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
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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 . . . . . . . . . . .
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4
Consolidated Revenue Fund . . . . . . . . . . .
Table 2: Reconciliation with Budget Outlays . .
Table 3: Reconciliation with Budget Revenue
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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
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Provision for Running Costs Borrowings . . .
Table 7: Annotated Appropriations
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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill
1997-98 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 1997-98
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Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 1997-98
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75
99
201
Loan Fund
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Table 8: Estimated Receipts and Payments
from the Loan Fund
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251
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Table 9: Estimated Receipts and Payments
from the Trust Fund
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255
Trust Fund
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17
20
23
47
61
62
62
63
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