Senate estimates

Budget estimates hearings for 2008-09 will be held from Monday 26 May until Thursday 5 June and, if needed, Friday 6 June.

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

• Schedule of meetings
  
  
• Information on Senate Committees considering 2008-09 Budget Estimates
  

• 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.

        2008-09 Budget Papers

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)