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WA election costings announcement leaves Liberals under fire as key promises not detailed
The WA Liberals’ long-awaited costings have immediately come under fire after the Shadow Treasurer was unable to answer questions about key election promises on the second-last day of the campaign.
Key points:
Shadow Treasurer Sean L’Estrange said the party’s election policies had been costed by independent accounting firm Hall Chadwick, which put the cost of the Liberals’ overall election commitments at $1.4 billion, accounting for “offsets and savings”.
He said this was below Labor’s $2.4 billion projected expenditure over the same period, but Labor has disputed the Opposition costings and labelled it “unreliable”.
The Liberals released a letter from accounting firm Hall Chadwick which stated that its verification of the party’s costings…
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