1996-97 New South Wales Budget Papers:

1996/97 Budget Papers are available in Word RTF and Acrobat PDF format. The Acrobat Reader can be downloaded free from Adobe's Web Site.  

• Budget Speech:
  The Treasurer's speech highlights the Government's Budget strategy and key features of the Budget.

• Budget Information:
  An indepth analysis of the economic background to the Budget and a detailed outline of Budget receipts and Budget Sector agencies' current and capital payments. Information is also provided on Budget Sector financial reforms, interstate financial comparisons and Commonwealth/State financial relations.

• Budget Estimates:
  Detailed estimates of receipts and payments of Budget Sector agencies in a program format. Information is also provided on outputs (goods and services) for the majority of service delivery and regulatory agencies. Outcomes information is also published for a number of those agencies.

• State Capital Program:
  Details of capital projects being undertaken by Budget Sector and Non Budget Sector agencies.

• Appropriation Bills:
  The Bills presented to Parliament seeking appropriations for the Legislature, certain statutory bodies and all other Budget Sector agencies.

• Government Finance Statistics and Loan Council Reporting:
  Presents New South Wales public sector finances based on international conventions and shows details of the State's Loan Council Allocation.

Other Budget-Related Documents

• Budget Summary:
  Sets out in simple diagrammatic form the key elements of the Budget.

• Social Justice Budget Statement:
  Identifies the principal social policy initiatives for 1996-97 and describes outcomes from 1995-96.

For further information about the New South Wales Budget Papers, contact the New South Wales Treasury, Governor Macquarie Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney 2000 or email to contact@treasury.nsw.gov.au, NSW Treasury.