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Higher Education Loan Programme

This report discusses the size and costs of HELP and provides an estimate of the impact of the programme on the underlying cash balance to 2025–26.

Date issued: 06 April 2016

PBO clarifies costing attribution

The Parliamentary Budget Officer clarifies costing attribution.

Date issued: 04 April 2016

National fiscal outlook: As at 2015-16 mid-year fiscal update

This report examines the revenue, expenditure, net capital investment, net financial worth and the net debt position.

Date issued: 03 February 2016

Legalising marijuana

Advice provided to Senator David Leyonhjelm: 18 December 2015

Date issued: 18 December 2015

Goods and Services Tax

This report provides analysis of the revenue and distributional impacts of five indicative reform scenarios canvassed in public policy discussions.

Date issued: 09 December 2015

Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS)

This report examines the main factors contributing to the growth in MBS spending over the past two decades.

Date issued: 25 November 2015

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Publicly released costings or budget analyses outside the caretaker period.

Budget Insights

Non-technical pieces focused on a particular area of the budget and short insights into fiscal policy issues and updates.

 

Corporate publications

Our corporate publications outline our vision, purpose, values and strategic goals.

Budget Charts

Graphical and tabular analyses which seek to illustrate key features of budget updates

Fiscal projections and sustainability

Materials on fiscal projections over the next decade and sustainability over the next 40 years.

Research reports

Research reports on government finances and fiscal issues.

Speeches and presentations

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Information papers

Explanations to our underlying data, concepts, methodologies and processes used to prepare costings of policy proposals and budget analyses.

Unlegislated measures

A list of Commonwealth Government measures for which enabling legislation has not yet passed.

Media releases

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Submissions

View formal submissions and enquiries addressed to the PBO.

Election commitments reports

An analysis of the budget impact of the election commitments of parliamentary parties (released after each election.