State Government Financial Management


State Government Financial Management

12 February 2008 - 30 June 2008

Matters current as at 12 February 2008
Matters referred
during period
Reports tabled that discharge a reference
Current Inquiries as at 30 June 2008
Select Committee 0 1 0 1

Number and Hours of Meeting
Public
Hrs
Public Estimates
Hrs
Private
Hrs
Insp/Other
Hrs
Total Meetings
Total Hours
Select Committee 4 13:08 0 0:00 2 0:32 0 0:00 6 13:40

Meetings by State
ACT NSW VIC TAS SA WA NT QLD
Select
Committee		 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0

Witnesses
Hansard Pages
Televised hearings
Estimates
Other (Bills)
General
Estimates
Other (Bills)
General
No. of submissions
No. of Pages
Government Responses
Select Committee 0 0 0 16 0 0 245 42 1882 0

 

Select Committee on State Government
Financial Management

42nd Parliament (12 February 2008 to 30 June 2008)

Method of appointment

Pursuant to resolution agreed to by the Senate on 14 February 2008.

Current members

Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)
(elected Chair on 21.02.08)

14.02.08

Senator David Bushby (TAS, LP)

14.02.08

Senator Grant Chapman (SA, LP)

14.02.08

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)

14.02.08

Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)

14.02.08
   

Participating members

Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Guy Barnett (TAS, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)

17.03.08

Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Bob Brown (TAS, AG)

14.02.08

Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator George Campbell (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Jacinta Collins (VIC, ALP)

14.05.08

Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (NSW, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Mathias Cormann (WA, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)

17.03.08

Senator the Hon Christopher Ellison (WA, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Steve Fielding (VIC, FFP)

14.02.08

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Mitch Fifield (VIC, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)

17.03.08

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)

17.03.08

Senator John Hogg (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Steve Hutchins (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon David Johnston (WA, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Barnaby Joyce (QLD, NATS)

17.03.08

Senator the Hon Rod Kemp (VIC, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Linda Kirk (SA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Ross Lightfoot (WA, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Sandy Macdonald (NSW, NATS)

17.03.08

Senator Gavin Marshall (VIC, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Brett Mason (QLD, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Julian McGauran (VIC, LP)

17.03.08

Senator the Hon Jan McLucas (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Christine Milne (TAS, AG)

14.02.08

Senator the Hon Nicholas Minchin (SA, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Claire Moore (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Andrew Murray (WA, AD)

14.02.08

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)

17.03.08

Senator Kerry Nettle (NSW, AG)

14.02.08

Senator Kerry O'Brien (TAS, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)

17.03.08

Senator the Hon Kay Patterson (VIC, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)

17.03.08

Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (VIC, LP)

17.03.08

Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)

17.03.08

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

14.02.08

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Russell Trood (QLD, LP)

17.03.08

Senator John Watson (TAS, LP)

17.03.08

Senator Ruth Webber (WA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Wortley (SA, ALP

12.03.08
   

Former participating members

Term of appointment

Senator Robert Ray (VIC, ALP)

12.03.08–05.05.08

Current inquiry

As at 14 February 2008

  • Commonwealth and state and territory fiscal relations and state and territory government financial management, including:

    (a) Commonwealth funding to the states and territories—historic, current and projected;
    (b) the cash and fiscal budgetary positions of state and territory governments—historic, current and projected;
    (c) the level of debt of state/territory government businesses and utilities—historic, current and projected;
    (d) the level of borrowing by state/territory governments—historic, current and projected;
    (e) an examination of state/territory net government debt and its projected level—historic, current and projected;
    (f) the reasons for any government debt including an analysis of the level and efficiency of revenue and spending;
    (g) the level of investment in infrastructure and state-owned utilities by state and territory governments;
    (h) the effect of dividends paid by state-owned utilities on their ability to invest;
    (i) present and future ownership structures of current and former state-owned utilities and the impact of ownership on investment capacity; and
    (j) the effect of investment by state-owned utilities on Australia's capacity constraints.

Current inquiry

As at 30 June 2008

  • Commonwealth and state and territory fiscal relations and state and territory government financial management, including:

    (a) Commonwealth funding to the states and territories—historic, current and projected;
    (b) the cash and fiscal budgetary positions of state and territory governments—historic, current and projected;
    (c) the level of debt of state/territory government businesses and utilities—historic, current and projected;
    (d) the level of borrowing by state/territory governments—historic, current and projected;
    (e) an examination of state/territory net government debt and its projected level—historic, current and projected;
    (f) the reasons for any government debt including an analysis of the level and efficiency of revenue and spending;
    (g) the level of investment in infrastructure and state-owned utilities by state and territory governments;
    (h) the effect of dividends paid by state-owned utilities on their ability to invest;
    (i) present and future ownership structures of current and former state-owned utilities and the impact of ownership on investment capacity; and
    (j) the effect of investment by state-owned utilities on Australia's capacity constraints.


Public hearings

14 February 2008–30 June 2008

  • 27 March 2008, Adelaide; 19 May 2008, Melbourne; 20 May 2008, Hobart;
    12 June 2008, Perth

Reports tabled

14 February 2008–30 June 2008

  • Nil

Government responses

14 February 2008–30 June 2008

  • Nil

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