The major parties are desperate for your vote this Saturday and, over the past six weeks, they’ve been willing to spend big to get it. Between Liberal and Labor candidates, more than 600 election promises have been made so far but as the money has been splashed around, especially in marginal seats, has anyone stopped to ask if these candidates are writing cheques a future federal government shouldn’t cash. Well, University of Sydney constitutional law professor Anne Twomey has been asking that very question

<p>The major parties are desperate for your vote this Saturday and, over the past six weeks, they&rsquo;ve been willing to spend big to get it. Between Liberal and Labor candidates, more than 600 election promises have been made so far but as the money has been splashed around, especially in marginal seats, has anyone stopped to ask if these candidates are writing cheques a future federal government shouldn&rsquo;t cash. Well, University of Sydney constitutional law professor Anne Twomey has been asking that very question</p>

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