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

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
