Federal Expenditure — methodology
Category: Government Spending · Unit: AUD millions · Published quarterly
What this metric measures
Total Australian Government general government sector expenditure, by function of government (COFOG). Covers all departments and agencies.
Why it matters: Shows where taxpayer money actually goes. Functional breakdown reveals government priorities independent of political rhetoric.
Source & provenance
- Publisher
- ABS Government Finance Statistics (Cat. 5512.0); Dept of Finance Monthly Financial Statements
- Update frequency
- quarterly
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
How the score is computed
This metric is in a category that is tracked but does not contribute to the National Snapshot Index.
See related corrections at /corrections, or the live data and chart at https://www.australiametrics.org/metric/federal-expenditure.