I think that the ALP have a bit of catching up to do - as I recall the LNP broke 14 promises in their first budget when they last won back government lol
Abbottgovernment breaks more promises than it keeps
The Abbott government has broken more promisesthan it has kept in the Coalition’s first year of power, an analysis by TheAustralian Financial Review has found.
Jessica Sier | Vanessa Desloires
Updated Sep 6, 2014 – 2.44am, first published at Sep 5, 2014 – 12.27pm
The Abbott government has broken more keypromises than it has kept during the Coalition’s first year of power, ananalysis by The Australian Financial Review has found.
The government has delivered on 13 promisesand is making progress on 11 others – but has broken its word on 14 pre-electionpledges.
Tony Abbott promised on the eve of last year’selection that there would be “no cuts to education, no cuts to health, nochange to pensions, no change to the GST and no cuts to the ABC or SBS".
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s government hasdelivered on 13 promises and is making progress on 11 others – but some bigones have been broken. Photo: Andrew Meares
The Abbott government has since proposedchanges in all of these areas – except the GST.
The Coalition promised no new or increasedtaxes, but a deficit levy on higher earners was introduced, as was a plan torestart the indexation of petrol excise.
It promised no adverse changes tosuperannuation, but it agreed to extend a two-year delay to a rise in the 9.5per cent superannuation guarantee, as part of a deal to get rid of the miningtax.
Mr Abbott promised no cuts to education, yetslashed billions from school funding over a decade and announced plans to cut20 per cent of university funding.
Joel McIntosh has been studying for six years,and voted on the premise that education would be left alone.
“I suppose I don’t know what I expected,really," he told The Australian Financial Review. “Everyone shouldget a wriggle on and get their degrees now before uni becomes a bit moreunattainable."
The Abbott government also pledged no healthcuts, but cut significant planned growth in state government funding forhospitals over the next decade.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison hasachieved his promise to “stop the boats", reporting zero boat arrivals inseven out of the eight months this year.
But in July 157 Sri Lankan asylum seekersarrived in Western Australia, a backdown from the pledge not to allow anyasylum seekers arriving by boat to reach the mainland. And permanent residencywas granted to a 15-year-old Ethiopian stowaway after the Coalition explicitlypromised this wouldn’t be an option.
