Federal Government - Election Promises - Fact or Fiction or Core and Non-Core

[yibbida]

This thread is for tracking the implementation (or non implementation) of election promises of the Federal Government:

Below is a list of policies provided by the Coalition in the election campaign.

1. Cutting foreign aid
2. Savings from 'stopping the boats'
3. Cutting rail projects
4. Delaying water buybacks in the Murray-Darling
5. Further 0.25% efficiency dividend on the public service
6. Delaying connecting renewable to the grid
7. Scrap free legal aid to asylum seekers
8. Reducing former Climate Change Department
9. Cuts to funding to Aboriginal services, including legal
10. cut ACT pokies reform trial
11. Reduct funding to National ICT Australia
12. Reduce National Low Emissions Coal initiative
13. Replace National Crime Preventation program
14. Cuts to geothermal and tidal energy
15. Cuts to the Family Court
16. ITSA, reduced admin of minor insolvencies
17. Shut Manufacturing Tech Innovation Centre
18. Cancel Senegal diplomatic posting
19. Stop Labor's community cabinets
20. Suspend National CO2 Infrastructure plan
21. Revert to pre-2010 MP personal staffing ratios
22. Cut Australia's resources counsellor to India
23. Discontinue Carbon Farming ads
24. Redirect portrayal of Snr. Australiansin the Media
25. Reduce payments for grants to Aust. organisations
26. Internet Policy
27. senior employment incentive program
28. Building the Jane St extension in Penrith, NSW
29. Redevelop Leisure Centre in Campbelltown, SA
30. ADF gap year program
31. Indexing military superannuation
32. Additional support for veterans and families
33. Completing Narellan Road upgrade in Sydney
34. Natural gas supply for regional Victoria
35. Protect Great Barrier Reef
36. Children' Pallative care facility, Bear Cottage
37. Upgrade Dalrymple Road, Townsville
38. Improvements to aviation industry
39. Youth mental health
40. 'New Colombo Plan', uni students to study in Asia-Pac
41. Regional Support Fund
42. Education policy
43. Netball Centre of Excellence in Sydney
44. Asian summit on forests
45. R&D on agriculture
46. Increased smoking tax
47. Chasing unpaid tax and super
48. Increase visa costs
49. Cuts to foreign aid
50. Public service efficiency dividend
51. Cuts in Australian apprenticeship incentives
52. Delay increase in superannuation (MRRT)
53. Remove super guarantee for low-income earners (MRRT)
54. Abolish twice-yearly supplements to companies (MRRT)
55. Reduce humanitarian refugee intake
56. Cut 12,000 public sector jobs
57. End instant (< $6,500) asset right off (MRRT)
58. End the phasedown of interest withholding tax (MRRT)
59. End tax loss carry-forward for small business(MRRT)
60. Remove accelerated depreciation for vehicles (MRRT)
61. Administrative savings from ending mining tax (MRRT)
62. Scrap business compensation attached to carbon price
63. Scrap compensation for energy markets (carbon price)
64. Cut 'land initiatives' and bureaucracies (carbon price)
65. End 'other carbon tax measures'
66. 'Redirect' carbon capture and storage funding
67. Cut car industry assistance
68. Cut Labor's paid parental leave scheme
69. Cut existing Common. and State govt. PPL schemes
70. 'Automatic adjustments to govt spending and revenue' (PPL)
71. 1.5% levy on company tax on larger businesses (PPL)
72. Cash incentives to young for staying employed
73. Road development on NSW Central Coast
74. Upgrade Cabury factory in Hobart
75. Underground freight train lines in outer Brisbane
76. Retroactive terrorism victim compensation
77. Eradicate marine pest species
78. Extra funding for Landcare
79. Local community heritage grants
80. Direct Action Plan (climate change)
81. Axing Schoolkids' bonus
82. Green army for environmental protection tasks
83. Dementia research
84. Indexing seniors health card
85. HECS style loans for apprentices
86. Defence family healthcare program
87. Boat buyback to deter people smugglers
88. Cutting redtape for business
89. Defence spending rise to 2% of GDP
90. National Climate Change Adaption Research facility
91. Healthcare Policy
92. Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
93. Young drivers road safety
94. Scrapping Fringe Benefits Change
95. Cutting carbon tax over 4 years to 2017
96. Cutting mining tax over 4 years to 2017
97. Manufacturing transition fund
98. Export market development program
99. Car manufacturers through to 2015-16
100. Franking credit cuts to superannuation fund earnings
101. Great Ocean Road upgrade
102. Safer Streets program
103. Customs screening
104. Paid parental leave scheme
105. Brookvale Oval upgrade
106. Indigenous employment program
107. Road projects in Perth
108. Dugong and turtle protection
109. Hobart Antarctic Research Centre
110. Hobart airport freight jet upgrade
111. Penrith Panthers stadium
112. Mobile Phone Black Holes
113. Bondi Surf club
114. Water Safety Agencies
115. Midland's Highway in Tasmania
116. Brisbane's Gateway motorway
117. Pacific highway
118. Adelaide's North-South Corridor
119. Sydney's Westconnex project
120. Queensland's Bruce highway
121. Melbourne's East-West link
122. 1.5% company tax cut (over 2 years)

http://election.crikey.com.au/cash-tracker/

If anyone knows of any promises or policies that aren't included in the list above, post them and I will add to the OP.

 

[Gough]

Not fact or fiction, it's core or non-core.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Not fact or fiction, it's core or non-core.

Carefully prepared written statements signed in blood vs what was actually said.

 

[yibbida]

 

[yibbida]

 

[yibbida]

 

[Smiling Buddha]

Is iwantmynbn.com.au an ALP astroturf front?

If so, I'd rather see Anonymous DDoS that site then ever visit it myself.

 

[Ratts of Tobruk]

Is iwantmynbn.com.au an ALP astroturf front?

What if it is, but the information is correct?

 

[Smiling Buddha]

What if it is, but the information is correct?

Then I hope they get a visit from these guys:

 

[DivideandMultiply]

This and education, pensions and health are the big lies so far.

 

[medusala]

Anyone who believes the (any) government will keep their word is a moron. It is touching a few on here get upset when they lie. Like a little kid who finally works out there is no Santa Claus.

Choice is either semi competent liars or incompetent liars.

 

[greennick]

This and education, pensions and health are the big lies so far.

Though, none of those have happened yet, nor been announced. So, they can't be "the big lies so far". It is likely they changes to pensions, education, health, etc will all be scheduled to happen in the years after the next election.

 

[sherb]

Anyone who believes the (any) government will keep their word is a moron. It is touching a few on here get upset when they lie. Like a little kid who finally works out there is no Santa Claus.

Choice is either semi competent liars or incompetent liars.

Including those who kept banging on about Gillard's broken carbon tax promise?

 

[noddy]

Anyone who believes the (any) government will keep their word is a moron. It is touching a few on here get upset when they lie. Like a little kid who finally works out there is no Santa Claus.

Choice is either semi competent liars or incompetent liars.

Wow i among others have been saying the same thing for the past five years on here, so glad you have seen the light.

How about core & non core promises?

 

[Slax]

Not fact or fiction, it's core or non-core.

Every election promise once elected is non-core, its just that some actually do get delivered on through circumstance.

 

[Borry]

There's no such thing as a government who does not lie.

Lol at those who think otherwise.


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[medusala]

Including those who kept banging on about Gillard's broken carbon tax promise?

Its not that she lied (who could possibly think the woman is honest?), it was the staggering stupidity of the policy. Ditto her personal involvement in the mining tax debacle.

Incompetent liar (at best)

 

[John]

So that makes the PM a competent liar.

 

[medusala]

So that makes the PM a competent liar.

Competent is a stretch. Less incompetent liar maybe. Governments exist on a scale of incompetence.

There is zero chance of Abbott and Hockey actually doing what should be done. New airport a surprise, been in the too hard basket for a long time. Perhaps there is a backbone there somewhere.

 

[John]

Competent is a stretch. Less incompetent liar maybe. Governments exist on a scale of incompetence.

There is zero chance of Abbott and Hockey actually doing what should be done. New airport a surprise, been in the too hard basket for a long time. Perhaps there is a backbone there somewhere.

As I said competent liar.
Interesting you should comment on the airport. I watched the PM exclaim that the money spent on the airport roads etc were going to "Create jobs". All good IPA supporters will be utterly outraged at his keynesian outburst.

 

[medusala]

All good IPA supporters will be utterly outraged at his keynesian outburst.

Who is putting up the cash for the airport? Rational people have got no issue with infrastructure with a tangible cost benefit ratio (roads typically have the best ratio of any infrastructure). Hardly commensurate with digging ditches and filling them in (school halls, green car). His comments re jobs were moronic. They cant help themselves.

 

[John]

Who is putting up the cash for the airport? Rational people have got no issue with infrastructure with a tangible cost benefit ratio (roads typically have the best ratio of any infrastructure). Hardly commensurate with digging ditches and filling them in (school halls, green car). His comments re jobs were moronic. They cant help themselves.

Right so the the eventual owners of the airport will have got the tax payers to pay for the roads. The phone hackers will be beside themselves with rage tomorrow.

 

[medusala]

Why would the Sun cover a story on Australian airports?

 

[John]

Chortle. Why would an IPA operative in London haunt an AFL chat site?

 

[yibbida]

We can add Fraudband to the list.

Fast, Affordable, Sooner. LOL