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.

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…