%T Estimates of the structural budget balance of the Australian Government: 2001-02 to 2016-17 %I Parliamentary Budget Office (Australia) %D 2013 %K Policy, %K Local government, %K Economics %U https://apo.org.au/node/35534 %X Under Section 64E of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 (the Act) the Parliamentary Budget Officer is required to conduct, on his or her own initiative, research on and analysis of the budget and fiscal policy settings. The initial work plan of the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) published in October 2012 indicated that as part of its self-initiated work program, the PBO would seek to throw more light on the underlying structure of the budget and the factors that could affect the sustainability of the budget over the medium to longer term. %9 Report