Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

		2013		2012
	Notes	$'000		$'000
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Cash received
Appropriations		519,722		556,134
Sales of goods and rendering of services		101,208		88,970
Grants		464		331
Net GST received		15,251		14,138
Other		1,709		3,089
Total cash received		638,354		662,662
Cash used
Employees		264,511		247,790
Suppliers		226,576		274,202
Grants		7,253		7,445
Transfer funding		40,170		41,485
Section 31 receipts transferred to OPA		100,220		91,576
Other		2,268		302
Total cash used		640,998		662,800
Net cash from (used by) operating activities	11	(2,644)		(138)
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Cash received
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment		255		545
Total cash received		255		545
Cash used
Purchase of property, plant and equipment		17,710		26,318
Purchase of intangibles		7,910		7,425
Total cash used		25,620		33,743
Net cash from (used by) investing activities		(25,365)		(33,198)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash received
Departmental capital budget		24,026		32,326
Contributed equity		1,507		708
Total cash received		25,533		33,034
Net cash from (used by) financing activities		25,533		33,034
Net increase (decrease) in cash held		(2,476)		(302)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period		5,468		5,770
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period	5A	2,992		5,468