Chapter 1 -         Additional Estimates 2017–18

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 83, 8 February 2018, p. 2647.

[2]        As a matter of comity between the Houses neither House inquires into the operations of the other House. For this reason, neither the annual report of, nor the proposed expenditure for, the Department of the House of Representatives is referred to a Senate committee for review.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, No. 2, 31 August 2016, pp. 75–76.

[4]        Journals of the Senate, No. 22, 26 August 2008, p. 683; and Journals of the Senate, No. 70, 15 November 2017, p. 2227.

[5]        Budget 2017–18, Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements, available at: http://www.budget.gov.au/2017-18/content/paes/html/ (accessed 9 March 2018).

[6]        Journals of the Senate, No. 83, 8 February 2018, p. 2647.

[7]        Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2017–18, Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio, p. 9.

[8]        Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2017–18, Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio, p. 9. Administrative Arrangements Order, Amendment made 30 November 2017, Part 15, available at: https://www.pmc.gov.au/resource-centre/government/administrative-arrangements-order-%E2%80%93-amendment-made-30-november-2017 (accessed 9 March 2018).

[9]        Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2017–18, Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio, p. 9. Administrative Arrangements Order, Amendment made 20 December 2017, Part 15, available at: https://www.pmc.gov.au/resource-centre/government/aao-amendment-made-20-dec-2017 (accessed 9 March 2018).

[10]      Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2017–18, Finance Portfolio, pp. 3–5.

[11]      Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2017–18, Finance Portfolio, pp. 3–4.

[12]      Australian Public Service Commission, Question on Notice 30, Contact with IPA and the HR Nicholls Society, Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio, Supplementary Estimates 2017–18, available at: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Senate_Estimates.

[13]      The Hon John Lloyd, Australian Public Service Commissioner, Australian Public Service Commission, Committee Hansard, 26 February 2018, p. 28.

[14]      Department of Finance, Question on Notice 36, FM Printing, Finance Portfolio, Supplementary Estimates 2017–18, available at: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Senate_Estimates.

[15]      Senator James Paterson, Chair, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard, 27 February 2018, p. 90.

[16]      Senator James Paterson, Chair, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard, 27 February 2018, p. 90.

[17]      Senator James Paterson, Chair, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard, 27 February 2018, p. 91.

[18]      Senator James Paterson, Chair, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard, 27 February 2018, pp. 91–92.