Perrottet would also have some “immediate events” to turn his mind to,such as four byelections,including in Berejiklian’s seat of Willoughby. And he would need to keep Fridays free for national cabinet meetings with his colleagues around the country.
But in the otherwise straightforward brief,which was delivered unredacted except for a few lines around international priorities,were extraordinary details of broken election promises. Laid out in black and white is proof that this government promises but does not necessarily deliver.
Reardon,conveniently for Labor,revealed his department tracks government promises. During the 2015 and 2019 campaigns,the Coalition made a staggering 913 election commitments. Of those,just 346 have been delivered. Apparently,469 announcements are “on track”,but many of those commitments could now be seven years old. Almost 100 have seemingly disappeared.
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It is an early Christmas gift for the opposition and opens the door for Labor to go on a significant fishing expedition to discover which electorates have had their wishes granted and which have not.
The specific projects were not identified in Reardon’s brief but they did not need to be. With the knowledge that the Premier’s Department tracks promises – both kept and broken – Labor,with the support of the crossbench,will be able to use its numbers in the upper house to order that all details be released to the Parliament. It will be enlightening.
Labor is convinced it will show a tale of two cities (or states),where marginal Liberal seats have been prioritised while safe non-government seats are ignored. City seats will have received more of their election commitments than regional seats,is Labor’s calculation.