BUDGET PAPER NO. 4 THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC ACCOUNT 1997-98 (Including Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill 1997-98 Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 1997-98 Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 1997-98) CIRCULATED BY THE HONOURABLE JOHN FAHEY, M.P., MINISTER FOR FINANCE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FOR THE INFORMATION OF HONOURABLE MEMBERS ON THE OCCASION OF THE BUDGET 1997-98 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING SERVICE CANBERRA: 1997 +Commonwealth of Australia 1997 ISBN 0 644 50221 5 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission from the Australian Government Publishing Service. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be directed to the Manager, Commonwealth Information Service, Australian Government Publishing Service, GPO Box 84, Canberra, ACT 2601. Produced by the Australian Government Publishing Service CONTENTS Page CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Alternative Classifications of Commonwealth Financial Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . - The Three Funds in the Commonwealth Public Account Table 1: Reconciliation with Budget Outlays Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. .. .. . . . 1 . . and . 1 2 4 Consolidated Revenue Fund . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2: Reconciliation with Budget Outlays . . Table 3: Reconciliation with Budget Revenue . Table 4: Summary of Estimated Payments and Receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 5: Estimates of Other Receipts . . . . Table 6: Estimates of Payments from Special Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . - Annual Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . Annotated Appropriations . . . . . . . Provision for Running Costs Borrowings . . . Table 7: Annotated Appropriations . . . . Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill 1997-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 1997-98 . . . . Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 1997-98 . . . . 75 99 201 Loan Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 8: Estimated Receipts and Payments from the Loan Fund . . . . . . . . 251 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 9: Estimated Receipts and Payments from the Trust Fund . . . . . . . . 255 Trust Fund iii 9 11 17 20 23 47 61 62 62 63 254 257 iv