Monthly Statistical Bulletin
6.5 Foreign debt
Quarter (a)	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008-09
Gross foreign debt,  public sector – $ million
September	72 848	84 914	93 777	80 953	102 159
December	77 901	86 838	90 482	89 341
March	80 850	86 529	77 710	88 645
June	83 606	88 210	80 941	85 404
Gross foreign debt,  private sector – $ million
September	590 015	657 736	799 017	947 557	1078 373
December	618 847	690 318	833 723	942 756
March	617 391	739 573	874 402	989 514
June	638 529	765 284	908 796	1008 801
Gross foreign debt, total – $ million
September	662 864	742 651	892 794	1028 510	1180 532
December	696 748	777 156	924 205	1032 097
March	698 241	826 102	952 111	1078 159
June	722 135	853 494	989 737	1094 205
Net foreign debt – $ million
September	400 194	451 669	516 007	588 964	657 961
December	416 044	474 409	531 967	602 842
March	424 343	492 264	539 941	612 707
June	435 324	502 918	547 412	614 643
Net foreign debt – percentage of gross domestic product (b)
September	46.7	49.4	52.4	55.3	56.8
December	47.8	50.8	53.0	55.5
March	48.1	51.8	52.7	55.4
June	48.5	52.0	52.4	54.3
(a) At end of period.
(b) Net foreign debt at the end of the period as a proportion of gross domestic product
for four quarters up to that period.
Sources: ABS, Balance of payments and international investment position, Cat. no. 5302.0								Update
ABS, Australian national accounts: national income, expenditure and product,								3 March 2009 for foreign debt data
Cat. no. 5206.0								4 March 2009 for gross domestic product