Legislative Council - Budget Estimates 2019-2020
Important update: Due to the social disruption caused by COVID-19, the following portfolio committees have granted the respective departments/agencies an extension to provide their answers to questions on notice and supplementary questions:
Portfolio Committee No. 1 – Premier and Finance
Special Minister of State, Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs and the Arts (Harwin) – response now due at 5.00 pm, Tuesday 14 April 2020
Portfolio Committee No. 2 – Health
Health and Medical Research (Hazzard) – responses now due at 5.00 pm, Thursday 23 April 2020
Portfolio Committee No. 3 – Education
Education and Early Childhood Learning (Mitchell) – responses now due at 5.00 pm, Friday 17 April 2020
Portfolio Committee No. 4 – Industry
Regional NSW, Industry and Trade (Barilaro) – responses now due at 5.00 pm, Wednesday 15 April 2020
Portfolio Committee No. 5 – Legal Affairs
Police and Emergency Services (Elliott) – response now due at 5.00 pm, Wednesday 22 April 2020
Portfolio Committee No. 6 – Transport and Customer Service
Regional Transport and Roads (Toole) - responses now due at 5.00 pm, Friday 3 April 2020
Customer Service (Dominello) – response now due at 5.00 pm, Tuesday 21 April 2020
Better Regulation and Innovation (Anderson) – response now due at 5.00 pm, Friday 24 April 2020
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.
According to the resolution passed by the House on 8 May 2019, the Budget Estimates and related papers for 2019-2020 will be referred to the Portfolio Committees for inquiry and report.
The dates set aside for the 2019 hearings are listed below:
Initial hearings
| Thursday 29 August - Friday 13 September 2019
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Supplementary hearings
| Monday 28 October - Friday 1 November 2019
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Further hearings
| Monday 2 March -Tuesday 17 March 2020
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The Budget Estimates schedule to the further hearings was agreed to on 21 November 2019.
More information about Budget Estimates processes and procedures can be found in the guide below:
Budget Estimates Guide - 2019-2020_further hearings.pdf
Further hearings 2020
Monday 2 March 2020
Tuesday 3 March 2020
Wednesday 4 March 2020
Thursday 5 March 2020
Friday 6 March 2020
Monday 9 March 2020
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Wednesday 11 March 2020
Thursday 12 March 2020
Friday 13 March 2020
Monday 16 March 2020
Tuesday 17 March 2020
Supplementary hearings 2019
Monday 28 October 2019
Tuesday 29 October 2019
Wednesday 30 October 2019
Thursday 31 October 2019
Initial Hearings
Thursday 29 August 2019
Friday 30 August 2019
Monday 2 September 2019
Tuesday 3 September 2019
Wednesday 4 September 2019
Thursday 5 September 2019
Friday 6 September 2019
Monday 9 September 2019
Tuesday 10 September 2019
Wednesday 11 September 2019
Thursday 12 September 2019
Friday 13 September 2019
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 2018-2019, please click here.
