Reader's guide to the Queensland State Budget

This guide provides readers of the Budget Papers with useful background information to assist in understanding and interpreting the 2009-10 State Budget.

This includes:

• a glossary of key terms
• an illustration of the appropriation process
• a brief overview of the financial statement reporting formats used in the Budget Papers
• explanations of the accounting terminology used in the Budget Papers.

Last reviewed 16 June 2009