With the state’s daily interest bill at $25 million,Treasurer Tim Pallas is in talks with private firms to gauge their interest in running part of Births,Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
Preshil will sell land on its primary school campus ahead of a controversial change to state taxes set to cost the school hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Treasurer Tim Pallas has been handed a $12.1 billion “credit card” to spend next financial year without being scrutinised through the budget or parliament.
Deputy Premier Ben Carroll says it’s time to get the $13 billion project done,and has pledged to stay in parliament until a promised train station in his electorate is built.
The Allan government has squirrelled away billions of dollars for future policy announcements while Victoria lags in deficit.
Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas has flagged the state is considering amalgamating Victoria’s 76 health services because they are spending money competing against each other.
The Allan government’s tough talk has again stoked fears that Victoria’s hospital funding shake-up will lead to amalgamations and erode patient care.
The state government’s budget predictions hinge on a consumer spending splurge that may never materialise.
Surrounded by debt,the Allan government finds itself backed into a financial and political corner.
Parents whose children will never attend promised childcare or see promised school upgrades are unlikely to be satisfied by the treasurer’s postponement of election pledges.
As cancer rates soar across Victoria,the state government has axed 75 per cent of the funding to the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Alliance.