your guide to making sense of election promises
- Written by Frank Rindert Algra-Maschio, PhD Candidate, Social and Political Sciences, Monash University
Three weeks into the federal election campaign and both major parties have already pledged to spend billions in taxpayer dollars if elected on May 3.
But with so many policies announced — and surely more to follow — sometimes it can be hard to make sense of exactly what is being promised.
That ambiguity can come back to bite voters,...
