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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Appropriation Bill 2025

Estimates Committees

Adjourned debate on motion:

That the proposed expenditures referred to Estimates Committees A and B be agreed to.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer, Minister for Defence and Space Industries, Minister for Police) (18:21): I just want to make some brief concluding comments. Firstly, I thank all those who put such an extraordinary amount of time, effort and preparation into estimates: the staff of both houses, who ensure that the process of estimates goes so smoothly and is so well organised; then all the government agencies and departments that put such a huge amount of time and effort into preparing the briefings and other materials that the ministers rely on so much in order to be able to respond to the questions and queries that are put through the estimates process; and also the members of the opposition, because it is an extraordinary task to be able to pore through the budget papers, identify issues that are of note or concern, to frame questions and to then come into the committee and prosecute those questions and try to glean some more detailed information. Particularly for those members who were present in a number of committees with different ministers, it only highlights just how much work is required to be able to do that day after day, minister after minister, so thank you very much for that effort as well.

We have had a number of members reflect on the estimates process, and I listened with interest to the comments of the member for Morialta who, in his 16th year in this place, has seen quite a few of these processes—not as many as the 136 that the member for West Torrens has lived through, but still quite an extensive amount of experience of the estimates process, and I think it is fair to say it can be a variable process for those engaged in it. Sometimes, it is genuinely illuminating and interesting getting to the bottom of some of the issues that are of concern to the opposition today, sometimes it can be a bit more perfunctory, but none of that takes away from the level of effort and the amount of time that is invested in the process.

To all of those who have been engaged in that, as well as the committee members themselves, particularly in those committees that do not tend to have a large number of questions from the government benches, it can be quite a long day. It provides the opportunity to work, not so much other recreational pastimes, which some members of bygone eras have been identified as engaging in during estimates, but it is a large effort.

I also want to pay credit to the member for Heysen, who was able to provide some of his reflections on this year's estimates. For those of us who regrettably missed the member for Heysen's engagement in this year's estimates process, we were lucky enough to have the Wide World of Sports highlights re-presented for the benefit of the house a little earlier today. I recognise and admire his vim and vigour in ensuring that the house was made aware of some of the more interesting proceedings as far as he saw it.

Thank you very much to all who have been involved. Thank you to those members who provided their comments back to the house to report back. Even though it is a flagrant breach of standing orders and clearly unparliamentary, I draw attention to the fact that we have a guest of the house who is wearing the Port Adelaide prison bars, which are always welcome in this chamber. With that, I conclude my remarks.

Motion carried.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer, Minister for Defence and Space Industries, Minister for Police) (18:26): I move:

That the remainder of the bill be agreed to.

Motion carried.

Third Reading

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer, Minister for Defence and Space Industries, Minister for Police) (18:26): I move:

That this bill be now read a third time.

Bill read a third time and passed.


At 18:27 the house adjourned until Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 11:00.


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