04-26-2015, 10:23 AM
Estimates - Passing strange observation (M&M) obfuscation??
It is now less than a month before the next Senate Estimates:
{NB The RRAT Legislative committee falls into group A}.
Before the next financial year Estimates can start to be debated, the previous budget needs to be put to bed. From a Senate Estimates point of view this line under the previous year culminates in a final report being written by individual committees that summarises the activities and findings etc. of the FY Estimates e.g. - report from RRAT committee FY '13-'14.
However before the report can be finalised all the normal due process for the Additional Estimates needs to be completed e.g. QONs indexed & answered; additional documents received & published; Hansards checked & published etc..etc.
The following is a copy off the Senate Estimates webpage - see here.
You will see that all of the committees are at various stages of following the due process from the Additional Estimates to their publication of the final report. Some (like above) have even published their final report.
Well that is until you get to the RRAT committee?? Here is what is listed for Additional Estimates for that committee..err..nothing or should I say TBA??
Ahh...Houston miniscule (M&M) we have a problem..
MTF...P2
It is now less than a month before the next Senate Estimates:
Quote:2015-16 Budget Estimates#
Group A*: Monday, 25 May to Thursday, 28 May 2015 and, if required, Friday, 29 May 2015+
(see groupings above)
Group B*: Monday, 1 June to Thursday, 4 June 2015 and, if required, Friday, 5 June 2015+
(see groupings above)
{NB The RRAT Legislative committee falls into group A}.
Before the next financial year Estimates can start to be debated, the previous budget needs to be put to bed. From a Senate Estimates point of view this line under the previous year culminates in a final report being written by individual committees that summarises the activities and findings etc. of the FY Estimates e.g. - report from RRAT committee FY '13-'14.
However before the report can be finalised all the normal due process for the Additional Estimates needs to be completed e.g. QONs indexed & answered; additional documents received & published; Hansards checked & published etc..etc.
The following is a copy off the Senate Estimates webpage - see here.
Quote:Senate EstimatesNow click on all the individual committees from top to bottom, then click on Additional Estimates for FY '14-'15 e.g. - Estimates (Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee)
Estimates of government expenditure are referred to Senate committees as part of the annual budget cycle. This opportunity to examine the operations of government plays a key role in the parliamentary scrutiny of the executive.
2014-2015 Additional Estimates
The 2014-2015 Additional Estimates hearings were held from Monday, 23 February to Friday, 27 February 2015.
|Estimates hearings for 2015|
- 2014-2015 Additional Estimates updated schedule of meetings (pdf)
- Estimates daily programs
- Which committee deals with which portfolios?
- Transcript production status
- Hansard transcripts
- Live broadcasts
Reports, hearing transcripts and answers to questions on notice
(including information from previous estimates hearings)
- Community Affairs
- Economics
- Education and Employment
- Environment and Communications
- Finance and Public Administration
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
More information
For more information on the role of estimates hearings, read:
Quote:Additional Budget Estimates 2014-2015
Hearing Program 25 and 26 February 2015 (PDF 79KB)
View report - (PDF 406KB)
Hansard Transcripts
25 February 2015 Defence Portfolio (PDF & HTML)
26 February 2015 Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio (PDF & HTML)
Tabled Documents
Questions on notice
Answers to questions on notice are due by close of business on Friday 17 April 2015.
Indexes and answers to questions on notice will be loaded to the respective department/agency pages via links below.
Defence Portfolio
Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio
- Department of Defence (including Defence Materiel Organisation)
- Department of Veterans' Affairs (including the Australian War Memorial)
- Defence Housing Australia
Clarifications and corrections to evidence
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) (including EFIC)
- Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
- Tourism Australia
Department of Defence, letter from GN Davies AO CSC, Air Vice–Marshal, Deputy Chief of Air Force, clarifying evidence given at the Senate Estimates hearing on 25 February 2015 in relation to Senator Conroy’s questions regarding the costs of Special Purpose Aircraft flights, dated 2 March 2015, received 23 March 2015 (PDF 278KB).
You will see that all of the committees are at various stages of following the due process from the Additional Estimates to their publication of the final report. Some (like above) have even published their final report.
Well that is until you get to the RRAT committee?? Here is what is listed for Additional Estimates for that committee..err..nothing or should I say TBA??
Quote:Estimates Hearings
2014–15 Estimates
- Budget - 26-30 May 2014
- Supplementary - 20, 21 and 24 October 2014
- Additional - TBA
Ahh...Houston miniscule (M&M) we have a problem..
MTF...P2