Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 27—Government finance 927
27.7 ALL AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS, General Government, Balance Sheet—30 June 1999
Commonwealth
Multijurisdictional(a)
$m
$m $m $m
$m
Assets
Financial Assets
Cash and deposits 1 875 617 5 746 1 803 10 039
Advances paid 16 065 12 5 720 7 15 315
Investments, loans and placements 8 178 3 713 19 151 4 122 35 134
Other non-equity assets 5 706 2 446 7 786 1 299 15 463
Equity 100 643 382 111 651 280 212 956
Total 132 468 7 170 150 054 7 512 288 908
Non-financial assets
Land and fixed assets 51 905 15 718 184 040 130 735 382 399
Other non-financial assets 1 615 20 2 194 967 4 796
Total 53 520 15 739 186 234 131 702 387 195
State
Local
All Australian
governments(b)
Total 185 988 22 908 336 289 139 214 676 103
Liabilities
Deposits held 559 50 1 254 217 2 078
Advances received — 70 5 715 44 . .
Borrowing 96 129 265 37 413 5 855 138 973
Unfunded superannuation liability and other
employee entitlements 74 710 3 671 49 469 1 381 129 231
Other provisions 4 340 143 362 98 4 943
Other non-equity liabilities 11 302 1 102 11 481 1 543 23 653
Total 187 041 5 301 105 694 9 138 298 878
GFS Net Worth –1 053 17 608 230 594 130 076 377 225
Net debt(c) 70 570 –3 957 13 765 184 80 562
(a) The multi-jurisdictional sector currently contains only universities. (b) The sums of individual levels of government may not agree
with totals for all Australian governments due to transfers between levels of government. (c) Equals deposits held, advances
received and borrowing, less cash and deposits, advances paid and investments, loans and placements.
Source: Government Finance Statistics, Australia, 1998–99 (5512.0)
Balance Sheet
Table 27.7 provides the Balance Sheet as at
30 June 1999 for the general government sector.
The consolidated GFS Net Worth as at 30 June
1999 for the general government sector for all
Australian governments combined was
$377,225m. The major contributor to this result
was land and fixed assets.
Total public sector, State
Governments
This section sets out the Operating Statement,
Cash Flow Statement and Balance Sheet for the
total public sector for all State Governments.
Operating Statement
Table 27.8 summarises the net operating results
for the total public sector for all State
Governments for 1998–99.
Cash Flow Statement
Table 27.9 summarises the cash operating results
for 1998–99 for the total public sector for all State
Governments.
Balance Sheet
Table 27.10 summarises the Balance Sheet results
as at 30 June 1999 for the total public sector for
all State Governments.