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Scope

The Standing Committee on Appropriations, Staffing and Security determines the proposed spending for the Department of the Senate to be included in the parliamentary appropriations bill, oversees the department’s organisational structure and considers the administration, operation and funding of security measures affecting the Senate.

Committee webpage

Chairs

President of the Senate

Sequence

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Department of the Senate staff in the Senate chamber, 2018.

Department of the Senate staff in the Senate chamber, 2018.
Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee, 3 December 2019. L-R facing camera: Senator Dean Smith, President of the Senate Scott Ryan and Clerk of the Senate Richard Pye.

Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee, 3 December 2019. L-R facing camera: Senator Dean Smith, President of the Senate Scott Ryan and Clerk of the Senate Richard Pye.
The Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee is chaired by the President (centre) and includes the Deputy President and the Senate Leaders of the Government and the Opposition as ex officio members.

The Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee is chaired by the President (centre) and includes the Deputy President and the Senate Leaders of the Government and the Opposition as ex officio members.

Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee, 3 December 2019. L-R: Senators Katy Gallagher, Sue Lines (Deputy President), Raff Ciccone and Anne Ruston.

Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee, 3 December 2019. L-R: Senators Katy Gallagher, Sue Lines (Deputy President), Raff Ciccone and Anne Ruston.
Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee, 3 December 2019. L-R: Senators Deborah O'Neill, Jenny McAllister, Katy Gallagher, Sue Lines (obscured), Raff Ciccone, Anne Ruston, Dean Smith and Scott Ryan [Chair], Richard Pye [Clerk of the Sneate] and James Warmenhoven [Committee Secretary].

Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee, 3 December 2019. L-R: Senators Deborah O'Neill, Jenny McAllister, Katy Gallagher, Sue Lines (obscured), Raff Ciccone, Anne Ruston, Dean Smith and Scott Ryan [Chair], Richard Pye [Clerk of the Sneate] and James Warmenhoven [Committee Secretary].

Reports

Date tabled Title Read report
Annual report for 2024-25 (presented out of session on 25 September 2025) Document icon
69th report - Drafting services for non-government senators (presented out of session on 21 October 2025) Document icon
68th report - Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2025-26 (presented out of session on 27 March 2025) Document icon
Progress report: Drafting and other services for non-government senators (presented out of session on 15 May 2025) Document icon
Progress report: Drafting and other services for non-government senators (presented out of session on 28 February 2025) Document icon
67th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2024-25 Document icon
66th report - Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2023-24 Document icon
64th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2022-23 Parliamentary paper number 95/2022 Document icon
Annual report 2020-21 (presented out of session on 30 September 2021) Parliamentary paper number 290/2021 Document icon
63rd report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2021-22 (presented out of session on 25 May 2021) Parliamentary paper number 141/2021 Document icon
Annual report 2019-20 (presented out of session on 19 November 2020) Parliamentary paper number 503/2020 Document icon
62nd report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2020-21 Parliamentary paper number 247/2020 Document icon
Annual Report 2018-19 (presented out of session on 25 March 2020) Parliamentary paper number 109/2020 Document icon
61st report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2019-20 Parliamentary paper number 165/2019 Document icon
Annual Report 2017-18 Parliamentary paper number 590/2018 Document icon
60th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2018-19 Parliamentary paper number 191/2018 Document icon
Annual Report 2016-17 Parliamentary paper number 448/2017 Document icon
59th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2017-18 (presented out of session on 12 May 2017) Parliamentary paper number 163/2017 Document icon
Annual Report 2015-16 Parliamentary paper number 456/2016 Document icon
58th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2016-17 (presented out of session on 6 May 2016) Parliamentary paper number 211/2016 Document icon
Annual Report 2014-15 Parliamentary paper number 434/2015 Document icon
57th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2015-16 (presented out of session on 10 June 2015) Parliamentary paper number 229/2015 Document icon