The 2015 budget was the second and last submitted by the Abbott government, since the Coalition's victory in the 2013 Australian federal election.

The budget was passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate and took effect at the start of the 2015–16 financial year, which began on 1 July 2015.

[3] The falling price of iron ore cut billions of dollars from forecast budget revenue.

$254.7 million is to be spent on a small team who will work "across government to develop and coordinate the delivery of digital services".

[10] The budget contained a large savings measure through the pursuit of outstanding debts and the investigation of cases of fraud.