Independent reviews of the PBO seek to identify areas of improvements and suggest direction on how the PBO may evolve overtime so that we can continue to strengthen and build on our capability, culture and operations.

The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA), the PBO's oversight committee, may request an independent review of the PBO to be conducted following a general election. Following the 2019 general election, the JCPAA resolved to inquire into the operations of the Parliamentary Budget Office. The JCPAA’s report was tabled on 19 October 2020.

There have been three other reviews to date, the first was conducted by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) following the 2013 general election. Following the ANAO review the JCPAA resolved to inquire into the operations of the PBO on 17 July 2014. The third was conducted by independent reviewers Dr Ian Watt AC and Barry Anderson following the 2016 general election.

• Review of the Operations of the Parliamentary Budget Office 2019–20
  Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, September 2020
• PBO submission, 10 January 2020
• PBO supplementary submission, 20 February 2020

• Parliamentary Budget Office Independent Review 2016–17
  Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, March 2017
  • PBO report on the implementation of the 2016–17 review recommendations,
    April 2018

• The Administration of the Parliamentary Budget Office
  Australian National Audit Office, 05 June 2014

• Inquiry into the Parliamentary Budget Office
  Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, 01 December 2014
  • PBO submission, 12 August 2014
  • The Government response to this report was provided on 24 June 2015

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