Victorian budget
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Victoria faces $882 million debt to pay for deferred public service super
Parliament’s independent budget watchdog found the Andrews government’s decision to delay $3 billion worth of contributions to the public service superannuation scheme will add to net debt.
- by Rachel Eddie
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No cost-benefit analysis done for $2b in legacy Games projects
Premier Daniel Andrews has said no such analysis had been done solely for the sporting facilities and social and affordable homes the government still intends to build.
- by Rachel Eddie
‘Taxing itself’: Victoria’s emergency services face WorkCover hikes
Rough analysis of new WorkCover premiums and annual reports shows Victoria’s emergency services could be slugged a combined extra $100 million a year.
- by Rachel Eddie
Taxpayers on hook for big bill as Commonwealth Games axed
Victorians will have to pay to cancel the 2026 Commonwealth Games following Daniel Andrews’ decision to scrap the event 15 months after winning the right to host it.
- by Annika Smethurst, Rachel Eddie, Broede Carmody and Michael Gleeson
‘Modest imposition’: Government stands by $12,000 tax on special needs school
Andale offers small classrooms with allied health workers for just 22 students with additional learning needs, but has found itself on a hit list of schools no longer exempt from payroll tax.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Tax reform
Tiny special needs school cops payroll tax shock
Andale School in Kew will be slugged, alongside the highest-fee private schools, when the state government removes its payroll tax exemption.
- by Rachel Eddie
Analysis
Analysis
Is Victoria Australia’s highest taxed state? It’s complicated
Are Victorians paying too much tax compared with other states? It depends on how you slice and dice the numbers.
- by Josh Gordon
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Coronavirus pandemic
‘Have we learned nothing?’ Fears for pandemic preparedness as public health funding slashed
Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas announced a $103 million “boost” to Victoria’s local public health units. Instead, they’ve been hit with a 40 per cent budget cut and face job losses.
- by Chip Le Grand
Victoria’s debt risks doubling in a decade, budget office warns
Analysis by the state’s independent budget watchdog has thrown into question Labor’s strategy to tackle debt, suggesting a more aggressive repayment plan is needed.
- by Annika Smethurst
Andrews government backtracks on private school payroll tax plan
The Victorian government has walked back its plans to charge 110 high-fee private schools payroll tax and revealed the debt-busting measure will rake in less money than the state budget forecast just 10 days ago.
- by Rachel Eddie, Sumeyya Ilanbey and Adam Carey
The Catholic schools set to be ‘punished’ to balance the state budget
Private schools are stepping up their campaign against the state government’s new payroll tax, recruiting families into the fight.
- by Adam Carey