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At a Glance
| Year ended 30 June | Actual 2008 | Actual 2009 | Actual 2010 | Actual 2011 | Actual 2012 |
Forecast 30 June 2012 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $million | Budget 11 | Budget 12 | |||||
| Core Crown tax revenue | 56,747 | 54,681 | 50,744 | 51,557 | 55,081 | 55,222 | 54,741 |
| Core Crown expenses | 56,997 | 64,002 | 64,013 | 70,450 | 69,076 | 73,027 | 69,633 |
| Operating balance before gains and losses (OBEGAL) | 5,637 | (3,893) | (6,315) | (18,396) | (9,240) | (9,741) | (8,441) |
| Operating balance | 2,384 | (10,505) | (4,509) | (13,360) | (14,897) | (7,293) | (10,642) |
| Residual cash | 2,057 | (8,639) | (9,000) | (13,343) | (10,644) | (13,482) | (12,119) |
| Gross debt | 31,390 | 43,356 | 53,591 | 72,420 | 79,635 | 77,764 | 80,142 |
| Net debt | 10,258 | 17,119 | 26,738 | 40,128 | 50,671 | 54,872 | 51,921 |
| Net worth attributable to the Crown | 105,132 | 99,068 | 94,586 | 80,579 | 59,348 | 77,870 | 69,995 |
Headlines:
- Tax revenue was $3.5 billion higher than last year as the economy grew by 3.5% from 2011 (page 11).
- Core Crown expenses were $1.4 billion lower than last year and $0.6 billion under forecast (page 15).
- The OBEGAL deficit halved from last year's $18.4 billion deficit to $9.2 billion (page 18).
- KiwiRail announced a restructure of its business, resulting in a reduction in its rail-related asset values (page 9).
- Long-term liabilities for ACC and GSF increased $7.1 billion primarily due to the impact of reductions in interest rates on the discount rate (page 26).
- Strong investment returns from last year were not repeated as global equity markets were more subdued (page 19).
- Borrowings increased as expected. The total debt programme was $8.6 billion this year (page 20).
- Total net worth attributable to the Crown fell $21.2 billion to $59.3 billion (page 23).
