Appendix C: Parameter Estimates
and Further Information

Parameter estimates used in this paper

Table C1 sets out the population series used in this paper.

Table C1: Population by state

Table C2 sets out the parameters used in this paper, rounded to the nearest quarter.

Table C2: Parameters

1. Defined in section 8 of the A New Tax System (Commonwealth-State Financial Arrangements) Act 1999.

The population parameters in 2004-05 and 2005-06 are based on the estimated annual growth in the Australian population to 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005 respectively.

Some data presented in this paper are drawn from the Commonwealth Grants Commission Report on State Revenue Sharing Relativities 2005 Update, 2004-05 state mid-year budget updates and 2005-06 state budgets where available.

Further information

A number of ABS publications also provide information that is relevant to analysing Commonwealth-state financial relations, including:

• Taxation Revenue, Australia (Cat. No. 5506.0);
• Government Finance Statistics, Australia (Cat. No. 5512.0);
• Government Finance Statistics — Concepts, Sources and Methods (Cat. No. 5514.0);
• Information Paper: Developments in Government Finance Statistics, Australia (Cat. No. 5516.0); and
• Information Paper: Accruals Based Government Finance Statistics, Australia (Cat. No. 5517.0).

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