Fed: Govt says headline Budget surplus $5.18 billion to Feb

AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2001
Fed: Govt says headline Budget surplus $5.18 billion to Feb

The government says the federal Budget headline cash balance was a surplus of $5.182
billion for the year to February 28, 2001.

The announcement has come from Acting Finance Minister ROD KEMP.

He says the underlying Budget surplus stood at $896 million for the first eight months
of the current 2000/01 year.

He says the fiscal balance was a surplus of $1.785 billion.

The government has also announced that $3.264 billion in GST was collected in the month
of February.

This brings the cumulative total for GST collected in the 2000/01 year to $16.514 billion.

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KEYWORD: SURPLUS (CANBERRA)

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