Australian Government Guide to Policy Impact Analysis

The Australian Government Guide to Policy Impact Analysis is intended to inform Australian Public Service policy making — ensuring that advice to government is accompanied by robust analysis, data and an accurate overview of the effects of proposed policies on our community.

It assists in identifying the costs and benefits of policy changes and the cohorts where they would be realised. The Guide encourages policy makers to think about potential impacts early in the policy process. The principles in this Guide are supplemented by guidance notes available on the Office of Impact Analysis website.

The website also contains an extensive library of past analyses and material outlining analyses assessed as exemplary, which can be used by policy makers as a foundation for Impact Analysis.

This content has been provided by The Office of Impact Analysis, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Suitable for

APS 3 - APS 6

Category and User Level

This resource aligns with the Strategy, Policy & Evaluation Craft at the Foundation level.