Senate estimates

Hearings for 2009-10 Budget Estimates will be held from Monday 25 May to Thursday 28 May 2009 and, if needed, Friday 29 May (Group A) and Monday 1 June to Thursday 4 June 2009 and, if needed, Friday 5 June (Group B).

Hansard transcripts

• Transcript production status for transcipts

• Hansards of estimates hearings (PDF format) (HTML format)

Live broadcasts:

• Senate estimates hearings are broadcast live over the Internet. Details can be found at www.aph.gov.au/live

  
  

General information

• 2009-10 Budget Estimates schedule of meetings (PDF 17KB)

• 2009-10 Budget Estimates program

• Information on Senate Committees considering 2009-10 Budget Estimates (PDF 30KB)

• Which committee deals with which portfolios?

• Previous estimates rounds
  (Including reports, transcripts and answers to questions on notice)

• Latest update: A link to the Senate Daily Summary, a convenient summary of each day's proceedings during estimates hearings.

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.

• For more information on the role of estimates hearings, read: Senate Brief No. 5—Consideration of estimates

• Government guidelines for official witnesses before Parliamentary Committees and related matters, November 1989 - (extract) - (full text)