SEPTEMBER QUARTER 2010 KEY FIGURES: ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

In the September quarter 2010 -

• Taxation revenue decreased 13.6% to $77,029m.
• The GFS net operating balance for the general government sector was -$20,172m.
• The GFS net lending(+)/borrowing(-) position for the general government sector was -$24,262m.

			Jun Qtr 2010	Sep Qtr 2010	Jun Qtr 2010 to Sep Qtr 2010
			$m	$m	% change
Current Prices
Taxation revenue
	General government		89 130	77 029	-13.6
Total revenue
	General government		111 344	98 019	-12.0
	Public Non-Financial corporations		22 914	18 317	-20.1
Total expenses
	General government		122 326	118 191	-3.4
	Public Non-Financial corporations		21 576	17 020	-21.1
GFS Net operating balance
	General government		-10 983	-20 172	..
	Public Non-Financial corporations		1 337	1 297	..
GFS Net lending(+)/borrowing(-)
	General government		-22 317	-24 262	..
	Public Non-Financial corporations		-4 178	-1 290	..

QUARTERLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS PUBLIC SECTOR MEASURES - KEY FIGURES

The table below includes the key public sector aggregates for the September quarter 2010 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 in current prices and chain volume terms.

In the September quarter 2010:

• In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, total general government final consumption expenditure increased by $262m, a rise of 0.5% compared with June quarter 2010.
• General government gross fixed capital formation, in seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, increased by 1.6%.

			Dec Qtr 2009	Mar Qtr 2010	Jun Qtr 2010	Sep Qtr 2010	Jun Qtr 2010 to Sep Qtr 2010
			$m	$m	$m	$m	% change
Current Prices
General government final consumption expenditure (a)
	National - defence		4 779	4 985	5 374	5 856	9.0
	National - non-defence		17 790	18 082	18 075	17 954	-0.7
	Total national		22 570	23 066	23 449	23 809	1.5
	State and local		35 416	36 108	36 964	37 392	1.2
	Total general government final consumption expenditure		57 985	59 174	60 412	61 201	1.3
Public gross fixed capital formation
	General government
		National - defence	1 919	2 207	1 938	1 975	1.9
		National - non-defence	1 858	2 054	2 299	2 174	-5.4
		Total national	3 776	4 261	4 237	4 150	-2.1
		State and local	8 565	10 647	10 173	10 490	3.1
		Total general government	12 341	14 908	14 410	14 639	1.6
	Public corporations
		Commonwealth	615	388	307	369	20.2
		State and local	5 768	6 088	5 759	5 897	2.4
		Total public corporations	6 383	6 476	6 065	6 267	3.3
	Total public gross fixed capital formation		18 724	21 383	20 475	20 906	2.1
Memorandum item
	Net purchases of second-hand assets by public sector		-227	-178	-134	-178	..
Chain Volume (b)
General government final consumption expenditure (a)
	National - defence		4 829	5 022	5 391	5 814	7.8
	National - non-defence		16 676	16 636	16 668	17 114	2.7
	Total national		21 505	21 658	22 060	22 928	3.9
	State and local		34 369	34 728	35 229	34 622	-1.7
	Total general government final consumption expenditure		55 874	56 386	57 289	57 551	0.5
Public gross fixed capital formation
	General government
		National - defence	2 116	2 529	2 264	2 302	1.7
		National - non-defence	1 920	2 133	2 411	2 355	-2.3
		Total national	4 036	4 662	4 675	4 657	-0.4
		State and local	8 760	10 867	10 402	10 663	2.5
		Total general government	12 796	15 530	15 077	15 320	1.6
	Public corporations
		Commonwealth	634	404	318	380	19.5
		State and local	5 880	6 223	5 883	5 986	1.8
		Total public corporations	6 515	6 627	6 200	6 366	2.7
	Total public gross fixed capital formation		19 311	22 157	21 277	21 686	1.9
Memorandum item
	Net purchases of second-hand assets by public sector		-232	-183	-136	-182	..

(a) See paragraph 35 of the Explanatory Notes for the relationship between general government final consumption expenditure and GFS aggregates.
(b) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2008-09.

SEPTEMBER QUARTER 2010 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 (2008-09) was released on 27 April 2010. Final annual GFS results for 2009-10 are scheduled for release by the ABS in April 2011.

Table	Sep 09	Dec 09	Mar 10	Jun 10	Sep 10
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	*	*	*	*

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 December quarter 2010 and March quarter 2011 issues are:

Issue	5519.0.55.001	5206.0
December 2010	1 March 2011	2 March 2011
March 2011	31 May 2011	1 June 2011

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>