Table of Contents

BUDGET ESTIMATES 1998-99 REPORT

Table of Contents

Committee Membership

Introduction

Matters concerning the parliamentary departments

Department of the Senate

Matters concerning the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio

The Olympic Commemorative Medal

The Federation Fund

The position of the Strategic Investment Co-ordinator

Establishment of the Office of Indigenous Policy

Outsourcing of corporate functions

Matters concerning the Finance and Administration portfolio

Government Members' Secretariat

Competitive tendering and contracting

Asset sales

Information technology outsourcing

General issues

Responses to questions taken on notice

Format of the Portfolio Budget Statements

Corrigenda

Role of Finance representatives

Bouquets

Audit reports

Questions on notice and supplementary hearings

Minority report from Senators Ray and Sherry