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Scope

Created as a response to the recommendations of the 1981 Select Committee on Parliament’s Appropriations and Staffing, the Standing Committee on Appropriations and Staffing determined the proposed spending for the Senate and advised the President on staffing matters of the Department of the Senate.

Chairs

President of the Senate

Sequence

Parliament’s Appropriations and Staffing
Appropriations and Staffing
Appropriations, Staffing and Security
1982
3.125
6.25
9.375
12.5
15.625
18.75
21.875
25
28.125
31.25
34.375
37.5
40.625
43.75
46.875
50
53.125
56.25
59.375
62.5
65.625
68.75
71.875
75
78.125
81.25
84.375
87.5
90.625
93.75
96.875
100
2015
Department of the Senate staff on the steps of the provisional Parliament House in 1988.

Department of the Senate staff on the steps of the provisional Parliament House in 1988.

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Donald Scott Jessop, committee member 1982-87, Interview with Bruce Edwards, 1990-91, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/91, session 13, 00:09:18-00:10:47.

Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-207945070/listen

Reports

Date tabled Title Read report
First Report Parliamentary paper number 135/1982 Document icon
Second Report Parliamentary paper number 162/1982 Document icon
Third Report Parliamentary paper number 95/1983 Document icon
Fourth Report Parliamentary paper number 2/1984 Document icon
Annual Reports 1983-84 Parliamentary paper number 259/1984 Document icon
Fifth Report Parliamentary paper number 241/1985 Document icon
Annual Reports 1985-85 Parliamentary paper number 327/1985 Document icon
Sixth Report Parliamentary paper number 169/1986 Document icon
Annual Reports 1985-86 Parliamentary paper number 225/1986 Document icon
Seventh Report Parliamentary paper number 429/1986 Document icon
Eighth Report Parliamentary paper number 169/1987 Document icon
Annual Reports 1986-87 Parliamentary paper number 298/1987 Document icon
Ninth Report Parliamentary paper number 214/1987 Document icon
Tenth Report Parliamentary paper number 382/1988 Document icon
Annual Reports 1987-88 Parliamentary paper number 384/1988 Document icon
Eleventh Report: Reductions in Appropriations for the Senate Parliamentary paper number 383/1988 Document icon
Annual Report 1988-89 Parliamentary paper number 460/1989 Document icon
Twelfth Report: Appropriations for the Senate For 1989-90 Parliamentary paper number 460/1989 Document icon
Thirteenth Report Parliamentary paper number 47/1990 Document icon
Annual Report 1989-90 Parliamentary paper number 432/1990 Document icon
Fourteenth Report Parliamentary paper number 433/1990 Document icon
Fifteenth Report Parliamentary paper number 452/1991 Document icon
Annual Report 1990-91 Parliamentary paper number 477/1991 Document icon
Sixteenth Report Parliamentary paper number 478/1991 Document icon
Seventeenth Report Parliamentary paper number 541/1992 Document icon
Annual Report 1991-92 Parliamentary paper number 541/1992 Document icon
Eighteenth Report Parliamentary paper number 541/1992 Document icon
Nineteenth Report and Annual Report for 1992-93 Parliamentary paper number 115/1993 Document icon
Twentieth Report Parliamentary paper number 473/1994 Document icon
Annual Report 1993-94 Parliamentary paper number 473/1994 Document icon
Twenty-First Report Parliamentary paper number 473/1994 Document icon
Twenty-Second Report Parliamentary paper number 490/1995 Document icon
Annual Report 1994-95 Parliamentary paper number 490/1995 Document icon
Twenty-Third Report Parliamentary paper number 490/1995 Document icon
Senate Committee Office Review of Resources, June 1995
Twenty-Fourth Report Parliamentary paper number 427/1996 Document icon
Annual Report 1995-96 Parliamentary paper number 427/1996 Document icon
Twenty-Fifth Report Parliamentary paper number 467/1997 Document icon
26th Report: Proposed amalgamation of the Parliamentary Departments Parliamentary paper number 99/1997 Document icon
27th Report: Transfer of responsibility for the administration of Senators’ travelling allowances Parliamentary paper number 143/1997 Document icon
28th Report: Consideration of the Parliamentary Service Bill 1997 Parliamentary paper number 469/1997 Document icon
Twenty-Ninth Report Parliamentary paper number 154/1998 Document icon
Annual Report 1997-98 Parliamentary paper number 287/1998 Document icon
Thirtieth Report
Thirty-First Report: Proposed Restructuring of the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff
Annual Report 1998-99
Thirty-Second Report: Parliamentary Service Bill 1999 Parliamentary paper number 450/1999 Document icon
Thirty-Third Report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2000-2001 Parliamentary paper number 183/2000 Document icon
Annual Report 1999-2000 Parliamentary paper number 404/2000 Document icon
Thirty-Fourth Report: Additional Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2000-2001 Parliamentary paper number 411/2000 Document icon
Thirty-Fifth Report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2001-2002 Parliamentary paper number 80/2001 Document icon
Annual Report 2000-2001 Parliamentary paper number 163/2001 Document icon
36th report: Estimatesfor the Department of the Senate 2002-20003 Parliamentary paper number 327/2002 Document icon
Annual Report 2001-02 Parliamentary paper number 353/2002 Document icon
37th report: Administration of Parliamentary Security Parliamentary paper number 578/2002 Document icon
38th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2003-04 Parliamentary paper number 124/2003 Document icon
39th report: Review of aspects of parliamentary administration Parliamentary paper number 125/2003 Document icon
Annual Report 2002-03 Parliamentary paper number 201/2003 Document icon
40th report: Senate Department Budget 2004-05 Parliamentary paper number 125/2004 Document icon
Annual Report 2003-04 Parliamentary paper number 203/2004 Document icon
41st report - Security funding; Appropriation bills: Payments to international organisations Parliamentary paper number 360/2004 Document icon
42nd report - Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2005-06 Parliamentary paper number 89/2005 Document icon
43rd report - Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2006-07 Parliamentary paper number 83/2006 Document icon
Annual report 2005-06 Parliamentary paper number 157/2006 Document icon
44th report - Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2007-08 Parliamentary paper number 78/2007 Document icon
Annual report 2006–07 Parliamentary paper number 138/2007 Document icon
45th report - Department of the Senate's Budget; Ordinary annual services of the government; Parliamentary computer network Parliamentary paper number 148/2008 Document icon
46th report - Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2008-09 Parliamentary paper number 259/2008 Document icon
Annual report 2007-08 Parliamentary paper number 333/2008 Document icon
47th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2009-10 Parliamentary paper number 89/2009 Document icon
Annual report 2008-09 Parliamentary paper number 171/2009 Document icon
48th report: Appointment of the Clerk of the Senate Parliamentary paper number 417/2009 Document icon
49th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2010-11 Parliamentary paper number 85/2010 Document icon
50th report: Ordinary annual services of the government Parliamentary paper number 129/2010 Document icon
Annual Report 2009-10 Parliamentary paper number 202/2010 Document icon
52nd report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2011-12 (presented out of session on 24 May 2011) Parliamentary paper number 128/2011 Document icon
Annual Report 2010-11 (presented out of session on 23 December 2011) Parliamentary paper number 6/2012 Document icon
53rd report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2012-13 Parliamentary paper number 121/2012 Document icon
Annual Report 2011-12 Parliamentary paper number 211/2012 Document icon
54th report: A governance structure for Parliamentary ICT services Parliamentary paper number 446/2012 Document icon
55th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2013-14; Transfer of information and communication technology services; Budgetary milestones Parliamentary paper number 116/2013 Document icon
Annual Report 2012-13 Parliamentary paper number 221/2013 Document icon
56th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2014-15 Parliamentary paper number 125/2014 Document icon
Annual Report 2013-14 Parliamentary paper number 189/2014 Document icon
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