Tasmania
Direct payments to Tasmanian local government
Table 38.1: FAGs to Tasmanian local government 2004-05 to 2007-08
| FAGs |
2004-05 $m |
2005-06 $m |
2006-07 $m |
2007-08 $m |
2008-09 $m |
| Total |
50.7 |
53.5 |
55.6 |
57.2 |
59.3 |
| General purpose assistance |
25.6 |
27 |
28.1 |
28.9 |
29.9 |
| Untied local road funding |
25.1 |
26.5 |
27.5 |
28.3 |
29.4 |
Table 38.2: Real growth in FAGs to Tasmanian 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 |
1.4 |
-0.6 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
| Untied local road funding |
n/a |
1.5 |
-0.6 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
Table 39.1: Specific Purpose Payments (current) to Tasmanian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2004-05 $000 |
2005-06 $000 |
| Total |
12939 |
28738 |
| Disability services |
0 |
0 |
| Children's services |
1656 |
1659 |
| Roads to Recovery |
9583 |
15315 |
| Regulation Reduction Incentive Fund |
200 |
4444 |
| Strengthening Tasmania |
1500 |
7320 |
Table 39.2: Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to Tasmanian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2004-05 $000 |
2005-06 $000 |
| Total capital |
1000 |
0 |
| Disability services |
0 |
0 |
| Children's services |
0 |
0 |
| Development of Sewerage Scheme |
1000 |
0 |
Table 39.3: Total Specific Purpose Payments to Tasmanian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2004-05 $000 |
2005-06 $000 |
| Total |
13939 |
28738 |
| Total current |
12939 |
28738 |
| Total capital |
1000 |
0 |
Table 39.4: Real growth in Specific Purpose Payments (current) to Tasmanian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payments |
% change 04-05 and 05-06 |
| Total current |
-99.98 |
| Disability services |
n/a |
| Children's services |
-3.67 |
| Roads to Recovery |
53.67 |
| Regulation Reduction Incentive Fund |
2036.54 |
| Strengthening Tasmania |
369.23 |
Table 39.5: Real growth in Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to Tasmanian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payments |
% change 04-05 and 05-06 |
| Total capital |
-100.00 |
Table 39.6: Real growth in total Specific Purpose Payments to Tasmanian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| % change 04-05 and 05-06 |
| 98.24 |
Chart 14: Total Commonwealth payments to Tasmanian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Payments to the Tasmanian State Government
Table 40.1: Total Specific Purpose Payments to and through the Tasmanian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2004-05 $m |
2005-06 $m |
| Total |
589.8 |
631.7 |
| Specific Purpose Payments to Tasmania |
436.2 |
468.9 |
| Specific Purpose Payments through Tasmania |
153.6 |
162.8 |
Table 40.2: Real growth in total Specific Purpose Payments to and through the Tasmanian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2005-06 % |
| Total |
2.98 |
| Specific Purpose Payments to Tasmania |
3.36 |
| Specific Purpose Payments through Tasmania |
1.91 |
Table 41.1: General revenue assistance to the Tasmanian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| General revenue assistance |
2004-05 $m |
2005-06 $m |
| Total |
1461 |
1520.4 |
| Provision of GST revenue |
1441.3 |
1501.4 |
| National Competition Policy payments |
19.7 |
19 |
Table 41.2: Real growth in general revenue assistance to the Tasmanian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| General revenue assistance |
2005-06 % |
| Total |
0.06 |
| Provision of GST revenue |
0.16 |
| National Competition Policy payments |
-7.26 |
Table 42.1: Total payments to Tasmanian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Payments |
2004-05 $m |
2005-06 $m |
| Total |
2050.8 |
2152.1 |
| Total Specific Purpose Payments |
589.8 |
631.7 |
| Total general revenue assistance |
1461 |
1520.4 |
Table 42.2: Real growth in total payments to Tasmanian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Payments |
2005-06 % |
| Total |
0.90 |
| Total Specific Purpose Payments |
2.98 |
| Total general revenue assistance |
0.06 |
Table 43.1: Major Specific Purpose Payments (current) to Tasmanian State Government 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2005-06 $m |
| Non-government schools |
100673 |
| Government schools |
49263 |
| Health care grants |
186202 |
| Highly specialised drugs |
9661 |
| Aged care assessment |
2341 |
| Home and community care |
22039 |
| Disability services |
20903 |
| Children's services |
226 |
| Natural disaster relief |
0 |
Table 43.2: Major Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to Tasmanian State Government 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2005-06 $m |
| Non-government schools |
3942 |
| Government schools |
11982 |
| Housing assistance for indigenous people |
714 |
| Community housing |
1617 |
| Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement |
22169 |
| Federal Flood Mitigation program |
0 |
| AusLink |
28340 |
Chart 15: Total direct payments to the Tasmanian State Government in 2004-05 and 2005-06
