Senate debates

Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Budget

Proposed Expenditure; Consideration by Estimates Committees

3:46 pm

Photo of John FaulknerJohn Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | | Hansard source

I table particulars of proposed expenditure, as circulated in the chamber, Issues from the advance to the Finance Minister as a final charge for the year ended 30 June 2007, and the final budget outcome 2006-07.

The list read as follows—

Particulars of proposed additional expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 2008 [Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2007-2008].

Particulars of certain proposed additional expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 2008 [Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2007-2008].

Issues from the Advance to the Finance Minister as a final charge for the year ended 30 June 2007.

Final budget outcome 2006-07—Report by the Treasurer (Mr Costello) and the Minister for Finance and Administration (Senator Minchin), September 2007.

I seek leave to move a motion to refer the documents to legislative and general purpose standing committees.

Leave granted.

I move:

That––

(a)
the documents be referred to committees for examination and report; and
(b)
consideration of the Issues from the Advance to the Finance Minister as a final charge for the year ended 30 June 2007 in committee of the whole be made an order of the day for the day on which committees report on their examination of the additional estimates.

Question agreed to.