Legislative Council - Budget Estimates 2018-2019
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 six Portfolio Committees.
The dates set aside for the 2018 hearings are listed below:
| Initial hearings | Thursday 30 August - Friday 7 September 2018
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| Supplementary hearings | Monday 8 October - Friday 12 October 2018
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Below is a copy of the Terms of Reference establishing the inquiry into Budget Estimates 2018-2019, including the dates for this year's Budget Estimates hearings, as agreed to by the Legislative Council on 20 June 2018.
Terms of Reference - Budget Estimates 2018-2019.pdf
For more information on the Budget Estimates processes, please refer to the Budget Estimates Guide.
2018 Timetable of initial hearings
Thursday 30 August 2018 (PC 4)
2.00 pm - 3.20 pm
20 minutes break
3.40 pm - 5.00 pm
| Police, Emergency Services (Grant)
| 4
| Macquarie
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions
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Friday 31 August 2018 (PC 5 & 6)
9.00 am - 11.40 am
| Primary Industries, Regional Water, Trade and Industry (Blair) | 5 | Macquarie
| Hearing schedule Transcript
Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
| 9.00 am - 11.40 am | Planning, Housing, Special Minister of State (Roberts)
| 6 | Jubilee
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
2.00 pm - 4.40 pm
| Transport and Infrastructure (Constance) | 5 | Macquarie
| Hearing schedule Transcript
Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
| 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm | Resources, Energy and Utilities, Arts (Harwin) | 6 | Jubilee
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
Monday 3 September 2018 (PC 1 & 5)
9.00 am - 11.00 am
| Finance, Services and Property (Dominello)
| 1 | Jubilee
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
2.00 pm - 3.20 pm
| Lands and Forestry, Racing (Toole)
| 5
| Macquarie
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions
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2.00 pm - 4.40 pm
| Treasury, Industrial Relations (Perrottet)
| 1 | Jubilee
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
Tuesday 4 September 2018 (PC 3, & 4)
| 9.00 am - 10.20 am | Early Childhood Education, Aboriginal Affairs, Assistant Minister for Education (Mitchell)
| 3
| Macquarie
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
9.00 am - 11.00 am
| Counter Terrorism, Corrections, Veterans Affairs (Elliott)
| 4 | Jubilee
| Hearing schedule Transcript
Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
| 2.00 pm - 3.20 pm | Regional New South Wales, Skills, Small Business (Barilaro)
| 3
| Macquarie
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
| Attorney General (Speakman)
| 4
| Jubilee
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
Wednesday 5 September 2018 (PC 2 & 3)
9.00 am - 11.00 am
| Multiculturalism, Disability Services (Williams)
| 2
| Macquarie
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions Answers to further supplementary questions |
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
| Family and Community Services, Social Housing, Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (Goward)
| 2
| Macquarie | Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
2.00 pm - 3.20 pm
| Tourism and Major Events, Assistant Minister for Skills (Marshall)
| 3
| Jubilee
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
Thursday 6 September 2018 (PC 1 & 2)
9.00 am - 11.00 am
| Mental Health, Women, Ageing (Davies)
| 2
| Macquarie
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
9.00 am - 10.20 am
| Innovation and Better Regulation (Kean)
| 1
| Jubilee
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions
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12.00 pm - 12.40 pm
| The Legislature (Ajaka)
| 1
| Jubilee
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions
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2.00 pm - 4.40 pm
| Health, Medical Research (Hazzard)
| 2
| Macquarie
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions
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Friday 7 September 2018 (PC 3, 5 & 6)
9.00 am - 11.40 am
| Education (Stokes)
| 3
| Macquarie
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions |
9.00 am - 11.40 am
| Roads, Maritime and Freight (Pavey)
| 5
| Jubilee
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions
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2.00 pm - 4.40 pm
| Environment, Local Government, Heritage (Upton)
| 6
| Macquarie
| Hearing schedule Transcript Questions on notice Supplementary questions Answers to questions on notice Answers to supplementary questions
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For more information, please contact the secretariat at (02) 9230 3313 or email budget.estimates@parliament.nsw.gov.au.
For transcripts and other information relating to Budget Estimates 2017-2018, please click here and navigate to the Budget Estimates 2017-2018 inquiry links.
