Australian Government, the Australian Office of Financial Management

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 31 December 2008 of the Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory Governments on Australian Dollar Denominated Debt (a)

Table 1: Principal Contractual Obligations at 31 December 2008 of the Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory Governments on Australian Dollar Denominated Debt (a)

  1. Repayments of principal amounts.
  2. Tax Free Stock for the States.

Table 2: Principal Contractual Obligations at 31 December 2008 of the Commonwealth and State Governments on Foreign Currency Denominated Debt (a) (b)

Table 2: Principal Contractual Obligations at 31 December 2008 of the Commonwealth and State Governments on Foreign Currency Denominated Debt (a) (b)

  1. 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.
  2. The Australian dollar equivalent of foreign currency debt obligations has been calculated at the following rates of exchange to the Australian dollar as at 31 December 2008:
Sterling 0.4796 United States Dollar 0.6928 Deutsche Mark 0.9621
Swiss Franc 0.7328 Japanese Yen 62.57    
Commonwealth Government Securities