Part 3: Australia's Federal Relations (continued)
General revenue assistance
General revenue assistance is a broad category of payments, including GST entitlement, which is provided to the States without conditions, to spend according to their own budget priorities.
In 2013‑14, the States received $52.4 billion in general revenue assistance from the Commonwealth, comprising $51.1 billion in GST entitlements and $1.3 billion of other general revenue assistance, as shown in Table 30. In 2013‑14, total general revenue assistance to the States represented 12.7 per cent of total Commonwealth expenditure.
| $million | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GST entitlement | 15,850 | 11,508 | 10,892 | 2,500 | 4,652 | 1,824 | 1,031 | 2,834 | 51,090 |
| Other general revenue assistance | |||||||||
| ACT municipal services | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | - | 37 |
| Reduced royalties | - | - | - | 66 | - | - | - | - | 66 |
| Royalties | - | - | - | 1,116 | - | - | - | 5 | 1,121 |
| Snowy Hydro Ltd tax compensation | 51 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 76 |
| Total other general revenue assistance | 51 | 25 | - | 1,182 | - | - | 37 | 5 | 1,300 |
| Total general revenue assistance | 15,900 | 11,533 | 10,892 | 3,682 | 4,652 | 1,824 | 1,068 | 2,839 | 52,391 |
Note: Where possible, Budget documents are available in HTML and for downloading in Portable Document Format(PDF). If you require further information on any of the tables or charts on this website, please contact The Treasury.
