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Budget Estimates 2009-2010

What are Budget Estimates?
The Legislative Council’s five General Purpose Standing Committees (GPSCs) may inquire into and report on any matters referred to them by the House; the expenditure, performance or effectiveness of any department of government, statutory body or corporation; any matter in any annual report of a department of government, statutory body or corporation.

Since 1995, the Budget Estimates and related papers have been referred to the GPSCs under paragraph 2(1) of the resolution establishing the committees for inquiry and report. During the hearings committee members question Ministers and CEOs of government agencies in order to scrutinize government expenditure and resource allocation. Government Ministers appear according to a schedule determined by the Legislative Council.

Information on previous Budget Estimates inquiries is available from within the records of GPSCs 1 to 5. Click on the revelant GPSC link below.

Hearings
Initial hearings for Budget Estimates 2009-2010 will be held from Monday 14 September 2009 to Friday 18 September 2009.

Supplementary hearings for GPSC1 will be held on Tuesday 17 November 2009.

Supplementary hearings for GPSC4 will be held on Wednesday 18 November 2009.

Please see the relevant Committee records for details on the supplementary hearings.

The timetable of hearings was finalised on Tuesday 23 June 2009.

Click on the following PDF icon to view the timetable:

Click on the following PDF icon to view the Budget Estimates Manual:

Terms of Reference
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Transcripts and questions on notice
To access transcripts and questions on notice from Budget Estimates 2009-2010, click on the relevant link below. Transcripts or questions on notice for Budget Estimates 2009-2010 will be updated as they become available:

A	Aboriginal Affairs - GPSC 2 Ageing - GPSC 2 Arts - GPSC 1 Attorney General - GPSC 3
C	Central Coast - GPSC 2 Citizenship - GPSC 4 Climate Change and Environment - GPSC 5 Commerce - GPSC 5 Community Services - GPSC 2 Corrective Services - GPSC 3
D	Disability Services - GPSC 2
E	Education and Training - GPSC 2 Emergency Services - GPSC 4 Energy - GPSC 5
F	Fair Trading - GPSC 4 Finance - GPSC 1
G	Gaming and Racing - GPSC 3
H	Health - GPSC 2 Health (Cancer) - GPSC 4 Housing - GPSC 5 Hunter - GPSC 4
I	Illawarra - GPSC 4 Industrial Relations - GPSC 3 Infrastructure - GPSC 1
J	Juvenile Justice - GPSC 3
L	Lands - GPSC 3 (The) Legislature - GPSC 1 Local Government - GPSC 3

M	Mental Health - GPSC 3 Mineral Resources - GPSC 5
N	-
P	Planning - GPSC 4 Police - GPSC 3 Ports - GPSC 1 Premier - GPSC 1 Primary Industries - GPSC 5 Public Sector Reform - GPSC 3
R	Regulatory Reform - GPSC 1 Regional Development - GPSC 5 Redfern Waterloo - GPSC 4 Roads - GPSC 1 Rural Affairs - GPSC 3
S	Science and Medical Research - GPSC 4 Small Business - GPSC 4 Special Minister of State - GPSC 3 Sport and Recreation - GPSC 3 State Development - GPSC 5
T	Tourism - GPSC 4 Transport - GPSC 4 Treasury - GPSC 1
V	Veterans' Affairs - GPSC 3 Volunteering - GPSC 3
W	Water - GPSC 5 Waterways - GPSC 1 Western Sydney - GPSC 5 Women - GPSC 2
Y	Youth - GPSC 3

Links
General Purpose Standing Committee No 1
General Purpose Standing Committee No 2
General Purpose Standing Committee No 3
General Purpose Standing Committee No 4
General Purpose Standing Committee No 5

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