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:

  • Agriculture, Regional New South Wales, Western New South Wales
  • Lands and Property, Multiculturalism, Sport, Jobs and Tourism

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

The following was the schedule of hearings for Portfolio Committee No. 4 - Regional NSW. The terms of reference includes the full hearing schedule.

Initial hearings

  • Wednesday 20 August 2025: Lands and Property, Multiculturalism, Sport, Jobs and Tourism (Kamper)
  • Monday 1 September 2025: Agriculture, Regional New South Wales, Western New South Wales (Moriarty)

Additional hearings

  • Thursday 5 March 2026: Lands and Property, Multiculturalism, Sport, Jobs and Tourism (Kamper)
  • Monday 9 March 2026: Agriculture, Regional New South Wales, Western New South Wales (Moriarty)
Terms of reference
Timeline
DateMilestone
Thu 26 June 2025Referred
Wed 20 August 2025Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 01 September 2025Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Thu 05 March 2026Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 09 March 2026Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 22 June 2026Final Report
Hearings and transcripts
DateVenue details
Wed 20 August 2025Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 01 September 2025Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Thu 05 March 2026Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 09 March 2026Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Reports and government responses

Report No. 63 - Portfolio Committee No. 4 - Regional NSW - Budget Estimates 2025-2026

Tabled date:
Mon 22 June 2026
PDF450.28 KB
Other documents
DateTypeTitle
Tue 07 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Tara Moriarty MLC (pdf, 441.94 KB)
Tue 07 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Tara Moriarty MLC - The Funding Deed dated 27 June 2023 between the Department of Planning and Environment and RSPCA NSW for FY23-24 (PDF, 9.61 MB)
Tue 07 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Tara Moriarty MLC - (i) The Funding Deed for the POCTAA Enforcement Grant for RSPCA NSW for FY24-25 (PDF, 8.86 MB)
Tue 07 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Tara Moriarty MLC - (ii) End of year acquittal for the POCTAA Enforcement Grant for RSPCA NSW for FY24-25 (PDF, 257.82 KB)
Tue 07 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Tara Moriarty MLC - The Funding Deed for the POCTAA Enforcement Grant for RSPCA NSW for FY25-26 (PDF, 1.56 MB)
Tue 07 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Tara Moriarty MLC - Signed submission requesting confidentiality of certain information (PDF, 73.03 KB)
Tue 07 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Tara Moriarty MLC (pdf, 407.83 KB)
Tue 07 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Tara Moriarty MLC - APPENDIX A (Questions on Notice) - Mulloway stock assessment review TORs for T Smith (pdf, 166.30 KB)
Tue 07 April 2026Correspondence Clarification of evidence - Ms Tara Black, Deputy Secretary, Fisheries and Forestry, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (pdf, 83.87 KB)
Wed 01 April 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Stephen Kamper MP (pdf, 346.77 KB)
Wed 01 April 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Stephen Kamper MP (pdf, 4.18 MB)
Fri 27 March 2026Correspondence Letter Mr Anshul Chaudhary, Chief Executive Officer, Forestry Corporation of NSW, providing the original version of the Harvest Plan Operational Map, Enfield State Forest, tabled by Ms Higginson during the Budget Estimates Agriculture, Regional NSW, Western NSW hearing on 9 March 2026. (pdf, 1.02 MB)
Fri 13 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Tara Moriarty MLC (pdf, 178.89 KB)
Fri 13 March 2026OtherHighlighted questions on notice - Hon Tara Moriarty MLC (PDF, 1.04 MB)
Wed 11 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Stephen Kamper MP (pdf, 141.26 KB)
Wed 11 March 2026OtherHighlighted questions on notice - Hon Stephen Kamper MP (PDF, 1.01 MB)
Mon 09 March 2026Tabled DocumentHarvest Plan Operational Map: Enfield State Forest, Forestry Corporation of NSW, Harwood Forests Division, dated 19 June 2025, tabled by Ms Sue Higginson MLC (PDF, 1.71 MB)
Mon 09 March 2026Tabled DocumentMap of New South Wales contained in A new approach to strategic planning: Discussion paper, December 2025, tabled by Hon Sarah Mitchell MLC (PDF, 3.19 MB)
Mon 09 March 2026Tabled DocumentOverview of impacted roles - tendered by Mr Steve Orr (PDF, 637.87 KB)
Thu 05 March 2026Tabled DocumentAerial view of the Carnarvon site, a map of the Southern Sydney Freight Line Corridor with Carnarvon Golf Course indicated, a map of Liberty Plains Parish pre-development of Haslam Creek watercourse with a section identified as the ‘Chain of Ponds’ dated 1877, and photographs of flooding events dated 26 February 2026 and March 2022, tabled by Hon Nichole Overall MLC (PDF, 11.83 MB)
Thu 05 March 2026Tabled DocumentPhotographs of asbestos contaminated material at Namoi and Gingie, and letter from Cr Jasen Ramien, Mayor, Walgett Shire Council, to The Hon. Steve Kamper MP, Minister for Lands and Property, requesting urgent action and a meeting with Minister, dated 10 February 2026, tabled by Hon Nichole Overall MLC (PDF, 6.11 MB)
Tue 21 October 2025Correspondence Letter from Joseph La Posta, CEO, Multicultural NSW, received 16 September 2025. (PDF, 141.52 KB)
Fri 26 September 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Tara Moriarty MLC (pdf, 590.52 KB)
Fri 26 September 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Tara Moriarty MLC (pdf, 550.21 KB)
Wed 17 September 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Stephen Kamper MP (pdf, 5.77 MB)
Wed 17 September 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Stephen Kamper MP (pdf, 669.76 KB)
Tue 16 September 2025Correspondence Letter from the Chair of the NSW Environment Protection Authority, Ms Rayne de Gruchy AM PSM, regarding forestry assertions during the budget estimates hearing on 1 Sept 2025 for the Minister for Agriculture, Regional NSW, and Western NSW (PDF, 157.60 KB)
Mon 08 September 2025OtherHighlighted questions on notice - Hon Tara Moriarty MLC (pdf, 1.04 MB)
Mon 08 September 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Tara Moriarty MLC (pdf, 295.23 KB)
Tue 26 August 2025OtherHighlighted Questions on Notice - Hon Stephen Kamper MP (pdf, 966.04 KB)
Tue 26 August 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Stephen Kamper MP (pdf, 343.09 KB)
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