Independent reviews help us identify areas of improvement and suggest direction on how we may evolve over time, so we continue to strengthen and build on our capability, culture and operations.
The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA), the PBO's oversight committee, may request an independent review of the PBO to be conducted following a general election. Following the 2022 general election, the JCPAA advised that a formal review of this type was unnecessary. We will continue to work with the JCPAA on matters of interest to them and to the Parliament more generally.
There have been three other reviews to date, the first was conducted by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) following the 2013 general election. Following the ANAO review the JCPAA resolved to inquire into the operations of the PBO on 17 July 2014. The third was conducted by independent reviewers Dr Ian Watt AC and Barry Anderson following the 2016 general election.
- Review of the Operations of the Parliamentary Budget Office 2019–20
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, September 2020- PBO submission, 10 January 2020
- PBO supplementary submission, 20 February 2020
- Parliamentary Budget Office Independent Review 2016–17
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, March 2017
- The Administration of the Parliamentary Budget Office
Australian National Audit Office, 5 June 2014
- Report 446: Review of the Operations of the Parliamentary Budget Office
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, November 2014- Australian Government response, June 2015
- Inquiry into the Parliamentary Budget Office
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, 1 December 2014- PBO submission, 12 August 2014
- The Government response to this report was provided on 24 June 2015
- Report: Inquiry into the proposed Parliamentary Budget Office
Joint Select Committee on the Parliamentary Budget Office, 23 March 2011- Australian Government response, 1 August 2011