56444 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Rural Communities

56444 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Rural Communities: What briefings, advice, aide memoires, emails, text messages, memorandums and any other form of communication, broken down by title and date, did the minister, or their departments, if any, send or receive to the Minister of Finance or Minister for Public Services as part of proposing 'savings' as part of the 'baseline savings exercise'?

Hon Mark Patterson: I did not provide any communication to the Minister of Finance or the Minister for the Public Service as part of proposed ‘savings’ as part of the ‘baseline savings exercise’. I received the following documents from the Minister of Finance as part of the baseline savings exercise: Title: Fiscal Objectives Across the Term and Budget 2024 Expectations Date: 21 December 2023 Title: Budget 2024 decisions – Vote Agriculture, Biosecurity, Fisheries and Food Safety Date: 23 April 2024