Queensland’s finances

Total grants of around AUD28 billion (including those from the Australian Government) are expected to account for close to 50 per cent of Queensland’s total government revenue in 2019-20.

State Budget

The 2019-20 Queensland State Budget was released on 11 June 2019.

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Budgeted revenues 2019-20
AUD59.9 billion

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Budgeted taxation revenues 2019-20
AUD15.1 billion

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May not add to 100 per cent due to rounding. #Taxation Revenue comprises the taxes and levies listed in the budgeted taxation revenues chart
*Grants from the Australian Government are almost evenly split between general and specific purpose payments. General purpose payments include GST revenue grants, are ‘untied’ and used for both recurrent and capital purposes. Specific purpose payments are ‘tied’ and used to fund specific projects or programs in order to support service delivery and facilitate reforms.
Source: Queensland Government 2019-20 MYFER

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Queensland Government’s open data

The Queensland Government is committed to making data accessible through the open data initiative. Below is a link to the Queensland State Budget, Budget Measures (Budget Paper 4) CSV file.

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