States will ultimately pay for federal promises, no matter who wins Saturday's election
- Written by Richard Eccleston, Professor of Political Science; Director, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania
Both major parties have now released their costings and the federal election campaign has degenerated into a slanging match about the credibility of their respective budget projections.
Politics dictates that both parties spruik pain-free pathways to budget repair by reassuring voters that little will change in the next year or two, before...
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