Advocacy groups

Information from Treasury relating to advocacy groups

Updates for advocacy groups

Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2022

20 April 2022
Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO)
  • Provides updated information on the economic and fiscal outlook if a federal election is called
  • released within 10 days of the issue of the writs for a federal election
  • takes into account all government decisions and all other circumstances that may have a material effect on the economic and fiscal outlook that were in existence before the issue of the writs.
Policy topics

Charter of Budget Honesty – Policy Costing Guidelines

23 September 2024
Policy costing guidelines
  • Issued jointly by the Secretary to the Treasury and the Secretary of the Department of Finance to cost election commitments during the caretaker period prior to a general election
  • outlines the process for submitting and preparing policy costings
  • provides all parties with appropriate notice of the arrangements for costing election commitments during a caretaker period.
Policy topics

Regional Banking Taskforce

21 October 2021
  • The taskforce assessed the impact of bank branch closures on regional communities
  • The final report made 7 recommendations to provide a way forward to help improve banking services in regional Australia.
Policy topics
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