FED:Coalition demands leak source be found

AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-2010
FED:Coalition demands leak source be found

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By Steve Lillebuen

MELBOURNE, Aug 11 AAP - Finance spokesman Andrew Robb says the coalition will withhold
20 of its policies from budget costings until the source of a leaked confidential Treasury
analysis is investigated.

Speaking in Melbourne on Wednesday, Mr Robb said the costing process has been "seriously
compromised" by the leak, which appeared on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald
this week.

The leaked document revealed an $840 million hole in the coalition's budget costings.

"If the leak has come from Treasury then it is in all likelihood a criminal offence,"

Mr Robb said.

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