The estimates process aids the Parliament in its scrutiny of the Government’s proposed expenditure. Since 1994, committees of the parliament have undertaken the estimates process, by examining and reporting on the proposed expenditures contained in the Appropriation Bill and the Appropriation (Parliament) Bill.
In 2020 the examination of the Appropriation Bill and the Appropriation (Parliament) Bill will be carried out by the seven portfolio committees.
During the estimates process (from 7 to 15 December 2020) each portfolio committee will hold a public hearing at which the Speaker and Ministers (and certain senior public servants and officers) will be questioned regarding the proposed expenditures for the relevant portfolio areas. Other Members of the Legislative Assembly who are not members of the committee may also ask questions, with the leave of the committee.
The dates of portfolio committee hearings are set out below.
Information on the 2020 budget process will be available on each committee's Estimates inquiry page by clicking on the Consideration of 2020/21 portfolio budget estimates inquiry details links below. The hearing schedules for each committee can be accessed by clicking on the relevant date below and also on the individual committee's Estimates inquiry page. Please note: links to the inquiry pages and schedules will be added as they become available.
When the committee’s hearings are completed, the committee members meet, discuss the information gained and compile a report for tabling in Parliament. Reports are to be tabled by 12 February 2021. The reports are then debated by the Parliament as part of its consideration of the Appropriation Bills.
NOTE: The estimates hearings will be broadcast live via the main Parliament.TV page.
Further information will be placed on each committee’s inquiry page when it is available.
Estimates transcripts will also be available from the Records of Proceedings webpages. Go to this link and click on the date of the hearing in 2020 to access the transcript: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/sitting-dates/dates.
For more information see the Estimates Committees fact sheet 3.12.
The estimates process aids the Parliament in its scrutiny of the Government’s proposed expenditure. Since 1994, committees of the parliament have undertaken the estimates process, by examining and reporting on the proposed expenditures contained in the Appropriation Bill and the Appropriation (Parliament) Bill.