Australian Government, 2007–08 Budget

Appendix D: Specific purpose payments

This appendix provides accrual estimates of Australian Government specific purpose payments to and through the States and direct to local government. This includes payments for current and capital purposes, and Australian Government advances (loans) to the States, including new advances, interest on advances and repayments by the States. Most of these advances were funded from borrowings made on behalf of the States under previous Australian Loan Council arrangements.

Table D1 presents specific purpose payments on a functional basis for the period 2006-07 to 2010-11. Payments are categorised according to like purposes and are divided into those paid to the States and those paid through the States to be passed on to local government and other organisations. Payments through the States are indicated in the table with an asterisk.

Tables D2 and D3 present state distributions of the payments listed in Table D1, for the years 2006‑07 and 2007‑08 respectively.

Several agreements with the States are due for negotiation during the forward estimates period. Provision has been made for continued funding in the forward estimates. However, the extension of these agreements has not been negotiated and therefore the amounts payable under the agreements cannot be specifically identified. In these cases, the relevant sections of the tables have been marked 'nfp' — not for publication.

Final decisions on the distribution between the States of some payments are still to be taken by the Australian Government. For others, the final distribution for 2007-08 will not be settled until further data becomes available. In most instances, provisional or notional estimates of the distribution are included. This does not commit the Australian Government to fund a particular project or indicate that a State has agreed to participate in the programme.

Tables D4, D5 and D6 present estimates of Australian Government specific purpose payments direct to local government authorities. Table D4 presents estimates on a functional basis for the period 2006-07 to 2010-11. Tables D5 and D6 present estimates of state distributions of payments direct to local government for 2006‑07 and 2007‑08.

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