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‘Fantasy land’: NSW Treasurer lays down gauntlet over One Nation promises

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McGowan, M. (2026, October 11). ‘Fantasy land’: NSW Treasurer lays down gauntlet over One Nation promises. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/fantasy-land-nsw-treasurer-lays-down-gauntlet-over-one-nation-promises-20261012-p614ju.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The Sydney Morning Herald · collected 2026-10-11 · by Michael McGowan

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NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is pushing for One Nation to provide costings for its policies before the March election by amending legislation to grant the state’s Parliamentary Budget Office authority to assess these costs. This move comes amid concerns about One Nation's ambitious promises and the party's potential impact on NSW budget realities, with Labor increasingly focusing on One Nation in polls where it leads the Coalition. Treasurer Mookhey warned against living in "budget fantasy lands," highlighting that voters deserve independent assessments of all political parties' policies.
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In New South Wales, Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is proposing an amendment to give One Nation equal access to costings from the state's independent Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) alongside the Labor and Coalition parties before the upcoming March election. The move comes as a response to One Nation's rising influence and its vague policy promises, which the government claims could be harmful if implemented without proper scrutiny. Mookhey stated that the state "can't afford to live in budget fantasy lands," alluding to One Nation's admiration for American and Argentinian economic policies, including wage controls and public service cuts. He emphasized that voters deserve independent analysis of such proposals, similar to what is provided for Labor’s and the Coalition’s plans by the PBO, which was established before the 2011 election to offer budget statements ahead of each poll.

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The Herald can reveal the government will this week introduce an amendment to the legislation governing the state’s independent Parliamentary Budget Office, giving One Nation the same access to costings as both Labor and the Coalition in the lead-up to the election.
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‘Fantasy land’: NSW Treasurer lays down gauntlet over One Nation promises · assertive framing

Claims (17 extracted, 0 hedged)

The Minns government will pressure One Nation to submit its policies for formal costings ahead of the March election by changing the law to allow the NSW independent Parliamentary Budget Office to run the ruler over the resurgent right-wing party’s promises. asserted
Office → pressure → promises
The Herald can reveal the government will this week introduce an amendment to the legislation governing the state’s independent Parliamentary Budget Office, giving One Nation the same access to costings as both Labor and the Coalition in the lead-up to the election. asserted
government → reveal → election
The change comes as Treasurer Daniel Mookhey laid down the gauntlet for One Nation to submit costings, saying the state “can’t afford to live in budget fantasy lands”. asserted
state → come → lands
“One Nation has made no secret of how much they admire American and Argentinian-style wage policies, healthcare policies and cuts to the public service,” he said. asserted
he → make → service
“No doubt they will want to import these ideas into NSW, but voters deserve to have independent advice about what they mean for them. asserted
they → want → them
The independent Parliamentary Budget Office, introduced before the 2011 election, provides budget statements for both major parties ahead of each election. asserted
Office → introduce → election
Released in the days before polling, it has traditionally been a significant final testing ground for both the government and the opposition. asserted
it → release → government
One Nation has no MPs in parliament but the government’s move to change the law to allow the budget office to conduct three sets of costings is a recognition the forthcoming election is likely to be a three-cornered race in many electorates. asserted
election → have → electorates
It comes after Labor has increasingly turned its focus to One Nation in the lead-up to the election, as repeated polls have shown the party leading the Coalition on primary vote. asserted
party → come → vote
One Nation leader in NSW Mike Newman has repeatedly boasted that the party believes it can form government in 2027. asserted
it → boast → 2027
At the same time, former Liberal senator turned One Nation aspirant Hollie Hughes has previously defended the party’s lack of policies on issues such as health and education by pointing out One Nation did not have access to official costings. asserted
Nation → turn → costings
“The problem they’ve got … they have zero members. asserted
they → get → members
They don’t have access to all the Treasury costings and all of those things that everyone’s going to no doubt scream about, going ‘oh, we don’t know how much this is going to cost’, because they don’t have a member to run it through that Treasury system,” she said. asserted
she → have → system
“I bet Chris Minns will not be offering that support through.” asserted
Minns → bet → support
The right-wing party has focused its attention on the Hunter Valley, where it believes it will pick up lower house seats in the electorates of Cessnock and Upper Hunter. asserted
it → focus → Cessnock
It has said it would unwind emissions reduction policies, while dramatically cutting the size of the public service. asserted
it → say → service
The Herald last week revealed the party planned to scrap independent assessment of major new coal mines and hand decision-making power back to politicians, a decision former planning minister Rob Stokes said would be welcomed by “vested interests”. asserted
Stokes → reveal → interests
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