An overview of the Australian national fiscal outlook, consolidating forecasts from state and territory budgets with the Australian Government’s budget. Although the fiscal position has worsened across states and territories, the overall outlook has improved, suggesting long-term fiscal sustainability.

The Parliamentary Budget Office's (PBO's) Guide to the Budget is an introduction to navigating the Budget Papers for non-technical users. The guide complements the PBO’s Online budget glossary.

The Parliamentary Budget Office has released the 2024-25 Budget snapshot. This publication provides an interactive and graphical summary of information contained in the federal government’s 2024-25 Budget.

These guides to navigating the Commonwealth Government budget papers explain where to find key information in a non-technical way.

This report presents the Parliamentary Budget Office’s independent projections for the balance sheet, major fiscal aggregates, and revenue and expense categories across the medium term (2026-27 to 2032-33). It also includes a scenario analysis of Australia’s long-term fiscal sustainability to 2062-63.