Federal Budget 2005-06 analysis: A local government perspective

Australian Capital Territory

Direct payments for local government functions

Table 44.1: FAGs to ACT for local government functions 2004-05 to 2008-09
FAGs 2004-05 $m 2005-06 $m 2006-07 $m 2007-08 $m 2008-09 $m
Total 32.4 34.1 35.4 36.5 37.8
General purpose assistance 17.2 18.1 18.8 19.4 20.1
Untied local road funding 15.2 16 16.6 17.1 17.7
Table 44.2: Real growth in FAGs to ACT for local government functions 2004-05 to 2008-09
FAGs 2004-05 % 2005-06 % 2006-07 % 2007-08 % 2008-09 %
Total n/a 1.2 -0.6 0.9 1.7
General purpose assistance n/a 1.2 -0.6 0.9 1.7
Untied local road funding n/a 1.2 -0.6 0.9 1.7
Table 45.1: Specific Purpose Payments (Current) to ACT for local government functions 2004-05 to 2005-06
SPPs 2004-05 $m 2005-06 $m
Total 4367 13444
Disability services 0 0
Children services 0 0
Roads to Recovery 4167 9000
Regulation Reduction Incentive Scheme 200 4444
Table 45.2: Real growth in Specific Purpose Payments (Current) to ACT for local government functions 2004-05 to 2005-06
SPPs 2004-05 $m 2005-06 $m
Total 0 0
Disability services 0 0
Children services 0 0
Table 45.3: Total Specific Purpose Payments to ACT for local government functions 2004-05 to 2005-06
Specific Purpose Payments 2004-05 $000 2005-06 $000
Total 4367 134444
Total current 4367 134444
Total capital 0 0
Table 45.4: Real growth in Specific Purpose Payments (Current) to ACT for local government functions 2004-05 to 2005-06
Specific Purpose Payments % change 04-05 and 05-06
Total 196.01
Disability services n/a
Children's services n/a
Roads to Recovery 107.6
Regulation Reduction Incentive Scheme 2036.54
Table 45.5: Real growth in Specific Purpose Payments (Capital) to ACT for local government functions 2004-05 to 2005-06
% change 04-05 and 05-06
n/a
Table 45.6: Real growth in Total Specific Purpose Payments to ACT for local government functions 2004-05 to 2005-06
% change 04-05 and 05-06
196.01

Chart 16: Total Commonwealth funding to ACT for local government functions 2004-05 to 2005-06
Chart 16: See table following for related data source.

Payments to the ACT Government

Table 46.1: Total Specific Purpose Payments to and through the ACT Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
SPPs 2004-05 $m 2005-06 $m
Total 407.6 445.5
SPPs to ACT 275.6 305.6
SPPs through ACT 132 139.9
Table 46.2: Real growth in total Specific Purpose Payments to and through the ACT Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
SPPs 2004-05 % 2005-06 %
Total   5.09
SPPs to ACT   6.62
SPPs through ACT   1.91
Table 47.1: General revenue assistance to the ACT Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
General revenue assistance 2004-05 $m 2005-06 $m
Total 696.8 735.3
Provision of GST Revenue 683.2 722.6
National Competition Policy payments 13.6 12.7
Table 47.2: Real growth in general revenue assistance to the ACT Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
General revenue assistance 2004-05 % 2005-06 %
Total   1.47
Provision of GST revenue   1.70
National Competition Policy payments   -10.21
Table 48.1: Total payments to ACT Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Payments to the ACT 2004-05 $m 2005-06 $m
Total 1104.4 1180.8
Total SPPs 407.6 445.5
Total general revenue assistance 696.8 735.3
Table 48.2: Growth in total payments to ACT Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Payments to the ACT 2004-05 % 2005-06 %
Total   2.81
Total SPPs   5.09
Total general revenue assistance   1.47
Table 49.1: Major Specific Purpose Payments (Current) to ACT Government
SPPs 2005-06 $m
Non-government schools 98041
Government schools 29509
Health Care Grants 109875
Highly specialised drugs 8442
Aged care assessment 722
Home and Community Care 10238
Disabilities services 8454
Children's services 57
Natural disaster relief 0
Table 49.2: Major Specific Purpose Payments (Capital) to ACT Government
SPPs 2005-06 $m
Non government schools 4145
Government schools 7169
Housing assistance for Indigenous people 0
Community Housing 1071
Commonwealth state-housing agreement 17243
Federal Flood Mitigation program 0
Auslink 32690

Chart 17: Total direct payments to the ACT Government
Chart 16: See table following for related data source.

 
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