Commonwealth Financial Assistance payments
General purpose and local roads funding
The Northern Territory Grants Commission is an independent body with the primary role to provide annual funding recommendations for the allocation of Commonwealth financial assistance general purpose and local road funding.
In previous financial years, the general purpose and local road payments were classified as revenue and expenditure in the statement of financial performance. In 2019-20 this transaction was reclassified as a pass-on arrangement as the department is simply a conduit to pass on funds to other entities.
As a result, the grant is no longer recorded in the statement of financial performance, but recognised as a receipt and payment through a clearing account, in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards.
The general purpose payments are distributed on a needs-basis formula developed by the Commission. This takes into account a number of factors such as revenue-raising capacity, expenditure requirements, the size of a council’s footprint and how difficult it is to access communities in the council area.
The local road payments are determined by the Commission applying a weighting to each council by road length and type.
In 2019-20, Commonwealth Financial Assistance for general purpose funding of $8.6 million was provided to 17 councils, and $8.9 million in local roads funding provided to 18 organisations.
Table – Commonwealth Financial Assistance - general purpose and local roads funding
Organisation | General purpose | Local roads |
---|---|---|
Alice Springs Town Council | 323 942 | 474 564 |
Barkly Regional Council | 874 107 | 238 511 |
Belyuen Community Government Council | 12 354 | 16 324 |
Central Desert Regional Council | 507 397 | 535 665 |
City of Darwin | 894 236 | 925 771 |
City of Palmerston | 404 376 | 547 351 |
Coomalie Community Government Council | 13 059 | 249 769 |
East Arnhem Regional Council | 1 681 012 | 627 491 |
Katherine Town Council | 277 741 | 292 972 |
Litchfield Council | 259 823 | 1 271 649 |
Local Government Association of the Northern Territory | n/a | 765 320 |
MacDonnell Regional Council | 967 726 | 494 065 |
Roper Gulf Regional Council | 971 993 | 528 249 |
Tiwi Islands Regional Council | 200 425 | 483 260 |
Victoria Daly Regional Council | 232 742 | 349 641 |
Wagait Shire Council | 3 876 | 27 343 |
West Arnhem Regional Council | 651 118 | 610 650 |
West Daly Regional Council | 282 838 | 505 822 |
Total | 8 558 765 | 8 944 417 |
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