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DECEMBER QUARTER 2008 KEY FIGURES: ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

September quarter 2008 to December quarter 2008 movements (in original terms) -

• Taxation revenue increased by 16.5% to $89,113m.
• The GFS net operating balance for the general government sector decreased to $-3,460m.
• The GFS net lending(+)/borrowing(-) position for the general government sector decreased to a net borrowing position of $-7,266m.

			Sep Qtr 2008	Dec Qtr 2008	Sep Qtr 2008 to Dec Qtr 2008
			$m	$m	% change
Current Prices
Taxation revenue
	General government		76 494	89 113	16.5
Total revenue
	General government		96 548	107 731	11.6
	Public Non-Financial corporations		14 952	15 217	1.8
Total expenses
	General government		98 990	111 191	12.3
	Public Non-Financial corporations		13 152	14 360	9.2
GFS Net operating balance
	General government		-2 442	-3 460	..
	Public Non-Financial corporations		1 800	858	..
GFS Net lending(+)/borrowing(-)
	General government		-5 108	-7 266	..
	Public Non-Financial corporations		-1 916	-3 772	..

• In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, total general government final consumption expenditure increased by $11m, a neglible increase in percentage terms.
• General government gross fixed capital formation, in seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, decreased by 3.6%.

			Mar Qtr 2008	Jun Qtr 2008	Sep Qtr 2008	Dec Qtr 2008	Sep Qtr 2008 to Dec Qtr 2008
			$m	$m	$m	$m	% change
Current Prices
General government final consumption expenditure (a)
	National - defence		4 670	4 899	4975	4733	-4.9
	National - non-defence		15 449	15 633	15 786	15 926	0.9
	Total national		20 119	20 532	20 761	20 659	-0.5
	State and local		30 252	31 039	31 587	32 075	1.5
	Total general government final consumption expenditure		50 371	51 572	52 348	52 734	0.7
Public gross fixed capital formation
	General government
		National - defence	1 145	680	784	585	-25.4
		National - non-defence	855	998	938	836	-10.9
		Total national	2 000	1 677	1 722	1 421	-17.5
		State and local	5 611	6 337	6 225	6 369	2.3
		Total general government	7 611	8 015	7 947	7 790	-2.0
	Public corporations
		Commonwealth	310	217	304	354	16.5
		State and local	4 963	5 149	5 637	5 787	2.7
		Total public corporations	5 272	5 366	5 941	6 140	3.4
	Total public gross fixed capital formation		12 883	13 381	13 888	13 930	0.3
Memorandum item
	Net purchases of second-hand assets by public sector		-135	-410	-169	-402	..
Chain Volume (b)
General government final consumption expenditure (a)
	National - defence		4 522	4 589	4 555	4 306	-5.5
	National - non-defence		14 752	14 826	14 928	15 014	0.6
	Total national		19 274	19 414	19 483	19 320	-0.8
	State and local		29 064	29 446	29 655	29 828	0.6
	Total general government final consumption expenditure		48 339	48 860	49 138	49 149	0.0
Public gross fixed capital formation
	General government
		National - defence	1 162	699	813	600	-26.1
		National - non-defence	866	988	930	815	-12.4
		Total national	2 028	1 688	1 743	1 415	-18.8
		State and local	5 417	6 033	5 773	5 831	1.0
		Total general government	7 445	7 720	7 516	7 247	-3.6
	Public corporations
		Commonwealth	299	207	292	336	14.8
		State and local	4 776	4 851	5 196	5 222	0.5
		Total public corporations	5 075	5 057	5 488	5 558	1.3
	Total public gross fixed capital formation		12 520	12 777	13 004	12 804	-1.5
Memorandum item
	Net purchases of second-hand assets by public sector		-143	-388	-167	-386	..

Table	Sep 08	Dec 08
Table 1 All Levels of Government - General Government	*	*
Table 2 All Levels of Government - Public Non-Financial Corporations	*	*
Table 3 Commonwealth Government	*	*
Table 4 Total State & Local	*	*
Table 5 New South Wales	*
Table 6 Victoria	*
Table 7 Queensland	*
Table 8 South Australia	*
Table 9 Western Australia	*
Table 10 Tasmania	*
Table 11 Northern Territory	*
Table 12 Australian Capital Territory	*

Issue	5519.0.55.001	5206.0
March 2009	2 June 2009	3 June 2009
June 2009	1 September 2009	2 September 2009