Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) | Link to this | Hansard source

I table a letter from Senator Wong regarding estimates, and I move:

(1) That estimates hearings by legislation committees for 2025 be scheduled as follows:

2024-25 additional estimates:

Monday, 24 February and Tuesday, 25 February (Group A)

Wednesday, 26 February and Thursday, 27 February (Group B)

2025-26 Budget estimates:

Monday, 7 April to Thursday, 10 April and, if required, Friday, 11 April (Group A)

Monday, 14 April to Thursday, 17 April and, if required, Tuesday, 22 April (Group B)

Monday, 27 October and Tuesday, 28 October (supplementary hearingsGroup A)

Wednesday, 29 October and Thursday, 30 October (supplementary hearingsGroup B).

(2) That cross portfolio estimates hearings on Indigenous matters and on Murray-Darling Basin Plan matters be scheduled for Friday, 28 February, Friday, 11 April, and Friday, 31 October, but not be restricted to these days.

(3) That the committees consider the proposed expenditure in accordance with the allocation of departments and agencies to committees agreed to by the Senate.

(4) That committees meet in the following groups:

Group A:

Environment and Communications

Finance and Public Administration

Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport

Group B:

Community Affairs

Economics

Education and Employment

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.

(5) That the committees report to the Senate on the following dates:

(a) Tuesday, 25 March 2025, in respect of the 2024-25 additional estimates; and

(b) Tuesday, 27 May 2025, in respect of the 2025-26 Budget estimates.

Question agreed to.