❓ Hon Norman Moore asks the Treasurer about the Commonwealth's diesel fuel rebate and its treatment in the State Budget. The Treasurer clarifies the historical context of the funding, its cessation, and the current state's on-road diesel subsidy.
AnsweredQoN 2174Legislative Council
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I refer the Treasurer to the Commonwealth’s diesel fuel rebate, and ask -
(1) Is the Commonwealth’s funding shown as State revenue in our Budget?
(2) If so, which Agency receives the funding?
(3) Is the diesel rebate shown as an expenditure in the State Budget?
(4) If so, which Agency incurs the expenditure?
(5) If the diesel rebate is no longer treated as revenue and expenditure in the State Budget, when was the treatment of the diesel rebate changed from the way it was shown in the Budget papers under the previous Government?
(1) Is the Commonwealth’s funding shown as State revenue in our Budget?
(2) If so, which Agency receives the funding?
(3) Is the diesel rebate shown as an expenditure in the State Budget?
(4) If so, which Agency incurs the expenditure?
(5) If the diesel rebate is no longer treated as revenue and expenditure in the State Budget, when was the treatment of the diesel rebate changed from the way it was shown in the Budget papers under the previous Government?
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Answered
25 August 2004
Responded by
Minister for Housing and Works representing the Treasurer
Response time
55 days
The Commonwealth stopped providing funding to the States for the payment of diesel subsidies on 1 July 2000, when the ?franchise fee safety net arrangements? were abolished under the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Reform of Commonwealth State Financial Relations . Under the safety net arrangements, the Commonwealth passed on revenue to the States that it collected on their behalf following a High Court decision in August 1997 which ruled State franchise fees to be constitutionally invalid. It was the petroleum component of these safety net revenues that provided funding to the States for the payment of diesel subsidies up to 30 June 2000. Those subsidies were administered by the State Revenue Department, which is now the Office of State Revenue (OSR) in the Department of Treasury and Finance. (3)-(4) From 1 July 2000, the Commonwealth assumed responsibility for subsidising off-road diesel and, as such, there is no State Government administration of, or expenditure on, off-road diesel subsidies. However, the OSR continues to administer a smaller on-road diesel subsidy of 0.71¢ cent per litre. Budget Paper No.2 (page 174) of the 2004-05 budget shows that expenditure on the on-road diesel subsidy is estimated at $5.8 million for 2003-04 and $5.0 million for 2004-05. (5) The current arrangements were incorporated into the 2000-01 Budget Papers, which was the last budget of the previous government. The one exception is the payment of the on-road subsidy by the OSR. The previous government?s decision to pay an on-road diesel subsidy was announced after the 2000-01 Budget on 4 July 2000.
(3)-(4) From 1 July 2000, the Commonwealth assumed responsibility for subsidising off-road diesel and, as such, there is no State Government administration of, or expenditure on, off-road diesel subsidies. However, the OSR continues to administer a smaller on-road diesel subsidy of 0.71¢ cent per litre. Budget Paper No.2 (page 174) of the 2004-05 budget shows that expenditure on the on-road diesel subsidy is estimated at $5.8 million for 2003-04 and $5.0 million for 2004-05. (5) The current arrangements were incorporated into the 2000-01 Budget Papers, which was the last budget of the previous government. The one exception is the payment of the on-road subsidy by the OSR. The previous government?s decision to pay an on-road diesel subsidy was announced after the 2000-01 Budget on 4 July 2000.
(5) The current arrangements were incorporated into the 2000-01 Budget Papers, which was the last budget of the previous government. The one exception is the payment of the on-road subsidy by the OSR. The previous government?s decision to pay an on-road diesel subsidy was announced after the 2000-01 Budget on 4 July 2000.
(3)-(4) From 1 July 2000, the Commonwealth assumed responsibility for subsidising off-road diesel and, as such, there is no State Government administration of, or expenditure on, off-road diesel subsidies. However, the OSR continues to administer a smaller on-road diesel subsidy of 0.71¢ cent per litre. Budget Paper No.2 (page 174) of the 2004-05 budget shows that expenditure on the on-road diesel subsidy is estimated at $5.8 million for 2003-04 and $5.0 million for 2004-05. (5) The current arrangements were incorporated into the 2000-01 Budget Papers, which was the last budget of the previous government. The one exception is the payment of the on-road subsidy by the OSR. The previous government?s decision to pay an on-road diesel subsidy was announced after the 2000-01 Budget on 4 July 2000.
(5) The current arrangements were incorporated into the 2000-01 Budget Papers, which was the last budget of the previous government. The one exception is the payment of the on-road subsidy by the OSR. The previous government?s decision to pay an on-road diesel subsidy was announced after the 2000-01 Budget on 4 July 2000.
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