Bill
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026
passed, as at 2025-10-29. Finance portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Finance
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2025-07-30
- second reading — 2025-07-30
- second reading — 2025-09-01
- second reading — 2025-09-02
- second reading — 2025-09-03
- other — 2025-09-04
- second reading — 2025-09-04
- other — 2025-09-04
- other — 2025-10-07
- second reading — 2025-10-09
- other — 2025-10-09
- third reading — 2025-10-09
- introduced — 2025-10-27
- second reading — 2025-10-27
- second reading — 2025-10-27
- second reading — 2025-10-28
- third reading — 2025-10-28
- passed — 2025-10-28
- royal assent — 2025-10-29
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 2025-07-30.
This bill would authorise the remaining spending for the Parliamentary Departments for the 2025-2026 financial year.
It would draw money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to cover the last seven months of the year, from December 2025 to June 2026.
The bill is a reintroduction of a lapsed version and includes an $800 million saving from reduced spending on consultants, contractors, labour hire, and non-wage expenses.
- Proposes appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the Parliamentary Departments.
- Provides the remaining 7/12ths of estimated 2025-26 annual appropriations.
- Reflects an $800 million saving in 2025-26 from cutting spending on consultants, contractors, labour hire, and non-wage expenses.
The Parliamentary Departments are affected.
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