WA Labor says it will get the state's budget back in surplus by 2019/20, but makes only a small dent in debt tipped to hit $41 billion, after releasing its election costings.
The costings, ticked off by two former public servants, estimate a capital spend of $2.8 billion - not $5 billion as widely estimated - that can be easily covered by $3 billion of sources including federal funds not yet guaranteed.
However, Labor has not included spending beyond the four-year forward estimates, with stage one of its Metronet project alone costing $2.95 billion.
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