Federal Budget 2005-06 analysis: A local government perspective

South Australia

Direct payments to South Australian local government

Table 32.1: FAGs to South Australian local government 2004-05 to 2007-08
FAGs 2004-05 $m 2005-06 $m 2006-07 $m 2007-08 $m 2008-09 $m
Total 107.7 113.1 117.5 120.9 125.4
General purpose assistance 87.1 85.6 88.9 91.5 94.9
Untied local road funding 26 27.5 28.6 29.4 30.5
Table 32.2: Real growth in FAGs to South Australian local government 2004-05 to 2007-08
FAGs 2004-05 % 2005-06 % 2006-07 % 2007-08 % 2008-09 %
Total n/a 1.0 0.6 0.9 1.7
General purpose assistance n/a 0.7 -0.6 0.9 1.7
Untied local road funding n/a 1.7 0.6 0.9 1.7
Table 33.1: Specific Purpose Payments (current) to South Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Specific Purpose Payment 2004-05 $000 2005-06 $000
Total 23382 31798
Disability services 0 0
Children's services 2349 2354
Roads to Recovery 20833 25000
Regulation Reduction Incentive Fund 200 4444
Table 33.2: Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to South Australian 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 33.3: Total Specific Purpose Payments to South Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Specific Purpose Payment 2004-05 $000 2005-06 $000
Total 23382 31798
Total current 23382 31798
Total capital 0 0
Table 33.4: Real growth in Specific Purpose Payments (current) to South Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Specific Purpose Payments % change 04-05 and 05-06
Total current 30.76
Disability services n/a
Children's services -3.64
Roads to Recovery 15.39
Regulation Reduction Scheme 2036.54
Table 33.5: Real growth in Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to South Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Specific Purpose Payments % change 04-05 and 05-06
Total capital n/a
Table 33.6: Real growth in total Specific Purpose Payments to South Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
% change 04-05 and 05-06
30.76

Chart 12: Total Commonwealth payments to South Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Chart 12: See table following for related data source.

Payments to the South Australian State Government

Table 34.1: Total Specific Purpose Payments to and through the South Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Specific Purpose Payment 2004-05 $m 2005-06 $m
Total 1940.4 2079.4
Specific Purpose Payments to South Australia 1429.9 1528.3
Specific Purpose Payments through South Australia 510.5 551.1
Table 34.2: Real growth in total Specific Purpose Payments to and through the South Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Specific Purpose Payment 2005-06 %
Total 3.04
Specific Purpose Payments to South Australia 2.77
Specific Purpose Payments through South Australia 3.80
Table 35.1: General revenue assistance to the South Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
General revenue assistance 2004-05 $m 2005-06 $m
Total 3358 3509.3
Provision of GST revenue 3307.6 3449
National Competition Policy payments 50.4 60.3
Table 35.2: Real growth in general revenue assistance to the South Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
General revenue assistance 2005-06 %
Total 0.49
Provision of GST revenue 0.26
National Competition Policy payments 15.04
Table 36.1: Total payments to South Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Payments 2004-05 $m 2005-06 $m
Total 5298.4 5588.7
Total Specific Purpose Payments 1940.4 2079.4
Total general revenue assistance 3358 3509.3
Table 36.2: Real growth in total payments to South Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Payments 2005-06 %
Total 1.42
Total Specific Purpose Payments 3.04
Total general revenue assistance 0.49
Table 37.1: Major Specific Purpose Payments (current) to South Australian State Government 2005-06
Specific Purpose Payment 2005-06 $m
Non-government schools 395459
Government schools 128762
Health care grants 698240
Highly specialised drugs 39260
Aged care assessment 5261
Home and community care 72604
Disability services 67410
Children's services 8045
Natural disaster relief 0
Table 37.2: Major Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to South Australian State Government 2005-06
Specific Purpose Payment 2005-06 $m
Non-government schools 13901
Government schools 32885
Housing assistance for indigenous people 8556
Community housing 5146
Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement 57085
Federal Flood Mitigation program 0
AusLink 98340

Chart 13: Total direct payments to the South Australian State Government in 2004-05 and 2005-06
Chart 13: See table following for related data source.

 
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