House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-04-10 Daily Xml

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SUPPLY BILL 2013

Introduction and First Reading

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (15:52): Obtained leave and introduced a bill for an act for the appropriation of money from the Consolidated Account for the financial year ended 30 June 2014. Read a first time.

Second Reading

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (15:32): I move:

That this bill be now read a second time.

A supply bill will be necessary for the first three months of the 2013-14 financial year until the budget has passed through the parliamentary stages and the Appropriation Bill 2013 receives assent. In the absence of special arrangements in the form of supply acts, there would be no parliamentary authority for expenditure between the commencement of the new financial year and the date on which assent is given to the main Appropriation Bill. The amount being sought under this bill is $3,205,000,000. Clause 1 is formal. Clause 2 provides relevant definitions. Clause 3 provides for the appropriation of up to $3,205,000,000.

Debate adjourned on motion of Ms Chapman.