MAIN FEATURES
DECEMBER QUARTER 2009 KEY FIGURES: ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
In the December quarter 2009 -
- Taxation revenue increased 21% to $87,251m.
- The GFS net operating balance for the general government sector was $-6,534m.
- The GFS net lending(+)/borrowing(-) position for the general government sector was $-13,564m.
GFS KEY FIGURES: ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, ORIGINAL
QUARTERLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS PUBLIC SECTOR MEASURES - KEY FIGURES
The table below includes the key public sector aggregates for the December quarter 2009 which will be included in the Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product(cat.no. 5206.0). The key figures shown include Government Final Consumption Expenditure and Gross Fixed Capital Formation for general government and public corporations, seasonally adjusted for current prices and in chain volume terms.
In the December quarter 2009:
- In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, total general government final consumption expenditure increased by $931m, a rise of 1.8% compared with September quarter 2009.
- General government gross fixed capital formation, in seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, increased by 15.7%.
QUARTERLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS PUBLIC SECTOR MEASURES - KEY FIGURES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
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| | | Mar Qtr 2009 | Jun Qtr 2009 | Sep Qtr 2009 | Dec Qtr 2009 | Sep Qtr 2009 to
Dec Qtr 2009 |
| | | $m | $m | $m | $m | % change |
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Current Prices | | | | | |
General government final consumption expenditure (a) | | | | | |
| National - defence | 4 597 | 4 637 | 4 901 | 5 216 | 6.4 |
| National - non-defence | 16 284 | 16 015 | 16 537 | 17 237 | 4.2 |
| Total national | 20 881 | 20 652 | 21 438 | 22 452 | 4.7 |
| State and local | 33 476 | 34 212 | 34 882 | 35 350 | 1.3 |
| Total general government final consumption expenditure | 54 356 | 54 865 | 56 320 | 57 803 | 2.6 |
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Public gross fixed capital formation | | | | | |
| General government | | | | | |
| | National - defence | 1 481 | 1 255 | 1 481 | 2 177 | 47.0 |
| | National - non-defence | 1 630 | 1 657 | 1 524 | 1 387 | -9.0 |
| | Total national | 3 111 | 2 911 | 3 004 | 3 563 | 18.6 |
| | State and local | 6 673 | 6 882 | 7 520 | 8 444 | 12.3 |
| | Total general government | 9 784 | 9 793 | 10 524 | 12 008 | 14.1 |
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| Public corporations | | | | | |
| | Commonwealth | 337 | 336 | 514 | 541 | 5.2 |
| | State and local | 5 508 | 5 506 | 5 496 | 5 576 | 1.5 |
| | Total public corporations | 5 845 | 5 841 | 6 010 | 6 116 | 1.8 |
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| Total public gross fixed capital formation | 15 629 | 15 635 | 16 534 | 18 124 | 9.6 |
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Memorandum item | | | | | |
| Net purchases of second-hand assets by public sector | -281 | -424 | -287 | -276 | .. |
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Chain Volume (b) | | | | | |
General government final consumption expenditure (a) | | | | | |
| National - defence | 4 341 | 4 361 | 4 591 | 4 857 | 5.8 |
| National - non-defence | 15 663 | 15 735 | 16 004 | 16 441 | 2.7 |
| Total national | 20 004 | 20 096 | 20 596 | 21 299 | 3.4 |
| State and local | 31 820 | 32 190 | 32 422 | 32 650 | 0.7 |
| Total general government final consumption expenditure | 51 824 | 52 285 | 53 018 | 53 949 | 1.8 |
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Public gross fixed capital formation | | | | | |
| General government | | | | | |
| | National - defence | 1 270 | 1 122 | 1 447 | 2 243 | 55.0 |
| | National - non-defence | 1 570 | 1 772 | 1 518 | 1 392 | -8.3 |
| | Total national | 2 839 | 2 894 | 2 964 | 3 635 | 22.6 |
| | State and local | 6 543 | 6 817 | 7 532 | 8 510 | 13.0 |
| | Total general government | 9 383 | 9 711 | 10 496 | 12 144 | 15.7 |
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| Public corporations | | | | | |
| | Commonwealth | 329 | 328 | 507 | 544 | 7.3 |
| | State and local | 5 683 | 6 014 | 6 084 | 6 148 | 1.1 |
| | Total public corporations | 6 012 | 6 343 | 6 591 | 6 692 | 1.5 |
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| Total public gross fixed capital formation | 15 394 | 16 054 | 17 087 | 18 836 | 10.2 |
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Memorandum item | | | | | |
| Net purchases of second-hand assets by public sector | -269 | -412 | -284 | -276 | .. |
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(a) See paragraph 32 of the Explanatory Notes for the relationship between general government final consumption expenditure and GFS aggregates.
(b) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2007-08.
DECEMBER QUARTER 2009 GFS RELEASE
This release presents quarterly government finance statistics on an accrual accounting basis. All tables are presented in GFS operating statement format and are for the general government sector, with the exception of Table 2 which presents data for the public non-financial corporations sector.
Quarterly GFS are released for the current financial year only, other than in the September quarter, when the quarters of the previous financial year are presented. Users requiring data for earlier periods should consult Government Finance Statistics, Australia (cat.no. 5512.0). The latest issue (2007-08) was released on 14 April 2009. Final annual GFS results for 2008-09 are scheduled for release by the ABS in April 2010.
RELEASE OF QUARTERLY GFS THIS ISSUE
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
The release of GFS quarterly data is usually coordinated to be the day before the respective issue of Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product (cat. no. 5206.0). The scheduled release dates for the March and June quarter 2010 issues are:
Issue | 5519.0.55.001 | 5206.0 |
March 2010 | 1 June 2010 | 2 June 2010 |
June 2010 | 31 August 2010 | 1 September 2010 |
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For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070, email <client.services@abs.gov.au> or Larissa Fischer on Canberra (02) 6252 5392, email <public.finance@abs.gov.au>