Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Chisholm, I move:

(1) That estimates hearings by legislation committees for 2024 be scheduled as follows:

2023-24 additional estimates:

Monday, 12 February and Tuesday, 14 February (Group A)

Wednesday, 14 February and Thursday, 15 February (Group B)

2024-25 Budget estimates:

Tuesday, 28 May to Friday, 31 May, and, if required, Friday, 7 June (Group A)

Monday, 3 June to Thursday, 6 June, and, if required, Friday 7 June (Group B)

Monday, 4 November and Tuesday, 5 November (supplementary hearings Group A)

Wednesday, 6 November and Thursday, 7 November (supplementary hearingsGroup B).

(2) That cross portfolio estimates hearings on Indigenous matters and on Murray-Darling Basin Plan matters be scheduled for Friday, 16 February, Friday, 7 June, and Friday, 8 November, but not be restricted to these days.

(3) That the committees consider the proposed expenditure in accordance with the allocation of departments and agencies to committees agreed to by the Senate.

(4) That committees meet in the following groups:

Group A:

Environment and Communications Finance and Public Administration Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport

Group B:

Community Affairs Economics

Education and Employment Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.

(5) That the committees report to the Senate on the following dates:

(a) Tuesday, 19 March 2023, in respect of the 2023-24 additional estimates; and

(b) Tuesday, 2 July 2023, in respect of the 2024-25 Budget estimates.

Question agreed to.