yes the lack of questioning

HOW COME ..the alternate pm
isnt being deluged..with the same INTERNATIONAL..questions..as the current pm..

cause thats his weakness

yet..in 8 days
HE WILL BE PM..*!*

and look..like a fool..**!**

cause the media never TESTED him..!
nor asked him..what he is going to do?

fool me once,,shame on you
fool me twice..shame on..*me

Yes rehctub an independent professionally assessed costing analysis would be a good idea, although of course we should be able to have faith in the treasury or other relevant section of the public service to do reliable costings.

The most important thing is that it should be mandatory for costings to be released as a fundamental part of any new policy, straight up, at the same time as the first announcement or at the very least a very short time later.

I think that we really have gone off on a wildly erratic path with our government and opposition spruiking all manner of policies without giving us full costings, or even a vague estimate a lot of the time!

That really does reek of terrible management skills, and a dodgy strategy of trying to avoid scrutiny and full accountability.

That' a silly statement, rehctub.

Everyone should question the Opposition's figures.

The Economist's view is this:

".....but Mr Rudd gets our vote, largely because of Labor’s decent record. With deficits approaching, his numbers look more likely to add up than Mr Abbott’s...."

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21584343-kevin-rudd-just-about-deserves-second-turn-lucky-no-more?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/lucky_no_more

(I realise you're not particularly interested in what "real" economists think, instead being content to ride along on Murdoch's stagecoach, but there it is in black and white)

i suspect the true believers in gw cherry pick their econimist just like they do their pseudo scientist. no wonder they can never get it right. Wong is shameless despite being consistently wrong. thankfully the australian public has seen through the dishonesty of Labour. Their rusty supporters are just to blind. No doubt they think Obeid and MacDonald were good economist. The incoming Government are treating Labour/Greens with the contempt they deserve. Hopefully they will perform as well as Howard/Costello although they certainly have a gigantic mess to clean up.

runner,

You suspect wrong.

This from The Economist:

"Of the country’s two main parties, the Liberal Party, now in opposition in a Liberal-National coalition, is the natural home of The Economist’s vote: a centre-right party with a tradition of being pro-business and against big government...."

Going well so far...but:

"..... But the coalition’s leader, Tony Abbott, does not seem an instinctive fan of markets, and one of the few key policies he has let on to possessing is a hugely expensive federal scheme for parental leave......"

Oh dear!

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21584343-kevin-rudd-just-about-deserves-second-turn-lucky-no-more?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/lucky_no_more

You're merely another Murdoch munchkin - and probably would have difficulty recognising the difference between economic analysis and partisan fish-wrapper propaganda.

No surprises there.

'You're merely another Murdoch munchkin - and probably would have difficulty recognising the difference between economic analysis and partisan fish-wrapper propaganda. '

and yes you are so intelligent Poirot, the discerner of all things. No doubt you supported Swan's six promises of surplus as well as Flannery's predictions of no rain over Sydney. What a track record.