Northern Territory
Direct payments to Northern Territory local government
Table 50.1: FAGs to Northern Territory local government 2004-05 to 2007-08
| FAGs |
2004-05 $m |
2005-06 $m |
2006-07 $m |
2007-08 $m |
2008-09 $m |
| Total |
21.7 |
22.9 |
23.8 |
24.5 |
25.4 |
| General purpose assistance |
10.6 |
11.2 |
11.6 |
12.0 |
12.4 |
| Untied local road funding |
11.1 |
11.7 |
12.2 |
12.5 |
13.0 |
Table 50.2: Real growth in FAGs to Northern Territory local government 2004-05 to 2007-08
| FAGs |
2004-05 % |
2005-06 % |
2006-07 % |
2007-08 % |
2008-09 % |
| Total |
n/a |
1.5 |
-0.6 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
| General purpose assistance |
n/a |
1.6 |
-0.6 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
| Untied local road funding |
n/a |
1.4 |
-0.6 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
Table 51.1: Specific Purpose Payments (current) to Northern Territory local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2004-05 $000 |
2005-06 $000 |
| Total |
6917 |
11166 |
| Disability services |
0 |
0 |
| Children's services |
2550 |
2555 |
| Roads to Recovery |
4167 |
4167 |
| Regulation Reduction Incentive Fund |
200 |
4444 |
Table 51.2: Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to Northern Territory local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2004-05 $000 |
2005-06 $000 |
| Total capital |
0 |
0 |
| Disability services |
0 |
0 |
| Children's services |
0 |
0 |
Table 51.3: Total Specific Purpose Payments to Northern Territory local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2004-05 $000 |
2005-06 $000 |
| Total |
6917 |
11166 |
| Total current |
6917 |
11166 |
| Total capital |
0 |
0 |
Table 51.4: Real growth in Specific Purpose Payments (current) to Northern Territory local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payments |
% change 04-05 and 05-06 |
| Total current |
55.22 |
| Disability services |
n/a |
| Children's services |
-3.66 |
| Roads to Recovery |
-3.85 |
| Regulation Reduction Incentive Fund |
2036.54 |
Table 51.5: Real growth in Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to Northern Territory local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payments |
% change 04-05 and 05-06 |
| Total capital |
n/a |
| Disability services |
n/a |
| Children's services |
n/a |
Table 51.6: Real growth in total Specific Purpose Payments to Northern Territory local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| % change 04-05 and 05-06 |
| 55.22 |
Chart 18: Total Commonwealth payments to Northern Territory local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Payments to the Northern Territory State Government
Table 52.1: Total Specific Purpose Payments to and through the Northern Territory State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2004-05 $m |
2005-06 $m |
| Total |
389.9 |
382.9 |
| Specific Purpose Payments to Northern Territory |
321.5 |
310.1 |
| Specific Purpose Payments through Northern Territory |
68.4 |
72.8 |
Table 52.2: Real growth in total Specific Purpose Payments to and through the Northern Territory State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2005-06 % |
| Total |
-5.57 |
| Specific Purpose Payments to Northern Territory |
-7.26 |
| Specific Purpose Payments through Northern Territory |
2.34 |
Table 53.1: General revenue assistance to the Northern Territory State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| General revenue assistance |
2004-05 $m |
2005-06 $m |
| Total |
1751.7 |
1840.6 |
| Provision of GST revenue |
1743.2 |
1832.7 |
| National Competition Policy payments |
8.5 |
7.9 |
Table 53.2: Real growth in general revenue assistance to the Northern Territory State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| General revenue assistance |
2005-06 % |
| Total |
1.03 |
| Provision of GST revenue |
1.09 |
| National Competition Policy payments |
-10.63 |
Table 54.1: Total payments to Northern Territory State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Payments |
2004-05 $m |
2005-06 $m |
| Total |
2141.6 |
2223.5 |
| Total Specific Purpose Payments |
389.9 |
382.9 |
| Total general revenue assistance |
1751.7 |
1840.6 |
Table 54.2: Real growth in total payments to Northern Territory State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Payments |
2005-06 % |
| Total |
-0.17 |
| Total Specific Purpose Payments |
-5.57 |
| Total general revenue assistance |
1.03 |
Table 55.1: Major Specific Purpose Payments (current) to Northern Territory State Government 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2005-06 $m |
| Non-government schools |
36219 |
| Government schools |
21900 |
| Health care grants |
103889 |
| Highly specialised drugs |
4996 |
| Aged care assessment |
1300 |
| Home and community care |
5939 |
| Disability services |
6235 |
| Children's services |
0 |
| Natural disaster relief |
11000 |
Table 55.2: Major Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to Northern Territory State Government 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2005-06 $m |
| Non-government schools |
10299 |
| Government schools |
5577 |
| Housing assistance for indigenous people |
19958 |
| Community housing |
669 |
| Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement |
13615 |
| Federal Flood Mitigation program |
0 |
| AusLink |
1090 |
Chart 19: Total direct payments to the Northern Territory State Government in 2004-05 and 2005-06
