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

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
