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This table shows the expenses of the general government sector according to the purposes served by the expenditure. All expenses from the Operating Statement are included. Education and health continue to be the major areas of expenditure, while interest expenses (public debt transactions) are falling.

STATE GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, Tasmania
		1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01
Purpose		$m	$m	$m
General public services		122	119	148
Public order and safety		191	198	217
Education
	Primary and secondary education	482	569	581
	Technical and further education	82	83	85
	Other education	59	24	24
	Total	622	675	690
Health		471	521	552
Social security and welfare		143	143	162
Housing and community amenities		94	83	135
Recreation and culture		101	92	108
Fuel and energy		4	5	4
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting		87	82	50
Mining, manufacturing and construction		5	8	8
Transport and communications		126	166	161
Other economic affairs		89	117	125
Nominal interest on superannuation		69	68	67
Public debt transactions		189	157	124
Other		35	36	26
Total		2,351	2,470	2,578
Source: Government Finance Statistics, Australia (Cat. no. 5512.0) and ABS data available on request, Government Finance Statistics Collection.