Hole lot of costings hype So how much newsprint and airtime was wasted on this furphy before the election? The Coalition has received a clean bill of health on its election costings, with the Parliamentary Budget Office finding that if anything it understated the boost they will give to the budget. So much for the costings hole: It finds the Coalition's policies will save the budget $7.15 billion over four years, rather than the $6.09 billion that the Coalition had claimed.