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Report No. 3, 58th Parliament - 2025-26 Budget Estimates - Appropriation Bill 2025
RePORT
The committee tabled its Report No. 3, 58th Parliament, 2025-26 Budget Estimates – Appropriation Bill 2025, with an accompanying Volume of Additional Information on Friday, 15 August 2025. The Appropriation Bill 2025 was passed in the Legislative Assembly on 27 August 2025.
| View: | Report No. 3, 58th Parliament – 2025-26 Budget Estimate – Appropriation Bill 2025 |
| View: | Report No. 3, 58th Parliament – 2025-26 Budget Estimates – Appropriation Bill 2025 – Volume of Additional Information |
| View: | Executive Summary |
| View: | Parliamentary debate on the Bill 27 August 2025 – Transcript pages 2495-2502 and pages 2515-2518 The debate can be viewed by clicking on the movie icon within the transcripts. |
ESTIMATES
A primary function of Parliament is to scrutinise, and hold to account, the executive branch of government. The estimates process is one of the key mechanisms by which the Parliament examines government expenditure, performance and effectiveness. The process holds ministers to account and provides a level of transparency to the public. It aids the Parliament in its scrutiny of the Government’s proposed expenditure by enabling detailed examination of the proposed expenditures contained in the Appropriation Bill and the Appropriation (Parliament) Bill.
In 2025, the examination of the Appropriation Bill and the Appropriation (Parliament) Bill was considered by the seven portfolio committees. Each committee examined the budget estimates of its responsible portfolios.
During the estimates process each portfolio committee held a public hearing (on a day between 28 July and 8 August 2025) at which the Speaker and Ministers (and certain senior public servants and officers) were questioned regarding the portfolio’s proposed expenditures for the relevant portfolio areas. Other Members of the Legislative Assembly who are not members of the committee also asked questions, with the leave of the committee.
At its public hearing on 8 August 2025, the Local Government, Small Business and Customer Service Committee questioned the Hon Steve Minnikin, Minister for Customer Services and Open Data and Minister for Small and Family Business, and the Hon Ann Leahy, Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers regarding the proposed expenditures for their portfolio areas.
Following the committee’s hearing, the committee members met, discussed the information gained and compiled a final report for tabling in Parliament.
Hearing
8 August 2025 - Hearing program - Hearing transcript - Hearing broadcast
The broadcast is available to view by clicking on the movie icon within the transcript (the icon is at the start of each session).
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