LNP promises guaranteed – Nicholls

Updated: 06:36, Friday March 23, 2012

LNP promises guaranteed - Nicholls

The would-be Queensland treasurer has promised a Liberal National Party government will stand by its election promises, even if it finds the state’s finances aren’t what it thought.

LNP treasury spokesman Tim Nicholls yesterday released the party’s policy costings, two days out from the state election, which it is tipped to win in a landslide.

It identified $5.7 billion in savings to pay for $4 billion in promises.

The LNP says its savings come from slashing spending on consultants, travel and advertising by 20 per cent, abolishing a patchwork of carbon schemes and deferring land buy-ups for Brisbane’s slated Cross River Rail project and a three per cent cap on the public sector wage bill.

But the government says the opposition simply can’t pay for the promises without burdening workers, with Treasurer Andrew Fraser warning the LNP is likely to split its commitments into core and non-core within six months.

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