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TREASURER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No. 1189

Commonwealth Funding - Allowances

MRS CARNELL - Asked the Treasurer upon notice on 24 February 1994:

(1) In relation to National Capital Allowances, Transitional Allowances, Special

Fiscal Needs and Cross Border Allowances:

(a) What is the value of each category of allowance to- the ACT;

(b) What are the components of each of these Allowances, and the value of each allowance;

(ii) What are the current expectations for future values; and

(d) What variations other than phasing out are expected in the values of these allowances?

(2) Are there factors that the ACT Government believes the ACT is not fully

compensated for as the National Capital, which relate to services to the

diplomatic community and other services, and

(a) (i) What are these services;

(ii) What is the cost to the ACT of providing the services;

(iii) How much Commonwealth funding is provided to support the services;

(b) What action has the ACT Government taken to address any deficiencies?

MS FOLLETT - The answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) Allowances assessed by the Commonwealth Grants Commission

National Capital Allowances, Transitional Allowances and Special Fiscal Needs were first explicitly received in 1991-92, the first year that funding for the ACT was based on a per capita relativity. These allowances were based on the Commonwealth Grants Commissions Fourth Report 1991 on financing the ACT. Although National Capital Allowances and Special Fiscal Needs were assessed in the Commissions earlier reports, components of Commonwealth funding to the ACT before 1991-92 were not based on these reports.

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