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PRIVATE NEW CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

• Western Australia's private new capital expenditure, in seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, was 7.3 billion in the June quarter 2009, up 6.5% from the previous quarter. Nationally, private new capital expenditure rose by 3.3%.

1 June key figures, Private New Capital Expenditure
	Jun 09	Mar qtr 09 to Jun qtr 09	Jun qtr 08 to Jun qtr 09
	$m	% change	% change
Trend estimates(a)
Total new capital expenditure	7 152	0.3	14.5
Buildings & structures	5 191	1.3	29.3
Equipment, plant & machinery	1 948	-3.2	-12.8
Seasonally adjusted estimates(a)
Total new capital expenditure	7 276	6.5	21.3
Buildings & structures	5 274	7.4	42.8
Equipment, plant & machinery	2 002	4.3	-13.1
(a) In chain volume measures
Source: Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, cat. no. 5625.0.

• In seasonally adjusted terms, investments in buildings and structures increased by 7.4% and accounted for $5.3 billion of the $7.3 billion in private new capital expenditure in the June quarter 2009.
• Investment in equipment, plant and machinery increased to $2 billion (4.3%), in seasonally adjusted terms, over the same period.

• In the June quarter 2009, the mining industry continued to account for a significant proportion (71%) of all private new capital investment in Western Australia (original data).
• In original terms, new capital expenditure on mining was 11% higher,than in the previous quarter and 14% higher than in the same quarter of the previous year.

2 Private New Capital Expenditure, by industry - current prices: original
		Mining	Manufacturing	Other selected industries	Total
Reference period		$m	$m	$m	$m
2007-2008		17111	1 653	4428	23191
2008-2009		22847	1 856	5677	30370
2008
	June	4995	^445	1141	6580
2009
	March	5143	446	^1149	6738
	June	5710	^459	1917	8086
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
Source: Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, cat. no. 5625.0.