Financing facts
- Facts about local government financing
- An overview of facts about local government financing, including revenue, expenditure, spending on infrastructre, local government's net worth and functions
- Local government expenditure
- The range and scope of local government functions has expanded over recent decades. Despite these increasing demands, local government's sources of revenue have remained unchanged, resulting in a significant increase in the financial pressures faced by local councils.
- Local government revenue sources
- In 2003-04, local government's total revenue was $20.3 billion received from taxation, fees and user charges, plus grants and subsides from the Commonwealth, state and territory governments.
- State funding to local government
- The States and the Northern Territory offer a variety of grants to local government however, it is difficult to determine exactly how much is transferred.
