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Treasurer Tim Pallas declared a “dazzling day for Victoria” on Tuesday as he handed down his all-important and big spending election-year budget.
But it’s the voters in Victoria’s regions and Melbourne’s outer suburbs who will have the last word on that, as well as the final verdict on the Andrews government’s first four years, when the state goes to the polls in November.
The Premier and his Treasurer have crafted a budget for the 'burbs and the regions as Labor looks to the marginal seats where November’s contest will be won and lost and tries to counter criticism that this has been an inner city-centric government.
So while it remains to be seen if this budget can achieve its central aim of getting Labor elected in November, it is clear after Tuesday that Andrews and Pallas won’t die wondering.
No Victorian treasurer has ever had more money to spend than Pallas, who conceded on Tuesday he sometimes couldn’t believe how well the state’s economy was performing, with average surpluses of $2.5 billion forecast.
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Treasurer Tim Pallas declared a “dazzling day for Victoria” on Tuesday as he handed down his all-important and big spending election-year budget.
But it’s the voters in Victoria’s regions and Melbourne’s outer suburbs who will have the last word on that, as well as the final verdict on the Andrews government’s first four years, when the state goes to the polls in November.
So while it remains to be seen if this budget can achieve its central aim of getting Labor elected in November, it is clear after Tuesday that Andrews and Pallas won’t die wondering.
No Victorian treasurer has ever had more money to spend than Pallas, who conceded on Tuesday he sometimes couldn’t believe how well the state’s economy was performing, with average surpluses of $2.5 billion forecast.
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