Monthly Statistical Bulletin
6.5 Foreign debt
Quarter (a)	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Gross foreign debt,  public sector – $ million
September	85 314	94 308	83 211	111 753	138 685
December	87 200	91 077	91 472	151 984	149 322
March	87 000	78 458	91 795	128 908
June	88 718	81 602	89 698	118 828
Gross foreign debt,  private sector – $ million
September	661 630	803 373	949 584	1 087 302	1 070 367
December	694 588	838 345	942 681	1 121 278	1 070 144
March	744 273	879 093	991 389	1 111 167
June	770 358	915 846	1 009 656	1 086 689
Gross foreign debt, total – $ million
September	746 944	897 681	1 032 794	1 199 055	1 209 052
December	781 788	929 422	1 034 153	1 273 262	1 219 466
March	831 273	957 551	1 083 184	1 240 075
June	859 076	997 447	1 099 354	1 205 518
Net foreign debt – $ million
September	442 428	506 935	577 171	658 145	633 722
December	465 565	522 882	589 046	696 415	647 895
March	483 408	530 950	603 165	674 378
June	494 866	539 649	605 179	636 187
Net foreign debt – percentage of gross domestic product (b)
September	46.8	49.7	51.9	54.2	50.5
December	48.2	50.2	51.8	56.2	51.5
March	49.2	49.9	52.1	53.8
June	49.4	49.4	51.2	50.5
(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,								31 May 2010 for foreign debt data
Cat. no. 5206.0								2 June 2010 for gross domestic product