Demand for, and efficiency of, our costing services

PBO costing advice is sought by non-government major parties for their policy proposals with significant budget impacts.

Yes

Yes

Median time to completion of policy costing and budget analysis requests is less than 15 business days.

<15 business days

12 business days

95 per cent of non-caretaker requests are completed within 60 business days.

95 per cent

97 per cent

95 per cent of caretaker requests are completed within five business days.

95 per cent within five business days

Target not met. One request submitted which was responded to in five business days. Following clarification from the requestor, a revised response was issued 16 business days after the original request date.

Legislative obligations are met

The post-election report is published within 30 days of the end of the caretaker period.

30 days

31 days – legislation was amended in early 2019 to require publishing within 30 days or seven days before sitting of the new Parliament. Revised timeframe met.

The confidentiality of all requests, advice and information is maintained.

Yes

Yes

Feedback from stakeholders

Overall high levels of satisfaction with the role and work of the PBO.

Yes

Yes

The PBO is widely perceived to be non-partisan and independent.

Yes

Yes

Feedback mechanisms are available on PBO website.

Yes

Yes

Media mentions

All PBO research papers are reported by major media outlets.

Yes

Yes

Media references to the PBO suggest we are perceived as independent, robust and/or non-partisan.

Yes

Yes

Mentions in Parliament

All PBO research papers are referenced in Parliament.

Yes

Target not met – three out of five research papers were referenced in Parliament.

Publicly released PBO costing and budget analysis advice is referenced in relevant parliamentary debates.

Yes

Yes

Report downloads

Downloads of PBO reports are maintained at least at current levels.

Yes

Yes

Data availability

Datasets underpinning charts are available on the same day of the report publication and are published in an accessible format.

Yes

Yes

Publication of information

All information papers, guidance material and general information about the PBO are available on the website.

Yes

Yes

Three activity reports outlining PBO performance, including information about ongoing evaluations of our models and approaches, are published each year.

Yes

Yes

The website is structured to facilitate ease of access to information and reports.

Yes

Yes