LNP’s Queensland election commitment costings reveal billions in savings but Bruce Highway expansion, New Bradfield Scheme promises largely unfunded

The LNP has revealed its election costings total $5.05 billion, but big-ticket promises like the New Bradfield Scheme and widening the Bruce Highway are largely unfunded for the next four years.

Handing down the party’s official costings two days out from polling day, LNP Deputy Leader Tim Mander declared there would be no assets sales or forced redundancies if the LNP was elected to government this Saturday.

Instead, he outlined three key saving measures:

• $700 million through efficiencies in Government procurement
• $1.6 billion by extending Labor’s internal replacement policy for non-key frontline roles
• $752…