List of Recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.75
The Committee recommends that the Australian Government amend section 64T(1) of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 (PS Act) to provide for an automatic referral process for independent review of the operations of the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), to be completed within 9 months after the end of the caretaker period for a general election.
Consistent with section 64(T)(2) of the Act, the person or body who is to conduct the review, the review scope and the manner in which the review is to be conducted will be determined by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA). In the third year of a Parliamentary term the JCPAA may propose the method and scope of the review prior to the prorogation of Parliament for endorsement by the successor Committee in the new Parliament.

Recommendation 2

2.82
Consistent with the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) role in monitoring the implementation of recommendations of independent reviews of the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), the Committee recommends that the PBO ensure the JCPAA is provided with sufficient data to enable it to continue to monitor matters addressed by recommendations 5, 7 and 15 of the Independent Review Panel, Parliamentary Budget Office Review 2016-17.

Recommendation 3

2.85
The Committee recommends that the Parliamentary Budget Office give further consideration to the issue of gender distributional analysis and provide advice to the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit regarding how this may be incorporated into existing costings.

Recommendation 4

2.86
The Committee recommends that the Parliamentary Budget Officer acknowledge the intentions of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, under section 64T of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999, to include in its request concerning the scope of the next independent review of the Parliamentary Budget Office, consideration of the post-election report and the possible compulsory inclusion of minor parties and independents.
2.87
2.88
2.89
2.90

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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit is conducting an inquiry into the operations of the Parliamentary Budget Office.
 



    Past Public Hearings

    07 Feb 2020: Canberra