PART 3: AUSTRALIA’S FEDERAL RELATIONS
This part provides information on payments for specific purposes and general revenue
assistance, including GST payments, provided to the States and Territories (the States).
The current framework for federal financial relations under the Intergovernmental
Agreement on Federal Financial Relations (the Intergovernmental Agreement) was
introduced on 1 January 2009.
The Commonwealth is working in partnership with the States in a number of key
reform areas benefitting all Australians. Significant progress has been made in
implementing the reform agenda through the federal financial relations framework.
The framework has proven to be flexible and dynamic, facilitating reform activity,
including health reform, and responding to the global recession and, more recently,
natural disasters.
More detailed information on Australia’s Federal Relations is provided in
Budget Paper No. 3, Australia’s Federal Relations 2011-12 and on the Federal Financial
Relations website at www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au.
OVERVIEW OF PAYMENTS TO THE STATES
The States receive substantial financial support from the Commonwealth. In 2010-11,
the Commonwealth provided the States with payments totalling $98.5 billion,
comprising specific purpose payments of $51.6 billion and general revenue assistance,
including GST payments, of $47.0 billion, as shown in Table 24. This represents a
1.3 per cent increase in total financial assistance compared to 2009-10. Total payments
to the States as a proportion total Commonwealth expenditure was 27.7 per cent in
2010-11.
Table 24: Commonwealth payments to the States, 2010-11
$million
NSW
VIC
QLD
WA
SA
TAS ACT
NT
Payments for specific
purposes
14,727 10,502 14,279 5,012 3,610 1,453
707 1,276
General revenue
assistance
14,177 10,745 8,494 4,234 4,337 1,688
889 2,389
Total payments to the States 28,903 21,247 22,773 9,246 7,947 3,141 1,596 3,665
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46,953
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PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
The Commonwealth provides payments to the States for specific purposes in order to
pursue policy objectives in areas that may be administered by the States. Payments to
the States for specific purposes constituted 14.5 per cent of total Commonwealth
expenditure in 2010-11.
The Commonwealth provides the following types of Specific Purpose Payments (SPPs)
to the States:
•
National Specific Purpose Payments (National SPPs) in respect of key service
delivery sectors;
•
National Health Reform funding (from 1 July 2012); and
•
National Partnership payments — project payments, facilitation payments and
reward payments.
These payments cover most functional areas of state and local government activity —
including health, education, community services, housing, infrastructure and the
environment.
National SPPs
The Commonwealth supports the States’ efforts in delivering services in the major
service delivery sectors though five National SPPs. These National SPPs are the
primary way that the Commonwealth supports the States’ efforts in delivering services
in the major sectors of health, schools, skills and workforce development, disability
services and affordable housing. The States are required to spend each National SPP in
the relevant sector.
Payments made through the year for National SPPs are made in advance based on
Commonwealth estimates of the growth factors. A balancing adjustment is made after
the end of the financial year following a Determination by the Treasurer.
The National SPPs are distributed among the States on the basis of payment shares
specified in the Intergovernmental Agreement and population shares based on the
Australian Statistician’s determination of States’ population shares as at 31 December
of that year (that is, an equal per capita basis). In recognition that an immediate shift to
equal per capita shares may have implications for State allocations, an equal per capita
distribution is being phased in over five years from 2009-10.
An equal per capita distribution of National SPPs ensures that all Australians,
regardless of the jurisdiction in which they live, are provided with the same share of
Commonwealth funding support for State service delivery.
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In the case of the government schools component of the National Schools SPP, the
relevant population is each State’s share of full-time equivalent student enrolments in
government schools.
From 1 July 2012, the National Healthcare SPP will be replaced by National Health
Reform funding which will comprise base funding equivalent to the National
Healthcare SPP and, from 1 July 2014, efficient growth funding. These arrangements
are part of the National Health Reform Agreement signed by all jurisdictions in
August 2011.
National Partnership payments
The Commonwealth recognises the need to support the States, over and above that
provided through the National SPPs, to undertake priority national reforms or
collaborative projects.
Under the Intergovernmental Agreement, National Partnership payments to the States
are the key vehicle to support the delivery of specified projects, facilitate reforms, or
reward those jurisdictions that deliver on nationally significant reforms.
National Partnership agreements set out clear, mutually agreed and ambitious
performance benchmarks that encourage the achievement of reforms or continuous
improvement in service delivery.
There are three types of National Partnership payments: project; facilitation; and
reward.
National Partnership project payments are a financial contribution to the States to
deliver specific projects, including to improve the quality or quantity of service
delivery, or projects which support national objectives. These payments are generally
made on the achievement of milestones.
When an area emerges as a national priority, National Partnership facilitation
payments may be paid in advance of the States implementing reforms, in recognition
of the administrative and other costs associated with undertaking reform.
National Partnership reward payments can be used to reward those States that deliver
on nationally significant reform or continuous improvement in service delivery. For
reward payments, the COAG Reform Council assesses and publicly reports on the
achievement of agreed performance benchmarks. The Commonwealth considers the
COAG Reform Council assessments when determining reward payments to the States.
Some payments for specific purposes under the previous federal financial
arrangements have become National Partnership project payments.
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Total payments for specific purposes
In 2010-11, the States received $51.6 billion in payments for specific purposes, a
decrease of 1.8 per cent compared with the $52.5 billion the States received in 2009-10.
This reflects the withdrawal of the stimulus measures put in place in response to the
global financial crisis.
Total payments for specific purposes, including National SPPs and National
Partnership payments are shown in Table 25.
Table 25: Total payments for specific purposes by category, 2010-11
$million
National Specif ic Purpose
Payments
National Partnership
Payments
Total paym e nts for
s pe cific pur pos e s
NSW
V IC
QLD
WA
SA
TA S
A CT
NT
Total
8,494
6,400
5,229
2,656
2,087
604
417
354 26,240
6,233
4,101
9,050
2,356
1,524
849
290
922 25,325
14,727 10,502 14,279
5,012
3,610
1,453
707
1,276 51,565
Total payments for specific purposes by sector, including National SPPs and National
Partnership payments are shown in Table 26.
Table 26: Total payments for specific purposes by sector, 2010-11
$million
Health
Education
Skills and Workf orce
Development
Community Services
A f f ordable Housing
Inf rastructure
Environment
Contingent
Other
Financial assistance grants
to local government
Total paym e nts for
s pe cific pur pos e s
NSW
4,374
5,423
V IC
3,263
4,009
QLD
2,678
3,313
WA
1,535
1,814
SA
1,047
1,397
TA S
594
425
A CT
202
300
NT Total
204 13,896
311 16,990
596
847
961
1,374
56
373
67
354
642
595
732
39
324
53
361
576
660
725
57
5,455
43
182
256
424
335
44
149
27
135
242
220
330
52
26
20
38
77
73
142
20
4
13
32
34
59
29
3
..
5
19
82
528
68
7
17
11
1,718
2,754
3,519
3,735
277
6,347
239
656
492
412
246
142
67
44
30
2,089
14,727 10,502 14,279
5,012
3,610
1,453
707
1,276 51,565
Financial assistance grants to local governments
The Commonwealth provided $2.1 billion in financial assistance grants to local
governments in 2010-11. Table 27 provides details of these grants, which are provided
to the States to be distributed to local governments in each State. An analogous
payment is made to the Australian Capital Territory.
Financial assistance grants are adjusted annually, based on an escalation factor that the
Treasurer determines with reference to population growth and the consumer price
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index. In June 2010, the Treasurer determined an adjusted final escalation factor for
2010-11 of 1.0494.
Since 2008-09, the Commonwealth has bought forward the first quarter payment from
the next financial year to assist in cash management.
Table 27: Financial assistance grants to local government, 2010-11
$million
General purpose assistance
Untied local road f unding
Total
NSW
469
186
656
V IC
359
132
492
QLD
292
120
412
WA
148
98
246
SA
107
35
142
TA S
33
34
67
A CT
23
21
44
NT
15
15
30
Total
1,447
642
2,089
GENERAL REVENUE ASSISTANCE
General revenue assistance is a broad category of payments, including GST payments,
which are provided to the States without conditions, to spend according to their own
budget priorities.
In 2010-11, the States received $47.0 billion in general revenue assistance from the
Commonwealth, as shown in Table 28, comprising $45.9 billion in GST payments and
$1.1 billion of other general revenue assistance. This represents a 5.1 per cent increase
in general revenue assistance, compared with the $44.7 billion the States received in
2009-10. In 2010-11, total general revenue assistance to the States represented
13.2 per cent of total Commonwealth expenditure.
Table 28: General revenue assistance, 2010-11
$million
NSW
V IC
QLD
WA
SA
TA S
GST payments
14,158 10,736 8,494 3,236 4,337 1,688
Other general revenue assistance
A CT municipal services
Royalties
934
Reduced royalties
64
Snow y Hydro Ltd tax
compensation
19
9
Total other general revenue
assistance
19
9
998
Total general revenue assistance 14,177 10,745 8,494 4,234 4,337 1,688
A CT
NT
Total
853 2,385 45,887
35
-
4
-
35
938
64
-
-
28
35
4 1,066
889 2,389 46,953
GST payments
Reconciling GST revenue and GST payments to the States
The Commonwealth makes GST payments to the States based on the revenue received
from the GST. In 2010-11, GST revenue was $48.1 billion. However, GST revenue for a
financial year varies from the amount of GST payments to the States for that year for
several reasons including:
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•
GST revenues which are recognised on a Commonwealth whole of government
basis, but are not recognised because the revenues will not be remitted to the
Australian Taxation Office until the following financial year;
•
penalties, other than general interest charge penalties, which are not included in the
definition of GST to be paid to the States contained in the Intergovernmental
Agreement; and
•
the GST component of sales by Commonwealth agencies which has been collected
by those agencies but which, as at 30 June in each year, will not have been remitted
to the Australian Taxation Office, because it is not due to be paid until the next
Business Activity Statement is lodged.
A reconciliation of GST revenue and GST payable to the States is provided in Table 29.
Table 29: GST revenue and GST payable to the States, 2010-11
$million
Total
GST revenue
less change in G ST receivab les(a)
48,093
2,010
GST receipts
less non-G IC penalties collected(b )
less G ST collected b y Commonwealth agencies b ut
not yet remitted to the A TO(c)
46,083
115
81
GST payable to the State s
45,887
(a) GST which is recognised on a Commonwealth whole-of-government basis, but not recognised as at
30 June of each financial year, because the revenue will not be remitted to the Australian Tax Office until
the following year.
(b) General interest charge (GIC) penalties are defined in the Intergovernmental Agreement as being a part
of the Commonwealth’s GST revenue that is paid to the States. However, while other GST related
penalties are also recognised in the Commonwealth’s GST revenue, non-GIC penalties are not defined
in the Intergovernmental Agreement as being a part of the GST revenue that is paid to the States.
(c) This is the GST component of sales by Commonwealth agencies which has been collected by those
agencies but which, as at 30 June in each year, will not have been remitted to the Australian Taxation
Office, because it is not due to be paid until the next Business Activity Statement is lodged (typically on
21 July in the following financial year).
Advances of GST payments were provided to the States throughout the
2010-11 financial year based on the Commonwealth’s estimate of GST receipts at the
2011-12 Budget. GST payments to the States are expected to be $437 million higher
than the advances paid during 2010-11. A balancing adjustment to compensate the
States for the underpayment will be made in the 2011-12 financial year following a
Determination by the Treasurer. Table 30 provides a reconciliation of GST entitlement
and GST payments to the States.
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Table 30: GST payable and GST payments to the States, 2010-11
$million
Total
45,887
45,450
437
GST payable to the State s
less advances of GST revenues made throughout 2010-11
equals f ollow ing year balancing adjustment
Distribution of GST payments among the States
As agreed by COAG in the Intergovernmental Agreement, the Commonwealth
distributes GST payments amongst the States in accordance with the principle of
horizontal fiscal equalisation and having regard to the recommendations of the
Commonwealth Grants Commission.
GST relativities
The Commonwealth Grants Commission recommends GST relativities to be used in
calculating each State’s share of GST payments. The relativities determine how much
GST revenue each State receives compared with an equal per capita share and are
determined such that, if each State made the same effort to raise revenue from its own
sources and operated at the same level of efficiency, each State would have the
capacity to provide services at the same standard.
The Treasurer made a determination on the GST Revenue sharing relativities for
2010-11 in June 2010. The relativities for 2010-11 are shown in Table 31.
Table 31: GST relativities, 2010-11
2010-11
NSW
V IC
QLD
WA
SA
TA S
A CT
NT
0.95205
0.93995
0.91322
0.68298
1.28497
1.62091
1.15295
5.07383
Applying the GST relativities to the GST pool
The GST relativities were applied to estimated State populations in order to determine
an adjusted population for each State. The entitlements are allocated using the
population as at 31 December 2010 as determined by the Australian Statistician. Each
State received its adjusted population share of the GST pool as shown in Table 31.
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Table 32: Distribution of the 2010-11 GST entitlement
Population as at
31 December
2010
State
revenue sharing
relativities
A djusted
population
(1) x (2)
Share of
GST pool
$million
(3)
Share of
adjusted
population
per cent
(4)
(1)
(2)
NSW
V IC
QLD
WA
SA
TA S
A CT
NT
7,272,158
5,585,566
4,548,661
2,317,064
1,650,377
509,292
361,914
229,874
0.95205
0.93995
0.91322
0.68298
1.28497
1.62091
1.15295
5.07383
6,923,458
5,250,153
4,153,928
1,582,508
2,120,685
825,516
417,269
1,166,342
30.9
23.4
18.5
7.1
9.5
3.7
1.9
5.2
14,157.7
10,736.0
8,494.3
3,236.1
4,336.6
1,688.1
853.3
2,385.0
Total
22,474,906
N/A
22,439,859
100.0
45,887.0
(5)
Table 33 provides a summary of advances made in 2010-11 against their estimated
final entitlement shown in Table 32 above. The variance between advances paid in
2010-11 and the States’ determined entitlement will be provided in the
2011-12 financial year.
Table 33: Summary of advances made in 2010-11 and distribution of following
year adjustment across States
NSW
V IC
QLD
WA
SA
TA S A CT
NT
Total
GST entitlement 14,157.7 10,736.0 8,494.3 3,236.1 4,336.6 1,688.1 853.3 2,385.0 45,887.0
2010-11 adv anc e 14,023.4 10,629.5 8,413.6 3,202.1 4,296.1 1,671.7 841.8 2,372.0 45,450.0
Follow ing y ear
adjus tment
134.3
106.5
80.7
34.0
40.5
16.4 11.5
13.1
437.0
GST administration costs
The Commissioner of Taxation administers the GST law and the States compensate the
Commonwealth for the agreed costs incurred by the Australian Taxation Office in
administering the GST as shown in Table 34.
Table 34: GST administration, 2010-11
A ctual
2009-10
$million
2010-11
A ustralian Taxation Of f ice budget
less prior year adjustment
590.1
27.3
666.6
-8.2
equals State government administration payments
less A ustralian Taxation Of f ice outcome(a)
562.8
598.3
674.8
659.4
equa l s Com m onw e alth budge t im pact
plus prior year adjustment
-35.5
27.3
15.4
-8.2
-8.2
7.2
equals f ollow ing year adjustment
(a) Estimated outcome for 2010-11 pending confirmation by the Australian National Audit Office.
On 7 April 2011, the Ministerial Council for Federal Financial Relations agreed to a
GST administration budget of $666.6 million.
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The estimated outcome for the 2010-11 GST administration expenses of $659.4 million
differs from the amount paid by the States and the prior year adjustment by
$7.2 million. Once the outcome for GST administration costs in 2010-11 is audited, any
adjustment required will be incorporated into the States’ administration costs for
2011-12.
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Attachment A
PAYMENTS TO THE STATES
This attachment provides information on Commonwealth payments to the States and
local governments on an accruals basis. This includes Commonwealth advances (loans)
to the States, including repayments of advances and interest on advances. Most of
these advances were funded from borrowings made on behalf of the States under
previous Australian Loan Council arrangements.
The following tables detail payments to the States for 2010-11:
Table 35 — health;
Table 36 — education;
Table 37 — skills;
Table 38 — community services;
Table 39 — affordable housing;
Table 40 — infrastructure;
Table 41 — environment;
Table 42 — contingent liabilities;
Table 43 — other purposes;
Table 44 — general revenue assistance;
Table 45 — advances, repayment of advances and interest payments; and
Table 46 — payments presented on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Government
Finance Statistics (GFS) functional basis.
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$'000
Natio nal He alth car e SPP
Natio nal Par tn e r s h ip p aym e n ts
Natio n al He alth Re fo r m
Improv ing Public Hos pital Serv ic es
Flex ible f unding f or emergenc y
departments , elec tiv e s urgery and
s ubac ute c are
Four hour national ac c es s target f or
emergenc y departments
- c apital f unding
- f ac ilitation and rew ard f unding
Improv ing ac c es s to elec tiv e s urgery
- c apital f unding
- f ac ilitation and rew ard f unding
New s ubac ute beds guarantee f unding
Clo s in g th e Gap - No r th e r n T e r r ito r y
Indigenous health and related s erv ic es
He alth in fr as tr uctu r e
Health and Hos pitals Fund
Hos pital inf ras truc ture and other
projec ts of national s ignif ic anc e
National c anc er s y s tem
Regional priority round
V IC
2,910,696
19,568
22,856
43,487
18,849
68,125
43,650
-
8,500
10,426
-
NSW
3,935,654
24,658
28,965
48,458
23,515
96,916
47,175
-
73
2,000
10,560
-
25,611
-
-
16,066
60,955
35,175
19,214
30,477
16,533
QLD
2,382,259
132,100
8,790
-
-
13,748
36,498
18,075
16,170
14,140
16,293
WA
1,224,586
12,170
-
-
3,244
12,750
8,100
7,264
SA
958,359
Table 35: Payments for specific purposes to support state health services, 2010-11
9,000
2,584
170,000
-
4,354
8,104
4,275
3,882
3,992
3,756
T AS
263,562
13,237
-
-
1,688
4,789
658
1,669
1,013
3,303
ACT
165,966
3,200
-
5,674
3,584
3,098
1,575
2,873
1,549
2,915
NT
149,440
154,800
83,378
170,000
5,674
85,048
278,486
163,333
95,629
151,216
94,290
To tal
11,990,522
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$'000
He alth in fr as tr u ctu r e (co n tin u e d )
Other Health inf ras truc ture pay ments
Cairns integrated c anc er c entre
Children’s c anc er c entre, A delaide
Contribution tow ards the new
Women's and Children’s Hos pital in
Hobart
Funding f or Graf ton Hos pital
PET s c anner f or the Wes tmead
Hos pital, Sy dney
Tas manian health pac kage
Patient trans port and
ac c omodation s erv ic es
Radiation onc ology s erv ic es in
North/North Wes t Tas mania
Upgrading patient ac c ommodation
f or Launc es ton
He alth s e r vice s
Early interv ention pilot program
Ex tens ion of the COA G Long Stay
Older Patients Initiativ e
Healthy kids health c hec ks
National antimic robial utilis ation
s urv eillanc e program
National bow el c anc er s c reening
National Perinatal Depres s ion Initiativ e
V IC
-
-
9,520
358
444
-
NSW
-
1,000
1,300
-
74
500
12,990
-
357
-
3,400
370
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,000
-
QL D
183
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
WA
300
143
445
3,330
143
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,000
SA
106
-
495
94
-
500
2,664
2,300
-
100,000
-
-
T AS
Table 35: Payments for specific purposes to support state health services, 2010-11 (continued)
89
-
300
68
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ACT
76
-
93
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
NT
300
1,398
445
30,035
1,126
500
500
2,664
2,300
1,300
100,000
1,000
2,000
8,000
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Health services (continued)
Northern Territory medical school —
funding contribution
Pneumococcal disease surveillance
OzFoodNet
Satellite renal dialysis facilities in remote
Northern Territory communitites
Sexual assault counselling in remote
Northern Territory areas
Torres Strait health protection strategy
Reducing acute rheumatic heart fever
among Indigenous children
Royal Darw in Hospital — equipped,
prepared and ready
Vaccine-preventable diseases
surveillance
Victorian cytology service
Preventive health
Enabling infrastructure
Healthy communities
Social marketing
Other
East Kimberley development
package — health-related projects
Elective surgery w aiting list
reduction plan
29,037
37,614
-
-
-
-
-
1,240
1,513
1,487
-
-
1,632
1,651
1,959
-
-
7,334
237
322
-
VIC
NSW
75
23,144
-
1,000
1,513
1,199
-
-
792
714
-
237
QLD
12,606
6,260
504
1,100
606
-
-
795
-
-
184
WA
10,563
-
376
825
451
115
-
-
-
-
-
6
184
SA
4,622
-
116
413
140
-
-
-
-
-
-2
171
TAS
Table 35: Payments for specific purposes to support state health services, 2010-11 (continued)
3,582
-
80
275
97
-
-
-
-
-
129
ACT
2,833
-
52
550
62
-
14,212
795
1,386
-
272
532
134
NT
124,000
6,260
5,000
7,840
6,001
115
7,334
14,212
2,382
1,386
714
272
532
4
1,598
Total
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$'000
NSW
VIC
QLD
WA
Other (continued)
Essential vaccines
91,765
64,939
50,406
29,291
Indigenous early childhood
development — antenatal and
reproductive health
5,340
1,107
6,126
2,800
Indigenous mobile dental program
728
4,373,974 3,263,373 2,678,276 1,534,729
Total
Memorandum item - payments direct to local governments included in payments above
Healthy communities
1,651
1,513
1,513
1,100
1,651
1,513
1,513
1,100
Total
TAS
8,259
525
593,912
413
413
SA
18,843
935
1,046,546
825
825
Table 35: Payments for specific purposes to support state health services, 2010-11 (continued)
275
275
200
202,111
4,968
ACT
550
550
4,390
203,549
4,254
NT
7,840
7,840
21,423
728
13,896,470
272,725
Total
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Natio n al Sch o o ls SPP
Natio n al Par tn e r s h ip p aym e n ts
Clos ing the Gap in the Northern Territory
Quality teac hing, ac c elerated literac y
Supporting remote s c hools —
additional teac hers
Teac her hous ing
Digital Educ ation Rev olution
Early Childhood Educ ation —
univ ers al ac c es s to early educ ation
Eas t Kimberley dev elopment pac kage —
educ ation-related projec ts
Educ ation Inv es tment Fund
Fort Street High Sc hool nois e ins ulation
Indigenous early c hildhood dev elopment —
c hildren and f amily c entres
Nation Building and Jobs plan —
Building the Educ ation Rev olution —
Primary s c hools f or the 21s t c entury
National quality agenda f or early
c hildhood educ ation and c are
National Solar Sc hools Program
Pre-apprentic es hip training
Sc hool Pathw ay s Progam
V IC
2,634,104
23,924
19,303
6,076
1,252,302
1,343
50
900
-
NSW
3,377,934
31,720
26,869
10,698
3,000
16,071
1,704,113
77
2,887
4,317
-
1,016
3,038
-
983,476
-
-
29,488
21,248
-
QL D
2,143,148
1,217
3,480
384
628,516
4,270
10,660
11,000
-
9,700
9,324
-
WA
1,075,651
732
3,493
559
467,457
-
-
6,596
7,541
-
SA
831,760
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105
4,360
-
148,416
-
-
1,940
2,059
-
T AS
244,131
30
275
-
89,475
4,272
-
1,164
1,902
-
ACT
187,321
417
20
-
85,611
11,163
-
1,940
29,200
4,196
2,228
16,290
NT
142,278
7,747
50
19,883
943
5,359,366
41,852
10,660
21,698
3,000
97,000
29,200
4,196
99,946
16,290
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2,369
8,646
9,391
37,618
12,744
4,008,770
NSW
2,836
10,886
46,814
81,078
103,744
5,422,967
6,710
48,522
29,931
45,280
3,312,563
QLD
706
78
1,810,052
9,143
409,843
2,369
2,800
2,234,207
2,193,195
11,598
530,497
2,836
30,926
2,769,052
299,922
706
9,308
1,756,371
1,438,773
7,662
(a) Non-government schools payments are inclusive of GST.
(b) This payment includes payments paid under the Schools Assistance Act 2008.
National Schools SPP(b)
Digital Education Revolution
Nation Building and Jobs plan —
Building the Education Revolution —
Primary schools for the 21st century
Secure Schools Program
Trade training centres in schools
Total
Memorandum item - payments for non- government sc hools inc luded in payments above(a)
$'000
Secure Schools Program
Smarter Schools
Improving teacher quality
Literacy and numeracy
Low SES school communities
Trade training centres in schools
Total
SA
60
191,147
647
7,471
920,970
718,692
3,013
126,316
60
2,993
694,925
562,697
2,859
3,444
2,485
11,172
14,136
13,223
21,833
31,351
39,914
1,814,039 1,396,566
WA
647
35,311
1,495
185,485
148,317
362
807
3,096
9,584
10,055
424,553
TAS
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31,054
281
11,875
178,255
134,238
807
608
1,921
410
11,899
299,558
ACT
281
21,037
1,500
103,737
79,644
1,556
415
3,410
9,584
3,987
310,739
NT
-
1,645,127
6,899
68,368
8,843,002
7,085,608
37,000
34,001
138,462
203,261
258,974
16,989,755
Total
6,899
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National Sk ills & Wor k for ce
De ve lopm e nt SPP
National Par tne r s hip paym e nts
Better TA FE f ac ilities
National Dis as ter Queens land —
Community Work Plac ements
Produc tiv ity Plac es Program
TA FE f ee w aiv ers f or c hildc are
qualif ic ations
Y outh attainment and trans itions —
Max imis ing engagement, attainment and
s uc c es s ul trans itions
Total
V IC
331,870
-8
5,587
17,040
354,489
NSW
443,273
139,037
4,971
8,493
595,774
5,595
360,581
2,814
4,750
85,881
-
261,541
QLD
2,811
182,005
797
43,692
-
134,705
WA
Table 37: Payments for specific purposes to support skills services, 2010-11
1,937
135,269
580
32,481
-
100,271
SA
606
38,495
396
6,339
-1
31,155
TAS
662
31,942
1,291
7,331
-
22,658
ACT
358
19,034
128
4,663
-
13,885
NT
37,502
1,717,589
16,564
4,750
319,424
-9
1,339,358
Total
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Natio n al Dis ab ility SPP
Natio n al Par tn e r s h ip p aym e n ts
Trans itioning res pons ibilities f or aged
c are and dis ability s erv ic es
Bas ic c ommunity c are maintenanc e
and s upport s erv ic es
A ged c are as s es s ment
Certain c onc es s ions f or pens ioners and
s eniors c ard holders
Certain c onc es s ions f or pens ioners
National rec iproc al trans port
c onc es s ions
Clos ing the Gap in the Northern Territory
Community s af ety — f amily s upport
Field operations
Food s ec urity
Remote polic ing
Subs tanc e abus e
Home and Community Care — s erv ic es
f or v eterans
V ic torian bus hf ire rec ons truc tion and
rec ov ery plan
T o tal
V IC
246,983
305,089
15,754
60,795
1,732
4,251
6,930
641,534
NSW
349,294
375,459
24,646
85,038
6,255
6,254
80
846,946
575,640
3,682
-
4,001
42,452
311,171
12,791
QL D
201,543
255,782
1,428
-
429
21,375
130,905
7,345
WA
94,300
241,782
1,455
-
387
24,186
109,427
5,096
SA
101,231
Table 38: Payments for specific purposes to support community services, 2010-11
76,536
568
-
119
7,767
34,720
1,913
T AS
31,449
33,752
273
-
179
1,725
15,217
706
ACT
15,652
82,327
47
4,726
2,907
370
44,796
6,968
77
1,181
8,906
857
NT
11,492
6,930
2,754,299
17,958
4,726
2,907
370
44,796
6,968
13,179
244,519
1,290,894
69,108
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1,051,944
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Natio n al Affo r d ab le Ho u s in g SPP
Natio n al Par tn e r s h ip p aym e n ts
Eas t Kimberley dev elopment pac kage —
s oc ial and trans itional hous ing projec ts
Firs t Home Ow ners Boos t
Homeles s nes s
Nation Building and Jobs Plan — s oc ial
hous ing
Sec ond s tage c ons truc tion
Repairs and maintenanc e
Remote Indigenous hous ing
T o tal
V IC
276,746
86,722
24,938
203,154
-1
3,156
594,715
NSW
387,938
32,018
35,176
482,561
22,885
960,578
302,568
70,176
659,999
15,117
32,090
QL D
240,048
155,479
85,855
424,039
20,640
19,394
15,919
WA
126,752
84,855
19,381
220,207
11,288
9,613
SA
95,070
Table 39: Payments for specific purposes to support affordable housing services, 2010-11
29,744
2,137
73,052
3,171
4,455
T AS
33,545
22,459
59,089
9,114
2,336
ACT
25,180
13,180
471,399
527,623
518
5,974
NT
36,552
1,294,000
-1
674,989
3,519,302
20,640
177,342
130,501
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1,221,831
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NSW
Natio n al Par tn e r s h ip p aym e n ts
Eas t Kimberley dev elopment pac kage —
other inf ras truc ture projec ts
Inters tate road trans port
35,216
Loc al Gov ernment and Regional Dev elopment
Inf ras truc ture employ ment projec ts
Loc al c ommunity s porting inf ras truc ture
2,150
Nation Building Program
Inv es tment
Rail
Road
703,363
Blac k s pot projec ts
11,177
Of f -netw ork projec ts
Rail
Road
22,905
Supplementary
4,408
Improv ing the national netw ork
Heav y v ehic le s af ety and produc tiv ity
3,176
Roads to Rec ov ery
91,188
Nation Building Plan f or the Future
Major Cities
Rail
Building A us tralia Fund
Rail
Road
432,000
North Penrith Thornton Park Car Park
1,810
Regional and Loc al Community
Inf ras truc ture Program
65,487
Regional Inf ras truc ture Fund
Stream 1 - Committed inf ras truc ture
projec ts
1,400
QL D
7,256
8,400
-
490,488
12,078
68,544
4,389
16,135
565
76,540
28,648
10,000
V IC
20,491
250
-
19,399
269,467
12,227
3,000
14,511
8,686
68,716
-
82
247,000
68,335
-
-
25,376
-
30,200
30,000
14,016
90
3,133
51,177
157,462
5,502
3,500
-
11,299
3,032
WA
-
17,610
147,100
-
-
1,100
7,944
3,524
34,922
84,479
5,621
2,633
-
9,234
SA
3,691
-
382
T AS
-
5,564
-
-
1,864
10,641
90
17,640
998
10,964
12,580
76,501
1,224
Table 40: Payments for specific purposes to support state infrastructure services, 2010-11
-
1,815
-
-
16,467
467
8,120
448
966
-
382
ACT
-
6,109
-
-
10,723
720
8,319
40,209
1,589
-
382
NT
11,400
218,944
394,100
432,000
1,810
30,200
34,864
157,807
10,077
41,719
21,269
349,946
31,979
1,822,417
50,384
18,474
2,150
11,299
76,375
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732,082
NSW
1,374,280
724,722
-
1,679
QLD
East Kimberley development package —
other infrastructure projects
Local Government and Regional Development
Infrastructure employment projects
Local community sporting infrastructure
2,150
Nation Building Program
Off-netw ork projects
Rail
Road
2,279
Supplementary
4,408
Roads to Recovery
91,188
North Penrith Thornton Park Car Park
1,810
Regional and Local Community
Infrastructure Program
65,487
167,322
Total
83
59,060
4,389
76,540
28,648
173,037
68,335
140,296
4,400
-
250
-
3,000
68,711
-
-
-
Memorandum item - payments direc t to loc al governments inc luded in payments above
$'000
Seamless National Economy
National Heavy Vehicles Transport
Regulator
National Rail Transport Safety
Regulator
Supplementary road funding to
South Australia for local roads
Total
25,376
89,112
6,970
90
51,177
-
-
5,499
334,787
-
-
WA
17,610
52,085
31,842
-
2,633
-
-
15,566
330,298
565
-
SA
5,564
19,809
2,000
90
10,964
-
1,191
-
-
142,139
-
-
TAS
1,815
1,815
-
-
-
28,665
-
-
ACT
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6,109
10,137
4,028
-
-
-
68,051
-
-
NT
218,944
653,613
3,000
70,309
8,977
334,450
1,810
8,474
2,150
5,499
15,566
3,735,024
565
1,679
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NSW
V IC
QL D
WA
Natio n al Par tn e r s h ip p aym e n ts
Bioremediation and rev egetation
Caring f or our Country
35,251
27,520
23,020
24,103
Env ironmental management of the
f ormer Rum Jungle mine s ite
Ex otic Dis eas e Preparednes s Program
266
27
108
6
Great A rtes ian Bas in Sus tainability Initiativ e
955
Natural dis as ter rec ov ery and rebuilding
relief appeals — Commonw ealth
c ontributions
1,000
11,000
1,000
Natural dis as ter res ilienc e
6,904
4,037
6,055
3,149
Plant dis eas e and eradic ation
2,595
517
Renew able remote pow er generation
-36
12,567
Water f or the Future
National Urban Water and Des alination
Plan
5,000
National Water Sec urity Plan f or Cities
and Tow ns
1,566
692
1,644
Sus tainable Rural Water Us e and
Inf ras truc ture
11,330
1,338
13,049
990
56,272
38,886
56,519
43,976
T o tal
Memorandum item - payments direc t to loc al governments inc luded in payments ab ove
Water f or the Future
1,566
1,566
T o tal
T AS
11,114
-
1,495
350
3,896
3,056
19,911
3,896
3,896
SA
4,702
17,346
6
367
2,885
1,264
202
350
1,250
23,366
51,738
1,350
1,350
Table 41: Payments for specific purposes to support state environmental services, 2010-11
84
-
267
3,101
-
-
1,460
-
15
-
1,359
ACT
-
112
6,974
-
-
381
1,594
1,200
-
3,687
NT
6,812
6,812
53,508
277,377
9,048
5,350
13,000
26,366
4,376
14,677
1,200
428
1,322
4,702
143,400
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NSW
V IC
QLD
WA
SA
TAS
ACT
NT
Total
National Par tne r s hip paym e nts
Ex c eptional Circ ums tanc es A s s is tanc e
143,306
52,271
12,038
22,891
-9
230,497
Hepatitis C s ettlement f und
315
40
355
Natural dis as ter rec ov ery and rebuilding(a)
229,784
271,266 5,442,857
148,638
3,095
3,530
16,608
6,115,777
373,405
323,537 5,454,895
148,638
25,986
3,521
40
16,608
6,346,629
Total
(a) Actual cash paid in 2010-11 under the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) was $2,758.4 million. The figures in the table above include a
provision for amounts expected to be paid under the NDRRA in future periods.
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Natio n al Par tn e r s h ip p aym e n ts
Digital Regions Initiativ e
Improv ing polic ing in v ery remote areas
Legal as s is tanc e s erv ic es
Loc al Gov ernment and Regional
Dev elopment
Loc al Gov ernment Ref orm Fund
Nativ e title
Pilot of drought ref orm meas ures in
Wes tern A us tralia
Remote Indigenous public internet
ac c es s
Sinking f und on State debt
Standard Bus ines s Reporting Program
Tas manian f ores t c ontrac tors f inanc ial
s upport program
World Sailing Champions hips
T o tal
V IC
2,472
42,415
1,505
6,000
3
487
52,882
NSW
4,924
60,279
813
155
21
788
66,980
Table 43: Payments to support other state services, 2010-11
43,086
440
712
-
1,876
-
40,058
QL D
2,000
27,243
757
780
1,060
1,352
-
1,082
1,000
19,212
WA
19,774
116
2
876
-
1,735
-
2,099
14,946
SA
5,616
13,375
768
-
356
-
899
5,736
T AS
4,973
540
-
142
-
4,291
ACT
11,096
758
540
-
338
-
5,600
3,860
NT
5,616
2,000
239,409
2,226
26
5,491
1,060
8,117
6,000
17,076
1,000
190,797
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Natio n al Par tn e r s h ip p aym e n ts
GST Pay ments
A CT Munic ipal Serv ic es
Reduc ed roy alties
Roy alties
Snow y Hy dro Ltd tax c ompens ation
Total
QL D
8,494,318
8,494,318
V IC
14,157,697 10,735,975
18,922
9,461
14,176,619 10,745,436
NSW
SA
T AS
3,236,052 4,336,563 1,688,089
64,152
933,645
4,233,849 4,336,563 1,688,089
WA
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NT
853,268 2,385,038
35,438
4,000
888,706 2,389,038
ACT
45,887,000
35,438
64,152
937,645
28,383
46,952,618
T o tal
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$'000
Re paym e n ts
Contingent liabilities
Hous ing
Commonw ealth-State Hous ing
A greement loans
Hous ing f or s erv ic e pers onnel
Other hous ing
Pay ments to debt s inking f unds
Inf ras truc ture
Railw ay projec ts
Sew erage
War s erv ic e land s ettlement s c heme
Other purpos es
A us tralian Capital Territory debt
repay ments
Loan Counc il — hous ing nominations
V IC
-1,264
-61
-328
-
NSW
-35,293
-1,185
-106
-61
-5,095
-292
-7,195
-2,647
-1,314
-
-9,459
-721
-
QLD
-4,590
-389
-
-8,933
-208
-
WA
-4,309
-838
-
-12,955
-35
-119
SA
-1,929
-
-4,739
-
TAS
-1,813
-
-
-7,368
-
ACT
NT
-2,395
-
-664
-2,354
-
Table 45: Other financial flows — estimated advances, repayment of advances and interest payments, 2010-11
-1,813
-23,065
-511
-7,247
-620
-72,043
-2,149
-9,722
-1,489
Total
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Interest
Contingent liabilities
Natural disaster relief
Environment
Northern Territory — w ater and sew erage
assistance
Housing
Commonw ealth-State Housing
Agreement loans
Housing for service personnel
Other housing
Infrastructure
Railw ay projects
Sew erage
War service land settlement scheme
Other purposes
Australian Capital Territory debt
repayments
Loan Council — housing nominations
Net Financial Flow
VIC
-
-
-12
-5
-22
-1,692
NSW
-125
-
-34,654
-2,175
-5
-3,027
-22
-19,515
-108,750
89
-7,019
-34,797
-793
-
-9,656
-1,227
-
-
-1,961
QLD
-12,000
-35,735
-156
-
-9,220
-239
-
-
-
WA
-11,811
-45,901
-649
-
-15,090
-95
-
-
-
SA
-5,177
-16,580
-
-4,735
-
-
-
TAS
-977
-18,487
-
-8,329
-
-
ACT
-6,807
-18,054
-
-1,318
-4,148
-368
-
NT
-977
-62,329
-279,996
-166
-4,469
-44
-74,685
-3,736
-12,477
-368
-2,086
Total
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V IC
QLD
7,952,662
246,424
25,242,412 18,267,963 20,367,648
141,809
170,539
412,452
956,213
90,212
491,619
655,560
1,818,401
780
20,859
1,989,910
1,534,729
261,269
466,090
2,000
12,567
4,217
296,451
4,656,639
9,245,511
WA
174,550
2,345,932
2,834,843
788
487
712
63,115
44,784
40,764
5,996,947 4,353,421 3,666,672
4,374,289 3,263,373 2,678,276
865,904
648,023
576,656
1,002,733
633,452
697,474
2,150
14
157,423
58,636
28,482
1,309,912
665,969
688,114
4,750
15,130,093 11,579,164 14,391,151
28,903,354 21,247,323 22,773,051
NSW
(a) Payments for ‘Other purposes’ includes general revenue assistance to the States.
less payments 'through' the States
less f inancial assistance grants f or
local government
less payments direct 'to'
local government
equals total payments 'to' the States f or
ow n-purpose expenses
General public services
Public order and saf ety
Education
Health
Social security and w elf are
Housing and community amenities
Recreation and culture
Fuel and energy
A griculture, f orestry and f ishing
Mining, manuf acturing and construction
Transport and communication
Other economic af f airs
Other purposes
Total paym e nts to the State s
$'000
Table 46: Total payments to the States by GFS function, 2010-11
7,015,987
54,260
142,070
734,483
876
15,006
1,531,043
1,046,546
242,514
247,773
202
49,494
296,704
4,516,642
7,946,800
SA
2,857,279
24,118
67,035
192,185
768
5,736
462,943
593,912
76,641
89,352
350
12,559
133,783
1,764,573
3,140,617
TAS
1,351,666
2,090
43,775
198,181
540
4,572
326,917
202,151
38,054
61,908
282
26,850
934,438
1,595,712
ACT
3,513,392
10,687
29,932
110,960
540
55,624
318,193
203,549
42,143
532,891
1,594
112
68,300
2,442,025
3,664,971
NT
86,569,009
668,265
2,088,867
9,191,198
5,491
250,460
18,646,046
13,896,825
2,751,204
3,731,673
4,150
14,727
311,205
3,486,083
4,750
55,414,725
98,517,339
Total(a)
Part 3: Australia’s Federal Relations