Part 2: Payments for Specific Purposes
Infrastructure
In 2009‑10 the Commonwealth will provide $5.1 billion to support infrastructure. These payments include $3.8 billion for the Nation Building Program (previously Auslink).
Further information on these policy decisions is included in Budget Paper No. 2, Budget Measures 2009‑10.
Payments to the States for the interstate road transport program, the Kings Highway upgrade and the East Kimberley development package are being made as National Partnership payments.
Table 2.90: Payments to support state infrastructure services
National Partnership payments for infrastructure
Nation Building Program
The Commonwealth will provide $3.8 billion to the States in 2009‑10 for on‑road and rail infrastructure through the Nation Building Program, formerly AusLink. The program assists national and regional economic and social development by the provision of funding aimed at improving the performance of land transport infrastructure.
Table 2.91: Estimated payments to the States for the Nation Building Program
Community infrastructure program
Construction of local community infrastructure will commence in 2008‑09 with $250 million in grants being provided to all local councils. The funding is being distributed to all local councils on the basis of a methodology which includes relative need, population and growth.
This rapid injection of funds into local communities is supporting local jobs in specific communities. Without this funding, important local projects which have been on the drawing board for some time would not be so close to becoming a reality.
Table 2.92: Estimated payments to the States for the Community
infrastructure program
Community infrastructure program — strategic
The Government is making $550 million available to local governments on a nationally competitive basis over two years from 2008‑09.
The Government is conscious of the additional needs of local communities affected by the Victorian bushfires and the Queensland floods and is consulting with councils to determine options for assisting the rebuilding effort in their communities.
The Government will support major investments in a range of regional and local community infrastructure projects and take a strategic approach in responding to local priorities and needs.
Table 2.93: Estimated payments to the States for the Community
infrastructure program — strategic
Federation Fund projects
The Commonwealth will provide funding from the Centenary of Federation Fund.
Table 2.94: Estimated payments for the Federation fund projects
Interstate road transport
The Commonwealth will provide funding under the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985 (the Act), equal to total revenue received from the States from registrations made under the federal interstate registration scheme and payments of amounts equal to penalties arising from prosecutions under the Act.
Table 2.95: Estimated payments to the States for interstate road transport
Infrastructure employment projects
The Commonwealth will provide funding for new, extensions to or refurbishment of existing community infrastructure, including social, cultural, tourism and recreational infrastructure; road, rail and local government‑owned airport‑related infrastructure; and environmental initiatives.
Table 2.96: Estimated payments to the States for infrastructure employment
programs(a)
- Indicative distributions only.
East Kimberley development package
The Government will provide $195 million to Western Australia, local governments and not‑for‑profit organisations to support economic development in the East Kimberley region through investment in social and common use infrastructure. The contribution is conditional on a joint assessment with the Western Australian Government of the most effective infrastructure investments to meet the social and economic development needs of the region. The Western Australian Government will match this contribution.
Table 2.97: East Kimberley development package
Kings Highway upgrade
The Government provided $23.3 million in 2008‑09 to upgrade the Kings Highway between Queanbeyan and Bungendore, New South Wales — the main link to the new Defence Headquarters Joint Operations Command — to improve road safety for local communities and reduce the impact of the new establishment on traffic volumes.
Table 2.98: Estimated payments to New South Wales for the Kings Highway
upgrade
Local community sporting infrastructure
Table 2.99: Estimated payments to New South Wales for Local community
sporting infrastructure
Supplementary road funding to South Australia
Since 2004‑05, the Commonwealth has agreed to provide South Australia with supplementary funding to address its apparent disadvantage under the current distribution of the untied local roads grants. South Australia will receive $14.8 million for this purpose in 2009‑10.
Table 2.100: Estimated payments of Supplementary road funding to South
Australia
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