Greens deserve credit for being upfront about costings
You might be able to accuse the Greens of a few things, but avoiding scrutiny is not one of them. Posted by Greg Jericho , Thursday 5 September 2013 13.51 EST theguardian.com
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Tony Abbott sets out the dots and the media join them
Lenore Taylor , political editor theguardian.com , Friday 6 September 2013 13.33 AEST Tony Abbott ended the campaign doing what he has done for so long with such brutal success – framing the political debate.
Coalition costings: we finally get them and they're just political fluff
Joe Hockey and Andrew Robb gave us a list of numbers but no explanation of how they add up . The Coalition's Joe Hockey and Andrew Robb – playing us for mugs. Photograph: David Crosling/AAPIMAGE
Without Tony Abbott's costings, I voted with a blindfold
I cast my ballot without really knowing what the Coalition intends to do, writes an anonymous postal voter.
Coalition to Sharpen Public Service Razor
Noel Towell, Public Service Reporter for The Canberra Times , writes: The Coalition will hit the public service with a bigger efficiency dividend if elected on Saturday, ripping another $428 million from departmental budgets. The new cuts, on top of the opposition's plan to axe 12,000 public service jobs, were announced on Thursday as part of the Coalition's long-awaited policy costings. The savings plan also includes caps on public sector consultancies, advertising and travel. The cuts are additional to Labor's increased efficiency dividend, which demands most departments and agencies strip 2.25 per cent from their annual budgets.