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Guides to the budget

Learn about the budget process, how to read budget papers and find quick guides for navigating the papers following each budget.

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Portfolio Budget Statements 2012–13

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Build your own budget

An educational interactive tool to explore the impact of different economic assumptions and policy settings of your choice.

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Online budget glossary

Explaining key terms related to the Commonwealth Government budget in a 
non-technical way.

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Data and Model Strategy 2023-2025

Management of the data and models held within the PBO.

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Historical fiscal data

Includes historical fiscal data published in the Government’s latest budget update and time-series not previously available in a single l

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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

View speeches and presentations from our people.

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

View our media releases.

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.