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GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, 2011–12


Total General Government expenses for Commonwealth and State Government were $522,001m in 2011–12. The major contributors were expenditure on Social security and welfare (27%), Health (19%), Education (15%), General Public Services (6%) and Transport (5%).

GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES BY PURPOSE, Commonwealth and State(a)
		Cwth	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Total(b)
		2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12
		$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
General public services		20 327	2 503	768	1 701	836	297	201	91	390	31 412
Defence		21 275	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21 275
Public order and safety		4 002	6 371	4 919	3 871	1 520	3 013	456	570	365	25 271
Education
	Primary and secondary	13 849	11 278	8 835	7 977	3 154	4 759	989	714	721	38 737
	University	8 743	74	96	3	73	15	1	20	7	20 700
	Technical and further education	1 984	1 732	2 455	849	476	577	138	97	96	6 695
	Other tertiary	–	–	–	–	27	–	1	19	–	47
	Other	4 152	2 392	1 107	1 267	206	518	86	102	56	9 677
	Total	28 728	15 477	12 492	10 095	3 937	5 870	1 214	953	879	75 855
Health
	Acute care institutions	14 733	11 162	9 414	7 911	4 245	4 130	965	715	815	39 042
	Other health institutions	9	118	73	338	–	201	33	15	8	782
	Community health services	23 856	2 447	1 993	2 598	465	923	252	317	188	32 956
	Pharmaceutical	10 188	1 340	217	–	14	517	1	34	26	12 332
	Other	13 178	839	988	1 034	156	496	79	61	73	14 950
	Total	61 964	15 905	12 685	11 881	4 881	6 268	1 331	1 141	1 110	100 061
Social security and welfare
	Social security	105 627	379	271	–	106	–	2	–	–	106 385
	Welfare services	17 061	4 574	3 496	3 312	987	1 677	383	349	247	29 680
	Other	3 887	213	–	44	70	–	3	2	2	4 792
	Total	126 575	5 167	3 767	3 356	1 163	1 677	388	352	249	140 857
Housing and community amenities
	Housing and community development	3 982	1 098	2 130	1 278	533	1 208	154	394	143	7 858
	Water supply	–	82	189	166	237	547	–	39	11	1 984
	Sanitation and protection of the environment	3 998	996	523	333	292	95	39	37	12	9 811
	Other community amenities	56	–	16	2	8	133	–	–	13	1 410
	Total	8 036	2 177	2 858	1 779	1 069	1 983	193	470	179	21 063
Recreation and culture
	Recreational facilities and services	1 006	718	344	670	115	501	112	71	97	6 379
	Cultural facilities and services	1 232	406	486	325	178	226	62	97	43	4 185
	Broadcasting and film production	1 600	11	–	–	9	13	1	1	–	1 635
	Other recreation and culture	8	25	–	62	3	–	7	6	–	518
	Total	3 845	1 160	830	1 057	305	740	181	176	140	12 716
Fuel and energy		6 507	27	29	529	34	528	2	111	18	7 664
Agriculture, forestry and fishing		2 952	574	444	776	177	400	128	59	3	4 774
Mining, manufacturing and construction		2 243	193	–	252	80	194	7	23	22	3 381
Transport and communications
	Road transport	6 516	3 346	2 176	2 955	334	1 143	226	211	256	15 691
	Water transport	290	95	33	58	10	28	1	5	–	501
	Rail transport	1 047	3 054	2 905	387	47	42	19	4	–	6 493
	Air transport	228	–	–	11	–	20	–	6	–	276
	Communications and other transport	1 224	297	370	2 343	643	638	4	35	19	5 417
	Total	9 306	6 792	5 485	5 755	1 035	1 871	249	261	276	28 379
Other economic affairs		10 051	1 192	787	900	195	753	130	170	70	15 204
Nominal interest on superannuation		7 376	821	809	1 216	407	317	239	141	265	11 592
Public debt transactions		12 844	2 066	1 243	1 670	427	371	14	166	100	19 535
Other		52 437	1 327	196	1 184	100	165	142	41	14	2 963
Total		378 468	61 751	47 311	46 023	16 165	24 445	4 877	4 725	4 080	522 001
– nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) The expenses by purpose data in this table are consistent with the underlying transactions data reported in 5512.0 for each jurisdiction. These data do not necessarily align with the data published by each Treasury. For further information on other differences please see paragraphs 48 to 51 of the Explanatory Notes.
(b) 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
	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12	2011–12
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
General public services	1 680	1 044	1 953	130	400	111	144	–	5 462
Public order and safety	311	169	124	33	117	7	19	–	779
Education	72	79	7	–	4	–	5	–	166
Health	81	120	50	50	57	10	5	–	374
Social security and welfare	361	884	69	115	142	30	25	–	1 626
Housing and community amenities	2 590	1 433	1 681	434	498	136	99	–	6 872
Recreation and culture	1 321	1 184	837	392	727	104	57	–	4 622
Fuel and energy	–	–	10	13	–	–	1	–	25
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	–	3	15	12	1	–	–	–	31
Mining, manufacturing and construction	214	–	91	35	32	–	–	–	373
Transport and communications	1 871	1 266	2 740	416	783	182	41	–	7 297
Other economic affairs	313	356	187	58	111	30	38	–	1 093
Public debt transactions	227	52	277	40	32	4	1	–	633
Other	546	209	135	93	188	23	22	–	1 215
Total	9 588	6 796	8 176	1 821	3 092	639	457	–	30 569
– nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)