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Hansard
- Start of Business
- ELECTORAL DIVISION OF MORETON
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PETITIONS
- Chiropractic Services
- Kangaroos
- Taxation: Truck Owner Drivers
- Infertility Treatments: Commonwealth Rebate List
- Discrimination against Women
- Excise on Grape Spirit
- Taxation: Lump Sum Superannuation Benefits
- Taxation: Disabled Persons
- Discrimination against Women
- Radford College, Australian Capital Territory
- Imported Vehicle Component Parts
- Abortion Clinic, Australian Capital Territory
- Discrimination against Women
- Defence Service Home Loans
- Advertising of Alcohol
- General Motors-Holden's Ltd
- Philippines
- Mackay Directory Assistance Centre
- Postal Services
- Procedural Text
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AGED PENSIONERS: MEANS TESTING
- Notice of Motion
- SALES TAX
- HOMOSEXUAL TEACHERS
- GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
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JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON ELECTORAL REFORM
- Amendment of Resolution of Appointment
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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION) BILL 1983
- Second Reading
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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (QUOTA INCREASE) BILL 1983
- Second Reading
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ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTION) BILL 1983
- Second Reading
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FIRST HOME OWNERS BILL 1983
- Second Reading
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HOME DEPOSIT ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT BILL 1983
- Second Reading
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HOUSING LOANS INSURANCE AMENDMENT BILL 1983
- Second Reading
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BARLEY RESEARCH LEVY AMENDMENT BILL 1983
- Second Reading
- ILLUSTRATIVE COMPARISON OF TUCTA ASSESSMENT ACT OF 1982 AND BILL OF 1983
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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PRIMARY INDUSTRY BUDGET MEASURES
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TAXATION LEGISLATION
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MEMBER FOR PORT ADELAIDE
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TAXATION: RECOUPMENT LEGISLATION
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PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD CHAIRMAN
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PENSIONS AND TAXATION
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ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS
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INTEREST RATES
(Mr RONALD EDWARDS, Mr KEATING) -
TASMANIAN FREIGHT EQUALISATION SCHEME
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'KEY BISCAYNE'
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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
(Mr PEACOCK, Mr WILLIS) -
PARLIAMENTARY SUPERANNUATION
(Mr CROSS, Mr DAWKINS)
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PRIMARY INDUSTRY BUDGET MEASURES
- PERSONAL EXPLANATION
- ADVANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE 1982-83
- NATIONAL DEBT COMMISSION
- SERVICES CANTEENS TRUST FUND
- PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD
- BUDGETARY REFORM MEASURES
- LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- EDUCATION FUNDING
- PROVISION OF AIR-CONDITIONING TO SCHOOLS OF TRANSPORT AND CATERING, PUCKAPUNYAL, VICTORIA
- DIVIDEND RECOUPMENT TAX BILL 1983
- SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS) AMENDMENT BILL 1983
- BROADCASTING STATIONS LICENCE FEES AMENDMENT BILL 1983
- ADJOURNMENT
- NOTICE
- PAPERS
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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Mr MOORE
—by leave-The Opposition welcomes any move that grants greater access to information, particularly factual information, rather than some of the political information we hear so often at Question Time. Naturally this approach would be welcomed. However, the Minister for Finance (Mr Dawkins) has come forward and said that the Government has already introduced major improvements to the Budget system. It convened the National Economic Summit Conference. What was the major contribution there? Firstly, it got everybody to endorse a Budget deficit of $8.5 billion. We can work backwards from that. Secondly, it established the Economic Planning Advisory Council. As I understand it, a meeting of that Council did not take place until after the Budget was concluded. Those two major reforms to the Budget system seem to me to be somewhat outmoded.
The former Government went to some pains to set up genuine consultative meetings with members of the business world and all the interested groups within Australian society. Those were meetings of considerable merit. Things were discussed and points of view were exchanged. In the lead up to this Budget those consultations were thrown out the window. I point to that as a very big difference in terms of an approach to the public. There is not one member of the Opposition who would not be concerned about the whole question of achieving value for the taxpayer's dollar-the question of how the taxpayer's dollar is spent within the departments and the overall management role within the Public Service. It has long been my view that an approach should be made in this place for the greater use of one-line budgetary systems. In that way the management of the departments would be thrown much more on to management's judgement and metal . I am convinced that the response would be positive. In some of the lengthy budgetary processes areas are itemised with so much allotted to one area and so much allotted to another. At the end of a period we have a situation of unspent allocations in a particular account, a slight overspending in another account and a great desire then to spend what is left and to carry forward some of the costs or to curtail services in other areas. I am quite convinced that this is not helpful to the Public Service and to Australia as a nation. I hope that this ongoing review will look at this process as I believe far more benefit would come to the whole of the Australian economy from that concept.