They're made by parliamentarians.
What we do is take the spending plans this government has given and build those into our outlook.
If you look at spending in 2023 for all levels of government, real government spending on goods and services grew at about 2%, which is roughly in line with the growth potential, most of which is population growth.
If you look ahead to the next year, based on published plans, we estimate that government spending will be growing at around two and a quarter per cent. Therefore, it will still be roughly in line with potential. It will be a little on the high side—