Government Finance Statistics, Australia

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Statistics about finances of the general government and public non-financial corporations sectors for the various levels of government in Australia

Reference period

June 2026

Released

1/09/2026

Release date and time

01/09/2026 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

In June quarter 2026:

general government net operating balance fell -$3.6b to -$2.8b, since March quarter 2026
taxation revenue rose 9.3% to $241.3b, since March quarter 2026
general government borrowing was $23.6b
total public demand is expected to contribute 0.1ppt to the quarterly change in GDP

Unless indicated, all Government Finance Statistics figures presented in this publication are current prices, original series.

The article Insights into Government Finance Statistics June 2026, which examines the financial year results using the sum of four quarters, will be published on 08/09/2026.

Government Finance Statistics measures

		Sep Qtr 2025	Dec Qtr 2025	Mar Qtr 2026	Jun Qtr 2026	Mar Qtr 2026 to Jun Qtr 2026
		($m)	($m)	($m)	($m)	(% change)
Taxation revenue
	General government	199,500	230,943	220,730	241,323	9.3%
Total revenue
	General government	244,852	274,359	265,474	288,702	8.7%
	Public non-financial corporations	31,588	32,222	33,514	33,596	0.2%
Total expenses
	General government	279,190	275,833	264,642	291,504	10.2%
	Public non-financial corporations	32,201	33,498	34,253	34,833	1.7%
GFS Net Operating Balance
	General government	-34,338	-1,474	831	-2,802	na
	Public non-financial corporations	-613	-1,276	-739	-1,237	na
GFS Net Lending (+)/Borrowing (-)
	General government	-44,726	-16,677	-11,438	-23,619	na
	Public non-financial corporations	-7,574	-12,177	-4,289	-7,134	na

na indicates this value not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated

Net operating balance of all levels of general government
Rounded:	Revenue ($b)	Expenses ($b)	Net Operating Balance ($b)
Jun-25	271.5	-268.9	2.6
Sep-25	244.9	-279.2	-34.3
Dec-25	274.4	-275.8	-1.5
Mar-26	265.5	-264.6	0.8
Jun-26	288.7	-291.5	-2.8

Net operating balance of all levels of general government

["Rounded:","Revenue","Expenses","Net Operating Balance"]

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National accounts public sector measures

The table below includes the key public sector aggregates for June quarter 2026 which will be included in the Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product release. The key figures shown include Total Public Demand, Government Final Consumption Expenditure for total general government and Gross Fixed Capital Formation for total general government and total public corporations, seasonally adjusted in current prices and chain volume terms.

The following are the seasonally adjusted chain volume measures based on the previous quarter (a):

public sector demand is expected to contribute 0.1 percentage points to the change in GDP in June quarter 2026
general government final consumption expenditure rose $876m (up 0.6%) and is expected to contribute 0.1 percentage points to the change in GDP in June quarter 2026.
general government gross fixed capital formation fell $516m (down 1.8%)
public corporations gross fixed capital formation rose $24m (up 0.2%)
total public gross fixed capital formation fell $491m (down 1.3%) and is expected to contribute -0.1 percentage points to the change in GDP in June quarter 2026

Contributions may not be additive due to rounding

Quarterly national accounts public sector measures, current prices, seasonally adjusted
			Sep Qtr 2025 ($m)	Dec Qtr 2025 ($m)	Mar Qtr 2026 ($m)	Jun Qtr 2026 ($m)	Mar Qtr 2026 to Jun Qtr 2026 (% change)
General government final consumption expenditure (a)
	National-defence		13,755	14,018	13,900	13,877	-0.2
	National-non-defence		66,540	67,421	68,141	69,604	2.1
	Total national		80,294	81,439	82,041	83,481	1.8
	State and local		87,490	89,220	88,730	90,603	2.1
	Total general government final consumption expenditure		167,785	170,659	170,772	174,084	1.9
Public gross fixed capital formation
	General government
		National-defence	3,820	4,373	4,274	4,140	-3.1
		National-non-defence	2,934	2,877	3,223	2,787	-13.5
		Total national	6,753	7,251	7,497	6,927	-7.6
		State and local	21,107	21,582	21,858	22,167	1.4
		Total general government	27,860	28,833	29,355	29,094	-0.9
	Public corporations
		Commonwealth	2,720	2,835	2,355	2,758	17.1
		State and local	9,537	9,251	8,872	8,695	-2.0
		Total public corporations	12,258	12,086	11,227	11,453	2.0
	Total public gross fixed capital formation		40,117	40,919	40,581	40,546	-0.1
Total public demand			207,902	211,577	211,353	214,630	1.6
Memorandum item
	Net purchases of second hand assets by public sector		1,313	1,334	1,223	1,050	-14.1
	Public authorities changes in inventories (b)		843	4,759	-1,209	-838	na

na not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated

See explanatory notes for the relationship between general government final consumption expenditure and GFS aggregates Government Finance Statistics, Australia methodology, June 2026.
Includes general government, public non-financial corporations and public financial corporations

Quarterly national accounts public sector measures, chain volume (a), seasonally adjusted
			Sep Qtr 2025 ($m)	Dec Qtr 2025 ($m)	Mar Qtr 2026 ($m)	Jun Qtr 2026 ($m)	Mar Qtr 2026 to Jun Qtr 2026 (% change)
General government final consumption expenditure (b)
	National-defence		12,952	13,078	12,846	12,588	-2.0
	National-non-defence		62,491	62,660	62,825	63,542	1.1
	Total national		75,443	75,737	75,671	76,130	0.6
	State and local		83,024	83,799	83,135	83,552	0.5
	Total general government final consumption expenditure		158,467	159,537	158,806	159,682	0.6
Public gross fixed capital formation
	General government
		National-defence	3,619	4,153	4,142	4,029	-2.7
		National-non-defence	2,820	2,762	3,082	2,672	-13.3
		Total national	6,439	6,914	7,225	6,701	-7.3
		State and local	20,126	20,472	20,667	20,676	0.0
		Total general government	26,565	27,386	27,892	27,376	-1.8
	Public corporations
		Commonwealth	2,638	2,742	2,292	2,622	14.4
		State and local	9,158	8,855	8,497	8,192	-3.6
		Total public corporations	11,797	11,597	10,789	10,813	0.2
	Total public gross fixed capital formation		38,362	38,983	38,681	38,190	-1.3
Total public demand			196,829	198,520	197,487	197,872	0.2
Memorandum item
	Net purchases of second hand assets by public sector		1,236	1,246	1,135	960	-15.4
	Public authorities changes in inventories (c)		-188	1,148	-1,185	537	na

na not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated

Reference year for chain volume measures is 2023-24
See explanatory notes for the relationship between general government final consumption expenditure and GFS aggregates Government Finance Statistics, Australia methodology, June 2026.
Includes general government, public non-financial corporations and public financial corporations

Public demand contribution to GDP growth

Public demand, contribution to GDP growth (a) (b)
	Gov final consumption expenditure (ppt)	Gov gross fixed capital formation (ppt)
Jun-23	0.1	0.3
Sep-23	0.3	0.2
Dec-23	0.1	-0.1
Mar-24	0.4	-0.1
Jun-24	0.3	0.1
Sep-24	0.4	0.3
Dec-24	0.1	-0.1
Mar-25	0.1	-0.1
Jun-25	0.2	-0.2
Sep-25	0.3	0.2
Dec-25	0.2	0.1
Mar-26	-0.1	0.0
Jun-26	0.1	-0.1

Public demand, contribution to GDP growth (a) (b)

["","Gov final consumption expenditure","Gov gross fixed capital formation"]

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Chain volume measures seasonally adjusted
using the GDP series as published in the March 2026 release of Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product.

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