Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 10—Education and training 429
10.29 EDUCATION EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT, By Purpose—1998–99
Commonwealth
State and
local
Total
sectors
Multijurisdictional(a)
Intrasector
transfers
Australia
Purpose
$m $m
$m $m $m $m
Primary and secondary education
Primary education — 7 310 . . 7 310 –26 7 284
Secondary education 652 6 591 . . 7 243 –3 7 240
Other primary and secondary
education 4 296 2 299 . . 6 595 –4 249 2 346
Total primary and secondary
education 4 948 16 200 .. 21 148 –4 278 16 870
Tertiary education
University education 4 757 92 8 271 13 120 –4 231 8 889
Technical and further education 1 227 3 026 . . 4 253 –878 3 375
Other tertiary education 174 38 . . 212 — 212
Total tertiary education 6 158 3 156 8 271 17 585 –5 109 12 476
Preschool, special, and other education
Preschool education — 346 . . 346 — 346
Special education — 545 . . 545 — 545
Other education not definable by level 261 150 . . 411 –129 282
Total preschool, special, and other
education 261 1 041 .. 1 302 –129 1 173
Transportation of students
Transportation of non-urban school
students — 173 . . — — 173
Transportation of other students — 581 . . — — 581
Total transportation of students — 754 .. 754 — 754
Other education expenses 157 116 . . 273 –1 272
Total education expenses 11 524 21 267 8 271 41 062 –9 516 31 546
(a) The multi-jurisdictional sector currently contains only universities.
Source: Unpublished data, Public Finance collection.