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Performance Information for Appropriations Vote Parliamentary Service

MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Speaker of the House of Representatives (M78)

ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Parliamentary Service

MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE: Speaker of the House of Representatives

Part 1 - Summary of the Vote

Part 1.1 - Overview of the Vote

The Speaker is responsible for appropriations in Vote Parliamentary Service for the 2008/09 financial year covering the following:

  • a total of nearly $64 million for purchasing support and administrative services from the Parliamentary Service
  • a total of nearly $40 million for covering other expenditure to support members
  • a total of nearly $16 million for payment of members' salaries and allowances
  • a total of nearly $8 million for capital investment in the parliamentary precincts.

Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-6 below.

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