Community organisations providing relief to vulnerable Victorians have been told tough decisions will be made in the May state budget.
The state’s $2 billion venture capital play Breakthrough Victoria is under mounting pressure to convince the Allan government it isn’t broken.
About 15,000 doctors who worked at 36 Victorian health services since January 2015 will be sent unpaid wages after a landmark legal win.
Advocate Cory Memery says the government can’t “wash its hands” of vulnerable Victorians,and that any new investment – like the $30 billion build recommended by Infrastructure Victoria – should be for state-managed public housing.
Uniform shops have demanded the state government pay up after being left tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket by tardy payments under the $400 School Saving Bonus scheme.
Local charities,schools and sporting clubs that won grants had to sign agreements barring them from disparaging the Suburban Rail Loop or doing anything to damage the Victorian government’s name.
The state’s hospitals say they need hundreds of millions to realise the new health service networks,but the timing could be tricky.
Treasurer Jaclyn Symes spent her summer studying the state’s books. She is deeply troubled by what she found.
Between 2000 and 3000 people are expected to lose their jobs,saving the state government billions of dollars,Treasurer Jaclyn Symes says.
The auditor-general has found that 53 of 113 major state projects would cost a combined $14.9 billion more than first budgeted.