Legislative Council - Budget Estimates 2021-2022
About Budget Estimates inquiry
Ministers and senior public servants attend an annual Budget Estimates inquiry to answer questions about the expenditure, performance and effectiveness of their agencies.
Budget Estimates is a key process for government accountability and transparency. The Budget Estimates inquiry involves detailed questioning on the decisions, actions and advice of ministers and public servants.
The Budget Estimates inquiry is conducted by the Legislative Council’s seven Portfolio Committees.
Additional hearings 2022
On 23 February 2022 the House resolved the following timetable for additional hearings for the Budget Estimates inquiry 2021-22, with hearings commencing 28 February and concluding 16 March.
On 29 March 2022 the House noted that additional Budget Estimates hearings for the Emergency Services and Resilience portfolio, the Deputy Premier, Regional NSW, Police portfolio and the Premier portfolio were unable to be conducted as scheduled by the relevant committees due to the impact of flooding in northern New South Wales and the unavailability of ministers and other witnesses. The House then resolved that the relevant committees be authorised to undertake the hearings according to the following schedule, as amended on 30 March 2022:
Day Fourteen: Wednesday 6 April 2022
PC 5 Emergency Services and Resilience
Day Fifteen: Thursday 21 April 2022
PC 1 Premier
Day Sixteen: Wednesday 4 May 2022
PC 5 Deputy Premier, Regional NSW, Police
All hearings will be held in person at Parliament House, and broadcast live via the Parliament's webcast. All hearings will need to conform with the Covid Safe Protocol.
Further additional hearings 2022
Video recordings of hearings, where available, can be found on the NSW Parliament's YouTube channel here.
Monday 4 April 2022
Wednesday 6 April 2022
Thursday 21 April 2022
Wednesday 4 May 2022
Additional hearings 2022
Video recordings of hearings, where available, can be found on the NSW Parliament's YouTube channel here.
Monday 28 February 2022
Tuesday 1 March 2022
Wednesday 2 March 2022
Thursday 3 March 2022
Friday 4 March 2022
Monday 7 March 2022
Tuesday 8 March 2022
Wednesday 9 March 2022
Thursday 10 March 2022
Friday 11 March 2022
Monday 14 March 2022
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Wednesday 16 March 2022
Supplementary hearings 2021
Video recordings of hearings, where available, can be found on the NSW Parliament's YouTube channel here.
Tuesday 26 October 2021
Wednesday 27 October 2021
Thursday 28 October 2021
Friday 29 October 2021
Monday 1 November 2021
Tuesday 2 November 2021
Wednesday 3 November 2021
Thursday 4 November 2021
Friday 5 November 2021
Initial hearings 2021
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Friday 20 August 2021
Monday 23 August 2021
Wednesday 25 August 2021
Friday 27 August 2021
Monday 30 August 2021
Wednesday 1 September 2021
Friday 3 September 2021
For more information, please contact the secretariat at (02) 9230 3750 or email budget.estimates@parliament.nsw.gov.au
For transcripts and other information relating to Budget Estimates 2020-2021 please click here.
