Victorian budget
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
Latest
‘Parents will pay this’: Liberals promise to abolish Victoria’s private school tax hike
But the party won’t commit to axing the increase to land tax for landlords, citing the need to be fiscally responsible.
- by Broede Carmody
Private schools with fees of $8000 set to lose payroll tax exemption
The head of Victoria’s Catholic school sector has lashed the tax change to affect some independent schools, and has warned there will be “significant consequences” for mid-fee schools.
- by Adam Carey
‘An attack on aspirational Victorians’: Liberals slam potential Airbnb tax
Premier Daniel Andrews has declined to rule out an impost on short-stay rentals as part of his government’s housing reforms.
- by Broede Carmody
‘It’s like we don’t exist’: Timber towns grapple with log ban
Towns reliant on the logging industry were gutted at the Andrews government’s decision to fast-track the end of native timber logging to January next year.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
Let the Games begin! But locals worry about what will be left when they end
The Commonwealth Games are less than three years away, but concerns are mounting about budget blowouts, who will pay and if the opportunities will be wasted.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Analysis
Government debt
Budget dreaming: Is the road out of debt a forecast or a fable?
In its darker moments, the Andrews government might turn to Budget Paper No. 2 for solace, but are its forecasts of decreasing debt just wishful economic thinking?
- by Josh Gordon
Opinion
Opinion
Labor was politically savvy in targeting property investors and big business
The Victorian state budget has served as another reminder of how brilliant the Andrews government is at politics.
- by Annika Smethurst
Analysis
Analysis
At what cost: Tax reality bites as Victorians digest the budget
No one likes paying more tax. But in the wake of the state budget, Victorians need to think about the services they want – and the price they are willing to pay for them.
- by Angela Jackson
‘Borrowing to build’: Daniel Andrews fires up over Victoria’s growing debt
The state has the largest debt of 17 similar states around the world. But the premier says quality of life would be “fundamentally compromised” if government spending were slashed.
- by Broede Carmody
Analysis
Analysis
Will the $8.6 billion tax slug really only hit the top end of town?
The Andrews government continues to insist its plan to slap larger businesses and landlords with $8.6 billion of extra taxes over the next four years to help “stabilise” the state’s hulking debt won’t hurt people on low or middle incomes. But is this really the case?
- by Josh Gordon