As we are aware, Labor is promising to go off and spend like drunken sailors again, but this time they will have to borrow every cent, and most importantly, without the safety net of the mining boom this time around.

I say this because the mining boom created so much confidence in the workplace, that going backwards as fast as we did slipped under the radar for so many so as to speak. Times have now changed and every red cent will be noticed.

Surely anyone considering handing them their vote would be asking for evidence as to how labor can afford the promises they are making. Surely!

To me all that I have known politicians will do or say anything to get into power BUT once in the excuses for not doing what they said have no immediate consequences.

If politicians were removed for not upholding there promises we would have a much better system.

As we are aware that neolibs have actually run up a debt twice as big as Labour and that they put a toxic malignant narcissist into the position of Prime Minister, before removing him themselves. why would anyone ever want to vote for them.
When you know that their whole reason for being in power is to hand presents to their money suppliers and that includes privatisation of everything that is worth selling, including Medicare, you know who is telling porkies.

Govt just borrowed another $900m.

Not repaid till April 2026.

Net debt $288b - up $113 billion since 2013 election....

When will the lies from the lying supporters of the lying liars party ever stop? You rightards have gone way beyond spin.

Would it not be more transparent if policy announcements came with the likes of 'we are going to pledge x$ for ?, and in order to do so we are going to borrow that money, or we are going to cut funding to ?, or a combination of both'. This should apply to all parties by the way as they all do the same thing. However, we are talking about the labor party who has a terrible economic record, and they don't have the mining boom to soften any potential blow.

The libs were not allowed to fix our debt problem, and labor wont want to, so where does that leave us.

Poirot, two things, firstly sorry about my heading, early morning syndrome, and secondly, I have the info but don't how to extract it because its beyond me. Will try though and if that fails Saul has been kind enough to offer his assistance.

BTW, what was the extra debt accumulated on. Do you know?