5512.0 - Government Finance Statistics, Australia, 2008-09

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GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE

Total General Government expenses for all levels of government were $441,134 million in 2008-09. The major contributors were expenditure on Social security and welfare (30.7%), Health (18.1%) and Education (14.1%).

GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, Commonwealth and State

		Cwth	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Total(a)
		2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09
		$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

General public services		15 206	1 537	601	1 558	277	369	254	118	329	24 096
Defence		18 391	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18 391
Public order and safety		3 557	5 373	4 253	3 172	1 293	2 187	374	446	295	21 116
Education
	Primary and secondary	11 273	10 175	7 811	6 380	2 757	4 088	850	627	589	33 217
	University	6 941	39	108	5	3	24	1	13	20	17 356
	Technical and further education	1 759	1 632	1 718	734	417	457	155	70	94	5 513
	Other tertiary	-	-	-	-	40	-	1	30	-	64
	Other	1 933	1 764	914	1 077	130	315	89	51	38	6 179
	Total	21 905	13 610	10 551	8 197	3 347	4 884	1 095	790	741	62 330
Health
	Acute care institutions	12 433	10 604	7 945	6 396	3 482	3 176	799	524	588	34 392
	Other health institutions	-	30	45	253	-	156	28	13	8	531
	Community health services	18 510	2 207	1 518	1 829	267	698	215	213	151	25 596
	Pharmaceutical	9 210	162	118	-	-	332	-	26	15	9 314
	Other	8 992	619	952	770	251	359	59	36	102	10 124
	Total	49 145	13 621	10 578	9 248	4 000	4 722	1 101	813	864	79 957
Social security and welfare
	Social security	77 633	261	-	-	89	-	-	-	-	77 962
	Welfare services	44 109	3 640	3 015	2 156	716	1 127	332	203	220	53 948
	Other	3 163	168	-	38	123	-	-	2	-	3 993
	Total	124 905	4 069	3 015	2 194	927	1 127	332	205	220	135 902
Housing and community amenities
	Housing and community development	3 884	1 842	1 692	1 218	596	984	157	352	122	8 258
	Water supply	72	77	214	63	231	533	-	58	2	1 868
	Sanitation and protection of the environment	1 157	809	366	143	489	100	48	81	9	5 234
	Other community amenities	34	-	656	-	14	250	-	2	10	2 419
	Total	5 146	2 728	2 928	1 424	1 330	1 866	205	493	143	17 779
Recreation and culture
	Recreational facilities and services	519	703	324	538	117	364	77	109	76	5 186
	Cultural facilities and services	1 091	542	474	281	154	178	54	60	35	3 914
	Broadcasting and film production	1 495	8	-	-	7	-	2	1	-	1 512
	Other recreation and culture	-	-	-	-	7	-	5	1	-	270
	Total	3 105	1 253	798	819	284	542	138	171	111	10 882
Fuel and energy		5 806	26	19	1 227	52	120	3	169	5	7 348
Agriculture, forestry and fishing		2 714	841	502	1 117	243	418	123	65	-	5 365
Mining, manufacturing and construction		1 911	120	20	200	48	211	8	24	4	2 848
Transport and communications
	Road transport	6 020	3 274	1 949	2 313	347	876	202	188	193	13 772
	Water transport	289	160	12	140	19	25	1	5	-	646
	Rail transport	254	2 731	1 875	822	25	78	38	4	-	5 789
	Air transport	167	-	-	13	-	22	-	8	-	218
	Communications and other transport	740	246	225	1 355	394	475	5	29	-16	3 566
	Total	7 471	6 411	4 060	4 643	784	1 476	246	235	176	23 990
Other economic affairs		6 493	1 010	471	851	226	380	127	165	47	10 625
Nominal interest on superannuation		6 715	705	610	858	383	330	193	134	204	10 132
Public debt transactions		4 711	1 510	642	595	180	118	16	135	70	8 258
Other		45 636	821	-26	865	390	132	149	34	273	2 116
Total		322 817	53 634	39 023	36 967	13 764	18 882	4 364	3 997	3 484	441 134

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Includes multi-jurisdictional sector and local government expenses by purpose.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, Local

	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Total
	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	2008-09
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

General public services	1 810	741	1 737	261	177	98	139	-	4 963
Public order and safety	232	110	109	24	85	7	7	-	575
Education	49	57	7	-	6	-	2	-	120
Health	94	71	43	36	45	15	4	-	307
Social security and welfare	339	874	58	82	112	23	11	-	1 500
Housing and community amenities	1 708	1 177	2 285	332	408	265	144	-	6 319
Recreation and culture	1 072	986	776	290	602	85	36	-	3 846
Fuel and energy	-	-	2	10	-	-	2	-	15
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	5	5	21	16	1	-	-	-	48
Mining, manufacturing and construction	171	-	65	27	38	-	5	-	306
Transport and communications	1 477	1 062	1 934	317	827	156	38	-	5 811
Other economic affairs	288	285	162	65	70	26	70	-	967
Public debt transactions	171	39	109	28	19	9	1	-	376
Other	606	106	95	74	104	15	-	-	999
Total	8 022	5 513	7 404	1 561	2 495	699	459	-	26 153

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)