Actual expenditure (volume terms):

• The trend volume estimate for total new capital expenditure fell by 0.6% in the june quarter 2018 while the seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 2.5%.

• The trend volume estimate for buildings and structures fell by 2.1% in the june quarter 2018 while the seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 3.9%.

• The trend volume estimate for equipment, plant and machinery rose by 1.3% in the june quarter 2018 while the seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 0.9%.

Expected expenditure (current price terms):

• This issue includes the seventh estimate (estimate 7) for 2017-18 and the third estimate (estimate 3) for 2018-19.

• Estimate 7 for 2017-18 is $118,927m. This is 4.0% higher than estimate 7 for 2016-17. Estimate 7 is 1.0% higher than estimate 6 for 2017-18.

• Estimate 3 for 2018-19 is $101,997m. This is 1.1% lower than estimate 3 for 2017-18. Estimate 3 is 16.1% higher than estimate 2 for 2018-19.