Next hearings


Each government portfolio is allocated to a committee for the consideration of estimates, and each year the Senate adopts a schedule for the following year's estimates hearings.

Additionally, cross portfolio hearings are held on Indigenous matters during each estimates round.

The Senate agreed to hold a cross portfolio hearing on Murray-Darling Basin Plan matters during the 2024-25 Budget estimates.

Each committee may hold further estimates hearings, as required. Dates and schedules for these hearings will be added to this page as the information is available.

Information on past hearings can be found on the relevant committee's estimates homepage.

2024–25 Supplementary budget estimates
4 to 8 November 2024

Schedule of hearings - 4 to 8 November 2024 (PDF 470KB)
Consolidated program for 4 to 8 November 2024 (PDF 888KB)

Group A
Monday, 4 November and Tuesday, 5 November

Environment and Communications

  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • The Environment and Water
  • Communications and the Arts

Program for the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee

Finance and Public Administration

  • Finance
  • Parliament
  • Prime Minister and Cabinet

Program for the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee

Legal and Constitutional Affairs

  • Attorney-General's
  • Home Affairs

Program for the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee

Rural and Regional
Affairs and Transport

  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries and Forestry
  • Infrastructure
  • Transport
  • Regional Development

Program for the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee

Group B
Wednesday, 6 November and Thursday, 7 November

Community Affairs

  • Health and Aged Care
  • Social Services

Program for the Community Affairs Legislation Committee

Economics

  • Industry, Science & Resources
  • Treasury

Program for the Economics Legislation Committee

Education and Employment

  • Education
  • Employment and Workplace Relations

Program for the Education and Employment Legislation Committee

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

  • Defence, including Veterans' Affairs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Program for the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee

Cross portfolio
Friday, 8 November 2024

Environment and Communications

  • Cross Portfolio Murray-Darling Basin Plan matters

Program for the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee

Finance and Public Administration

  • Cross Portfolio Indigenous matters

Program for the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee

Spillover hearing
Friday, 8 November 2024

Environment and Communications

  • Bureau of Meteorology

Program for the Environment and Communicatoins Legislation Committee