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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TIME SERIES GENERAL GOVERNMENT


GENERAL GOVERNMENT TIME SERIES

GFS revenue for the general government sector across all levels of government increased by $26,690 million (6.8%) from $390,701 million in 2006-07 to $417,391 million in 2007-08. Over the same period GFS expenses have increased by $27,456 million (7.6%) from $360,424 million to $387,880 million. This resulted in an decrease of $765 million in the GFS net operating balance from $30,277 million to $29,512 million.

Between 30 June 2007 and 30 June 2008 GFS net worth for all levels of government increased by $147,929 million from $714,257 million to $862,186 million.

The following tables show a time series of major aggregates for the general government across different levels of government.

MAJOR AGGREGATES, General Government, All Levels of Government

2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m

GFS Revenue
286 409
310 390
335 630
363 165
390 701
417 391
GFS Expenses
274 930
295 184
316 057
335 001
360 424
387 880
GFS Net Operating Balance
11 479
15 205
19 573
28 163
30 277
29 512
Net acquisition of non-financial assets
3 506
5 011
5 756
9 174
13 033
15 007
GFS Net Lending(+)/Borrowing(-)
7 973
10 194
13 817
18 990
17 243
14 505
Cash Surplus (+)/Deficit (-)
10 959
15 066
21 120
24 500
14 375
17 939
Total assets
771 242
832 637
911 032
992 682
1 081 101
1 240 323
Total liabilities
325 484
323 363
337 848
365 527
366 844
378 137
GFS Net worth
445 759
509 274
573 185
627 155
714 257
862 186

MAJOR AGGREGATES, General Government, Commonwealth

2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m

GFS Revenue
206 784
222 034
241 994
260 786
277 978
303 291
GFS Expenses
200 569
214 474
230 067
242 671
258 146
279 987
GFS Net Operating Balance
6 215
7 561
11 927
18 115
19 833
23 304
Net acquisition of non-financial assets
-218
726
154
1 434
2 209
1 973
GFS Net Lending(+)/Borrowing(-)
6 433
6 834
11 773
16 681
17 624
21 330
Cash Surplus (+)/Deficit (-)
7 288
8 079
13 466
15 685
19 221
22 974
Total assets
148 418
161 708
176 380
201 326
219 861
250 661
Total liabilities
195 534
191 609
201 193
208 426
212 816
207 506
GFS Net worth
-47 116
-29 901
-24 814
-7 100
7 046
43 155

MAJOR AGGREGATES, General Government, State Government

2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m

GFS Revenue
113 823
124 029
131 927
142 382
153 775
161 248
GFS Expenses
109 579
117 516
125 404
134 783
146 005
157 252
GFS Net Operating Balance
4 244
6 514
6 523
7 599
7 770
3 996
New South Wales(a)
1 801
1 126
695
975
873
389
Victoria
1 627
942
797
761
2 311
1 490
Queensland
12
3 335
3 919
3 716
1 861
-1 549
South Australia
448
387
156
-32
237
464
Western Australia
253
807
1 191
2 265
2 303
2 569
Tasmania
170
243
155
18
5
37
Northern Territory
-2
-45
-30
29
145
342
Australian Capital Territory
-63
-280
-363
-134
31
252
Net acquisition of non-financial assets
2 253
2 243
2 725
4 563
6 532
8 304
GFS Net Lending(+)/Borrowing(-)
1 991
4 270
3 798
3 036
1 238
-4 308
New South Wales(a)
639
6
-202
-522
-974
-1 542
Victoria
738
265
400
-411
681
468
Queensland
-144
2 835
2 866
2 480
-206
-5 217
South Australia
413
435
51
-172
81
222
Western Australia
130
570
871
1 846
1 534
1 330
Tasmania
212
308
125
-18
39
86
Northern Territory
-73
-27
-57
-62
74
198
Australian Capital Territory
78
-120
-258
-107
6
144
Cash Surplus (+)/Deficit (-)
4 518
7 324
7 923
9 734
-3 432
-3 269
New South Wales(a)
2 336
1 444
1 312
2 041
-7 564
-1 923
Victoria
33
597
629
247
-222
1 303
Queensland
646
3 493
4 629
4 649
2 308
-5 099
South Australia
659
531
191
188
-25
358
Western Australia
259
553
832
2 301
1 460
1 068
Tasmania
300
370
244
209
167
324
Northern Territory
34
38
53
38
183
275
Australian Capital Territory
255
299
35
76
270
436
Total assets
430 246
465 745
514 785
552 324
602 148
695 135
Total liabilities
121 784
122 737
126 721
145 512
141 532
156 954
GFS Net worth
308 462
343 008
388 064
406 811
460 616
538 181
New South Wales(a)
121 473
124 649
129 053
126 846
136 108
146 780
Victoria
50 619
61 187
75 018
75 422
84 660
91 698
Queensland
64 896
77 722
96 433
105 033
117 832
155 176
South Australia
15 740
16 159
16 721
20 291
22 746
23 746
Western Australia
38 012
43 741
50 212
57 941
75 709
92 874
Tasmania
7 200
8 004
9 008
9 107
9 658
11 388
Northern Territory
1 892
2 166
2 353
2 727
2 721
3 214
Australian Capital Territory
8 629
9 380
9 265
9 445
11 182
13 305

(a) ABS is progressively reviewing historical data for NSW. Revisions have been made to 2005-06 and 2006-07 in the time series data and further revisions for the earlier years are expected to be incorporated in the release of 2008-09 GFS data in 2010.