Promises, promises, promises

THE ELECTION SPENDOMETER AT THE HALFWAY POINT

THE COALITION'S BIG-TICKET ITEMS

* $193m for rail infrastructure in Adelaide and Townsville

* $150m for Townsville Eastern Access Rail Corridor

* $150m to get the ball rolling on dams in Queensland

THE COALITION SPEND SO FAR:

* $1.29 billion, not including $5.3b over four years in small business tax cuts announced in the May 3 budget

LABOR'S BIG-TICKET ITEMS

* $2.4b over four years to end the freeze on indexed Medicare rebates

* $971m to abolish coalition's $5 co-payment for taxpayer-subsidised medicines

* $1b for the proposed Perth MetroNet

* $500m upgrade of Adelaide's tram network

* $302m for the Great Barrier Reef

* $450m funding to UN refugee agency over three years

THE LABOR SPEND SO FAR

* $6.95b, not including $14.92b for final years of Gonski schools funding package