Budget 2015‑16
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 | 191KB |
| Budget Paper 1: Budget Strategy and Outlook | 2.89MB |
| Budget Paper 2: Budget Measures | 2.78MB |
| Budget Paper 3: Australia's Federal Relations | 928KB |
| Budget Paper 4: Agency Resourcing | 2.01MB |
| Document | PDF Download |
|---|---|
| Budget overview | 7.83MB |
| Families package | 1.01MB |
| Protecting Australia | 1.01MB |
| Growing jobs and small business | 2.19MB |
| Fairness in tax and benefits | 3MB |
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 and Training Portfolio
- Employment Portfolio
- Environment Portfolio
- Finance Portfolio
- Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio
- Health Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection Portfolio
- Industry and Science 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.
- Defence
- Department of Veterans' Affairs
- Social Services
- Department of Human Services
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 2015‑16 | 2.31MB |
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 2015‑16 | 1.57MB |