Australia Yearbook - 2001

924 Year Book Australia 2001
General government, all
Australian governments
combined
This section sets out the Operating Statement,
Cash Flow Statement and Balance Sheet for the
general government sector for all Australian
governments combined.
Operating Statement
Table 27.5 provides an Operating Statement for
the general government sector for 1998–99.
For 1998–99 the GFS Net Operating Balance for
the general government sector for all Australian
governments combined was $9,711m. The two
largest components of this figure were the NOBs
for the Commonwealth and State Governments,
$5,022m and $4,162m respectively.
GFS Net Lending for the general government
sector for all Australian governments combined
was $5,270m for 1998–99. The Commonwealth
Government and the State Governments
contributed $3,629m and $2,012m respectively to
this aggregate.
Cash Flow Statement
Table 27.6 provides a Cash Flow Statement for
1998–99 for the general government sector for all
Australian governments combined.
The cash surplus for all Australian governments
for 1998–99 was $991m, the result of a
Commonwealth surplus of $3,889m partly offset
by a deficit of $2,465m for State Governments.
Local governments and universities generated
small surpluses.