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