5512.0 - Government Finance Statistics, Australia, 2009-10

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ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 12/04/2011

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Accrual Operating Results
Cash Operating Results 2009-10
Balance Sheet Results
Time Series Total Public Sector 2004-05 to 2009-10
Time Series General Government 2004-05 to 2009-10
General Government Expenses by Purpose
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE

GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE

Total General Government expenses for all levels of government were $459,650m in 2009-10. The major contributors were expenditure on Social security and welfare (26%), Health (19%) and Education (16%).

GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, Commonwealth and State(a)

		Cwth	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Total(b)
		2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10
		$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

General public services		15 433	1 702	873	1 893	308	385	201	105	438	25 229
Defence		19 349	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19 349
Public order and safety		3 844	5 721	4 125	3 413	1 387	2 456	405	470	301	22 275
Education
	Primary and secondary	20 744	11 739	8 894	7 467	3 163	4 719	973	723	694	39 099
	University	9 177	60	103	4	72	29	1	14	23	18 266
	Technical and further education	2 074	1 649	1 924	764	438	510	202	77	103	5 861
	Other tertiary	-	-	-	-	49	-	-	31	-	74
	Other	3 714	1 743	958	1 135	137	392	83	56	55	8 161
	Total	35 709	15 191	11 880	9 371	3 860	5 650	1 260	901	875	71 461
Health
	Acute care institutions	13 120	10 794	8 831	7 088	3 771	3 271	885	574	648	36 030
	Other health institutions	-	41	62	275	-	161	32	13	6	587
	Community health services	20 117	2 487	1 699	2 070	307	783	228	236	166	28 075
	Pharmaceutical	9 654	188	176	-	9	421	-	29	17	10 490
	Other	8 634	739	770	835	286	392	67	46	80	11 258
	Total	51 525	14 250	11 538	10 267	4 373	5 028	1 212	899	918	86 441
Social security and welfare
	Social security	91 561	296	293	-	93	-	4	-	-	92 247
	Welfare services	14 388	3 976	2 961	2 358	758	1 263	319	229	186	24 947
	Other	3 183	178	-	40	103	-	13	2	-	4 031
	Total	109 133	4 450	3 255	2 399	953	1 263	336	231	186	121 226
Housing and community amenities
	Housing and community development	8 227	2 926	2 345	1 263	1 090	1 191	144	396	165	10 499
	Water supply	-	134	164	-	372	588	-	37	12	2 438
	Sanitation and protection of the environment	863	635	391	120	386	102	50	37	37	6 012
	Other community amenities	1	-	158	-	20	101	-	1	11	1 491
	Total	9 090	3 695	3 059	1 383	1 868	1 982	194	471	225	20 440
Recreation and culture
	Recreational facilities and services	786	686	359	511	100	421	111	68	72	5 703
	Cultural facilities and services	1 066	528	459	288	175	183	66	78	50	3 977
	Broadcasting and film production	1 516	10	-	-	7	12	1	1	-	1 544
	Other recreation and culture	3	-	-	107	6	-	-	1	-	293
	Total	3 371	1 224	818	907	288	616	178	148	122	11 517
Fuel and energy		8 537	35	21	375	50	312	3	103	14	9 313
Agriculture, forestry and fishing		2 905	954	509	971	210	354	107	58	4	5 463
Mining, manufacturing and construction		1 630	140	33	249	70	154	8	33	17	2 631
Transport and communications
	Road transport	5 001	3 637	1 951	2 167	331	894	221	179	229	13 679
	Water transport	283	166	13	134	20	25	2	7	-	647
	Rail transport	587	3 252	2 402	273	58	82	27	4	-	6 188
	Air transport	164	-	-	15	-	19	-	10	-	219
	Communications and other transport	718	208	220	1 962	416	515	-	34	14	4 204
	Total	6 754	7 262	4 585	4 551	825	1 535	251	234	243	24 937
Other economic affairs		9 062	954	554	955	259	677	144	159	72	13 717
Nominal interest on superannuation		6 687	951	867	1 320	455	338	208	132	217	11 175
Public debt transactions		6 921	1 663	843	812	204	187	18	135	73	11 230
Other		47 763	705	976	915	216	138	59	33	24	3 247
Total		337 713	58 897	43 935	39 778	15 326	21 075	4 584	4 111	3 730	459 650

- 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
	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	2009-10
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

General public services	1 673	805	1 942	239	334	92	146	-	5 231
Public order and safety	221	121	98	27	97	6	15	-	585
Education	62	66	12	-	3	-	6	-	150
Health	67	76	56	38	46	13	2	-	298
Social security and welfare	333	925	64	89	124	24	15	-	1 573
Housing and community amenities	2 100	1 262	2 367	338	441	174	130	-	6 812
Recreation and culture	1 151	1 059	801	301	621	94	44	-	4 071
Fuel and energy	-	-	1	9	-	1	2	-	13
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-	4	10	12	-	-	-	-	27
Mining, manufacturing and construction	144	-	87	29	36	-	5	-	301
Transport and communications	1 721	1 126	2 032	319	720	170	40	-	6 129
Other economic affairs	294	315	160	71	89	26	68	-	1 023
Public debt transactions	187	41	168	29	17	5	1	-	449
Other	753	86	105	105	147	22	12	-	1 230
Total	8 705	5 886	7 904	1 608	2 677	628	484	-	27 891

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)