Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Administration: Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Administration - Inquiry into Annual Reports 2025 2026 (10 November 2026)

9 November 2026

00:04 - 00:09
Speaker 1
Oh.  Good morning.  Good morning.  Very early morning.  8:30. 
00:09 - 01:59
Speaker 3
It's near enough.  Well, we're here for the public hearings of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Administration for its inquiry into the annual reports 2025-2026, and we are here today to hear from the treasurer and officials.  Now, the committee wishes to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land which we're meeting on, the Ngunnawal people.  We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.  We would also like to acknowledge and welcome other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may be attending today's event. 

Housekeeping: mobile phones to be on silent or switched off, same with your laptops, and witnesses are to speak one at a time, and will need to speak directly into the microphone for Hansard to be able to hear and transcribe them accurately.  This hearing is a legal proceeding of the Assembly, and it has the same standing proceedings of the Assembly itself, therefore today's evidence attracts parliamentary privilege.  The giving of false or misleading evidence is a serious matter, and may be regarded as contempt of this Assembly.  The hearing is also being recorded and transcribed by Hansard, and will be published.  The proceedings are also being broadcast and webstreamed live. 

Now, when taking a question on notice, can you please state that you'll take that question on notice?  This will help the committee and witnesses to confirm questions that have been taken on notice from the transcript.  And we welcome the treasurer, Mr Chris Steel, and officials.  For the officials, when you speak for the first time, could you please state your name and the capacity in which you appear for the Hansard record?  We're not doing opening statements. 

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