Labor’s Alternative Budget Revealed

Following reports in today’s media that Labor is either unwilling or unable to work out how much its policies will cost and what the impact will be on the budget, I’ve decided to do it for them.

The table below includes all of Labor’s current spending commitments, the cost and the impact on the budget.

This proves conclusively that Labor’s “vision” for Tasmania is big deficits, crippling debt and living off the credit card for years to come.

This obviously doesn’t take into account what Labor may announce today and in the interests of transparency, I will continue to update Labor’s alternative budget as more announcements are made.

1. Bryan Green, Parliament Hansard, 3 September 2014
2. Costing based on Publicly Released Treasury Estimate, ‘Michael Ferguson sends damaging message to developers’, Bryan Green Media Release, 18 December 2014. https://www.treasury.tas.gov.au/domino/dtf/dtf.nsf/LookupFiles/RHH-TaskForce-paper-on-CenoTas-proposal.pdf/$file/RHH-TaskForce-paper-on-CenoTas-proposal.pdf
3. Bryan Green, Parliament Hansard, 29 April 2015
4. ‘Increased fines target more than criminals’, Lara Giddings Media Release, 22 April 2015
5. ‘Michael Ferguson must stop closure of hospital beds’, Rebecca White Media Release, 18 February 2015
6. Estimate based on NSW trial cost. ‘Labor back cannabis committee’s findings’, Lara Giddings Media Release, 20 November 2014
7. ‘Labor initiative to boost children’s participation in sport’, Michelle O’Byrne, 24 May 2015
8. Southern Cross News, Lara Giddings, 7 August 2014, opposition to Liberal Government stance despite increased funding
9. ‘Liberals send rail funding off the tracks’, Craig Farrell Media Release, 14 May 2015
10. ‘Labor announces Tasmanian Education Partnership’, Taslabor.com, 31 May 2015
11. ‘Families focus for Labor’s centres’, The Mercury 11 May 2015
Sarah Courtney, Liberal Member for Bass