STATE BUDGET 2022–23 — COMMONWEALTH
FUNDING
1238. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the
Treasurer:
(1) What is the
total projected revenue that WA will receive from the commonwealth across all
revenue streams in each year of the 2022–23 budget and each forward
estimate year?
(2) How much of this funding reduces
demands on the state's own expenditure?
(3) How much of the commonwealth
funding is contingent for concurrent state funding?
(4) Of the total in (3), how much of the required
funding is currently unbudgeted in the state budget for 2022–23?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON
replied:
I thank the Leader of the Opposition
for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me
by the Treasurer.
(1) This
information is published in the budget papers each year, including on page 80
of the 2022–23 budget paper No 3. To
assist the honourable member, I seek leave to have the information incorporated
into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
|
Year
|
Total
Commonwealth Grants to Western Australia ($m)
|
|
2022–23
|
14,135
|
|
2023–24
|
14,777
|
|
2024–25
|
14,337
|
|
2025–26
|
14,446
|
(2) Commonwealth funding does not reduce demands on
the state's expenditure, but it is a major source of funding for the state's expenditure requirements.
In 2022–23, it is estimated that 37 per cent of Western Australia's
revenue will be provided by the commonwealth. This is the lowest proportion of
funding from the commonwealth of any state, with commonwealth funding provided
to other states averaging 48 per cent of revenue.
(3) The majority
of tied grants, which make
approximately 50 per cent of total commonwealth grants to Western Australia,
are contingent on concurrent state funding.
(4) Nil.