Budget Estimates 2025-2026

Introduction

This inquiry was established on 26 June 2025 to report on the Budget Estimates and related papers for the financial year 2025-2026 presenting the amounts to be appropriated from the Consolidated Fund.

Portfolios:

  • Education and Early Learning, Western Sydney
  • Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education

Contact the Budget Estimates team at budgetestimates@parliament.nsw.gov.au.

The following was the schedule of hearings for Portfolio Committee No. 3 - Education. The terms of reference includes the full hearing schedule.

Initial hearings

  • Wednesday 27 August 2025: Education and Early Learning, Western Sydney (Houssos)
  • Friday 29 August 2025: Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education (Whan)

Additional hearings

  • Wednesday 11 March 2026: Education and Early Learning, Western Sydney (Car/Houssos)
  • Thursday 12 March 2026: Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education (Whan)
Terms of reference
Timeline
DateMilestone
Thu 26 June 2025Referred
Wed 27 August 2025Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Fri 29 August 2025Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Level 7
Wed 11 March 2026Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Thu 12 March 2026Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 22 June 2026FinalReport
Hearings and transcripts
DateVenue details
Wed 27 August 2025Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Fri 29 August 2025Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Level 7View scheduleView transcript
Wed 11 March 2026Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Thu 12 March 2026Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Reports and government responses

Report No. 56 - Portfolio Committee No. 3 - Education - Budget Estimates 2025-2026

Tabled date:
Mon 22 June 2026
PDF518.21 KB
Other documents
DateTypeTitle
Fri 10 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice AQONs - The University of Sydney - Received 10 April 2026 (pdf, 102.05 KB)
Fri 10 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsASQs - The University of Sydney - Received 10 April 2026 (pdf, 109.69 KB)
Thu 09 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsASQs - Southern Cross University - Received 9 April 2026 (pdf, 67.74 KB)
Thu 09 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsASQs - University of New South Wales - Received 9 April 2026 (pdf, 98.58 KB)
Thu 09 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice AQONs - University of New South Wales - Received 9 April 2026 (pdf, 71.47 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsASQs - The University of Newcastle - Received 8 April 2026 (pdf, 1.26 MB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice AQONs - Macquarie University - Received 8 April 2026 (pdf, 352.82 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsASQs - Macquarie University - Received 8 April 2026 (pdf, 98.30 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice AQON - Western Sydney University - Received 8 April 2026 (pdf, 204.05 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Attachment - 20250909 Email Letter to Bankstown Council - Notification of TAFE NSW Co-Location at Bankstown City Campus (pdf, 283.81 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Attachment -12 Nov 2025 WSU Email letter to TAFE NSW Co-Location at Bankstown City Campus (pdf, 287.16 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsASQs - Western Sydney University - Received 8 April 2026 (pdf, 149.20 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice AQONs - University of Wollongong - Received 8 April 2026 (pdf, 40.45 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Attachment 1 - Response to Questions on Notice - NSW Budget Estimates (pdf, 96.36 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsASQs - University of Wollongong - Received 8 April 2026 (pdf, 88.61 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice AQONs - Hon Steve Whan MP - Received 8 April 2026 (pdf, 405.39 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsASQs - Hon Steve Whan MP - Received 8 April 2026 (pdf, 238.97 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice AQONs - University of Technology Sydney - Received 8 April 2026 (pdf, 70.22 KB)
Wed 08 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsASQs - University of Technology Sydney - Received 8 April 2026 (pdf, 68.94 KB)
Tue 07 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Prue Car MP (pdf, 742.47 KB)
Tue 07 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Prue Car MP (pdf, 503.35 KB)
Tue 07 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Prue Car MP - Question 13 - Tab A (pdf, 911.02 KB)
Wed 01 April 2026Correspondence Letter clarifying evidence – Ms Chloe Read, Managing Director, NSW TAFE (pdf, 211.72 KB)
Wed 18 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Steve Whan MP (pdf, 214.12 KB)
Wed 18 March 2026OtherHighlighted for questions on notice (PDF, 1.13 MB)
Wed 18 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - 12 March 2026 - Macquarie University (pdf, 139.38 KB)
Wed 18 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - 12 March 2026 - Southern Cross University (pdf, 153.68 KB)
Wed 18 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - 12 March 2026 - The University of Newcastle (pdf, 153.68 KB)
Wed 18 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - 12 March 2026 - The University of Sydney (pdf, 94.52 KB)
Wed 18 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - 12 March 2026 - University of New South Wales (pdf, 153.68 KB)
Wed 18 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - 12 March 2026 - University of Technology Sydney (pdf, 177.35 KB)
Wed 18 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - 12 March 2026 - University of Wollongong (pdf, 153.67 KB)
Wed 18 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - 12 March 2026 - Western Sydney University (pdf, 153.67 KB)
Tue 17 March 2026OtherHighlighted questions on notice - Hon Prue Car MP (PDF, 1.11 MB)
Tue 17 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Prue Car MP (pdf, 326.29 KB)
Thu 12 March 2026Tabled DocumentTowards 2030NSW Renewable Energy Skills StrategyBuilding the skills for our clean energy, tendered by Hon Steve Whan MP (pdf, 2.76 MB)
Thu 12 March 2026Tabled DocumentLine chart, ‘Higher Ed and Government funded VET completion, tendered by the Hon Steve Whan MP. (PDF, 1.52 MB)
Thu 12 March 2026Tabled DocumentPhotographs of recently refurbished TAFE NSW facilities: nursing, library, hair and beauty, tendered by Hon Steve Whan MP. (pdf, 11.39 MB)
Wed 11 March 2026Tabled DocumentKoala Food Trees program media release, NSW Environment and Heritage, dated 7 November 2024, tabled by Ms Higginson (PDF, 948.49 KB)
Wed 11 March 2026Tabled DocumentImages of Koalas published on the Department of Educations Facebook page, tabled by Ms Higginson. (PDF, 2.18 MB)
Mon 13 October 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Distinguished Professor George Williams AO, Vice-Chancellor, Western Sydney University (pdf, 131.10 KB)
Fri 03 October 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Professor Annamarie Jagose, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost, The University of Sydney (pdf, 328.98 KB)
Fri 03 October 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Professor S Bruce Dowton, Vice-Chancellor and President, Macquarie University (pdf, 91.89 KB)
Fri 03 October 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsProfessor S Bruce Dowton, Vice-Chancellor and President, Macquarie University (pdf, 392.93 KB)
Thu 02 October 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsDistinguished Professor George Williams AO, Vice-Chancellor, Western Sydney University (pdf, 443.57 KB)
Thu 02 October 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Professor Andrew Parfitt, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Technology Sydney (pdf, 59.29 KB)
Thu 02 October 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsProfessor Andrew Parfitt, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Technology Sydney (pdf, 289.30 KB)
Thu 25 September 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Steve Whan MP (pdf, 392.07 KB)
Thu 25 September 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Steve Whan MP (pdf, 480.62 KB)
Thu 25 September 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Professor Tyrone Carlin, Vice-Chancellor and President, Southern Cross University (pdf, 34.71 KB)
Thu 25 September 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsProfessor Tyrone Carlin, Vice-Chancellor and President, Southern Cross University (pdf, 150.27 KB)
Thu 25 September 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Professor G Q Max Lu AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Wollongong (pdf, 156.42 KB)
Thu 25 September 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsProfessor G Q Max Lu AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Wollongong (pdf, 424.11 KB)
Thu 25 September 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Professor Vlado Perkovic, Provost, The University of New South Wales (pdf, 54.95 KB)
Thu 25 September 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsProfessor Vlado Perkovic, Provost, The University of New South Wales (pdf, 214.75 KB)
Thu 25 September 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsProfessor Annamarie Jagose, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost, The University of Sydney (pdf, 382.39 KB)
Tue 23 September 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Courtney Houssos MLC (pdf, 825.01 KB)
Tue 23 September 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Courtney Houssos MLC (pdf, 606.62 KB)
Fri 05 September 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Steve Whan MP - Macquarie University (pdf, 273.38 KB)
Fri 05 September 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Steve Whan MP - Southern Cross University (pdf, 223.75 KB)
Fri 05 September 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Steve Whan MP - University of Sydney (pdf, 277.27 KB)
Fri 05 September 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Steve Whan MP - University of Wollongong (pdf, 237.13 KB)
Fri 05 September 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Steve Whan MP - University of New South Wales Sydney (pdf, 214.80 KB)
Fri 05 September 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Steve Whan MP - University of Technology Sydney (pdf, 244.16 KB)
Fri 05 September 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Steve Whan MP - Western Sydney University (pdf, 257.31 KB)
Fri 05 September 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Steve Whan MP (pdf, 251.98 KB)
Fri 05 September 2025OtherHighlighted Questions on Notice - Hon Steve Whan MP (PDF, 1.06 MB)
Tue 02 September 2025OtherHighlighted questions on notice - Hon Courtney Houssos MLC (pdf, 1.09 MB)
Tue 02 September 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Courtney Houssos MLC (pdf, 335.60 KB)
Wed 27 August 2025Tabled DocumentSocial media document "Lyndal Howison and NSW Labor will build a new K-12 School for Macquarie Park" - tabled by Mrs Mitchell (pdf, 1.21 MB)
Wed 27 August 2025Tabled DocumentFacebook post by Jerome Laxale MP "Macquarie Park Education Campus School Update" 20 January 2025 - tabled by Mrs Mitchell (pdf, 574.22 KB)
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