❓ Mr. Nalder questions the Treasurer's transparency regarding state finances, particularly concerning state final demand, given the budget deferral. The Treasurer defends his transparency and declines to guarantee no contraction in state final demand.
AnsweredQoN 532Legislative Assembly
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STATE FINAL DEMAND
532. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Treasurer:
I have a supplementary question.
Given the special legislation to defer the budget, why can the Treasurer not be
more transparent in the process on the way through around the state's
finances and can he confirm that he does not expect the state final demand to
contract again this financial year?
532. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Treasurer:
I have a supplementary question.
Given the special legislation to defer the budget, why can the Treasurer not be
more transparent in the process on the way through around the state's
finances and can he confirm that he does not expect the state final demand to
contract again this financial year?
AnswerView source ↗
There
was no special legislation to defer the budget. The budget deferral was a decision
of the executive government , but we
then sought appropriation legislation to ensure that we could continue to pay
salaries et cetera for the 2020– 2 1 year. The second part of the member's question was can
I confirm —
Mr D.C. Nalder : Why can't
we be a bit more transparent on the finances?
Mr
B.S. WYATT : I have been pretty
transparent at every point. Six or seven weeks ago, I provided an update to the Parliament on the finances and economic
expectations for 2019–20 and 2020–21. Those figures for the
2019–20 year, as I said a minute ago, will be tabled next month,
as they have always been done. The Financial Management Act requires us to have
it completed by the end of September. Within a week and a half of that, there
will be a state budget, which will provide
all the usual information that a state budget provides. I think the member's
final question was can I confirm that there will be no contraction of
state final demand in the current year. I cannot confirm that, but, no doubt,
the annual report for 2020–21 will be able to shed some light on the
outcomes.
was no special legislation to defer the budget. The budget deferral was a decision
of the executive government , but we
then sought appropriation legislation to ensure that we could continue to pay
salaries et cetera for the 2020– 2 1 year. The second part of the member's question was can
I confirm —
Mr D.C. Nalder : Why can't
we be a bit more transparent on the finances?
Mr
B.S. WYATT : I have been pretty
transparent at every point. Six or seven weeks ago, I provided an update to the Parliament on the finances and economic
expectations for 2019–20 and 2020–21. Those figures for the
2019–20 year, as I said a minute ago, will be tabled next month,
as they have always been done. The Financial Management Act requires us to have
it completed by the end of September. Within a week and a half of that, there
will be a state budget, which will provide
all the usual information that a state budget provides. I think the member's
final question was can I confirm that there will be no contraction of
state final demand in the current year. I cannot confirm that, but, no doubt,
the annual report for 2020–21 will be able to shed some light on the
outcomes.
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