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Wednesday, 9 October 1996
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(Question No. 635)


Mr Latham asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, upon notice, on 9 September 1996:

(1) Further to the answers to questions Nos. 1629 (Hansard , 10 November 1994, page 3160) and 1729 (Hansard , 8 December 1994, page 4618), what was the value of (a) endowments and private donations, (b) investment income, (c) current assets and (d) non-current investment assets for each Australian university in (i) 1994 and (ii) 1995.

(2) What consideration has the Government given to these variations in private income and asset capacity in the distribution of its own university grants.


Dr Kemp —The Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:

(1) Data available to the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs and obtained from each institutions annual report provided information on endowments and private donations, investment income, current assets and non-current investment assets. The information for 1994 and 1995 is shown in (i) and (ii) below. The Department was unable to obtain information for 1995 for Flinders University of South Australia, the University of South Australia and Batchelor College.

(i) 1994

InstitutionEndowments and Private DonationsInvestmentIncomeCurrentAssetsNon-current InvestmentAssets
($'000)($'000)($'000)($'000)
New South Wales
Australian Catholic University3562815,118120
Charles Sturt University551,30420,3117,100
Macquarie University1,3383,00564,8760
Southern Cross University864811,9210
University of New England1491,52729,40531
University of New South Wales7,7399,526104,470148,000
University of Newcastle8842,58839,90525,484
University of Sydney6,01343,100152,861326,309
University of Technology Sydney1,681 2,19428,3762,460
University of Western Sydney6172,85967,2709,154
University of Wollongong15735134,9700
Victoria
Deakin University1,8651,89051,01920,364
La Trobe University02,41647,821100
Monash University8,6335,195117,05461,789
Royal Melbourne Institute ofTechnology1,2223,25167,7652,603
Swinburne University of Technology5491,46033,374199
University of Ballarat1464419,18114
University of Melbourne11,01819,786103,365234,665
Victoria University of Technology1141,70833,439300
Queensland
Central Queensland University7878512,01127
Griffith University6033,53162,0960
James Cook University of North Qld7021,8765,04911,601
Queensland University of Technology2,3013,77461,8925
University of Queensland5,080 5,03896,43238,349
University of Southern Queensland7751,61636,8240
Western Australia
Curtin University of Technology4,5385,41695,7312,882
Edith Cowan University2311,85938,34111
Murdoch University7771,38121,3873,234
University of Western Australia1,529-1,69427,210358,322
South Australia
Flinders University of SouthAustralia1492,74018,5229,946
University of Adelaide3,7951,48236,69438,069
University of South Australia941,91150,2270
Tasmania
University of Tasmania9762,216 30,66320,095
Australian Maritime College26356512,4780
Northern Territory
Batchelor College18202,9350
Northern Territory University22481217,069101
Australian Capital Territory
Australian National University*2,048-9,387115,670319,256
University of Canberra221,08113,1714,838

*The University discloses unrealised gains for investments held for the Commonwealth Superannuation Account as revenue. This results in gains or losses within the investment income.

Source: Higher education annual financial reports.

(ii) 1995

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InstitutionEndowments and Private DonationsInvestmentIncomeCurrentAssetsNon-current InvestmentAssets
($'000)($'000)($'000)($'000)
New South Wales
Australian Catholic University1593116,247507
Charles Sturt University1151,83925,9327,000
Macquarie University3,7465,62989,813527
Southern Cross University2082711,6360
University of New England45781014,579267
University of New South Wales8,91625,852193,643106,592
University of Newcastle9184,75248,73122,756
University of Sydney12,75048,590220,060307,554
University of Technology Sydney2,1542,43738,2912,000
University of Western Sydney3375,26971,44510,722
University of Wollongong1903,95945,2540
Victoria
Deakin University1,6273,95557,5978,555
La Trobe University03,58860,363813
Monash University11,0309,41569,50067,198
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology1,6014,42463,0253,632
Swinburne University of Technology8052,15737,169197
University of Ballarat1574697,1109
University of Melbourne14,51124,470157,669211,447
Victoria University of Technology1202,18232,7860
Queensland
Central Queensland University42095019,64877
Griffith University6634,27863,5280
James Cook University of North Qld4451,0359,3988,617
Queensland University of Technology2,0995,30170,2115
University of Queensland5,0376,47188,82142,913
University of Southern Queensland3822,80644,8610
Western Australia
Curtin University of Technology2,9927,983122,6742,017
Edith Cowan University4222,67544,07911
Murdoch University8881,45320,036641
University of Western Australia2,10044,06736,734393,820
South Australia
Flinders University of South Australia1041,759n/an/a
University of Adelaide6,6272,70260,25444,922
University of South Australia2441,949 n/an/a
Tasmania
University of Tasmania445 1,689 26,23726,409
Australian Maritime College648 738 15,2820
Northern Territory
Batchelor College244 0 n/an/a
Northern Territory University0 1,290 22,030101
Australian Capital Territory
Australian National University2,492 63,630 136,105351,880
University of Canberra30 1,639 22,3223,257

Source: Higher education annual financial reports.

(2) No adjustments are made to Commonwealth funding to take account of these variations in private income and asset capacity.