AAP has some more on the LNP costings, which appear to have been leaked ahead of their release:

The federal coalition plans to scrap Labor’s tax cuts and some of the government’s signature programs to improve the budget bottom line, if it wins the election.

While the opposition will release its full costings on Thursday, some details have already emerged.

These include plans to cut at least two of the Labor government’s off-budget investment funds, including the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund set up to build 30,000 new homes, according to reports in News Corp and Nine newspapers.

Labor’s recently legislated tax cuts would also be on the line to make budget savings, according to The Australian.

The coalition’s goal is to add at least $10 billion to the budget – which is walking toward a decade of deficits under Labor – over the four years to 2028/29 while cutting government gross debt by $40 billion over the same period.

Other cuts include scrapping student debt relief worth $16 billion, unwinding Labor’s decision to lower tax concessions for superannuation accounts with balances higher than $3 million, and dumping Labor’s Rewiring the Nation infrastructure fund.

“We will rebuild the nation’s fiscal buffers, reduce debt and begin budget repair because that’s what economic responsibility looks like,” shadow treasurer Angus Taylor will say, according to the reports.

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said that, given the details so far, the opposition costings looked like a “con job”.

“Housing is going to be cut and income taxes are going to go up,” she told Nine’s Today show on Thursday.

“More lies from Katy,” Mr Taylor responded.

“The important point here is this: by bringing down our debt and bringing down the deficits, we bring down interest rates, inflation.”

(ED) except inflation is down and interest rates are coming down. Sooo……?