Legislative Council - Budget Estimates 2019-2020
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 was agreed to on 5 June 2019 and amended on 19 June 2019. The 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.pdf
Further hearings 2020
Monday 2 March 2020
| Regional Transport and Roads (Toole)
| 6
| Macquarie
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| Agriculture and Western NSW (Marshall)
| 4
| Jubilee
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Tuesday 3 March 2020
| Education and Early Childhood Learning (Mitchell)
| 3
| Macquarie
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| Special Minister of State, Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs and the Arts (Harwin)
| 1
| Jubilee
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Wednesday 4 March 2020
| Counter Terrorism and Corrections (Roberts)
| 5
| Macquarie
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| Local Government (Hancock)
| 7
| Jubilee
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Thursday 5 March 2020
| Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women (Taylor)
| 2
| Macquarie
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| Finance and Small Business (Tudehope)
| 1
| Jubilee
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Friday 6 March 2020
| Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans (Lee)
| 5
| Macquarie
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| Energy and Environment (Kean)
| 7
| Jubilee
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Monday 9 March 2020
| Treasury (Perrottet)
| 1
| Macquarie
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| Customer Service (Dominello)
| 6
| Jubilee
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Tuesday 10 March 2020
| Police and Emergency Services (Elliott)
| 5
| Macquarie
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| Water, Property and Housing (Pavey)
| 4
| Jubilee
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Wednesday 11 March 2020
| Transport and Roads (Constance)
| 6
| Macquarie
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| Tertiary Education and Skills (Lee)
| 3
| Jubilee
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Thursday 12 March 2020
| Health and Medical Research (Hazzard)
| 2
| Macquarie
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| Premier (Berejiklian)
| 1
| Jubilee
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Friday 13 March 2020
| Planning and Public Spaces (Stokes)
| 7
| Macquarie
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| Attorney General and Prevention of Domestic Violence (Speakman)
| 5
| Jubilee
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Monday 16 March 2020
| Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney (Ayres)
| 1
| Macquarie
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| Better Regulation and Innovation (Anderson)
| 6
| Jubilee
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Tuesday 17 March 2020
| Families, Communities and Disability Services (Ward)
| 5
| Macquarie
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| Deputy Premier, Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade (Barilaro)
| 4
| Jubilee
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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.
