This report shows how the UK Government's existing spending review process fails to align government spending with strategic priorities and long-term value for money. It recommends resetting the approach to spending reviews and introduces more effective ways of managing public spending.

Australia has little-known rules in place around our federal budget that could be amended to help us in planning for the long term. This report details how the federal Budget Process Operational Rules can be reformed to incentivise long-term, holistic policymaking that prioritises wellbeing.

In this report, the authors assess the degree to which Budget 2024 is consistent with New Zealand’s climate change commitments. This is an exploratory approach, which was first used in 2023 to measure the impacts of Budget 2023 spending, including tax expenditure and any major regulatory changes.

This paper reports the results of modelling of the main measures in the 2024-25 Commonwealth Budget that directly impact on the incomes of Australian households, the reductions in personal income tax that take effect from 1 July 2024, and main budget measures that directly impact on the incomes of Australian households from previous budgets of...

The authors of this briefing paper argue that the 2024-25 Federal Budget fails all the important policy tests, and therefore cannot be considered to be in the long-term interests of Australians.