Government Revenue

445 The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (1 April 2021). How much additional revenue has been raised by increasing government fees and charges for each financial year 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21?

1. How much additional revenue is forecast to be generated for the 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24?

2. How much additional revenue has been raised in each of these years for motor vehicle registration, administration fees and driver's licence renewals?

3. How much additional revenue has been raised in each of these years for traffic infringements?

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

The additional revenue raised from the annual indexation of fees and charges is estimated at the time of each state budget. It was estimated that:

The 2.2 per cent increase to fees and charges in 2018-19 announced in the 2018-19 budget is estimated to generate additional revenue of $28 million per annum.

The 5 per cent increase to fees and charges in 2019-20 announced in the 2019-20 budget is estimated to generate additional revenue of $62 million per annum.

The 1.9 per cent increase to fees and charges in 2020-21 announced in the 2020-21 budget is estimated to generate additional revenue of $26 million per annum.

The actual amount of revenue raised each year will however vary due to changes in the volume of fees and charges paid. For example the level of expiation revenues collected under the Motor Vehicle, Road Traffic and Heavy Vehicle National Law Acts has been written down by around $18 to $19 million per annum over the past three years, primarily to reflect changes in driver behaviour, and camera operational arrangements.

The cumulative effect of the indexation estimates made in each budget is shown in table 1

Table 1: Estimated additional revenue from indexation ($ million)

^Cumulative increase in revenue from 2018-19, excluding any volume adjustments.

The level of indexation of fees and charges for 2021-22 and beyond will be announced as part of future budgets.

Additional revenue for motor vehicle registration, administration fees, driver's licence renewals and SAPOL expiation revenue are included within the amounts shown in Table 1. These components are shown separately in tables 2 and 3.

Table 2: Estimated additional motor vehicle registration revenue from rate increases ($ million)¹

1—Table may not add due to rounding.

^Cumulative increase in revenue from 2018-19, excluding any volume adjustments.

Table 3: Estimated additional SAPOL expiation revenue from rate increases ($ million)¹

1—Table may not add due to rounding.

^ Cumulative increase in revenue from 2018-19, excluding any volume adjustments.

Not all fees and charges increase through the annual adjustment process. Adjustments to certain fees and charges are determined as a consequence of specific policy decisions.

Under the government's lower cost policies, an average household is now around $930 a year better off as a result of saving:

An average $200 a year on household water and sewerage bills;

$163.60 on ESL bills for a median valued metropolitan residential house in 2020-21 compared with the ESL bill which would have applied if the government had not restored remissions;

$269 on cheaper electricity as a result of energy policies which will continue to drive down the cost of power;

$200 through lower CTP insurance premiums for a two-car family;

$100 from doubling the sports vouchers (from $50 to $100) for a household with two children.