Government Interest Costs

1322 The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (11 September 2019). In the general government sector, how much did interest costs reduce across the forward estimates as a result of lower interest rates?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised:

The Department of Treasury and Finance estimates the decrease in net interest cost as a result of lower interest rates on Treasurer's deposit balances and borrowings since 2018-19 MYBR is $7.0 million in 2019-20, $27 million in 2020-21, $44 million in 2021-22 and $41 million in 2022-23.

Interest revenue and expenditure estimates are based on interest rate assumptions as at the 2019-20 budget.