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The following extended table presents only a selected list of expenses split by function. While all local government expenses could be attributed to a specific function, Measuring Council Performance in Tasmania, from which the data in this table is sourced, does not publish this level of detail.

In 2002-03, of the selected expenses split by function in this table, governance was the highest area of expense for Tasmanian local government councils (at 16.2% of functions shown). Expenditure on governance was the highest proportion of total expenses for Latrobe (36.3% of functions shown).

Other high areas of expense for Tasmanian local governments were roads, footpaths and traffic (accounting for 15.2% of functions shown) and water systems (14.4% of functions shown).

SELECTED EXPENSES, By function and Tasmanian local government councils(a)(b)(c) - 2002-03
		Community health and safety	Governance	Community amenities	Social and community services	Recreation and culture
Local government council		$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Greater Hobart-Southern
	Brighton	251	650	259	441	821
	Central Highlands	668	1,140	274	12	86
	Clarence	1,021	5,333	530	2,194	3,050
	Derwent Valley	256	1,230	264	811	926
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	596	1,441	944	161	272
	Glenorchy	901	7,194	2,101	4,710	3,161
	Hobart	955	7,544	8,506	1,672	9,790
	Huon Valley	721	858	1,046	2,841	542
	Kingborough	562	2,360	1,351	1,266	2,060
	Sorell	460	1,983	280	933	191
	Southern Midlands	105	1,132	1,028	307	170
	Tasman	139	704	165	1,807	144
	Total	6,635	31,569	16,748	17,155	21,213
Northern
	Break O'Day	120	983	746	-	301
	Dorset	525	654	1,509	22	626
	Flinders	13	423	86	46	143
	George Town	88	926	309	142	961
	Launceston	1,301	4,161	5,391	327	11,874
	Meander Valley	262	1,170	1,278	85	1,054
	Northern Midlands	172	1,609	1,741	231	538
	West Tamar	274	1,469	1,319	5	888
	Total	2,755	11,395	12,379	858	16,385
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	333	3,158	2,034	1,572	3,028
	Central Coast	368	1,982	1,440	1,108	1,384
	Circular Head	130	1,442	909	12	399
	Devonport	557	2,601	1,868	275	3,647
	Kentish	76	621	202	11	427
	King Island	96	1,284	497	68	399
	Latrobe	124	1,871	447	100	501
	Waratah/Wynyard	268	1,857	661	534	795
	West Coast	296	964	428	-	545
	Total	2,248	15,780	8,486	3,680	11,125
Total all councils		11,638	58,744	37,613	21,693	48,723
For footnotes see end of table.

SELECTED EXPENSES, By function and Tasmanian local government councils(a)(b)(c) - 2002-03 - continued
		Roads, footpaths and traffic	Water systems	Sewerage systems	Waste management	Other function expenses and expenses not attributed to a function
Local government council		$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Greater Hobart-Southern
	Brighton	983	1,422	682	1,542	565
	Central Highlands	630	194	82	265	36
	Clarence	3,062	5,285	3,500	3,403	970
	Derwent Valley	510	1,320	505	551	451
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	405	571	239	320	135
	Glenorchy	4,457	6,932	2,134	2,459	1,835
	Hobart	9,347	7,308	4,332	3,085	1,974
	Huon Valley	1,947	862	260	630	494
	Kingborough	2,962	2,266	1,898	1,305	448
	Sorell	1,912	439	156	758	5
	Southern Midlands	632	369	99	245	51
	Tasman	252	-	-	175	153
	Total	27,099	26,968	13,887	14,738	7,117
Northern
	Break O'Day	733	471	333	502	382
	Dorset	1,440	556	479	492	4
	Flinders	397	58	-	50	2,258
	George Town	720	697	752	269	266
	Launceston	5,802	8,453	6,378	3,480	1,768
	Meander Valley	2,848	1,159	372	792	19
	Northern Midlands	1,331	475	406	535	350
	West Tamar	1,331	1,691	546	750	729
	Total	14,602	13,560	9,266	6,870	5,776
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	2,043	1,195	1,256	1,274	1,798
	Central Coast	1,414	2,612	1,413	1,104	352
	Circular Head	1,940	990	534	577	1,656
	Devonport	2,699	3,353	2,200	1,948	1,128
	Kentish	961	312	137	207	21
	King Island	929	168	132	195	509
	Latrobe	378	971	250	392	121
	Waratah/Wynyard	1,613	1,493	674	711	54
	West Coast	1,335	699	343	705	-
	Total	13,312	11,793	6,939	7,113	5,639
Total all councils		55,013	52,321	30,092	28,721	18,532
- nil or rounded to zero (a) Excludes depreciation expense. (b) Excludes interest and government levies. (c) Totals in this table may vary from totals in related tables due to rounding. Source: Measuring Council Performance in Tasmania 2002-03, Department of Premier and Cabinet