Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That these bills be now read a second time.

I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The speeches read as follows—

APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) BILL (NO. 1) 2013-2014

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014 seeks approval for appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of just under $184.8 million.

Details of the proposed appropriations are set out in Schedule 1 to the Bill.

APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 1) 2013-2014

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014, together with Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2013-2014 and Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014, is one of the principal Bills underpinning the Government's Budget.

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014 seeks authority for meeting the expenses of the ordinary annual services of the Government.

The Bill seeks approval for appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of just under $78.2 billion.

Details of the proposed appropriations are set out in Schedule 1 to the Bill.

APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 2) 2013-2014

Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2013-2014 seeks approval for appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of just under $4.8 billion.

The Bill seeks authority to meet expenses other than for the ordinary annual services of the Government.

Details of the proposed appropriations are set out in Schedule 2 to the Bill.

Debate adjourned.