The Parliamentary Budget Officer
The Parliamentary Budget Officer is an agent of Parliament.
As a neutral, non-partisan party independent of government, she supports Senators and Members of Parliament in their work.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer is responsible for providing economic and financial analysis to Parliament for the purposes of raising the quality of parliamentary debate and promoting greater budget transparency and accountability.
Before a general election, the Parliamentary Budget Officer's role changes: political parties and independent Members of Parliament can ask her to estimate the financial cost of their campaign promises.