 787	364	338	226	30 925
	Other	3 861	188	–	121	117	–	–	2	2	4 859
	Total	131 687	4 907	3 865	2 656	1 152	1 787	379	340	228	146 310
Housing and community amenities
	Housing and community development	3 339	1 209	1 059	1 304	540	878	144	482	122	7 553
	Water supply	–	69	208	133	273	527	–	42	14	2 371
	Sanitation and protection of the environment	4 861	860	503	208	257	106	40	49	13	10 726
	Other community amenities	–	–	574	2	9	24	–	–	6	1 197
	Total	8 200	2 138	2 345	1 647	1 078	1 534	185	573	155	21 847
Recreation and culture
	Recreational facilities and services	790	858	344	592	195	537	125	113	95	6 569
	Cultural facilities and services	1 167	450	493	314	175	212	63	73	78	4 220
	Broadcasting and film production	1 655	11	–	–	8	15	2	1	–	1 691
	Other recreation and culture	10	29	–	45	7	–	6	6	11	533
	Total	3 622	1 348	837	950	386	764	195	193	184	13 012
Fuel and energy		5 966	29	–	681	53	543	1	111	27	7 397
Agriculture, forestry and fishing		2 266	731	498	606	155	376	104	70	6	4 311
Mining, manufacturing and construction		2 920	194	–	426	60	191	12	24	18	4 249
Transport and communications
	Road transport	2 672	3 111	2 055	3 672	398	1 346	249	182	264	15 876
	Water transport	310	170	27	107	25	24	2	17	–	670
	Rail transport	1 490	3 466	3 120	903	58	45	19	4	–	8 122
	Air transport	213	–	–	13	–	12	–	5	–	262
	Communications and other transport	919	835	290	1 728	532	502	4	34	25	4 667
	Total	5 604	7 582	5 492	6 423	1 013	1 929	275	243	289	29 596
Other economic affairs		10 702	1 080	851	628	230	719	117	140	59	15 499
Nominal interest on superannuation		6 729	–161	446	743	314	369	178	114	264	8 996
Public debt transactions		12 898	2 203	1 775	1 952	388	442	14	184	128	20 647
Other		55 074	1 557	236	925	133	158	164	15	98	4 381
Total		382 966	63 255	48 293	46 131	15 972	25 221	5 034	4 885	4 468	537 787
– 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
	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13	2012–13
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
General public services	1 565	1 144	2 410	118	453	117	115	–	5 922
Public order and safety	332	175	131	37	121	8	20	–	825
Education	94	92	3	–	4	–	3	–	197
Health	61	144	50	57	59	12	4	–	388
Social security and welfare	343	897	66	131	167	24	25	–	1 652
Housing and community amenities	2 631	1 483	2 126	487	573	143	93	–	7 535
Recreation and culture	1 293	1 254	831	436	753	112	55	–	4 735
Fuel and energy	–	–	5	10	5	–	1	–	20
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	–	3	13	9	–	–	–	–	26
Mining, manufacturing and construction	193	–	142	38	35	–	–	–	408
Transport and communications	1 857	1 298	2 620	423	825	178	41	–	7 243
Other economic affairs	321	390	198	81	107	30	35	–	1 162
Public debt transactions	239	54	307	34	34	4	1	–	673
Other	821	214	99	44	203	18	39	–	1 439
Total	9 752	7 148	9 002	1 904	3 338	648	434	–	32 226
– nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)