The Government says the year has barely started, and the Labour and Green parties have already announced nearly three quarters of a billion dollars a year worth of policies.
Labour has unveiled a package for new parents, while the Greens have announced a new policy for low decile schools.
Labour would give all families earning under $150,000 a year, $60 a week to spend how they wish, as well as five extra hours of subsidised early childhood education a week and extended paid parental leave.
It would cost $147 million in its first year, rising to $566 million a year in 2020.
The Greens package comes with an annual price of $100 million.
The Government says both parties are busy racking up costly policies to win votes and the policies have already exceeded Government budgets laid down for the coming years.
