Appropriation Bill (No 1) 2026 (No 18) & Appropriation Bill (No 2) 2026 (No 19)
Tuesday 23 June 2026
APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1) 2026 (No. 18) APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 2) 2026 (No. 19) Permissive Instruction Ms ARMITAGE (Launceston) (by leave) - Mr President, I seek leave to move a motion without notice relating to the usual permissive instruction to the Committee of the Whole Council concerning the budget bills. I move - That with regard to the Appropriation Bills (Nos. 1 and 2) 2026 (Nos. 18 and 19) that the Committee of the Whole Council be empowered to consider Output and other expenditure detail contained in the documents Agency Information Supporting Appropriation Bill (No. 1)(Budget Paper No. 2) and Agency Information Supporting Appropriation Bill (No. 2)(Budget Paper No. 2). And further - That the Committee be empowered to exercise a vote on each proposed output as part of the process of approving appropriations contained within the Appropriation Bills (Nos. 1 and 2) of 2026 under the two-line Operating Services and Capital Services appropriation; And further - That the Committee of the Whole Council be empowered to consider the outputs as recommended in the Reports of Estimates Committees A and B, and that the outputs recommended in those reports be not subject to debate, and only those outputs recommended and listed as being subject to further consideration be open to debate in Committee; Provided - That should any member require further consideration of any output then the procedural mechanism of recommittal is to be used.
