5512.0 - Government Finance Statistics, Australia, 2007-08 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 30/04/2009   
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CASH OPERATING RESULTS


CASH OPERATING RESULTS

In 2007-08 the general government sector and total public sector, for all levels of government, recorded surpluses of $17,939 million and $7,936 million respectively.

The following table presents the 2007-08 surplus/deficit results by sector for each jurisdiction.

Cash Operating Results - 2007-08
General Government
Non-financial Public Sector
Total Public Sector(a)
2007-08
2007-08
2007-08
$m
$m
$m
SURPLUS (+)/DEFICIT(-)
Commonwealth government
22 974
22 508
24 186
State and Local Government
New South Wales
-2 261
-4 630
-4 274
Victoria
944
-654
-1 048
Queensland
-5 265
-10 993
-11 345
South Australia
334
386
516
Western Australia
1 191
-745
-400
Tasmania
365
299
375
Northern Territory
284
251
293
Australian Capital Territory
436
545
545
Total
-3 983
-15 551
-15 348
Multi-jurisdictional(b)
373
526
526
Total
17 939
6 049
7 936
(a) The Total Public Sector comprises General Government, Public Non-Financial Corporations and Public Financial Corporations. The sum of individual levels of government or sectors may not agree with The Total Public Sector figures due to transfers between levels of government.
(b) The multi-jurisdictional sector contains units where jurisdiction is shared between two or more governments, or classification of a unit to a jurisdiction is otherwise unclear. The main types of units currently falling into this category are the public universities.