Fiscal Aggregates
Budget History
Budget Group
Treasurers and Finance Ministers
Agency Acronyms
100

This cash measure shows whether the government has to borrow from financial markets to cover its recurrent operations and non-financial capital activities.

What is UCB?

100

This recent (calendar) year had 2 Federal Budgets

What was 2022?

100

At one stage during the 26-27 Budget, this Division had teams on both sides of the bridge

What is BPaDD?

100

This Minister for Finance is the current Secretary-General of the OECD

Who is Mathias Corman?

100

RBA

What is the Reserve Bank of Australia?

200

This is a cash measure that shows whether the government has to borrow from financial markets to cover its recurrent operations, non-financial capital activities and investments in financial assets for policy purposes.

What is HCB?

200

These two entities formally split 50 years ago

What are the Department of Finance and The Treasury?

200

This Division has the largest number of AAUs

What is SPD? (10)

200

This Minister for Finance was also the Chief Minister of the ACT for 3 years

Who is Katy Gallagher?

200

AIHW

What is the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare?

300

This is the face value of government securities on issue?

What is gross debt?

300

This was the last financial year where the Government reported a surplus in FBO.

What was the 2023-24 FBO?

300

This Division has the most staff

What is GDD (85)

300

These two Coalition ministers simultaneously held the position of Treasurer

Who are Josh Frydenberg and Scott Morrison?

300

CSIRO

What is the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation?

400

This is the interest payments on Australian Government Securities and a measure of the cost of servicing the debt.

What is PDI?

400

This was the CBMS round between the 2025 PEFO and the 2025-26 MYEFO

What was the 2025-26 Appropriation Bills round?

400

This Division has the most Government Business Enterprises in their portfolios.

What is IEID? (6)

400

This former Treasurer has played competitive tennis against Mark Philippoussis and Pat Rafter

Who is Josh Frydenberg?

400

RAAFWTF

What is the Royal Australian Air Force Welfare Trust Fund?

500

This is the difference between government underlying cash receipts and payments, excluding net interest payments on public debt. Acronym is PCB.

What is the Primary Cash Balance?

500

This was the Budget year the Australian Government started reporting in UCB terms

What was 1996-97?

500

This Division had the largest measure across the FEs in the 2026-27 Budget (in UCB terms)

What is SPD? (NDIS Budget repair package)

500

This is the only Australian politician to have been both the Treasurer and the Minister for Finance

Who is Ralph Willis?

500

ASSEA

What is the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency?