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["1994/95",null,null,{"v":163262,"d":"163 262"},null,null,{"v":35.92083695448895,"d":"35.9"},null,null,{"v":21044,"d":"21 044"},null,null,{"v":4.630092078194959,"d":"4.6"},null,null,{"v":151980,"d":"151 980"},null,null,{"v":33.43857603326696,"d":"33.4"},null,null,{"v":16480,"d":"16 480"},null,null,{"v":3.625922707120934,"d":"3.6"},null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
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["(a)","In tables 2.1 to 2.12 inclusive, the Public Sector is defined as the General Government Sector plus Public Trading Enterprises (PTEs) and"]
[null,"excludes Government Financial Enterprises. Central Borrowing Authorities (except Queensland Treasury Corporation) are included in the general"]
[null,"government sector; however because of netting, transactions on behalf of PTEs reflect in the accounts for PTEs. Major commodity marketing"]
[null,"authorities (e.g. Australian Wool Corporation, Australian Wheat Board etc.) are included as PTEs. Data for the last 6 years were obtained from "]
[null,"\"Government Financial Statistics 1994/95\" (GFS) issued in April 1996 {which shows substantially the same historical data shown in \"Government "]
[null,"Financial Estimates (GFE) (ABS Cat. No. 5501)}. Earlier data were obtained from the ABS in mid 1985. More detailed descriptions of concepts and "]
[null,"definitions are given in ABS 5501, 5512, or related publications such as \"Government Finance Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods\" (ABS 5514)."]
[null,"Some points worthy of mention include;"]
[null,"-","\"Financing transactions\" is equal to \"Receipts\" minus \"Outlays\". \"Net Financing Requirement\" (NFR) equals financing transations less net"]
[null,null,"intra-sector advances received and increases in provisions. It is a measure which encompasses governments' net borrowing, their call on"]
[null,null,"cash reserves and the net change in their other financial assets and liabilities: it is the same concept as net public sector borrowing"]
[null,null,"requirement (net PSBR) used in Commonwealth Budget papers. However, the NFR measure can be distorted by payments or repayments "]
[null,null,"more easily than the cash based deficit, and its use is no longer favoured by the ABS. Accordingly, no estimates are available for 1994/95 and"]
[null,null,"all NFR data in these tables are ABS estimates made in 1995 and not subsequently revised. See also footnote (d) to tables 2.1 and 2.2."]
[null,"-","NFRs of individual sectors are additive (ie the NFR for the public sector can be obtained by adding NFRs of component sub-sectors). Because"]
[null,null,"of transfers within the public sector, most other items in these tables are NOT additive. However for practical purposes final consumption"]
[null,null,"expenditure can be regarded as additive, as can spending on fixed capital, stocks and intangible assets, and most taxes, fees and fines."]
[null,"-","There are some differences between GFE and national accounts aggregates. For example the former are on a cash basis while the latter"]
[null,null,"incorporate some adjustments to bring them more onto an accruals basis. In the national accounts,\"Government final consumption"]
[null,null,"expenditure\" include allowances for consumption of fixed capital: this is not included in this item in the GFE."]
[null,"-","The data have been prepared by the ABS to be as consistent as possible over time, thus changes in classification of a particular item have"]
[null,null,"been carried back to 1961/62 unless legislative or institutional change made it inappropriate (or data were not available). Nevertheless,"]
[null,null,"care should be exercised in interpreting changes in ratios as indicating changes in the size of the government sector. Some examples of"]
[null,null,"changes which involve breaks in the continuity or comparability of data include: "]
[null,null,"(i)","The Family Allowance scheme, introduced in 1976/77, raised both outlays and receipts by increasing family allowances and abolishing"]
[{"$nulls":3},"tax rebates for dependant children and students. In the 1976/77 Budget Speech the effect was estimated to be $800 million for outlays"]
[{"$nulls":3},"and $540 million  for receipts - or $700 million in a full year (equivalent to about 0.7 per cent of GDP)."]
[null,null,"(ii)","In 1975/76, some services by recognised hospitals under arrangements for cost sharing between the Commonwealth and States were"]
[{"$nulls":3},"reclassified from private final consumption expenditure to government final consumption expenditure. Outlays and the deficit of"]
[{"$nulls":3},"Commonwealth and State governments were increased by about $400 million (about 0.5 per cent of GDP) as a result of this change."]
[null,null,"(iii)","Up to 1977/78 inclusive, the Northern Territory was administered by the Commonwealth and accordingly included in the Commonwealth"]
[{"$nulls":3},"sector. The transfer of responsibilities to the Northern Territory government in 1979/80 and 1980/81 reduced Commonwealth sector"]
[{"$nulls":3},"outlays by about 0.4 per cent of GDP and increased State and local sector outlays (and receipts) by about 0.4 per cent of GDP. The"]
[{"$nulls":3},"introduction of self government in the A.C.T. involved a shift of outlays/receipts from the Commonwealth sector to the State and local"]
[{"$nulls":3},"sector of about 0.3 per cent of GDP in 1989/90."]
[null,null,"(iv)","Sales of government assets: some partial information is contained in Table 2.11."]
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["Source:",null,null,"\"Government Financial Statistics\" (5512.0), Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, annual."]
["Updated 4 June 1996"]