Bill
Parliamentary Service Amendment (Post-election Report) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2019-03-01. Finance portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Finance
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-12-05
- second reading — 2018-12-05
- second reading — 2019-02-13
- second reading — 2019-02-13
- third reading — 2019-02-13
- introduced — 2019-02-14
- second reading — 2019-02-14
- second reading — 2019-02-14
- second reading — 2019-02-14
- third reading — 2019-02-14
- passed — 2019-02-14
- royal assent — 2019-03-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-12-05.
This bill would push back the date by which the Parliamentary Budget Office must publish its post-election report on the cost of parties' promises.
It would amend the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 to give the PBO more time to prepare the report after a federal election.
The change follows a 2017 independent review that also recommended expanding the report to include medium-term financial impacts and policies of smaller parties, but those changes do not need legislation.
- The bill changes the deadline for publishing the post-election report.
- It amends the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 to allow more time for the report's preparation.
- The delayed publication is intended to accommodate the expanded scope of the report and to increase its visibility closer to when Parliament resumes.
The Parliamentary Budget Office and political parties with five or more parliamentarians are affected, as well as smaller parties that choose to be included in the report.
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