Western Australia
Direct payments to Western Australian local government
Table 26.1: FAGs to Western 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 |
177.4 |
187.7 |
195.0 |
200.7 |
208.2 |
| General purpose assistance |
105 |
111.3 |
115.6 |
119.0 |
123.4 |
| Untied local road funding |
72.4 |
76.4 |
79.4 |
81.7 |
84.7 |
Table 26.2: Real growth in FAGs to Western Australian local government 2004-05 to 2007-08
| FAGs |
2004-05 % |
2005-06 % |
2006-07 % |
2007-08 % |
2008-09 % |
| Total |
n/a |
1.7 |
-0.6 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
| General purpose assistance |
n/a |
1.9 |
-0.6 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
| Untied local road funding |
n/a |
1.5 |
-0.6 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
Table 27.1: Specific Purpose Payments (current) to Western Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2004-05 $000 |
2005-06 $000 |
| Total |
41288 |
45730 |
| Disability services |
0 |
191 |
| Children's services |
3088 |
3035 |
| Roads to Recovery |
38000 |
38000 |
| Regulation Reduction Incentive Fund |
200 |
4444 |
Table 27.2: Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to Western 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 27.3: Total Specific Purpose Payments to Western Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2004-05 $000 |
2005-06 $000 |
| Total |
41288 |
45730 |
| Total current |
41288 |
45730 |
| Total capital |
0 |
0 |
Table 27.4: Real growth in Specific Purpose Payments (current) to Western Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payments |
% change 04-05 and 05-06 |
| Total current |
6.50 |
| Disability services |
n/a |
| Children's services |
-3.63 |
| Roads to Recovery |
-3.85 |
| Regulation Reduction Incentive Fund |
2036.54 |
Table 27.5: Real growth in Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to Western Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payments |
% change 04-05 and 05-06 |
| Total capital |
n/a |
Table 27.6: Real growth in total Specific Purpose Payments to Western Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| % change 04-05 and 05-06 |
| 6.50 |
Chart 10: Total Commonwealth payments to Western Australian local government 2004-05 to 2005-06
Payments to the Western Australian State Government
Table 28.1: Total Specific Purpose Payments to and through the Western Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2004-05 $m |
2005-06 $m |
| Total |
2806.5 |
3017.8 |
| Specific Purpose Payments to Western Australia |
2142.7 |
2310.5 |
| Specific Purpose Payments through Western Australia |
663.8 |
707.3 |
Table 28.2: Real growth in total Specific Purpose Payments to and through the Western Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2005-06 % |
| Total |
3.39 |
| Specific Purpose Payments to Western Australia |
3.68 |
| Specific Purpose Payments through Western Australia |
2.45 |
Table 29.1: General revenue assistance to the Western Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| General revenue assistance |
2004-05 $m |
2005-06 $m |
| Total |
3697.2 |
3901.4 |
| Provision of GST revenue |
3643.6 |
3822.1 |
| National Competition Policy payments |
53.6 |
79.3 |
Table 29.2: Real growth in general revenue assistance to the Western Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| General revenue assistance |
2005-06 % |
| Total |
1.46 |
| Provision of GST revenue |
0.86 |
| National Competition Policy payments |
42.26 |
Table 12.1: Total payments to Western Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Payments |
2004-05 $m |
2005-06 $m |
| Total |
6503.7 |
6919.2 |
| Total Specific Purpose Payments |
2806.5 |
3017.8 |
| Total general revenue assistance |
3697.2 |
3910.4 |
Table 12.2: Real growth in total payments to Western Australian State Government 2004-05 to 2005-06
| Payments |
2005-06 % |
| Total |
2.30 |
| Total Specific Purpose Payments |
3.39 |
| Total general revenue assistance |
1.46 |
Table 31.1: Major Specific Purpose Payments (current) to Western Australian State Government 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2005-06 $m |
| Non-government schools |
482304 |
| Government schools |
177243 |
| Health care grants |
822697 |
| Highly specialised drugs |
42415 |
| Aged care assessment |
5656 |
| Home and community care |
85745 |
| Disability services |
48058 |
| Children's services |
454 |
| Natural disaster relief |
8000 |
Table 31.2: Major Specific Purpose Payments (capital) to Western Australian State Government 2005-06
| Specific Purpose Payment |
2005-06 $m |
| Non-government schools |
17916 |
| Government schools |
45120 |
| Housing assistance for indigenous people |
16270 |
| Community housing |
6447 |
| Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement |
71512 |
| Federal Flood Mitigation program |
0 |
| AusLink |
101360 |
Chart 11: Total direct payments to the Western Australian State Government in 2004-05 and 2005-06
