Australian Labor Party

Differences in party and PBO commitment lists

The approach for determining which election commitments are included in the report is set out in PBO general election guidance note 1, The Election Commitments Report: overview.[21] 

Labor provided its list of election commitments to the Parliamentary Budget Officer on 2 May 2025, prior to the legislated deadline of 5pm Friday, 2 May 2025. The list was published on the PBO website on 4 May 2025. 

Labor identified 74 election commitments in its list. This report lists 63 commitments, with the difference being 11 commitments which were determined to be already accounted for in the PEFO. A reconciliation of these commitment lists is provided in Table 3-4.

No material additional commitments were identified by the PBO. The PBO did note 2 Labor public announcements that had potential financial impacts: a potential domestic takeover of the Port of Darwin and a Bid for South Australia to host the 31st Conference of the Parties. While there have been no final decisions regarding these announcements, both present risks of material financial cost should they occur.

Labor provided a nil response to the PBO's list of commitments.

Appendix E provides further information on how the PBO assesses the materiality of election commitments for the purposes of this report.

Table 3-4: Reconciliation of ECR commitments with Labor party list

 

Number of commitments

Underlying cash balance impact over forward estimates ($ billion)

Commitments listed by party

74

1.2

Commitments excluded by the PBO

 

 

Commitments determined to not have material implications

0

Nil

Commitments determined to be already accounted for in the 2025 PEFO 

-11

Nil

Additional commitments identified by the PBO

0

Nil

PBO variations on party commitments

n/a

-0.2

Commitments included in the Election Commitments Report

63

1.0

Source: PBO analysis.

 

[21] Available under Guidance materials on the 2025 General election page of the website.