Quarterly data
Quarterly data on gross outstanding debt of the Commonwealth (central) government - published in accordance with the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standards
Table 1: Principal Contractual Obligations at 30 September 2008 of the Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory Governments on Australian Dollar Denominated Debt (a)

- Repayments of principal amounts.
- Tax Free Stock for the States.
Table 2: Principal Contractual Obligations at 30 September 2008 of the Commonwealth and State Governments on Foreign Currency Denominated Debt (a) (b)

- Repayments of principal amounts. All obligations in the table are of the Commonwealth with the exception of £ 502 356 which is on issue on behalf of South Australia and matures at the South Australian Treasurer's option and £ 1 950 overdue stock on issue for NSW.
- The Australian dollar equivalent of foreign currency debt obligations has been calculated at the following rates of exchange to the Australian dollar as at 30 September 2008:
Sterling 0.4435 United States Dollar 0.7996 Deutsche Mark 1.0884 Swiss Franc 0.8753 Japanese Yen 83.41
