Premier Jacinta Allan’s first budget failed to fund an overdue support service to be run by people with first-hand experience of ill-mental health.
Find out what will affect you most in this year’s Victorian budget.
Delays will affect signature projects in education,health and housing as the government shields the budget from rising costs.
The Victorian treasurer delivered his 10th budget which both he and Premier Jacinta Allan pressed was “sensible and disciplined” amid burgeoning state debt.
Interference from the new Metro Tunnel station at Arden has forced the Victorian government to ditch a $5 billion plan to build new hospital campuses there.
Public school students in wealthy suburbs will get $400 each to help with learning costs while their private peers in poorer areas miss out.
Treasurer Tim Pallas’ 10th budget is full of bad news and a $25 million-a-day interest bill.
Treasurer Tim Pallas’ 10th budget includes payments of $400 per child for the families of children in Victorian public schools. But it’s the only bit of good news in a budget that leaves Victoria with a $25 million-a-day interest bill.
Treasurer Tim Pallas says the budget aims to tackle two really big problems:high inflation and workforce shortages. But if you take the coming financial year as a benchmark,the reality is far more nuanced.
Soft tacos or crunchy tacos? We have to choose because Victoria can’t have both - despite promises from now-departed premier Daniel Andrews.
These graphs break down expected sources of tax revenue,whether the budget will be in deficit over the coming years and the scale of Victoria’s debt.