LABOR will not submit its Metronet rail project to the West Australian Treasury for costing because it doesn't trust Premier Colin Barnett and the treasurer to stay out of the process.
Opposition Leader Mark McGowan made the comment after Labor last week accused the Liberals of planting a stooge in the opposition's briefing with Treasury ahead of the March 9 election.
An official from Treasurer Troy Buswell's office attended the meeting, but was not introduced by Under Treasurer Tim Marney to Labor MPs.
"I have lost total confidence in relation to Mr Barnett and Mr Buswell not to interfere in processes," Mr McGowan told Fairfax Radio on Wednesday.
Labor treasury spokesman Ben Wyatt said he respected and trusted Mr Marney and his department, but did not trust Mr Barnett or Mr Buswell.
Talks at the meeting were "extensive and frank", Mr McGowan said, while Mr Wyatt added that the questions and comments from MPs would have been more guarded if they had known one of Mr Buswell's staff was present.
"We assumed they were all Treasury officials because that is as per the caretaking conventions," Mr Wyatt told ABC radio.
Mr Marney said he regretted not disclosing the identity of the person and told The West Australian newspaper he would stake his job on the independence of his department.
Labor has repeatedly called on the Liberals to reveal Treasury costings to back its claim the Metronet rail plan - the key plank of Labor's election campaign - will cost twice as much as estimated.
Labor says it will cost $3.8 billion but the Liberals put it at $6.4 billion.
Mr Buswell has instead urged Labor to get its own costing from Treasury.
Mr Marney has indicated to The West Australian that Treasury did not provide the Liberals with a costing for Metronet.
Mr McGowan says this means the premier and treasurer have been caught out.
"Treasury has not costed Metronet despite the fact Mr Barnett and Mr Buswell have both said that Treasury did," he said.
Mr Marney was being sought for comment.
The Liberals continue to argue Labor's Metronet promise is flawed, claiming on Wednesday they had discovered "yet another black hole" of about $1 billion.
The government says Labor failed to factor in additional rail infrastructure that would be needed to avoid bottlenecks between Bayswater and the CBD.
"I think there's serious flaws in their costings for rail - that's clearly obvious," Mr Barnett told ABC radio.
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