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CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE

18 AUGUST 1993

MR DE DOMENICO IN 1992/93 KEATING GOVERNMENT PROVIDED

THE A.CT. GOVERNMENT WITH $8.2 MILLION TN ROAD FUNDING. 1N LAST

NIGHTS BUDGET, THAT AMOUNT WAS CUT TO ZERO. HOW DOES YOUR

GOVERNMENT INTEND TO UPKEEP A.C.T. ROADS WITHOUT THIS FUNDING. .

WHAT BUDGET CUTS WILL, YOU BE MAKING 1N SEPTEMBER TO ACCOUNT

FOR THIS SHORTFALL?

MY ANSWER 1S:

INFORMATION ON COMMONWEALTH SPECIFIC PURPOSE PAYMENTS FOR

ROADS TO ALL STATES AND TERRITORIES IS CONTAINED IN

COMMONWEALTH BUDGET PAPER NO. 3 "COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL

RELATIONS WITH OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT 1993-94". THE

REDUCTION IN 1993-94 PARTLY REFLECTS TIC DECISION TAKEN AT TIC

JULY 1991 SPECIAL PREMIERS CONFERENCE THAT THE COMMONWEALTH

WOULD UNTIE $350 MILLION PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED AS SPECIFIC

PURPOSE PAYMENTS UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN LAND TRANSPORT

PROGRAM. .

THESE FUNDS WILL BE UNi OFD FROM 1 JANUARY 1994 AND WILT, BE

PROGRESSIVELY PHASED TO A DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN THE STATES AND

TERRITORIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRANT

RELATIVITIES FROM 1997-98.

IN 1992-93, THE A.C.T. RECEIVED 68.310 MILLION UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN LAND TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM COMPRISING FUNDING FOR:

BLACKSPOT PROGRAM 53.700 MILLION;

URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT PROGRAM 62.365 MILLION;

STATE ARTERIAL ROADS $2.200 MILLION;

RESEARCH FOR ROADS $0.045 MILLION.

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