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Public Accounts Committee

Budget Briefing 2014-15

Report No. 5August 2014

Legislative Assembly Parliament of Western Australia

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Legislative Assembly Tel: (08) 9222 7494

Parliament House Fax: (08) 9222 7804

Harvest Terrace Email: [email protected]

PERTH WA 6000 Website: www.parliament.wa.gov.au/pac

Published by the Parliament of Western Australia, Perth.August 2014.ISBN: 978-1-925116-17-5

(Series: Western Australia. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Committees.

Public Accounts Committee. Report 5)

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Committee Members

Chairman Mr S.K. L’Estrange, MLAMember for Churchlands

Deputy Chairman Mr B.S. Wyatt, MLAMember for Victoria Park

Members Mrs G.J. Godfrey, MLAMember for Belmont

Mr W.J. Johnston, MLAMember for Cannington

Mr M.H. Taylor, MLAMember for Bateman

Committee Staff

Principal Research Officer Mr Tim Hughes

Research Officer Ms Michele Chiasson

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Public Accounts Committee 

Budget Briefing 2014‐15 

Report No. 5 

Presented by 

Mr S.K. L'Estrange, MLA 

Laid on the Table of the Legislative Assembly on 21 August 2014 

 

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Contents 

1  Budget Briefing 2014‐2015  1 

Background  1 

Appendices  3 

1  Treasury’s Budget Briefing:  2014‐15 Budget Western Australia  3 

2  Response to Questions on Notice taken during the briefing  39 

3  Committee’s functions and powers  43 

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Chapter 1 

Budget Briefing 2014‐2015 

Background 

1.1 On Tuesday, 13 May 2014, the Public Accounts Committee (the Committee) 

hosted a briefing on the 2014‐2015 Western Australian State Budget.  The 

briefing was offered to all interested members of the Western Australian 

Parliament and was delivered by the following senior officials from the 

Department of Treasury (Treasury): 

Mr Michael Barnes, Acting Under Treasurer; 

Mr Michael Court, Acting Deputy Under Treasurer; 

Ms Kaylene Gulich, Acting Executive Director, Infrastructure and Finance; 

Mr Alistair Jones, Acting Executive Director, Performance and Evaluation; 

and 

Mr Richard Watson, Acting Executive Director, Economic. 

1.2 As has become customary, the annual briefing was held in the week 

immediately following the Treasurer’s presentation of the Appropriation Bills 

in the Legislative Assembly and the delivery of his Budget speech.  The briefing 

included a PowerPoint presentation that outlined key elements of the Budget 

and provided an opportunity for all members to acquire detailed knowledge, 

and to question senior Treasury officials, on the economic forecasts for the 

year ahead and the impact of the Government’s income and expenditure 

proposals on the State’s bottom line. 

1.3 During the briefing the Acting Under Treasurer received questions from the 

floor, five of which he took on notice. 

1.4 Treasury subsequently provided responses to the questions taken on notice 

and the Committee forwarded these to all the members who were present at 

the briefing. 

1.5 The material provided by Treasury is highly informative and the Committee 

sees value in extending its distribution beyond the confines of the Parliament.  

Consequently, the Committee resolved to table this short report, which 

includes the PowerPoint presentation used by the Acting Under Treasurer at 

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Chapter 1 

Appendix One and Treasury’s response to the questions taken on notice at 

Appendix Two. 

1.6 It is the intention of the Committee to continue this practice with the 

remaining Budget Briefings it hosts during the rest of this term of Parliament. 

1.7 The Committee would like to express its gratitude to Mr Barnes for his 

cooperation in this process and for the presentation.  Similarly, the Committee 

would like to acknowledge the input of Mr Court, Ms Gulich, Mr Jones, and Mr 

Watson. 

 

 

 

 

MR S.K. L’ESTRANGE, MLA 

CHAIRMAN 

 

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Appendix Three 

Committee’s functions and powers  

1.8 The Public Accounts Committee inquires into and reports to the Legislative 

Assembly on any proposal, matter or thing it considers necessary, connected 

with the receipt and expenditure of public moneys, including moneys allocated 

under the annual Appropriation bills and Loan Fund. Standing Order 286 of the 

Legislative Assembly states that: 

1.9 The Committee may ‐ 

1 Examine the financial affairs and accounts of government agencies of the State 

which includes any statutory board, commission, authority, committee, or 

trust established or appointed pursuant to any rule, regulation, by‐law, order, 

order in Council, proclamation, ministerial direction or any other like means. 

2 Inquire into and report to the Assembly on any question which ‐ 

a) it deems necessary to investigate; 

b) (Deleted V. & P. p. 225, 18 June 2008); 

c) is referred to it by a Minister; or 

d) is referred to it by the Auditor General. 

3 Consider any papers on public expenditure presented to the Assembly and 

such of the expenditure as it sees fit to examine. 

4 Consider whether the objectives of public expenditure are being achieved, or 

may be achieved more economically. 

5 The Committee will investigate any matter which is referred to it by resolution 

of the Legislative Assembly.