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It 2!~ A' Prime Ministerand Cabinet
Special grant for Queensland
31 July 1978 The Pr~ rne Minister, the Rt Hcn. A~. K
-j Malcolm Fraser. ann' Lnced toddy, that Queensland XI,
.71would receive a spec~ al granit of$_ 2 1.7m in 1978-79 in 9
A addition to its tax sharing entitlement. The special 2V'h
grant was recommended by the Commonwealth
Grants Commission and comprisos an advance giant
of$ 16m in respect of 1978-79 and a completion grant
Of $ 5.71m in respeFt of 1976-77. 24
* Thlt total g& ne-a1 zivenue assistamie paid to J
Qeenlan in1977-78 . pymri of tax sharing
n entitlement plus special grant) was $ 795m. On
peetestimates corresponding payrkents in 1978 7
are expected to increase by something of thc order of
per Lent. 4 Z
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