Election spending promises near $70 billion and campaign has yet to start
Editor's Insight: The cost of policies is “already many times more than the 2014 campaign,” the Taxpayers' Union says.
Fri, 11 Aug 2017
The official election campaign has yet to get under way but already political parties are making new spending promises worth many tens of billions of dollars.
Fortunately, one organisation – the Taxpayers Union – is keeping track through the Bribe-o-meter, which has identified a total of $69
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