Mr DUNHAM - 2002-08-20
On the 18 June you claimed in this House: ‘I have been advised that the department’s budget will come in on target’. Given that your budget in the 27 November 2001 mini-budget was $481m, and at the end of the year in the budget the Chief Minister tabled this morning, is $499m - an $18m blow-out - can you inform this House whether your comments in June were accurate?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, yes, my comments in June were correct. I was advised of that, and I reported it to the House at that time. These are normal variations, movements that happen between years as a matter of course: carry forwards, transfers between agencies etcetera, plus the change in accounting from one financial year to another, from cash to accrual. This needs to be factored in.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, yes, my comments in June were correct. I was advised of that, and I reported it to the House at that time. These are normal variations, movements that happen between years as a matter of course: carry forwards, transfers between agencies etcetera, plus the change in accounting from one financial year to another, from cash to accrual. This needs to be factored in.
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