The Coalition has to date submitted the following policies for costing by the Departments of Treasury and Finance under the Charter of Budget Honesty:
- National Child Protection Initiative
- 100% Medicare: Making GP services more affordable than ever before
- Police training
- Increased funding for bushfire preparedness
- Medical bionic centre
- Commemorative events in 2005
- Mature Age Worker Tax Offset
- Scoresby Freeway
- Pakenham bypass
- Investing for the Future
- Regional Arts Fund
- Securing Australia's Water Future
- Building our National Transport Future
- Helping Communities Fight Crime
- Securing Australia's North West Shelf
- Indigenous Australians Opportunity and Responsibility
- Residential Support for New Apprentices
- Supporting Kalgoorlie
As at 6 pm on Friday 17 September, the Labor Party had submitted no policies for costing.
Twenty two days from the election, Australians still don't know how Mr. Latham will pay for his promises.