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 will hold 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.

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:


Terms of reference

Please click here for terms of reference.

DescriptionPDFWord
PAC QTON 8 - 11 ANSWERS - OLA - Speaker PDF (191.2 KB)
PAC QTON 7 - Canberra properties subject to land tax of short-term rental offerings - BRADDOCK PDF (324.3 KB)
PAC QTON 6 - List of Territory concessio~vailable to individuals not on Commonwealth concessions - LEE PDF (334.8 KB)
PAC QTON 5 - Investment in companies that manufacture weapons - CLAY PDF (372.8 KB)
PAC QTON 4 - Rates non-payment attributed to authorised deferral of rates - KIKKERT PDF (346.3 KB)
PAC QTON 3 - Breakdown of overdue rates into residential and commercial - KIKKERT PDF (322.8 KB)
PAC QTON 23 ANSWER - MPC - MPC and TCCS Budget changes - Lee PDF (372.2 KB)
PAC QTON 22 ANSWER - PWC Contract for consultation on light rail - Lee PDF (366.7 KB)
PAC QTON 21 - Complaints to Icon Water from businesses - CASTLEY PDF (322.9 KB)
PAC QTON 20 - Complaints to Icon Water from suburbs with old infrastructure - KIKKERT PDF (326.3 KB)
PAC QTON 2 - Reviewing government programs and functions in last 2 years - KIKKERT PDF (318.5 KB)
PAC QTON 19 - Breakdown of complaints to Icon Water - PETTERSSON PDF (321.8 KB)
PAC QTON 18 - Complaints about water meters - PETTERSSON PDF (318.8 KB)
PAC QTON 17 - How much has it cost to free up our sewerage - KIKKERT PDF (316.2 KB)
PAC QTON 16 - Spending on Free the Poo campaign - PETTERSSON PDF (347.0 KB)
PAC QTON 15 - Which suburbs have the most blockages - PETTERSSON PDF (341.5 KB)
PAC QTON 14 - Total infrastructure investment expenditure - LEE PDF (353.5 KB)
PAC QTON 13 ANSWER - Ombudsman - Kikkert PDF (293.2 KB)
PAC QTON 12 ANSWER - Ombudsman - Kikkert PDF (314.9 KB)
PAC QTON 1 - Wellbeing Indicators Data - PETTERSSON PDF (396.0 KB)
DescriptionPDFWord
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.

DescriptionPDFWord
PAC QON 4 ANSWER - Office of the Legislative Assembly - Pettersson PDF (207.2 KB)
PAC QON 3 ANSWER - Advice in relation to Australian competition and consumer law - Castley PDF (209.0 KB)
PAC QON 2 ANSWER - TSY - Infrastructure Project Delivery - Lee PDF (238.2 KB)
PAC QON 1 ANSWER - Gender Impact Analysis - Clay PDF (373.2 KB)
DescriptionPDFWord
PAC QTON 8 - 11 ANSWERS - OLA - Speaker PDF (191.2 KB)
PAC QTON 7 - Canberra properties subject to land tax of short-term rental offerings - BRADDOCK PDF (324.3 KB)
PAC QTON 6 - List of Territory concessio~vailable to individuals not on Commonwealth concessions - LEE PDF (334.8 KB)
PAC QTON 5 - Investment in companies that manufacture weapons - CLAY PDF (372.8 KB)
PAC QTON 4 - Rates non-payment attributed to authorised deferral of rates - KIKKERT PDF (346.3 KB)
PAC QTON 3 - Breakdown of overdue rates into residential and commercial - KIKKERT PDF (322.8 KB)
PAC QTON 23 ANSWER - MPC - MPC and TCCS Budget changes - Lee PDF (372.2 KB)
PAC QTON 22 ANSWER - PWC Contract for consultation on light rail - Lee PDF (366.7 KB)
PAC QTON 21 - Complaints to Icon Water from businesses - CASTLEY PDF (322.9 KB)
PAC QTON 20 - Complaints to Icon Water from suburbs with old infrastructure - KIKKERT PDF (326.3 KB)
PAC QTON 2 - Reviewing government programs and functions in last 2 years - KIKKERT PDF (318.5 KB)
PAC QTON 19 - Breakdown of complaints to Icon Water - PETTERSSON PDF (321.8 KB)
PAC QTON 18 - Complaints about water meters - PETTERSSON PDF (318.8 KB)
PAC QTON 17 - How much has it cost to free up our sewerage - KIKKERT PDF (316.2 KB)
PAC QTON 16 - Spending on Free the Poo campaign - PETTERSSON PDF (347.0 KB)
PAC QTON 15 - Which suburbs have the most blockages - PETTERSSON PDF (341.5 KB)
PAC QTON 14 - Total infrastructure investment expenditure - LEE PDF (353.5 KB)
PAC QTON 13 ANSWER - Ombudsman - Kikkert PDF (293.2 KB)
PAC QTON 12 ANSWER - Ombudsman - Kikkert PDF (314.9 KB)
PAC QTON 1 - Wellbeing Indicators Data - PETTERSSON PDF (396.0 KB)
DescriptionPDFWord
4. Ombudsman Response to Recommendation 19 tabled 1 December 2021 PDF (1.1 MB)
3. Speaker's Response to Recommendations 20 and 21 - tabled 23 November 2021 PDF (455.3 KB)
2. Government response - tabled 23 November 2021 PDF (649.0 KB)
1. Report 2 - Appropriation Bill 2021-2022 and Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2021-2022 PDF (449.5 KB) Word (2.3 MB)
DescriptionPDFWord
Public hearings schedule PDF (322.1 KB)
Letter from Major Projects Canberra dated 9 December 2021 PDF (134.0 KB)
DescriptionPDFWord
Government Response to 2021-22 CIE Report PDF (473.8 KB)
CIE Final Report - Review of the 2021-22 ACT Budget PDF (1.1 MB)
CIE Draft Report - Review of the 2021-22 ACT Budget PDF (1.1 MB)


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