Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Administered Cashflow Statement
for the period ended 30 June 2015

2015 2014
  $’000 $’000
OPERATING ACTIVITIES  
Cash received
    Sales of goods and rendering of services 404,858 371,584
    Interest 2,804 12,243
    Dividends 18,153 11,250
    National Interest Account subsidies, premiums and recoveries 23,499 34,742
    Defined benefit pension scheme receipts 10,834 3,547
    Net GST received 84,460 88,891
    Return of prior year administered expenses 33,099 42,264
    Other 56 1,154
Total cash received 577,763 565,675
Cash used
    International development assistance 3,511,560 3,092,342
    Grants and contributions 1,078,226 941,279
    Personal benefits 2,297 5,349
    Suppliers 9,876 20,862
    National Interest Account expenses 16,989 8,874
    Payments to corporate Commonwealth entities 138,865 84,818
    Other 1,024 2,164
Total cash used 4,758,837 4,155,688
Net cash (used by) operating activities (4,181,074) (3,590,013)
   
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Cash used
    Purchase of intangibles 291 1,017
    Purchase of concessional financial instruments 292,043 454,252
    Investment in Export Finance and Investment Corporation 200,000
Total cash used 492,334 455,269
Net cash used by investing activities (492,334) (455,269)
     
Net (decrease) in cash held (4,673,408) (4,045,282)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period 16,414 24,705
Cash from Official Public Account  
    Appropriations 5,209,782 4,524,784
    Special Accounts 41,483 62,726
Total cash from Official Public Account 5,251,265 4,587,510
   
Cash to Official Public Account    
    Appropriations (581,417) (550,687)
Total cash to Official Public Account (581,417) (550,687)
Effect of exchange rate movements on cash and cash  
equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period (11,022) 168
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period 1,832 16,414

The above statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.