Quick link: Peter Martin on Costingsgate
In an interesting article this morning, Peter Martin looks at the broader implications of the kerfuffle about the Coalition’s costings – how a bunch of firms and institutions have been dragged into the political questions around the whole Charter of [...]
Has Abbott done his dash?
Tony Abbott’s response to the country independents’ request for Treasury costings of his promises [see this previous post for details, and for Julia Gillard's response] is to offer them meetings with the Coalition’s accountancy firm and his shadow ministers. Peter [...]
CPD post: Stebbing on budget honesty and costings
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
Quick link: Peter Martin on the Coalition’s costings
Read the article here.
The ABC’s pursuit of Wayne Swan on “leaks”
Mark commented last night that a lot of time that could have been better spent on the 7.30 Report joint interview with Wayne Swan and Joe Hockey was wasted on a discussion of “Treasury leaks”. I won’t call it a [...]
Live Tweeting the Swan/Hockey encounter on the 7.30 Report
Read LP’s tweets here. Update: Well, that was most unenlightening. Joe Hockey has seemed to be in a very grumpy mood all campaign, and he was allowed to get away with his usual bizarre contradictions. Swan’s lines on infrastructure and [...]
Quick link: Lefttothink smells a rat on Liberal costings
… and so do I. This confected rubbish from Andrew Robb about a “Treasury leaker” (shorter Coalition – we love Treasury leakers when they’re called Godwin Grech) is just a way for him, Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott to avoid [...]
The view from Channel Nine XII
Continuing an irregular series commenting on how the election looks to commercial tv viewers: commercial free to air is the biggest single source of information for voters. There mustn’t be any Oakes/Latho self-referential “news” tonight, because wild weather and record [...]
Open Joe Hockey Press Club thread
Today, Joe Hockey is outlining concrete and costed savings at the National Press Club. Or so we were led to believe, in a Budget reply speech from his leader which Peter Martin characterises as a ‘dog ate my homework’ address. [...]
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