Budget Estimates 2011-2012

What is Budget Estimates?
Each year Government ministers and senior public servants attend an annual Budget Estimates inquiry to answer questions about the expenditure, performance and effectiveness of their departments.

Budget Estimates is a key process for government accountability and transparency. The Budget Estimates inquiries involve hours of detailed questioning by members of the Legislative Council on the decisions, actions and advice of ministers and public servants.

The Budget Estimates inquiries are conducted by the Legislative Council’s five General Purpose Standing Committees.

More information about Budget Estimates
The terms of reference for Budget Estimates 2011-2012 are available here.

The Budget Estimates timetable is available here.

Detailed information about Budget Estimates, including relevant procedures, can be found in the Budget Estimates manual. The 2011-2012 manual is available here.

Further information is available by contacting the following committee staff:
  • Beverly Duffy, Director, (02) 9230 3367.
  • Christine Nguyen, Council Officer , (02) 9230 3509.

Hearings

Initial hearings
Initial hearings for Budget Estimates 2011-2012 will be held from Monday 24 October 2011 to Friday 28 October 2011.

Supplementary hearings
Supplementary hearings will be held from Monday 28 November 2011 to Friday 2 December 2011.

Transcripts and questions on notice
Transcripts and answers to questions on notice for Budget Estimates 2011-2012 will be published on this website after the Budget Estimates inquiry commences.

To access transcripts and answers to questions on notice, select the relevant portfolio from the following table.
AAgeing, Disability Services - GPSC 2
Attorney General, Justice - GPSC 4
CCitizenship and Communities, Aboriginal Affairs - GPSC 2
EEducation - GPSC 2
Environment - GPSC 5
FFamily and Community Services, Women - GPSC 2
Fair Trading - GPSC 5
Finance and Services, the Illawarra - GPSC 1
HHealth, Medical Research - GPSC 2
L(The) Legislature - GPSC 3
Local Government, the North Coast - GPSC 5
MMental Health, Healthy Lifestyles, Western NSW - GPSC 2
PPlanning and Infrastructure - GPSC 1
Police and Emergency Services, the Hunter - GPSC 4
Premier, Western Sydney - GPSC 1
Primary Industries, Small Business - GPSC 5
RRegional Infrastructure and Services - GPSC 3
Resources and Energy - GPSC 5
Roads and Ports - GPSC 3
SSpecial Minister of State, the Central Coast - GPSC 3
Sport and Recreation - GPSC 2
TTourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing, the Arts - GPSC 3
Trade and Investment - GPSC 1
Transport - GPSC 3
Treasury - GPSC 1
Working in the LC Professional Development Program
The Working in the Legislative Council Professional Development Program is a 12-week professional development program available to departmental officers who want to gain first-hand experience of the operations of the Legislative Council, including committees and the Budget Estimates process.

Click here for more information on the Working in the Legislative Council Professional Development Program.

More information
More information on the individual committees that conduct the Budget Estimates hearings can be found in the following links: