FOR PRES3: P. M. No. 29/ 19
SPECIAL NON-RECURRING REVENUE GRANT
At the meeting of the Premiers' Conference this
afternoon the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton, announced that
the Commonwealth would make a special non-recurring revenue
grant of $ 12 million to the States.
This amount, allocated in the same proportions
as the distribution of the 1968-69 financial assistance grants,
would be ear-marked for the reduction of the 1968-69 budget
deficits of the States. It would not form part of the grants for the
purposes of calculating the 1969-70 financial assistance grants.
The distribution of the $ 12 million is shown in
the following table.-
N. S. W.
Vic.
Qid. S. A.
W. A.
Tas. Total. $ 000
3, 999
2,999 1,866 1, 350
1, 296
499
12,000
CANBERRA 13 March 1969
FOR PRESS: P.M. NO. 29/1969 - SPECIAL NON-RECURRING REVENUE GRANT
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