Why won't Greens front up with the numbers? 8 SEPTEMBER
2017
Despite Green Party Leader James Shaw's assurance
that voters would have an opportunity to assess the fiscal
impact of the Party's manifesto, to date the Party has
failed to release it's full fiscal costings.
Jordan
Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers' Union, says
"Up until recently, we have praised the Green Party's
transparency, but they seem to have mislead us and the
public that an independently costed fiscal impact statement
of their policies would be released prior to the
election."
In addition to Mr Shaw's public comments on
Monday, Robin Campbell, the Green's senior policy advisor
emailed our economist that one would be published 'so all
voters can see how we plan to fund the commitments we’re
making'.
"We're less than 72 hours from early voting, so
where are the numbers?"
"When you sell your party as being
transparent, you actually need to
be."
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