Budget 2014‑15
Historical Budget documents are available for reference purposes. Please note that due to the age of these documents they may not meet current web publishing requirements and may not be compatible with some software.
| Document | PDF Download |
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| Budget Speech | 42KB |
| Budget Paper 1: Budget Strategy and Outlook | 5.53MB |
| Budget Paper 2: Budget Measures | 2.98MB |
| Budget Paper 3: Australia's Federal Relations | 3.76MB |
| Budget Paper 4: Agency Resourcing | 1.67MB |
| Document | PDF Download |
|---|---|
| Budget overview | 2.73MB |
| Chartpack | 27MB (Zip) |
| Health | 780KB |
| Higher Education | 375KB |
| Infrastructure | 14.4MB |
| Social Services | 966KB |
Portfolio Budget Statements
The purpose of the Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) is to inform Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to government outcomes by agencies within the relevant portfolio. Agencies receive resources from the annual appropriations acts, special appropriations (including standing appropriations and special accounts), and revenue from other sources.
A key role of the PBS is to facilitate the understanding of proposed annual appropriations in Appropriation Bills No. 1 and No. 2. In this sense the PBS are Budget related papers and are declared by the Appropriation Bills to be 'relevant documents' to the interpretation of the Acts according to section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
The PBS provides information, explanation and justification to enable Parliament to understand the purpose of each outcome proposed in the Bills.
As required under section 12 of the Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998, non-general government sector entities are not consolidated into the Commonwealth general government sector fiscal estimates and accordingly, these entities are not reported in the PBS.
The following Australian Government Agencies' held their Portfolio Budget Statements on their websites at the time of release.
- Agriculture Portfolio
- Attorney-General’s Portfolio
- Communications Portfolio
- Defence Portfolio
- Defence
- Department of Veterans' Affairs
- Education Portfolio
- Employment Portfolio
- Environment Portfolio
- Finance Portfolio
- Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio
- Health Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection Portfolio
- Industry Portfolio
- Infrastructure and Regional Development Portfolio
- Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio
- Social Services Portfolio
- Social Services
- Department of Human Services
- Treasury Portfolio
- Parliamentary Departments
- Department of the House of Representatives
- Department of the Senate
- Department of Parliamentary Services
- Department of the Parliamentary Budget Office
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements
The purpose of the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES) is to inform Senators and Members of Parliament and the public of the proposed allocation of resources to government outcomes by agencies within the relevant portfolio.
While the PAES include an Agency Resource Statement to inform Parliament of the revised estimate of the total resources available to an agency, the focus of the PAES is on explaining the changes in resourcing since the Budget. As such, the PAES provides information on new measures and their impact on the financial and non-financial planned performance of agencies.
The PAES facilitate understanding of the proposed appropriations in Appropriation Bills (No. 3 and No. 4). In this sense the PAES are declared by the Additional Estimates Appropriation Bills to be a 'relevant document' to the interpretation of the Bills according to section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
Whereas the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook is a mid-year budget report which provides updated information to allow the assessment of the Government's fiscal performance against its fiscal strategy, the PAES update the most recent budget appropriations for agencies within the relevant portfolio.
The following Australian Government Agencies' held their Portfolio Aditional Estimate Statements on their websites at the time of release.
- Agriculture portfolio
- Attorney-General's portfolio
- Communications portfolio
- Defence Portfolio
- Defence
- Veterans' Affairs
- Education portfolio
- Employment portfolio
- Environment portfolio
- Finance portfolio
- Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
- Industry portfolio
- Infrastructure and Regional Development Portfolio
- Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Social Services portfolio
- Department of Human Services
- Treasury portfolio
- Parliamentary Departments
- Department of Parliamentary Services
Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements
The purpose of the Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements (PSAES) is to inform Senators, Members of Parliament and the public of the proposed allocation of additional resources to Government outcomes by agencies within the relevant portfolio.
The PSAES facilitate understanding of the proposed appropriations in Appropriation Bills (No. 5 and No. 6). In this sense the PSAES is declared by the Appropriation Bills to be a 'relevant document' to the interpretation of the Acts according to section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
Appropriation Bill (No. 5), which follows on from Appropriation Bill (No. 1) tabled at Budget and Appropriation Bill (No. 3) tabled at Additional Estimates provides additional expenditure authority for the ordinary annual services of government.
Appropriation Bill (No. 6), which follows on from Appropriation Bill (No. 2) tabled at Budget and Appropriation Bill (No. 4) tabled at Additional Estimates provides additional expenditure authority for capital works and services, payments to or for the States, Territories and local government authorities, and new administered outcomes not authorised by specific legislation.
The following Australian Government Agencies' held their Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements on their websites at the time of release.
- Communications Portfolio
- Defence Portfolio
- Education and Training Portfolio
- Environment Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
- Infrastructure and Regional Development Portfolio
- Treasury Portfolio
Portfolio Supplementary Estimates Statements
The purpose of the Portfolio Supplementary Estimates Statements (PSES) is to inform senators and members of parliament and the public of the proposed allocation of supplementary appropriations to Government outcomes by agencies within the relevant portfolio.
The PSES are declared by the relevant supplementary Appropriations Bills to be a ‘relevant document’ to the interpretation of the Bill according to section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
The PSES are focused on explaining the supplementary estimates appropriations.
Timing: If applicable, after Budget and prior to the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook.
The following Australian Government Agency held their Portfolio Supplementary Estimates Statements on their website at the time of release.
- Infrastructure and Regional Development Portfolio
Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook
The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) updates the economic and fiscal outlook from the previous budget. Clause 14 of the Charter of Budget Honesty requires the release of a MYEFO each year by the end of January, or six months after the last budget, whichever is later.
| Document | PDF Download |
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| Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2014‑15 | 1.56MB |
Final Budget Outcome
The Final Budget Outcome (FBO) encompasses Australian Government general government sector fiscal outcomes for the financial year and is based on external reporting standards. The Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998 requires that a Final Budget Outcome be released no later than three months after the end of the relevant financial year.
| Document | PDF Download |
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| Final Budget Outcome 2014‑15 | 1.54MB |