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Government justice spend breaches $10 billion
Government spending for justice services has risen from $9.4 billion in 2003-04 to more than $10.7 billion in 2007-08. According to the latest statistics from the Report on Government Services…
Lawyers Weekly
Government spending for justice services has risen from $9.4 billion in 2003-04 to more than $10.7 billion in 2007-08.
The largest increase in average annual growth for the period examined related to spending on corrective services (up 5.1 per cent per annum on average), followed by criminal court administration (3.5 per cent), police services (3 per cent) and civil court administration (0.7 per cent).
Of the total justice system expenditure in 2007-08, police services account for the greatest portion (66.7 per cent), followed by corrective services (22.7 per cent), criminal court administration (5.7 per cent) and civil court administration (4.9 per cent).
The percentage of total justice system expenditure for each service type has remained relatively steady throughout the review period.
