You may remember that the Coalition was obsessed with Labor oppositions providing costings. And you may also remember rapid journalists screaming WHERE ARE YOUR COSTINGS???? at Labor leaders.

So where are the Coalition’s costings?

Taylor:

We will put them out in – on the same timeline as past oppositions including Labor and it will be before the election. I’m not going to give you a date. You’ll get to see them in the detail that is customary and that’s – we’ll follow the normal practices.

The important point here – you will see, sneak preview – that our budget position is stronger than Labor’s. You will see that strong economic management is central to everything we’re doing, and you’ll see that, in particular, that a position where there’s red ink as far as the eye can see from Labor is not a sustainable position for a Liberal Party that has always believed in strong economic management as the pathway to aspiration, prosperity, housing, small businesses, all the things that we back.

This just doesn’t make sense, given that the Coalition has matched Labor in spends on health and education and this election campaign is tit for tat on infrastructure announcements.