Inquiry status:  

Completed

Date started: 6 October 2021

Pursuant to clause 7 of Resolution of Establishment on 2 December 2020 (and amended on 11 February, 9 November 2021).

Reporting date:

Report released 11 November 2021

The ACT Legislative Assembly has established seven inquiries into the ACT Budget 2021-22, to be conducted by each of the standing committees in the Assembly.

To identify the standing committee most relevant to your sector or policy area, please look at the committee areas of responsibility on the Assembly website.

The ACT Budget 2021–22 presents on Wednesday 6 October 2021 and then published by ACT Government on the Treasury website.

Committees must report on their inquiries before 12 November 2021.

Public hearings

Assembly standing committees held hearings with ACT Government Ministers and officials from Monday 18 October to Friday 29 October 2021.

Some standing committees will conduct hearings with community and industry groups on Friday 15 October 2021.

Due to public health restrictions during the COVID-19 outbreak, hearings will be conducted online.  You can watch proceedings via Video on Demand.

View Hearing schedule.

This inquiry is now complete.

The Committee’s report were released on 11 November 2021 and is available under the “Reports” tab above.

The Government Responses to the reports are due on 11 March 2022 and, when published, will be available under the “Government Responses” tab above.

The Committee thanks all those who contributed to the inquiry or participating in hearings.

For further information, please contact the Secretariat : LACommitteeAnnualReports@act.gov.au


Terms of reference

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Resolution of establishment for the committee PDF (182.3 KB) Word (26.1 KB)
9. Resolution amendment on 28 November 2023 PDF (70.7 KB) Word (15.0 KB)
8. Resolution amendment on 4 August 2022 PDF (95.5 KB) Word (12.6 KB)
7. Resolution amendment on 5 April 2022 PDF (71.2 KB) Word (12.5 KB)
6. Resolution amendment on 10 February 2022 PDF (70.6 KB) Word (12.7 KB)
5. Resolution amendment on 9 November 2021 PDF (71.5 KB) Word (12.5 KB)
4. Resolution amendment on 16 September 2021 PDF (72.5 KB) Word (12.6 KB)
3. Resolution amendment on 22 April 2021 PDF (72.5 KB) Word (12.7 KB)
2. Resolution amendment on 30 March 2021 PDF (73.6 KB) Word (12.7 KB)
1. Resolution amendment on 11 February 2021 PDF (68.9 KB) Word (12.3 KB)

COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY GROUP SURVEY

The Economy, Gender and Economic Equality Committee is running an online survey to invite the community to provide feedback on the Budget.

The survey results will be provided to the other six standing committees to inform their inquiries.

The survey closes at 10am on Monday 11 October 2021. Responses will be published on the Assembly website (with personal contact details redacted). If you wish your survey response to be confidential, you can indicate this in the survey.

Click here to complete the Budget survey

HEARINGS WITH COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY GROUPS

Standing committees have opportunity to conduct community hearings on the Budget on Friday 15 October 2021, and may invite community and industry groups to appear to give evidence by video link.

If you are interested in attending a hearing to express your views on the Budget, you can approach the standing committee whose area of responsibility aligns most closely with your organisation:

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Survey response 5 - Perinatal Wellbeing Centre PDF (51.3 KB)
Survey response 4 - Youth Coalition of the ACT PDF (59.7 KB)
Survey response 3 - ACTCOSS PDF (53.9 KB)
Survey response 2 - Confidential PDF (39.3 KB)
Survey response 1 - Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy PDF (53.1 KB)

Public hearings

15 October 2021 (Community Day)

18 to 29 October 2021

View Public hearings schedule and click here to read transcripts from these hearings.

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QON ECCB 4 Answer - EPSDD - Official targets, gas conversion and social cost of carbon - Castley PDF (269.5 KB)
QON ECCB 3 Answer - EPSDD - Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act - Castley PDF (219.3 KB)
QON ECCB 2 Answer - Climate Action - Gender Impact Analysis - Clay PDF (235.8 KB)
QON ECCB 1 Answer - EPSDD - Gender Impact Analysis - Clay PDF (233.0 KB)
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QTON ECCB 23 Answer - EPSDD - Output 2.1 underspend - CASTLEY PDF (614.4 KB)
QTON ECCB 22 Answer - EPSDD - Diesel vehicles purchased by ACT Government - CASTLEY PDF (180.0 KB)
QTON ECCB 21 Answer - Better Infrastructure Fund - BRADDOCK PDF (179.4 KB)
QTON ECCB 20 Answer - WSUD projects & compliance documents - LAWDER PDF (184.3 KB)
QTON ECCB 19 Answer - Healthy Waterways infrastructure projects - LAWDER PDF (177.7 KB)
QTON ECCB 18 Answer - Number of public electric vehicle charging stations - CASTLEY PDF (178.1 KB)
QTON ECCB 17 Answer - HEALTH - Recreational water quality guidelines - LAWDER PDF (260.4 KB)
QTON ECCB 16 Answer - Stormwater treatments - LAWDER PDF (210.6 KB)
QTON ECCB 15 Answer - A Better Functioning Lake by 2030 - LAWDER PDF (235.5 KB)
QTON ECCB 14 Answer - EPSDD - Households switching away from gas - CASTLEY PDF (228.7 KB)
QTON ECCB 13 Answer - EPA - Molonglo River Sewerage Spill - CASTLEY PDF (317.4 KB)
QTON ECCB 12 Answer - CSE - Electrification of the bus fleet - CASTLEY PDF (253.6 KB)
QTON ECCB 11 Answer - CSE - Budget allocation for biodiversity - CASTLEY PDF (213.6 KB)
QTON ECCB 08 Answer - EPA - Gross pollutant trap complaints - CASTLEY PDF (294.8 KB)
QTON ECCB 07 Answer - EPA - Air pollution complaints comparison Dec-Jan period - CLAY PDF (297.8 KB)
QTON ECCB 06 Answer - EPA - Air pollution complaints handling outcomes - CLAY PDF (302.1 KB)
QTON ECCB 05 Answer - EPA - Resources allocated to point source pollution- BRADDOCK PDF (323.1 KB)
QTON ECCB 04 Answer - EPA - Noise Complaints Handling Timeframes, Costs - CASTLEY PDF (322.9 KB)
QTON ECCB 03 Answer - EPA - Draft EP Guidelines for Construction and Land Development - CAIN PDF (304.5 KB)
QTON ECCB 02 Answer - EPA - Environment Protection Budget Decrease - CASTLEY PDF (306.1 KB)
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Report 2 - Corrigendum - Dec 2021 PDF (276.7 KB) Word (185.0 KB)
Report 2 - Appropriation Bill 2021-2022 and Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2021-2022 PDF (546.2 KB) Word (2.9 MB)
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Government response tabled 23 November 2021 PDF (649.0 KB)
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Public hearings schedule PDF (322.1 KB)
Correction - Correspondence from Minister Rattenbury - Hearings on 21 October 2021 PDF (225.6 KB)


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