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Dividends (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
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Summary of Dividends Paid |
|  | Year ended 30 June 2018 |  |  | Year ended 30 June 2017 |  |  | Year ended 30 June 2016 |
|  | Per share |  |  | Total |  |  | Per share |  |  | Total |  |  | Per share |  |  | Total |
|  | US cents |  |  | US$M |  |  | US cents |  |  | US$M |  |  | US cents |  |  | US$M |
Dividends paid during the period (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior year final dividend |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | 2,291 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 746 |  |  |  | 62 |  |  |  | 3,299 |
Interim dividend |  |  | 55 |  |  |  | 2,930 |  |  |  | 40 |  |  |  | 2,125 |  |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 855 |
|  |  | 98 |  |  |  | 5,221 |  |  |  | 54 |  |  |  | 2,871 |  |  |  | 78 |  |  |  | 4,154 |
(1) | 5.5 per cent dividend on 50,000 preference shares of £1 each determined and paid annually (2017: 5.5 per cent; 2016: 5.5 per cent).
Summary of Franking Credits |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | US$M |  |  | US$M |  |  | US$M |
Franking credits as at 30 June |  |  | 10,400 |  |  |  | 10,155 |  |  |  | 9,640 |
Franking credits arising from the payment of current tax |  |  | 1,330 |  |  |  | 1,239 |  |  |  | 81 |
Total franking credits available (1) |  |  | 11,730 |  |  |  | 11,394 |  |  |  | 9,721 |
(1) | The payment of the final 2018 dividend determined after 30 June 2018 will reduce the franking account balance by US$867 million.

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