Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia

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Quarterly statistics about actual and expected private new capex investment spend on buildings and equipment by industry

Reference period

March 2024

Released

30/05/2024

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Key statistics

Total new capital expenditure rose by 1.0%
Buildings and structures fell by 0.9%
Equipment, plant and machinery rose by 3.3%
Estimate 2 for 2024-25 is $155.4b. This is 6.8% higher than Estimate 1 for 2024-25

Key data items
		Mar Qtr 24 ($m)	Dec Qtr 23 to Mar Qtr 24 (% change)	Mar Qtr 23 to Mar Qtr 24 (% change)
Seasonally adjusted(a)
	Total new capital expenditure	40487	1.0	5.5
	Buildings and structures	21449	-0.9	4.7
	Equipment, plant and machinery	19038	3.3	6.5
Trend(a)
	Total new capital expenditure	40402	0.6	5.3
	Buildings and structures	21538	-0.1	4.8
	Equipment, plant and machinery	18861	1.4	5.9

In volume terms

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia March 2024

New capital expenditure in seasonally adjusted volume terms

Total new capital expenditure

The trend estimate for total new capital expenditure rose 0.6%
The seasonally adjusted estimate for total new capital expenditure rose 1.0%

Total new capital expenditure
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-04	18,255	18,778
Jun-04	19,115	19,128
Sep-04	19,544	19,885
Dec-04	21,441	20,704
Mar-05	21,139	21,543
Jun-05	22,530	22,795
Sep-05	24,557	24,515
Dec-05	26,871	26,264
Mar-06	27,149	27,262
Jun-06	27,541	27,304
Sep-06	27,047	26,916
Dec-06	26,268	27,049
Mar-07	29,342	29,140
Jun-07	30,781	29,998
Sep-07	29,995	30,626
Dec-07	31,407	31,137
Mar-08	32,059	32,015
Jun-08	32,986	33,321
Sep-08	34,797	34,777
Dec-08	36,156	35,435
Mar-09	34,743	34,893
Jun-09	34,648	33,861
Sep-09	32,334	33,440
Dec-09	34,611	33,664
Mar-10	34,259	33,959
Jun-10	33,691	34,187
Sep-10	34,897	34,822
Dec-10	36,318	36,332
Mar-11	38,856	38,765
Jun-11	41,023	41,636
Sep-11	46,313	44,731
Dec-11	46,691	47,796
Mar-12	50,739	50,262
Jun-12	52,061	51,571
Sep-12	51,215	51,468
Dec-12	50,487	50,247
Mar-13	48,875	49,533
Jun-13	49,202	49,370
Sep-13	50,196	49,123
Dec-13	47,847	48,451
Mar-14	46,631	47,769
Jun-14	47,535	47,716
Sep-14	48,051	47,686
Dec-14	47,020	46,731
Mar-15	44,450	44,663
Jun-15	42,679	42,440
Sep-15	39,194	40,248
Dec-15	40,064	39,110
Mar-16	37,809	37,671
Jun-16	35,634	35,978
Sep-16	34,508	34,678
Dec-16	34,467	34,389
Mar-17	34,725	34,649
Jun-17	35,005	35,099
Sep-17	35,647	35,572
Dec-17	35,919	35,881
Mar-18	36,092	35,994
Jun-18	35,782	36,046
Sep-18	36,223	36,105
Dec-18	36,535	36,425
Mar-19	36,065	36,119
Jun-19	35,520	35,623
Sep-19	35,247	35,187
Dec-19	34,404	34,463
Mar-20	33,820	33,324
Jun-20	31,437	31,998
Sep-20	30,965	31,648
Dec-20	32,136	32,437
Mar-21	34,052	33,783
Jun-21	35,039	34,810
Sep-21	35,150	35,387
Dec-21	35,689	35,614
Mar-22	35,824	35,709
Jun-22	35,762	35,810
Sep-22	36,010	36,188
Dec-22	37,092	37,141
Mar-23	38,368	38,360
Jun-23	39,639	39,328
Sep-23	39,716	39,823
Dec-23	40,082	40,142
Mar-24	40,487	40,402

Total new capital expenditure

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Trend break added to 'Total new capital expenditure' trend series for June 2020, Dec 2018, Sep 2015, Sep 2008, Mar 2007 and Jun 2003.

Buildings and structures

The trend estimate for buildings and structures fell 0.1%
The seasonally adjusted estimate for buildings and structures fell 0.9%

Buildings and structures
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-04	7,542	7,852
Jun-04	8,272	8,045
Sep-04	8,259	8,306
Dec-04	8,515	8,626
Mar-05	9,351	9,218
Jun-05	9,885	10,178
Sep-05	11,515	11,223
Dec-05	12,611	12,349
Mar-06	13,008	13,329
Jun-06	14,380	13,650
Sep-06	13,396	13,473
Dec-06	12,667	13,424
Mar-07	15,520	15,167
Jun-07	16,313	15,731
Sep-07	15,318	16,071
Dec-07	16,505	16,172
Mar-08	16,671	16,320
Jun-08	16,296	16,940
Sep-08	17,995	18,302
Dec-08	20,498	19,396
Mar-09	19,219	19,479
Jun-09	18,823	18,496
Sep-09	17,033	17,628
Dec-09	17,514	17,494
Mar-10	18,438	18,112
Jun-10	18,559	19,084
Sep-10	20,717	19,934
Dec-10	20,464	20,769
Mar-11	22,196	22,438
Jun-11	24,392	24,918
Sep-11	29,258	27,955
Dec-11	29,616	30,937
Mar-12	33,752	33,261
Jun-12	35,120	34,374
Sep-12	33,715	34,151
Dec-12	33,101	33,040
Mar-13	32,288	32,700
Jun-13	32,961	33,178
Sep-13	34,372	33,593
Dec-13	33,380	33,573
Mar-14	31,767	33,208
Jun-14	33,198	32,933
Sep-14	32,443	32,410
Dec-14	31,519	31,226
Mar-15	29,074	29,449
Jun-15	28,178	27,898
Sep-15	25,406	26,205
Dec-15	25,996	25,103
Mar-16	23,519	23,404
Jun-16	21,093	21,525
Sep-16	20,085	20,257
Dec-16	20,182	20,084
Mar-17	20,509	20,396
Jun-17	20,628	20,736
Sep-17	21,024	20,903
Dec-17	20,900	20,870
Mar-18	20,547	20,599
Jun-18	20,324	20,259
Sep-18	19,801	20,020
Dec-18	20,360	20,131
Mar-19	19,828	19,805
Jun-19	19,150	19,429
Sep-19	19,328	19,040
Dec-19	18,454	18,617
Mar-20	18,259	17,988
Jun-20	17,271	17,270
Sep-20	16,693	16,823
Dec-20	16,779	16,890
Mar-21	17,449	17,425
Jun-21	18,255	18,063
Sep-21	18,397	18,566
Dec-21	18,901	18,791
Mar-22	18,941	18,768
Jun-22	18,540	18,754
Sep-22	18,907	19,010
Dec-22	19,797	19,717
Mar-23	20,491	20,554
Jun-23	21,386	21,181
Sep-23	21,366	21,457
Dec-23	21,653	21,550
Mar-24	21,449	21,538

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Trend break added to 'Buildings and Structures new capital expenditure' trend series for Dec 2018, Sep 2015, Sep 2008, Mar 2007 and Jun 2003.

Equipment and machinery

The trend estimate for equipment, plant and machinery rose 1.4%
The seasonally adjusted estimate for equipment, plant and machinery rose 3.3%

Equipment and machinery
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-04	9,798	10,093
Jun-04	10,102	10,255
Sep-04	10,432	10,679
Dec-04	11,778	11,118
Mar-05	10,994	11,410
Jun-05	11,798	11,815
Sep-05	12,372	12,537
Dec-05	13,559	13,219
Mar-06	13,473	13,384
Jun-06	12,945	13,219
Sep-06	13,175	13,026
Dec-06	13,053	13,149
Mar-07	13,583	13,684
Jun-07	14,274	14,041
Sep-07	14,278	14,344
Dec-07	14,653	14,688
Mar-08	15,063	15,293
Jun-08	16,108	15,917
Sep-08	16,374	16,086
Dec-08	15,636	15,873
Mar-09	15,364	15,444
Jun-09	15,648	15,393
Sep-09	14,993	15,696
Dec-09	16,669	15,911
Mar-10	15,568	15,589
Jun-10	14,971	14,989
Sep-10	14,269	14,845
Dec-10	15,769	15,504
Mar-11	16,607	16,348
Jun-11	16,713	16,944
Sep-11	17,314	17,201
Dec-11	17,366	17,340
Mar-12	17,404	17,442
Jun-12	17,427	17,612
Sep-12	17,904	17,750
Dec-12	17,791	17,604
Mar-13	16,958	17,222
Jun-13	16,667	16,613
Sep-13	16,270	15,975
Dec-13	14,955	15,336
Mar-14	15,231	15,014
Jun-14	14,825	15,229
Sep-14	16,009	15,690
Dec-14	15,895	15,879
Mar-15	15,644	15,540
Jun-15	14,866	14,844
Sep-15	14,049	14,352
Dec-15	14,365	14,258
Mar-16	14,430	14,447
Jun-16	14,689	14,576
Sep-16	14,484	14,498
Dec-16	14,350	14,366
Mar-17	14,264	14,309
Jun-17	14,450	14,423
Sep-17	14,684	14,735
Dec-17	15,067	15,075
Mar-18	15,639	15,440
Jun-18	15,437	15,802
Sep-18	16,428	16,098
Dec-18	16,187	16,310
Mar-19	16,320	16,346
Jun-19	16,349	16,221
Sep-19	15,923	16,071
Dec-19	15,953	15,814
Mar-20	15,616	15,640
Jun-20	14,172	15,690
Sep-20	14,270	15,969
Dec-20	15,354	16,359
Mar-21	16,647	16,625
Jun-21	16,742	16,724
Sep-21	16,740	16,758
Dec-21	16,797	16,828
Mar-22	16,922	16,952
Jun-22	17,187	17,054
Sep-22	17,103	17,169
Dec-22	17,295	17,420
Mar-23	17,877	17,807
Jun-23	18,253	18,147
Sep-23	18,350	18,368
Dec-23	18,429	18,593
Mar-24	19,038	18,861

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Trend break added to 'Equipment and machinery new capital expenditure' trend series for Mar 2007.

Mining and non-mining

The trend estimate for Mining fell 0.8%
The seasonally adjusted estimate for Mining fell 4.7%
The trend estimate for Non-mining rose 1.2%
The seasonally adjusted estimate for Non-mining rose 3.3%

Mining and non-mining
	Mining - Seasonal ($m)	Non Mining - Seasonal ($m)	Mining - Trend ($m)	Non Mining - Trend ($m)
Mar-04	3,659	13,981	3,731	14,406
Jun-04	3,500	14,866	3,662	14,769
Sep-04	3,917	14,967	3,675	15,449
Dec-04	3,704	16,854	3,754	16,145
Mar-05	3,929	16,416	4,020	16,720
Jun-05	4,554	17,234	4,622	17,421
Sep-05	5,723	18,211	5,622	18,250
Dec-05	6,590	19,684	6,829	18,941
Mar-06	7,935	18,913	7,705	19,191
Jun-06	8,360	18,944	7,947	19,047
Sep-06	7,307	19,303	7,794	18,806
Dec-06	7,786	18,211	7,827	18,893
Mar-07	8,292	20,648	8,269	20,484
Jun-07	9,002	21,408	8,740	20,892
Sep-07	8,856	20,796	8,972	21,293
Dec-07	9,220	21,828	9,315	21,497
Mar-08	9,888	21,899	9,944	21,801
Jun-08	10,971	21,842	10,865	22,248
Sep-08	11,577	23,026	11,813	22,806
Dec-08	12,547	23,469	12,293	23,006
Mar-09	12,330	22,320	11,961	22,776
Jun-09	10,795	23,555	11,116	22,531
Sep-09	10,264	21,828	10,457	22,713
Dec-09	10,556	23,754	10,449	22,943
Mar-10	11,090	22,954	11,090	22,659
Jun-10	11,701	21,849	11,897	22,147
Sep-10	13,195	21,644	12,591	22,124
Dec-10	13,052	23,138	13,252	22,977
Mar-11	14,426	24,338	14,825	23,882
Jun-11	17,048	24,019	17,425	24,255
Sep-11	21,837	24,693	20,623	24,283
Dec-11	22,783	24,161	23,952	24,144
Mar-12	27,057	24,091	26,901	23,767
Jun-12	29,875	22,708	28,991	23,066
Sep-12	29,230	22,485	29,693	22,293
Dec-12	29,384	21,612	29,086	21,664
Mar-13	28,056	21,297	28,621	21,400
Jun-13	28,433	21,246	28,541	21,314
Sep-13	28,920	21,768	28,208	21,392
Dec-13	27,192	21,116	27,474	21,441
Mar-14	25,087	21,953	26,423	21,784
Jun-14	25,785	22,169	25,435	22,691
Sep-14	24,401	24,027	24,470	23,596
Dec-14	23,054	24,315	23,204	23,880
Mar-15	21,784	22,994	21,443	23,543
Jun-15	19,667	23,311	19,656	23,079
Sep-15	17,213	22,217	18,043	22,467
Dec-15	17,400	22,902	16,434	22,886
Mar-16	14,560	23,401	14,623	23,206
Jun-16	12,366	23,364	12,806	23,278
Sep-16	11,554	23,023	11,549	23,195
Dec-16	11,264	23,248	11,110	23,323
Mar-17	10,872	23,880	10,912	23,762
Jun-17	10,722	24,288	10,731	24,379
Sep-17	10,639	25,018	10,579	24,999
Dec-17	10,352	25,568	10,422	25,462
Mar-18	10,243	25,852	10,173	25,820
Jun-18	9,858	25,913	9,835	26,201
Sep-18	9,402	26,799	9,439	26,644
Dec-18	9,136	27,370	9,099	27,297
Mar-19	8,893	27,141	9,013	27,077
Jun-19	9,099	26,398	9,106	26,494
Sep-19	9,447	25,784	9,258	25,911
Dec-19	9,188	25,201	9,385	25,067
Mar-20	9,525	24,292	9,439	23,880
Jun-20	9,471	21,973	9,401	22,599
Sep-20	9,307	21,662	9,322	22,328
Dec-20	9,154	22,979	9,289	23,146
Mar-21	9,525	24,524	9,415	24,361
Jun-21	9,653	25,375	9,669	25,134
Sep-21	9,913	25,233	9,999	25,385
Dec-21	10,407	25,284	10,375	25,240
Mar-22	10,641	25,190	10,597	25,115
Jun-22	10,727	25,030	10,520	25,290
Sep-22	10,111	25,899	10,377	25,810
Dec-22	10,383	26,709	10,423	26,716
Mar-23	10,892	27,477	10,747	27,612
Jun-23	11,040	28,599	11,214	28,114
Sep-23	11,618	28,098	11,452	28,374
Dec-23	11,655	28,427	11,487	28,656
Mar-24	11,111	29,376	11,392	28,994

Mining and non-mining

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Trend break added to 'Total non-mining capital expenditure' trend series for Dec 2018, Sep 2015, Sep 2008, Mar 2007 and Jun 2003.

Financial years at current prices

Timing and composition

The graphs below show the seven estimates of actual and expected expenditure for each financial year.

The timing and composition of these estimates are as follows:

Composition of estimates
Estimate Based on data reported at:		Data on long-term expected expenditure	Data on Short-term expected expenditure	Data on actual expenditure
1	Jan-Feb, 5-6 months before period begins	12 months	Nil	Nil
2	Apr-May, 2-3 months before period begins	12 months	Nil	Nil
3	Jul-Aug, at beginning of period	6 months	6 months	Nil
4	Oct-Nov, 3-4 months into period	6 months	3 months	3 months
5	Jan-Feb, 6-7 months into period	Nil	6 months	6 months
6	Apr-May, 9-10 months into period	Nil	3 months	9 months
7	Jul-Aug, at end of period	Nil	Nil	12 months

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia March 2024

Total capital expenditure

Estimate 6 for 2023-24 is $180.6b
This is 2.5% higher than Estimate 5 for 2023-24
Estimate 2 for 2024-25 is $155.4b
This is 6.8% higher than Estimate 1 for 2024-25

Total capital expenditure FY 19-20 to FY 24-25
	Actual ($b)	Expected ($b)
1	0	102.187
2	0	108.671
3	0	123.426
4	31.992	95.546
5	67.15	63.582
6	95.216	30.594
7	127.685	0

1	0	109.226
2	0	98.915
3	0	108.717
4	28.297	87.534
5	61.125	60.279
6	89.339	34.299
7	125.676	0

1	0	105.276
2	0	113.504
3	0	127.56
4	32.715	105.86
5	70.557	70.326
6	102.217	41.038
7	142.425	0

1	0	116.77
2	0	131.077
3	0	147.441
4	36.573	118.683
5	80.031	78.326
6	116.815	45.94
7	165.105	0

1	0	129.351
2	0	137.83
3	0	157.807
4	42.665	128.277
5	91.388	84.758
6	131.846	48.736
7	0	0

1	0	145.499
2	0	155.444
3	0	0
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0

Total capital expenditure FY 19-20 to FY 24-25

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Buildings and structures

Estimate 6 for 2023-24 is $100.9b
This is 0.2% lower than Estimate 5 for 2023-24
Estimate 2 for 2024-25 is $94.5b
This is 6.7% higher than Estimate 1 for 2024-25

Buildings and structures FY 19-20 to FY 24-25
	Actual ($b)	Expected ($b)
1	0	62.275
2	0	66.485
3	0	74.175
4	17.622	57.824
5	36.365	39.384
6	51.624	18.188
7	68.513	0

1	0	67.758
2	0	59.901
3	0	67.023
4	15.261	51.793
5	32.351	35.323
6	47.113	19.424
7	65.331	0

1	0	66.132
2	0	69.43
3	0	74.308
4	17.39	61.22
5	37.587	41.854
6	54.658	22.71
7	74.779	0

1	0	70.608
2	0	79.083
3	0	87.204
4	19.487	69.771
5	42.797	46.055
6	62.858	26.283
7	87.73	0

1	0	77.975
2	0	83.477
3	0	94.769
4	23.191	77.391
5	49.784	51.3
6	71.904	28.963
7	0	0

1	0	88.606
2	0	94.546
3	0	0
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0

Buildings and structures FY 19-20 to FY 24-25

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Equipment and machinery

Estimate 6 for 2023-24 is $79.7b
This is 6.2% higher than Estimate 5 for 2023-24
Estimate 2 for 2024-25 is $60.9b
This is 7.0% higher than Estimate 1 for 2024-25

Equipment and machinery FY 19-20 to FY 24-25
	Actual ($b)	Expected ($b)
1	0	39.912
2	0	42.186
3	0	49.251
4	14.37	37.723
5	30.784	24.198
6	43.591	12.406
7	59.172	0

1	0	41.468
2	0	39.014
3	0	41.694
4	13.036	35.741
5	28.774	24.955
6	42.227	14.875
7	60.344	0

1	0	39.144
2	0	44.073
3	0	53.252
4	15.325	44.64
5	32.97	28.473
6	47.559	18.328
7	67.646	0

1	0	46.162
2	0	51.993
3	0	60.238
4	17.085	48.912
5	37.234	32.271
6	53.957	19.657
7	77.375	0

1	0	51.376
2	0	54.353
3	0	63.039
4	19.475	50.887
5	41.604	33.457
6	59.942	19.773
7	0	0

1	0	56.893
2	0	60.898
3	0	0
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0

Equipment and machinery FY 19-20 to FY 24-25

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Mining

Estimate 6 for 2023-24 is $53.5b
This is 2.4% higher than Estimate 5 for 2023-24
Estimate 2 for 2024-25 is $48.1b
This is 7.0% higher than Estimate 1 for 2024-25

Mining FY 19-20 to FY 24-25
	Actual ($b)	Expected ($b)
1	0	30.091
2	0	32.44
3	0	38.025
4	8.637	29.863
5	17.983	20.296
6	25.975	9.484
7	35.155	0

1	0	38.457
2	0	35.741
3	0	38.254
4	8.607	28.034
5	17.986	18.264
6	26.047	9.876
7	35.461	0

1	0	36.385
2	0	37.34
3	0	39.761
4	9.398	32.789
5	20.589	22.368
6	30.212	12.332
7	41.688	0

1	0	38.528
2	0	42.215
3	0	45.469
4	10.585	36.135
5	23.133	23.869
6	33.923	13.089
7	46.757	0

1	0	41.726
2	0	42.951
3	0	47.408
4	12.901	37.81
5	27.547	24.722
6	39.009	14.49
7	0	0

1	0	44.977
2	0	48.109
3	0	0
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0

Mining FY 19-20 to FY 24-25

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Non-mining

Estimate 6 for 2023-24 is $127.1b
This is 2.6% higher than Estimate 5 for 2023-24
Estimate 2 for 2024-25 is $107.3b
This is 6.8% higher than Estimate 1 for 2024-25

Non-mining FY 19-20 to FY 24-25
	Actual ($b)	Expected ($b)
1	0	72.096
2	0	76.231
3	0	85.401
4	23.355	65.684
5	49.166	43.286
6	69.241	21.11
7	92.53	0

1	0	70.77
2	0	63.174
3	0	70.462
4	19.69	59.501
5	43.138	42.015
6	63.293	24.423
7	90.215	0

1	0	68.891
2	0	76.163
3	0	87.798
4	23.317	73.071
5	49.968	47.958
6	72.005	28.707
7	100.737	0

1	0	78.242
2	0	88.862
3	0	101.973
4	25.988	82.548
5	56.898	54.457
6	82.892	32.851
7	118.349	0

1	0	87.625
2	0	94.879
3	0	110.399
4	29.765	90.467
5	63.842	60.036
6	92.838	34.246
7	0	0

1	0	100.522
2	0	107.335
3	0	0
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0

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Detailed industry movements by asset type

Industry chain volume seasonally adjusted total capex percentage change
	Dec Qtr 23 to Mar Qtr 24	Mar Qtr 23 to Mar Qtr 24
	% change	% change
Mining	-4.7	2.0
Manufacturing	-6.8	0.2
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste	-4.1	3.0
Construction	4.8	55.3
Wholesale Trade	-13.0	-17.1
Retail Trade	15.1	3.1
Accommodation and Food Services	0.4	22.0
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	15.8	8.2
Information Media and Telecommunications	19.6	39.0
Financial and Insurance Services	-3.1	3.1
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate	-3.6	-11.7
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	7.2	16.3
Administrative and Support Services	17.7	-38.5
Education and Training	-5.9	19.1
Health Care and Social Assistance	12.4	16.4
Arts and Recreation Services	37.4	18.6
Other Services	-16.8	-38.6

Industry chain volume buildings and structures percentage change
	Dec Qtr 23 to Mar Qtr 24	Mar Qtr 23 to Mar Qtr 24
	% change	% change
Mining	-5.2	3.9
Manufacturing	0.9	24.8
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste	-6.0	3.8
Construction	-28.7	-2.5
Wholesale Trade	-11.5	-20.6
Retail Trade	8.4	-17.5
Accommodation and Food Services	7.0	35.2
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	18.9	2.4
Information Media and Telecommunications	6.1	20.7
Financial and Insurance Services	61.3	61.3
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate	-7.0	-20.6
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	3.4	-3.2
Administrative and Support Services	-11.6	-30.9
Education and Training	-4.6	24.1
Health Care and Social Assistance	9.5	7.2
Arts and Recreation Services	68.1	66.9
Other Services	-8.7	67.9

Industry chain volume equipment and machinery percentage change
	Dec Qtr 23 to Mar Qtr 24	Mar Qtr 23 to Mar Qtr 24
	% change	% change
Mining	-3.2	-3.0
Manufacturing	-11.0	-10.7
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste	10.1	-1.9
Construction	7.5	60.2
Wholesale Trade	-13.4	-16.1
Retail Trade	16.7	9.3
Accommodation and Food Services	-4.4	13.0
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	13.9	12.1
Information Media and Telecommunications	60.6	99.8
Financial and Insurance Services	-12.2	-5.8
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate	1.9	5.9
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	7.9	20.3
Administrative and Support Services	25.8	-39.8
Education and Training	-10.1	4.9
Health Care and Social Assistance	15.6	28.1
Arts and Recreation Services	5.1	-19.0
Other Services	-19.5	-50.6

State movements

State chain volume seasonally adjusted total capex percentage change
	Dec Qtr 23 to Mar Qtr 24	Mar Qtr 23 to Mar Qtr 24
	% change	% change
New South Wales	1.3	-0.3
Victoria	1.3	5.3
Queensland	5.9	10.1
South Australia	14.7	-0.6
Western Australia	-6.7	8.3
Tasmania	30.9	44.5
Northern Territory	-24.5	12.6
Australian Capital Territory	8.6	32.2

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Table 1. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Original - Current Prices $m
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Table 17. Financial Year Estimates Combining Actual and Expected Expenditure by Type of Asset and Industry - Current Prices $m
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Table 20. Manufacturing by State, by Asset, Original - Current Prices $m
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Buildings and structures

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Table 1. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 2. Expected expenditure - Short Term, by type of Asset and Industry - current prices $m

Table 3. Expected Expenditure Long Term, by Type of Asset and Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 4. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Seasonally Adjusted - Current Prices $m

Table 5. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Trend - Current Prices $m

Table 6. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Original - Chain Volume Measures $m

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Table 8. Actual Expenditure, by Type of Asset and Industry, Trend - Chain Volume Measures $m

Table 9. Actual Expenditure, By Type of Asset and State - Current Prices $m

Table 10. Actual Expenditure, By Type of Asset and State - Chain Volume Measures $m

Table 11. New South Wales, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 12. Victoria, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 13. Queensland, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 14. South Australia, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 15. Western Australia, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 16. Tasmania, Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure, by Asset, by Industry, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 17. Financial Year Estimates Combining Actual and Expected Expenditure by Type of Asset and Industry - Current Prices $m

Table 18. Realisation Ratios Comparing Actual to Expected Expenditure by Type of Asset and Industry - Current Prices $m

Table 19. Mining and Manufacturing subdivisions by Type of Asset - Current Prices $m

Table 20. Manufacturing by State, by Asset, Original - Current Prices $m

Table 21. Manufacturing Financial Year Estimates and Realisation Ratios by Type of Asset - Current Prices $m

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