Senate debates
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WELFARE PAYMENT REFORM) BILL 2007; NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE BILL 2007; FAMILIES, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008
In Committee
10:13 pm
Trish Crossin (NT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source
I seek some clarification on the comments in the Alert Digest that go to clause 63, the special standing appropriation. That clause makes a special appropriation out of consolidated revenue. The committee seeks the minister’s advice regarding why this special appropriation is considered necessary. I ask you now why you believe that this appropriation is considered necessary, whether any limit has been forecast as to the total amount of such an appropriation and why an explanation could not have been included in the explanatory memorandum on this provision.
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