17 September 2004

Labor Costings

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.