‘Bleakest budget’ for mental health didn’t fund promised new agency

‘Bleakest budget’ for mental health didn’t fund promised new agency

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.

  • byRachel Eddie andBroede Carmody

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The three-minute budget:Everything you need to know

The three-minute budget:Everything you need to know

Find out what will affect you most in this year’s Victorian budget.

  • byBroede Carmody
The school,transport and health projects in your area being delayed

The school,transport and health projects in your area being delayed

Search to find the more than 100 big builds,programs and services being pushed back in your area to help the Victorian government’s bottom line.

  • byKieran Rooney
Victoria is driving towards a debt cliff. Here’s one way to hit the brakes
Editorial
Editorial

Victoria is driving towards a debt cliff. Here’s one way to hit the brakes

Projections that the state’s debt would rise from $135.9 billion this year to $187.8 billion by mid-2028 highlight a need for drastic action.

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Sweeping hospital mergers on table after Victoria’s bad-news budget

Sweeping hospital mergers on table after Victoria’s bad-news budget

Victoria’s 76 health services could be slashed to 12 in an efficiency-driven overhaul revealed as the government dropped a budget notable for soaring debt,higher taxes,stalled projects and abandoned promises.

  • byAisha Dow,Annika Smethurst andKieran Rooney
Victoria the ‘basket case’ state:This debt isn’t like a household mortgage
Analysis
Analysis

Victoria the ‘basket case’ state:This debt isn’t like a household mortgage

Most home owners understand that if you are serious about getting your mortgage under control,you can’t keep borrowing more money to pay for other things.

  • byChip Le Grand
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We asked Victorians what they thought of the budget. This is what they told us

We asked Victorians what they thought of the budget. This is what they told us

It’s a tight budget with a few standouts for families,but Victorians still have plenty to say.

  • byNajma Sambul,Lachlan Abbott,Caroline Schelle andSherryn Groch
More than 100 projects delayed as blowouts hit bottom line

More than 100 projects delayed as blowouts hit bottom line

Delays will affect signature projects in education,health and housing as the government shields the budget from rising costs.

  • byKieran Rooney
Victorian budget 2024 as it happened:Cuts,delays,taxes revealed as treasurer hands down state budget

Victorian budget 2024 as it happened:Cuts,delays,taxes revealed as treasurer hands down state budget

The Victorian treasurer delivered his 10th budget which both he and Premier Jacinta Allan pressed was “sensible and disciplined” amid burgeoning state debt.

  • byAlex Crowe
Arden hospitals ditched over Metro Tunnel electromagnetic interference

Arden hospitals ditched over Metro Tunnel electromagnetic interference

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.

  • byAisha Dow andCara Waters
School bonus divides as rich reap benefits and poorer private areas miss out

School bonus divides as rich reap benefits and poorer private areas miss out

Public school students in wealthy suburbs will get $400 each to help with learning costs while their private peers in poorer areas miss out.

  • byRachel Eddie andRobyn Grace