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:

  • Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, Heritage
  • Planning and Public Spaces

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

The following was the schedule of hearings for Portfolio Committee No. 7 – Planning and Environment. The terms of reference includes the full hearing schedule.

Initial hearings

  • Monday 25 August 2025: Planning and Public Spaces (Scully)
  • Friday 29 August 2025: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, Heritage (Sharpe)

Additional hearings

  • Tuesday 24 February 2026: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, Heritage (Sharpe)
  • Thursday 26 February 2026: Planning and Public Spaces (Scully)

Terms of reference
Timeline
DateMilestone
Thu 26 June 2025Referred
Mon 25 August 2025Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Fri 29 August 2025Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Thu 04 December 2025Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Tue 24 February 2026Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Thu 26 February 2026Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 22 June 2026Final Report
Hearings and transcripts
DateVenue details
Mon 25 August 2025Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Fri 29 August 2025Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Thu 04 December 2025Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Tue 24 February 2026Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Thu 26 February 2026Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Reports and government responses

Report No. 26 - Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning and Environment - Budget Estimates 2025-2026

Tabled date:
Mon 22 June 2026
PDF436.28 KB
Other documents
DateTypeTitle
Thu 26 March 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Paul Scully MP (pdf, 16.11 MB)
Thu 26 March 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Paul Scully MP (pdf, 14.70 MB)
Mon 23 March 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Penny Sharpe MLC (pdf, 992.10 KB)
Mon 23 March 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Penny Sharpe MLC (PDF, 567.39 KB)
Wed 04 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Paul Scully MP (pdf, 212.73 KB)
Wed 04 March 2026OtherHighlighted questions on notice - Hon Paul Scully MP (PDF, 962.24 KB)
Mon 02 March 2026OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Penny Sharpe MLC (pdf, 551.77 KB)
Mon 02 March 2026OtherHighlighted questions on notice - Hon Penny Sharpe MLC (PDF, 940.14 KB)
Thu 26 February 2026Tabled DocumentExcerpt, Agenda of Ordinary Meeting of Canterbury Bankstown Council, 16 September 2025 relating to 5 – 7 West Terrace, Bankstown, tabled by Ms Tania Mihailuk MLC (pdf, 4.49 MB)
Thu 26 February 2026Tabled DocumentExcerpt, Minutes of Ordinary Meeting of Canterbury Bankstown Council, 16 September 2025 relating to 5 – 7 West Terrace, Bankstown, tabled by Ms Tania Mihailuk MLC (pdf, 1.78 MB)
Tue 24 February 2026Tabled DocumentArticle, ‘Forecast of blackouts in the dark’ by Matthew Cranston, dated 24 February 2026, tabled by Mr Wes Fang MLC (pdf, 1.29 MB)
Tue 24 February 2026Tabled DocumentMedia Release, Transgrid ‘NSW secures critical grid stabilising machines to support renewable rollout’, dated 29 October 2025, tabled by Mr Wes Fang MLC (pdf, 2.10 MB)
Tue 24 February 2026Tabled DocumentChart, ‘Figure 28 Net supply rose with higher renewable output’, from the AEMO Quarterly Energy Dynamics Q4 2025, tabled by Minister Sharpe (pdf, 634.31 KB)
Tue 24 February 2026Tabled DocumentBriefing note, ‘re: Notice of Motion '(19 February 2026 – Coonerang Windfarm Proposal)' on Someva Renewables letterhead, tabled by Mr Wes Fang MLC (pdf, 3.01 MB)
Tue 24 February 2026Tabled DocumentEmail from the office of the Hon Penny Sharpe MLC with the subject ‘FW #1996 Walcha’, sent 24 December 2025, tabled by Mr Wes Fang MLC (pdf, 471.62 KB)
Tue 24 February 2026Tabled DocumentNSW Government Gazette – ‘No. 376 Electricity and Water’, dated 18 September 2025, tabled by Mr Wes Fang MLC (pdf, 4.87 MB)
Fri 30 January 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Penny Sharpe MLC - Environment - Supplementary hearing (pdf, 329.52 KB)
Fri 30 January 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Penny Sharpe MLC - Environment - Supplementary hearing (pdf, 444.14 KB)
Mon 19 January 2026Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Paul Scully MP - Planning - Supplementary hearing (pdf, 11.81 MB)
Mon 19 January 2026Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Paul Scully MP - Planning - Supplementary hearing (pdf, 11.36 MB)
Mon 15 December 2025OtherLetter of clarification - Mr Nicholas Rowley, Chair, Net Zero Commission (pdf, 27.72 KB)
Wed 10 December 2025OtherPC7 - Supplementary questions - Environment (pdf, 316.83 KB)
Wed 10 December 2025OtherPC7 - Supplementary questions - Planning (pdf, 239.55 KB)
Wed 10 December 2025OtherTranscript - PC7 - 4 December 2025 - Budget Estimates supplementary hearing - HIGHLIGHTED FOR QoN and REDACTED (PDF, 889.96 KB)
Thu 25 September 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Penny Sharpe MLC (PDF, 505.55 KB)
Thu 25 September 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Penny Sharpe MLC (PDF, 1.09 MB)
Thu 25 September 2025Correspondence Letter of clarification - Ms Elizabeth Owens, A/Executive Director, Heritage NSW (pdf, 129.94 KB)
Wed 24 September 2025Answers to Supplementary QuestionsHon Paul Scully MP (pdf, 946.27 KB)
Wed 24 September 2025Answers to Questions on Notice Hon Paul Scully MP (pdf, 433.99 KB)
Wed 24 September 2025Correspondence Letter of clarification - Ms Melanie Hawyes, Deputy Secretary, Crown Lands and Public Spaces, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (pdf, 156.69 KB)
Wed 24 September 2025Correspondence Letter of clarification - Ms Kiersten Fishburn, Secretary, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (pdf, 79.30 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 September 2025 for the Minister for Agriculture, Regional NSW, and Western NSW (pdf, 131.77 KB)
Fri 05 September 2025OtherHighlighted questions on notice - Hon Penny Sharpe MLC (pdf, 1.10 MB)
Fri 05 September 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Penny Sharpe MLC (pdf, 491.23 KB)
Fri 29 August 2025OtherHighlighted questions on notice - Hon Paul Scully MP (pdf, 1009.18 KB)
Fri 29 August 2025OtherSupplementary questions - Hon Paul Scully MP (pdf, 473.44 KB)
Fri 29 August 2025Tabled DocumentTransgrid, RIT-T Project Assessment Conclusions Report, p 8, tabled by Mr Fang (pdf, 959.22 KB)
Fri 29 August 2025Tabled DocumentArticle by James Morrow, '"Serious risk of blackouts": Report reveals flaw in AEMO’s renewable energy plan', Daily Telegraph, 4 August 2025, tabled by Mr Fang (pdf, 2.83 MB)
Fri 29 August 2025Tabled DocumentArticle by Angela Macdonald-Smith, 'Transgrid seeks government support for vital $700m grid investment', Australian Financial Review, 17 March 2025, tabled by Mr Fang (pdf, 2.48 MB)
Fri 29 August 2025Tabled DocumentGraph: 'Greater Sydney Waste without disposal options: Business as usual scenario', tabled by Minister Sharpe (pdf, 574.05 KB)
Fri 29 August 2025Tabled DocumentBundle of emails regarding Broken Hill lead contamination and State of Science report, released by the Environment Protection Authority under the GIPA Act, tabled by Ms Faehrmann (pdf, 89.84 MB)
Fri 29 August 2025Tabled DocumentCity of Newcastle, 'Stockton Coastline Works', February 2025, tabled by Ms Munro (pdf, 1.59 MB)
Mon 25 August 2025Tabled DocumentLetter from Uncle Reg Craig to the Hon Chris Minns MP, the Hon Stephen Kamper MP, the Hon Paul Scully MP, the Hon Penny Sharpe MLC and Ms Kiersten Fishburn dated 22 August 2025 (pdf, 3.64 MB)
Mon 25 August 2025Tabled DocumentTwo photographs of land in Nambucca Valley Council area (pdf, 3.37 MB)
Mon 25 August 2025Tabled DocumentLetter from Mr Daniel Thompson, Acting Executive Director, Local Planning and Council Support, Department of Planning, Housing and Environment, to Mr Bede Spannagle, General Manager, Nambucca Valley Council, dated 16 January 2025 (pdf, 4.13 MB)
Mon 25 August 2025Tabled DocumentNambucca Valley Council Ordinary Council Meeting Minutes, dated 11 April 2024 (pdf, 7.75 MB)
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