BP3: Appendix A - Table A1

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Appendix A
Table A1

Table A1: Estimated Specific Purpose Payments to the States, Repayments of Advances, Advances and Interest Payments, 1998-99 to 2002-03 ($'000)

Function
Payment Title		1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
	Description
SPECIFIC PURPOSE PAYMENTS - CURRENT PURPOSES
Public Order and Safety
Legal Aid		57,088	57,587	57,793	57,806	57,087
	Funding is provided to State legal aid commissions for the provision of legal assistance in Commonwealth matters.
Confiscated Assets Trust Fund		100	100	100	100	100
	Payments may be made to a State where there has been a significant contribution to the investigation which led to the conviction and consequent forfeiture of proceeds of crime to the Commonwealth.
Gun Buyback Scheme		78,750	0	0	0	0
	Provides for financial assistance in accordance with the National Firearms Programme Implementation Act 1996 to compensate eligible gun owners for the surrender of their weapons, to compensate eligible gun dealers for loss of business, and to fund fully the administrative, public relations and education costs associated with the scheme.
Film and Literature Classifications		607	607	607	607	607
	Payment to States for participation in the new cooperative national censorship scheme as per the inter-governmental agreement signed on 28 November 1995. Classification decisions are made in accordance with the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 and the National Classifcations Code. Complementary enforcement arrangements are in place with all States.
Human Rights: Co-operative Arrangements with the States		917	0	0	0	0
	The purpose is for certain States to handle complaints of prescribed discrimination under federal anti-discrimination legislation.
Public Order and Safety - Total		137,462	58,294	58,500	58,513	57,794

Education
Advanced English for Migrants Programme (AEMP)		5,341	5,420	5,512	5,607	5,702
	AEMP provides advanced English as a Second Language training to help job seekers obtain employment and overcome barriers to vocational education and training. AEMP courses are provided through the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) system or by other approved providers.
Government Schools		1,118,750	1,190,203	1,234,323	1,274,702	1,310,110
	Provides supplementary assistance to State education authorities through per capita general recurrent grants which can be applied to staff salaries, teacher professional development, curriculum development and maintenance and general operational provisions.
* Non-Government Schools		2,387,756	2,624,370	2,803,583	2,967,346	3,125,439
	Provides supplementary assistance to Non-Government schools and systems through per capita general recurrent grants which can be applied to staff salaries, teacher professional development, curriculum development and maintenance and general operational provisions.
Vocational Education and Training Funding Act (a)		865,683	865,683	865,683	865,683	865,683
	Funds provided under this Act are used to promote a nationally identifiable and consistent vocational education and training system.
Targeted and Joint Programmes Government Schools		296,789	310,790	312,099	311,032	280,021
	Provides assistance for the improvement of literacy, numeracy and education outcomes for educationally disadvantaged students, to promote the study of other languages, and to assist in the transition from school to work.
* Targeted Programmes Non-Government Schools		133,869	146,204	145,556	149,419	137,793
	Provides assistance for the improvement of literacy, numeracy and education outcomes for educationally disadvantaged students, to promote the study of other languages, and to assist in the transition from school to work.
Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Programme - Government		66,541	67,307	68,012	68,702	69,855
	Provides supplementary recurrent funding to education providers in the preschool, school and vocational education and training sectors, as well as project based funding aimed at improving Indigenous education outcomes.
* Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Programme - Non-Government		47,000	61,602	63,093	64,691	65,814
	Provides supplementary recurrent funding to education providers in the preschool, school and vocational education and training sectors, as well as project based funding aimed at improving Indigenous education outcomes.
Education - Total		4,921,729	5,271,579	5,497,861	5,707,182	5,860,417

Health
Blood Transfusion Services		55,486	56,041	54,886	51,864	52,741
	To provide funds for the Australian Red Cross Blood Service towards its recurrent costs in providing a national blood transfusion service.
Health Programme Grants		54,238	65,165	63,921	69,354	75,218
	Health Programme Grants provide alternative funding to Medicare benefits, with the aim of improving access to approved health services and/or where fee for service is inappropriate, by reimbursing service costs to State governments.
Hospital Funding/Base Medicare		694	0	0	0	0
	Base Hospital Funding Grants are provided under the terms of the Medicare Agreements to assist the States in meeting the cost of providing public hospital services free of charge to eligible persons.
Health Care Grants (b)		5,520,578	5,776,886	6,024,697	6,301,253	6,589,806
	Grants to the States under the Australian Health Care Agreements to assist with the provision of public hospital services free of charge to eligible persons.
Other Medicare		7,554	0	0	0	0
	Other payments under the Medicare Agreements including Bonus Payments, Incentive Package Payments and funding for AIDS hospital treatment, palliative care and mental health reforms.
Aged Care Assessment		10,798	11,179	11,488	11,858	12,037
	Funds are provided to enable Aged Care Assessment Teams to conduct holistic assessments of frail aged clients and refer them to appropriate residential or community care services.
National Health Development Fund		6,470	73,530	60,000	60,000	52,800
	Grants under the Australian Health Care Agreements to assist States to improve the performance of the health system.
Medicare Related Payments		359	0	0	0	0
	Payments for various Medicare related programmes including Outpatient Research Programme, research into waiting times for elective surgery under the National Demonstration Hospitals Programme, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and the Palliative Care Programme.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)		5,011	0	0	0	0
	The MRI Health Programme Grants provided a funding alternative to Medicare benefits where fee-for-service was inappropriate by contributing towards the recurrent cost of MRI units in selected public hospitals.
Highly Specialised Drugs		213,498	248,812	284,126	319,438	351,384
	Provides access to certain drugs under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme which, because of special need in clinical administration or monitoring, cannot safely be provided through community pharmacy and must be supplied through hospitals to outpatients.
Home and Community Care		147,529	155,308	166,976	179,880	194,386
	Funds are provided on a matched basis for the provision of appropriate community care services to help frail aged people and people with a disability live independently in their homes as long as possible.
Youth Health Services		2,141	2,152	2,162	2,173	2,187
	Funding is provided on a matched basis to develop and implement innovative primary health care services for homeless and at risk youth.
National Public Health		148,835	142,159	155,719	160,543	164,502
	Payments to the States, under the new broadbanded and other arrangements for public health, for subsidies for health promotion and disease prevention (covering areas such as women’s health, AIDS control, drug strategies and cancer screening).
University Departments of Rural Health		9,114	9,184	9,207	9,265	9,424
	Provides operational support to the rural and remote based education and training units which are linked to the medical schools of universities.
National Youth Suicide Strategy		2,625	0	0	0	0
	Funds are provided to assist States to involve the broader community in development of prevention programmes through such measures as supporting rural youth counselling services and providing training for professionals working in this field.
Essential Vaccines		34,391	63,601	65,142	66,595	68,115
	Funds for essential vaccines for immunisation under the Public Health Outcome Funding Agreements and for selected new vaccines recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council for inclusion in the Standard Vaccination Schedule.
Transfer Pathology Laboratories		181	0	0	0	0
	Grants to compensate the States for the operating costs of public pathology laboratories, previously the responsibility of the Commonwealth.
Repatriation General Hospitals		12,736	12,927	13,134	13,370	13,611
	To provide funds for payments of a non-treatment nature (eg staff transfer costs such as accrued leave credits, income maintenance, superannuation differential etc) to State governments in accordance with agreements reached on integration of repatriation general hospitals.
Health - Total		6,232,238	6,616,944	6,911,458	7,245,593	7,586,211

Social Security and Welfare
Aged Care Assessment		27,788	28,880	29,754	30,804	31,307
	Funds are provided to enable Aged Care Assessment Teams to conduct holistic assessments of frail aged clients and refer them to appropriate residential or community care services.
Home and Community Care		349,407	366,828	395,308	426,831	460,385
	Funds are provided on a matched basis for the provision of appropriate community care services to help frail aged people and people with a disability live independently in their homes as long as possible.
Disabilities Services		338,186	355,801	376,397	394,670	394,670
	Under the terms of the Commonwealth/State Disability Agreements, the Commonwealth will continue to provide funds to States and Territories to assist in the provision of accommodation support and other services for people with disabilities.
Children’s Services		22,523	30,182	31,298	32,480	28,078
	Funds are provided to ensure access to affordable quality child care in programmes administered by State governments on behalf of the Commonwealth.
Supported Accommodation Assistance		134,323	138,998	140,117	141,023	143,978
	This is a jointly funded Commonwealth/State programme to assist people who are homeless and in crisis. Under the renegotiated Commonwealth/State agreements, recurrent annual funding is provided under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994.
Unattached Humanitarian Minors		143	163	163	163	163
	To assist humanitarian minors without parents in Australia and the families providing their care through early intervention, counselling and assistance by State welfare agencies.
Exceptional Circumstances (EC) Administration		1,312	620	0	0	0
	Funds are to support the administrative costs of the State rural assistance authorities, including the issuing of EC certificates under the Farm Household Support Act 1992 to eligible farmers in EC areas across Australia.
Extension of Fringe Benefits		151,892	155,265	159,386	163,392	168,283
	This funding compensates the States for the extra costs resulting from the liberalisation of access to the Commonwealth's Pensioner Concession Card in 1993. In return the States agree to provide a core group of concessions to all Card holders.
Native Title		7,000	20,000	14,000	11,000	11,000
	For expenditure under part 9 of the Native Title Act 1993. Funding is to assist States and Territories implement a consistent framework for dealing with native title issues and meeting native title compensation costs.
Victorian Gas Emergency Assistance Fund		7,500	0	0	0	0
	Assistance to small businesses, individuals and community organisations that meet the criteria, to ameliorate the consequences of the interruption to Victoria’s gas supplies.
Social Security and Welfare - Total		1,040,074	1,096,737	1,146,423	1,200,363	1,237,864

Housing and Community Amenities
Assistance for Housing		5,501	5,501	5,501	5,501	5,501
	The States Grants (Housing) Act 1971 provides for payments to offset the cost of interest on funds borrowed by the States in 1971-72 and 1972-73 for public housing. The total amount payable to each State is in accordance with the Act.
Assistance for Water and Sewerage		7,997	8,117	8,246	8,387	8,538
	To compensate the ACT Government for additional costs resulting from the national capital planning influences on the provision of water and sewerage services. The level of funding is based upon the findings of the Commonwealth Grants Commission in its Second and Third Reports on Financing in the ACT.
Remote Sensing of Landcover		114	0	0	0	0
	The programme provides funding for a remote sensing database to enable accurate estimation of greenhouse gas emissions from tree clearing.
Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement		8,400	1,600	0	0	0
	Funding will support projects under the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement. The package includes funding for the implementation of new intensive forest management initiatives, including hardwood plantation establishment and thinning Programmes.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - Bushcare (c)		36,858	0	0	0	0
	To reverse the long term decline in the quality and extent of Australia's native vegetation cover by the year 2001.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - Coasts and Clean Seas Initiative (c)		10,880	0	0	0	0
	To accelerate activities in the national interest to achieve the conservation, sustainable use and repair of Australia's coastal and marine environments.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - National Rivercare Programme (c)		13,900	0	0	0	0
	To ensure progress towards the sustainable management, rehabilitation and conservation of rivers outside the Murray-Darling Basin and to improve the health of these river systems.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - Endangered Species Programme (c)		5,803	0	0	0	0
	To protect and conserve Australia's threatened species and ecological communities so they can survive, flourish and retain their potential for evolutionary development in the wild.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - National Feral Animal Control Programme (c)		732	0	0	0	0
	To ensure effective management of the impact of feral animals on the natural environment and on primary production.
Housing and Community Amenities - Total		90,185	15,218	13,747	13,888	14,039

Recreation and Culture
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - National Wetlands Programme (c)		1,837	0	0	0	0
	To promote the conservation, repair and wise use of wetlands across Australia.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - National Reserve System Programme (c)		941	0	0	0	0
	To assist with the establishment and maintenance of a comprehensive, adequate and representative system of reserves.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - World Heritage Area Management and Upkeep (c)		10,458	0	0	0	0
	To meet Australia's national and international obligations to protect, conserve and present Australia's world heritage properties.
Management of World Heritage Properties		5,000	5,070	5,151	5,234	0
	Advise and implement policies and programmes for the management and upkeep of world heritage properties, and to establish best-practice management for those properties. Funding is provided for specific projects identified through Commonwealth/State agreements and exchanges of letters.
* Payments to the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) for Games related services		600	6,883	24,517	0	0
	Subject to the successful conclusion of negotiations with the NSW Government, the Commonwealth has made a provisional allocation of up to $32 million, between 1998-99 and 2000-01, to assist SOCOG to purchase further services for the Games.
Upgrade Tasmanian Sporting Facilities		10,000	0	0	0	0
	As part of the 1998 election campaign the Coalition promised funding for the upgrading of York Park in Launceston and Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
Inveresk Woodchopping Stadium		60	0	0	0	0
	Provision of funding to provide a new Inveresk Woodchopping Stadium.
Contemporary Music Package - State Pilots		1,000	1,000	0	0	0
	The package is about initiatives that will result in ongoing benefits for the contemporary music industry, enhancing its long term viability. Pilot projects are being undertaken in Tasmania and South Australia, which will each receive $1million.
Recreation and Culture - Total		29,896	12,953	29,668	5,234	0

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - National Weeds Programme (c)		709	0	0	0	0
	To reduce the detrimental impact of nationally significant weeds on the sustainability of Australia's productive capacity and natural ecosystems.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - National Landcare Programme (c)		14,000	0	0	0	0
	To develop and implement resource management practices which enhance our soil, water and biological resources and which are efficient, sustainable, equitable, and consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - Farm Forestry Programme (c)		5,900	0	0	0	0
	To encourage the incorporation of commercial tree growing and management into farming systems for the purpose of wood and non-wood production, increasing agricultural productivity and sustainable natural resource management.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - Murray Darling 2001 (c)		10,600	0	0	0	0
	To contribute to the rehabilitation of the Murray-Darling Basin, with a view to achieving a sustainable future for the Basin, its natural systems and its communities.
Tasmanian Wheat Freight Subsidy		1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200
	To provide assistance to cereal processors, and users and consumers for the cost of shipping wheat to Tasmania and to help their adjustment to the removal of administered pricing following the deregulation of the domestic wheat market in 1989. The subsidy will be reviewed at the end of 1999-2000.
Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis		7,761	6,107	4,608	2,321	890
	To fund the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign.
Exotic Disease Eradication		251	251	251	251	251
	The Wildlife and Exotic Diseases Preparedness Programme supports investigations into the role of wildlife species in the maintenance and spread of emerging animal diseases and incursions of major exotic diseases of animals.
Sustainable Forest Management		28,775	23,035	4,963	0	0
	To enhance forest management and assist in structural adjustment and value adding investments in the timber industry in south-east NSW. Also, to ameliorate impacts on native forest industry businesses and workers who may be adversely affected by the Deferred Forest Agreement and/or Regional Forest Agreement outcomes, and to facilitate the investment to create a long-term ecologically and economically sustainable forest industry.
National Landcare Programme (NLP)		52,359	33,649	33,836	34,307	34,663
	The NLP aims to achieve efficient, sustainable and equitable management of natural resources in Australia. Current purpose payments mainly assist community landcare group activities and projects which support community landcare, although some State agency projects are also supported. This funding is managed in conjunction with Natural Heritage Trust allocations to the NLP.
* Farm Business Improvement Programme (FarmBis)		0	14,677	9,949	0	0
	FarmBis provides a framework for promoting a positive approach to change and build on the farm sector's culture of continuous improvement to help farmers improve the productivity, profitability and sustainability of their businesses.
Rural Adjustment Scheme		51,511	22,658	2,451	1,743	548
	To provide support to farm business enterprises to improve farm productivity, profitability and sustainability, and to eligible farm business enterprises where incomes have been adversely affected by exceptional circumstances such as extreme drought.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - National River Health Programme (c)		3,079	0	0	0	0
	To guide and monitor activities to reverse the degradation of Australia's inland waters.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - Waterwatch Australia (c)		2,244	0	0	0	0
	Coordinate and support networks of community members who are working towards the goal of healthy waterways.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - Waste Management Awareness (c)		300	0	0	0	0
	To promote benefits and practicalities entailed in effective waste management and recycling, with the enphasis on community based activities.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - Riverworks Tasmania (c)		3,334	0	0	0	0
	To carry out remedial works to improve the environment and the general amenity, within the Mount Lyell region, and the Derwent, Tamar and Huon Valley regions.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - Fisheries Action Programme (c)		1,800	0	0	0	0
	Help achieve the repair of Australian aquatic environment and assist in the conservation and sustainable use of fish resources in fresh water, estuarine and marine environments.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - National Land and Water Resources Audit (c)		900	0	0	0	0
	Provide assessments of land, vegetation and water resources that will assist in the sustainable development of those resources.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - FarmBis - Advanced PMP (Property Management Planning) (c)		5,400	0	0	0	0
	Provides a framework for promoting a positive approach to change and builds on the farm sector's culture of continual improvement to help farmers improve the productivity, profitability and sustainability of their businesses.
Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative (d)		0	2,400	5,400	7,000	7,000
	Commonwealth contribution to assist with the implementation of the Great Artesian Basin Management Plan. Grants will be made to States and Territories to assist bore rehabilitation. Supplementary incentives will also be made available for the replacement of open drains with piping.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing - Total		190,123	103,977	62,658	46,822	44,552

Mining and Mineral Resources, other than Fuels; Manufacturing; and Construction
Regional Minerals Programme		0	1,000	4,000	0	0
	To provide resources for infrastructure development to implement the Western Tasmania Study under the Regional Minerals Programme.
Enterprise Development Programme		2,905	1,856	1,272	1,292	0
	To improve the capacity of the Business Information Service and reduce business 'red tape' through joint initiatives with State and Territory governments.
* Textiles, Clothing & Footwear Development		2,678	1,796	0	0	0
	To assist textiles, clothing and footwear firms to continue industry restructuring by encouraging the adoption of quality management initiatives and closer relationships with suppliers.
Mining and Mineral Resources, other than Fuels; Manufacturing; and Construction - Total		5,583	4,652	5,272	1,292	0

Transport and Communication
Interstate Road Transport		20,250	15,252	0	0	0
	Under the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985, the Commonwealth makes payments to the States and Territories which equal total revenue received from the States and Territories from registrations made under the Federal Interstate Registration Scheme (FIRS). Payment of amounts equal to penalties arising from prosecutions under the Act are also made by the Commonwealth.
* AN - Payments for regional assistance		400	0	0	0	0
	To support measures which will create jobs through economic development of the regions most adversely affected by the sale of the assets of Australian National Railways Commission (AN).
* Petroleum Products Freight Subsidy Scheme		3,500	3,500	3,500	3,500	3,500
	The States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act 1965 provides for grants to be made to the States and the Northern Territory to enable them to subsidise the cost of transporting eligible petroleum products to remote areas of Australia.
Transport and Communication - Total		24,150	18,752	3,500	3,500	3,500

Other Economic Affairs
Training for Aboriginals Programme		3,772	3,391	3,094	3,121	3,149
	Provides funds to support the initial employment and training of indigenous Australians within State public services. Payments are administered under bilateral agreements and joint management arrangements.
Other Economic Affairs - Total		3,772	3,391	3,094	3,121	3,149

Other Purposes
Debt Redemption Assistance		81,700	59,610	53,400	34,400	29,800
	Covers the payment of compensation to the States under the Financial Agreement Act 1994, for the additional interest costs of replacing maturing Commonwealth debt with their own borrowings, rather than by the Commonwealth borrowing on their behalf, and for the lower, formula based, Commonwealth sinking fund contributions which have resulted from the debt redemption arrangements.
* Financial Assistance Grants for Local Government
	- Financial Assistance Grants	850,426	875,036	0	0	0
	Provides untied general purpose assistance to local government authorities. The grants are distributed between the States and Territories on an equal per capita basis.
	- Identified Local Road Grants	377,359	388,279	0	0	0
	Provides untied assistance to local government authorities in place of specific purpose payments formerly passed on to local government by the States for expenditure on local roads.
Compensation - Companies Regulation		133,479	134,412	135,353	136,302	137,255
	Under the terms of the Corporations Agreement, the Commonwealth is obliged to compensate the six States and the NT for revenue forgone following the commencement of the national scheme for the regulation of companies and securities.
Natural Disaster Relief		20,250	18,150	18,150	18,150	18,150
	Reimbursment of part of the expenditure incurred by the States on personal hardship and distress payments made to persons adversly affected by natural disaster.
Royalties		202,220	213,130	171,110	164,370	164,370
	Reimbursement to the WA Government for royalties under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 and for the cost of Barrow Island Resource Royalty and reimbursement to the NT Government in lieu of uranium royalties.
ACT National Capital Influences		19,890	20,188	20,511	20,859	21,235
	Funding assists the ACT Government to meet the additional municipal costs flowing from Canberra's role as the national capital. The level of funding is based upon the findings of the Commonwealth Grants Commission in its Second and Third Reports on Financing in the ACT.
Other Purposes - Total		1,685,324	1,708,805	398,524	374,081	370,810
TOTAL CURRENT		14,360,536	14,911,302	14,130,705	14,659,589	15,178,336
SPECIFIC PURPOSE PAYMENTS - CAPITAL PURPOSES
Education
Government Schools		219,255	225,395	231,254	237,268	243,437
	Provides supplementary assistance to State education authorities for the provision, maintenance and upgrading of school facilities, which can include, amongst other things, land or building purchases, capital works or the provision of equipment.
* Non-Government Schools		86,196	88,610	90,914	93,275	95,702
	Provides supplementary assistance to Non-Government schools and systems, as well as hostels for rural students, for the provision, maintenance and upgrading of school facilities, which can include, amongst other things, land or building purchases, capital works or the provision of equipment.
* Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Programme		9,705	0	0	0	0
	Provides strategic project based capital funding to education providers in the preschool, school and vocational education and training sectors aimed at improving Indigenous education outcomes.
Education - Total		315,156	314,005	322,168	330,543	339,139

Health
Home and Community Care		684	722	785	856	902
	Funds are provided on a matched basis for the provision of appropriate community care services to help frail aged people and people with a disability live independently in their homes as long as possible.
Blood Transfusion Services		7,500	5,663	5,955	6,269	6,438
	To provide funds for the Australian Red Cross Blood Service towards the cost of its approved capital programme in providing a national blood transfusion service.
Health - Total		8,184	6,385	6,740	7,125	7,340

Social Security and Welfare
Home and Community Care		2,580	2,707	2,943	3,205	3,399
	Funds are provided on a matched basis for the provision of appropriate community care services to help frail aged people and people with a disability live independently in their homes as long as possible.
Children’s Services		5,036	4,637	3,332	1,174	1,000
	For constructing community child care centres under Commonwealth/State National Child Care Strategies.
Crisis Accommodation Assistance		39,655	39,655	39,655	39,655	39,655
	To provide funds to the States under the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement for the acquisition of accommodation for use under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Programme.
Social Security and Welfare - Total		47,271	46,999	45,930	44,034	44,054

Housing and Community Amenities
NT Indigenous Health Infrastructure		10,000	0	0	0	0
	Construction of indigenous health related infrastructure including roads, water and sewerage facilities.
Housing Assistance for Indigenous People		91,000	91,000	91,000	91,000	91,000
	To assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on low to moderate incomes to have access to affordable, appropriate and secure rental housing, including public and community-owned rental housing.
Community Housing		63,990	63,990	63,990	63,990	63,990
	To develop community housing which provides appropriate and affordable rental accommodation for low to moderate income earners.
Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement (CSHA) Block Assistance/Base Funding (e)		703,537	762,964	843,055	833,575	824,189
	The Commonwealth, through the CSHA, provides funds to the States primarily for the provision of public rental housing for low to moderate income households. States are required to contribute to housing assistance in amounts as set in the CSHA.
Social Housing Subsidy Programme		2,292	2,130	2,130	2,130	2,130
	Provides matching funding to States for up to 20 years to subsidise the recurrent costs of financing rental accommodation for low and moderate income earners. Funds are committed to NSW and the ACT and future funding to other States was removed in the 1996-97 Budget.
Federation Fund - Development of the Tuggeranong Homestead Property		0	17	658	0	0
	The project aims to conserve and restore the culturally significant elements of the Tuggeranong Homestead complex. The objective will be to ensure that these elements are conserved so as to prevent further deterioration as well as ensure their optimal attractiveness to adapted uses within the context of the work of the interim Tuggeranong Homestead Authority.
Federation Fund - Centennial and Moore Parks		0	8,000	6,000	7,000	0
	The project will conduct a four element capital improvement plan on Federation Drive, Federation Landscape, Federation Valley and the Avenues of Trees.
Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement		300	300	0	0	0
	Funding will support projects under the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement. The package includes funding for the implementation of new intensive forest management initiatives, including hardwood plantation establishment and thinning Programmes.
Housing and Community Amenities - Total		871,119	928,401	1,006,833	997,695	981,309

Recreation and Culture
Sugar Coast Environment Rescue Package		0	3,923	0	0	0
	To protect identified critical habitat of the Mahogany Glider.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - National Reserve System Programme (c)		12,585	0	0	0	0
	To assist with the establishment and maintenance of a comprehensive, adequate and representative system of reserves.
Recreation and Culture - Total		12,585	3,923	0	0	0

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - Murray Darling 2001 (c)		19,700	0	0	0	0
	To contribute to the rehabilitation of the Murray-Darling Basin, with a view to achieving a sustainable future for the Basin, its natural systems and its communities.
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - National Landcare Programme (c)		25,800	0	0	0	0
	To develop and implement resource management practices which enhance our soil, water and biological resources and which are efficient, sustainable, equitable, and consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.
Sugar		2,072	2,701	0	0	0
	To enhance the economic performance of the Australian sugar industry by providing funding for infrastructure projects including providing better export facilities for the NSW industry.
National Landcare Programme (NLP)		42	27	27	27	27
	The NLP aims to achieve efficient, sustainable and equitable management of natural resources in Australia. Capital purpose payments support State agency projects that are consistent with NLP objectives and which have significant works elements: these include regional initiatives, drainage for salinity mitigation and non-metropolitan mitigation. This funding is managed in conjunction with Natural Heritage Trust allocations to the NLP.
Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement		25,400	23,590	0	0	0
	This is new funding for hardwood plantation, intensive forest management and infrastructure development to ensure the continuing supply of resources to industry following the signing of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement.
Wyndham Port Loading Facilities		0	550	0	0	0
	To facilitate the development of the Western Australian sugar industry by contributing to improved loading facilities at the port of Wyndham.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing - Total		73,014	26,868	27	27	27

Transport and Communication
Adelaide Airport Runway		20,000	0	0	0	0
	The Commonwealth has agreed to reimburse the SA Government, from the proceeds of the sale of Adelaide Airport, for the cost of works associated with the extension of the Adelaide Airport runway.
Road Programmes		876,466	769,306	852,716	885,205	849,004
	The Commonwealth funds the National Highway System and contributes to the capital cost of declared Roads of National Importance. Funds are appropriated under the Australian Land Transport Development Act 1988 and administered througha reserved money fund.
Road Safety Blackspots - States		37,198	37,793	40,761	41,698	0
	Funding is available for the treatment of road sites where casualty crashes are occurring. State Transport agencies manage programmes of works. Funds are appropriated under the Australian Land Transport Development Act 1988 and administered through a reserved money fund.
Federation Funds Projects - Northern Territory		0	30,000	30,000	40,000	0
	Alice Springs to Darwin - The Commonwealth has agreed to contribute $ 100m from its Centenary of Federation Fund toward the construction of an Alice Springs to Darwin rail link matching the $100 million committed by both the NT and SA.
Federation Funds Projects -Tasmania		700	9,300	9,000	1,450	0
	Abt Railway - The Commonwealth has agreed to provide $ 20.45 million from its Centenary of Federation Fund for the re-establishment of the Abt Railway between Queenstown and Strahan on Tasmania's West Coast.
Federation Funds Projects - Queensland		2,000	12,000	15,000	36,000	0
	Brisbane Light Rail - The Commonwealth has agreed to provide $ 65 million from its Centenary of Federation Fund toward the estimated $235 million cost of constructing a light rail network that meets Brisbane commuter needs.
Federation Funds Projects - New South Wales/Victoria		1,000	8,000	12,000	24,000	0
	The Commonwealth has agreed to fund $22 million each to both Victoria and New South Wales for the replacement of three key crossings of the Murray River at Echuca, Robinvale and Corowa.
* Payment to Tasmania for Track Upgrading		1,614	1,019	1,019	0	0
	In negotiations leading to Tasmania's agreement to sell the Tasmanian operations of the Australian National Railways Commission (AN), it was agreed that the Commonwealth would provide funding to upgrade rail infrastructure in Tasmania. The selection of projects for funding was on the basis of their expected contribution to the enhancement of rail operations in the State, including rail's competitive position.
Transport and Communication - Total		938,978	867,418	960,496	1,028,353	849,004

Tourism
Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement		1,000	1,000	0	0	0
	Administer funding to the Tasmanian Government under the Regional Forests Agreement to ensure the provision of high quality visitor interpretation facilities.
Inveresk Redevelopment		1,890	0	0	0	0
	The Inveresk project involves the development of a redundant 16 hectare contaminated site into a tourism, cultural and recreational precinct.
Tourism - Total		2,890	1,000	0	0	0

Other Purposes
Sinking Fund on State Debt		5,189	4,999	3,244	1,918	1,500
	Contributions to the Debt Retirement Reserve Trust Account (DRRTA) by the Commonwealth on behalf of the six States and the NT in accordance with the Financial Agreement Act 1994.
Natural Disaster Relief		16,750	14,850	14,850	14,850	14,850
	Reimbursement under a funding formula of part of the expenditure incurred by States to restore/replace public assets damaged by natural disasters.
Other Purposes - Total		21,939	19,849	18,094	16,768	16,350
TOTAL CAPITAL		2,291,136	2,214,848	2,360,288	2,424,545	2,237,223
REPAYMENTS
Supplementary Contributions		39,200	605,430	459,808	142,760	28,421
	DRRTA receipts of supplementary contributions from the States and the NT, payable under the provisions of the Financial Agreement Act 1994, to enable the redemption of Commonwealth Government securities maturing on their behalf.
Payments to Debt Sinking Funds		20,940	20,171	13,093	7,739	6,050
	Debt Retirement Reserve Trust Account (DRRTA) receipts of contributions from the six States and the NT and from the Commonwealth on their behalf payable under the provisions of the Financial Agreement Act 1994.
Total		60,140	625,601	472,901	150,499	34,471

Repayments of Commonwealth Government Loans
ACT Debt Repayments		4,647	18,598	17,312	4,647	4,647
	Servicing of remaining notional debt held against assets transferred from the Commonwealth to the ACT Government, on self-government, for public transport (land and buildings), electricity, water supply and sewerage.
Loan Council - Housing Nominations		430,364	14,213	14,851	15,520	16,221
	Principal repayments by the six States and the NT of advances made to them under the various States (Works and Housing) Assistance Acts.
Repayments of Commonwealth Government Loans - Total		435,011	32,811	32,163	20,167	20,868

Defence
Housing for Servicemen		1,661	1,423	1,510	1,604	1,604
	Principal repayments by the States of advances to finance the construction, maintenance and upgrade of public housing for use by service personnel.
Defence - Total		1,661	1,423	1,510	1,604	1,604

Housing and Community Amenities
CSHA Loans		1,029,395	53,877	56,100	58,300	60,207
	Principal repayments by the six States and the NT of advances made to them under the various Housing Agreement, Northern Territory Housing Agreement and Housing Assistance Acts.
Other Housing		7,023	7,338	7,663	7,969	8,042
	Repayment of the principal of loans relating to assets transferred from the Commonwealth to the NT at the time of self government in 1978 and to the ACT at the time of self government in 1989.
Urban Water Supply and Treatment		317	355	340	317	317
	Repayment of principal on loans to SA for water quality improvement via Adelaide and Northern Towns Water Treatment and to WA for salinity mitigation via the Harding River Dam project.
NT - Water and Sewerage Assistance		136	136	136	136	136
	Repayment of the principal of a loan relating to assets transferred from the Commonwealth to the NT at the time of self-government in 1978.
Growth Centres		188	207	228	251	276
	Repayment of the principal of loans provided under the Urban and Regional Development (Financial Assistance) Act 1974 to NSW for urban expansion and redevelopment in the Bathurst-Orange area and to Vic., for the development of a growth complex in the Albury-Wodonga area.
Urban Rehabilitation		205	205	205	205	205
	Repayment of the principal of a loan provided under the Land Commissions (Financial Assistance) Act 1973 to Vic., for the acquisition and redevelopment of land at Emerald Hill, South Melbourne.
Community Facilities - Townsville		26	28	31	33	33
	Repayment of a loan to the Qld Government as a contribution towards the cost of developing community facilities in Townsville to assist in assimilating servicemen and their families into the community.
Captains Flat (Abatement of Pollution) Agreement		20	6	6	6	6
	This is a loan agreement that generates repayments of principal and interest from the NSW Government in relation to capital works undertaken at Captains Flat to prevent pollution of the Molonglo River.
Sewerage		2,132	2,324	2,555	2,808	3,050
	Repayment of the principal loans provided under the Urban and Regional Development (Financial Assistance) Act 1974 to all States to undertake programmes connected with provision of sewerage facilities with particular objectives of eliminating the backlog of sewerage works.
Housing and Community Amenities - Total		1,039,442	64,476	67,264	70,025	72,272

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Dairy Adjustment Programme		171	133	27	2	0
	Repayments of loans to 'less than economic' dairy farms for property development and carry-on finance and grants for writing-off redundant milking plants.
Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis		140	140	140	140	140
	Commonwealth share of principal repaid by pastoralists on loans for property maintenance and improvement essential for disease eradication under the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign.
Rural Adjustment Scheme		5,530	4,257	3,983	3,595	3,241
	Repayments of loans administered under the States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Acts 1976 & 1979 which provide assistance to help restore to economic viability those farms and farmers with the capacity to maintain viability once achieved.
War Service Land Settlement Scheme		889	828	859	880	912
	These repayments are of advances made to veterans of WWII or the Korea/Malaya campaigns for the purpose of providing working capital funding, paying and effecting improvements and acquiring stock, plant and equipment.
Brigalow Lands Development Scheme		267	267	267	267	192
	Repayments of loans administered under the Brigalow Lands Agreement Act 1962 which provide assistance to Qld for the development of land in the Fitzroy River Basin. The main purpose of the assistance was to increase cattle production.
Softwood Forestry		116	116	116	116	116
	Repayments of loans administered under the Softwood Forestry Agreements Acts of 1967, 1972, 1976 and 1978, which authorised agreements with the States covering loans for the establishment of softwood plantations as well as the maintenance of those plantations established in the period covered by the agreements.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing - Total		7,113	5,741	5,392	5,000	4,601

Transport and Communication
Railway Projects		3,203	567	567	567	567
	Repayment of the principal of loans provided by the Commonwealth to upgrade and standardise railways in mainland Australia.
Transport and Communication - Total		3,203	567	567	567	567

Other Purposes
Natural Disaster Relief		2,801	2,851	2,851	2,851	2,851
	Repayment by States of loans made by the Commonwealth under the Natural Disaster Relief Arrangements (NDRA) and the repayment of overpaid moneys.
Other Purposes - Total		2,801	2,851	2,851	2,851	2,851
TOTAL REPAYMENTS		1,549,371	733,470	582,648	250,713	137,234
ADVANCES
Other Purposes
Natural Disaster Relief		2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000
	Concessional interest rate loans to the States in respect of loans made by them to individuals affected by natural disasters.
Other Purposes - Total		2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000
TOTAL ADVANCES		2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000
INTEREST
Interest on Loan Council and NT Government Borrowings		180,230	150,561	74,121	38,226	31,800
	Receipts from the six States and the NT of interest on Commonwealth Government securities outstanding on their behalf.
Interest on Commonwealth Government Loans - Total		180,230	150,561	74,121	38,226	31,800
ACT Government Debt		10,668	9,297	7,101	5,743	5,743
	Receipts from the ACT of interest on Commonwealth Government loans and on Commonwealth Government securities nominally outstanding on its behalf.
Housing Nominations		88,183	71,185	70,544	69,876	69,177
	Interest received from the six States and the NT on outstanding advances made to them under the States (Works and Housing) Assistance Acts.
Interest on Loan Council and NT Government Borrowings - Total		98,851	80,482	77,645	75,619	74,920

Defence
Housing for Servicemen		5,421	5,365	5,302	5,238	5,238
	Interest payments by the States of advances to finance the construction, maintenance and upgrade of public housing for use by service personnel.
Defence - Total		5,421	5,365	5,302	5,238	5,238

Housing and Community Amenities
CSHA Loans		134,900	103,540	101,319	99,005	96,597
	Interest received from the six States and the NT on outstanding advances made to them under the various Housing Agreement, Northern Territory Housing Agreement and Housing Assistance Acts. Repayments of principal and interest are made at the end of each financial year.
Other Housing		16,185	15,867	15,533	15,184	15,077
	Payment of interest on loans relating to assets transferred from the Commonwealth to the NT at the time of self-government in 1978 and to the ACT at the time of self-government in 1989.
Urban Water Supply and Treatment		1,095	1,209	1,175	1,141	1,172
	Payment of interest on loans to SA for water quality improvement via Adelaide and Northern Towns Water Treatment and to WA for salinity mitigation via the Harding River Dam project.
NT - Water and Sewerage Assistance		664	657	650	643	637
	Payment of interest on loans relating to assets transferred from the Commonwealth to the NT at the time of self-government in 1978.
Growth Centres		176	156	135	112	86
	Payment of interest on loans provided under the Urban and Regional Development (Financial Assistance) Act 1974 to NSW for urban expansion and redevelopment in the Bathurst-Orange area and to Vic., for the purposes of developing a growth complex in the Albury-Wodonga area.
Urban Rehabilitation		92	74	56	39	21
	Payment of interest on a loan provided under the Land Commissions (Financial Assistance) Act 1973, to Vic., for the acquisition and redevelopment of land at Emerald Hill, South Melbourne.
Sewerage		8,470	8,259	8,029	7,775	7,533
	Payment of interest on loans provided under the Urban and Regional Development (Financial Assistance) Act 1974 to all States to undertake programmes connected with provision of sewerage facilities with particular objectives of eliminating the backlog of sewerage works.
Community Facilities - Townsville		20	18	15	13	13
	Interest paid on a loan to the Qld Government as a contribution towards the cost of developing community facilities in Townsville to assist in assimilating servicemen and their families into the community.
Captains Flat (Abatement of Pollution) Agreement		11	9	9	8	7
	Interest payable under the loan agreement with the NSW Government in relation to capital works undertaken at Captains Flat to prevent pollution of the Molonglo River.
Housing and Community Amenities - Total		161,613	129,789	126,921	123,920	121,143

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Dairy Adjustment Programme		17	8	1	0	0
	Payment of interest on loans to 'less than economic' dairy farms for property development and carry-on finance and grants for writing-off redundant milking plants.
Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis		9	9	9	9	9
	Payment of interest on loans to pastoralists for property maintenance and improvements essential for disease eradication under the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign.
Rural Adjustment Scheme		1,546	1,432	1,111	802	864
	Payment of interest on loans under the States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Acts 1976 & 1979 to provide assistance to help restore to economic viability those farms and farmers with the capacity to maintain viability once achieved.
Brigalow Land Development Scheme		114	90	66	42	19
	Payment of interest on loans under the Brigalow Lands Agreement Act 1962 which assists Qld in the development of land in the Fitzroy River Basin. The main purpose of the assistance was to increase cattle production.
Softwood Forestry		50	0	0	0	0
	Payment of interest on loans under the Softwood Forestry Agreements Acts of 1967, 1972, 1976 and 1978.
War Service Land Settlement Scheme		482	438	408	375	343
	Payment of interest on loans to veterans of WWII or the Korea/Malaya campaigns which were for the purpose of providing working capital funding, paying and effecting improvements and acquiring stock, plant and equipment.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing - Total		2,218	1,977	1,595	1,228	1,235

Transport and Communication
Railway Projects		751	517	486	486	486
	Payment of interest on loans provided by the Commonwealth to upgrade and standardise railways in mainland Australia.
Transport and Communication - Total		751	517	486	486	486

Other Purposes
Natural Disaster Relief		213	256	257	256	256
	Interest payable by the States in respect of loans made by the Commonwealth to them under NDRA.
Other Purposes - Total		213	256	257	256	256
TOTAL INTEREST		449,297	368,947	286,327	244,973	235,078
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PURPOSE PAYMENTS
Total Specific Purpose Payments		16,651,672	17,126,150	16,490,993	17,084,134	17,415,559
Total 'To'		12,750,569	12,914,174	13,348,862	13,805,903	13,987,311
Total 'Through'		3,901,103	4,211,976	3,142,131	3,278,231	3,428,248

* Items so marked are classified as payments 'through' the States.
These funds include supplementation for the 1998 calendar year but not for 1999 and the outyears. The amount of supplementation is determined and approved each year by Parliament as an amendment to the Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992. Additional to the amounts paid to the States listed above, is an amount of $15 million allocated for Industry based Skill Centres and Skill Centres for School Centres. This money is paid through the States on approval of proposals submitted to the Australian National Training Authority. Estimated Health Care Grants to the States incorporate Commonwealth Own Purpose Outlays for Mental Heath and Palliative Care. Natural Heritage Trust of Australia: there are no estimates available past the current year (1998-99) at this time as funding is determined on a merit selection basis. The split between the current and capital component has not yet been determined. The amount shown for 1998-99 is less the amount some States chose to use as all or part of their State Fiscal Contributions.

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