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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.
PBO clarifies costing attribution
The Parliamentary Budget Officer clarifies costing attribution.
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.
Legalising marijuana
Advice provided to Senator David Leyonhjelm: 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.
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS)
This report examines the main factors contributing to the growth in MBS spending over the past two decades.
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Costings
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.