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The budget is brimming with hairy-chested spin. But the reality is far more nuanced

The budget is brimming with hairy-chested spin. But the reality is far more nuanced

Treasurer Tim Pallas says the budget aims to tackle two really big problems: high inflation and workforce shortages. But if you take the coming financial year as a benchmark, the reality is far more nuanced.

  • by Josh Gordon

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The boastful Daniel Andrews tweet that is no longer fit for purpose

The boastful Daniel Andrews tweet that is no longer fit for purpose

Soft tacos or crunchy tacos? We have to choose because Victoria can’t have both - despite promises from now-departed premier Daniel Andrews.

  • by Annika Smethurst
How much money COVID-19 era taxes are raking in for Victoria

How much money COVID-19 era taxes are raking in for Victoria

These graphs break down expected sources of tax revenue, whether the budget will be in deficit over the coming years and the scale of Victoria’s debt. 

  • by Craig Butt
First home buyers scheme to be scrapped in Victoria

First home buyers scheme to be scrapped in Victoria

A shared equity scheme that has helped thousands of Victorians buy a home will end next year, replaced by a pledged national scheme that hasn’t passed parliament.

  • by Adam Carey
Road projects such as Western Freeway upgrade in doubt on state budget eve
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Road projects such as Western Freeway upgrade in doubt on state budget eve

An Albanese government commitment to return funding for nationally significant roads to 50:50 splits between both levels of government has thrown doubt over timelines for Victorian projects not yet underway.

  • by Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody
A Grampians town’s remarkable recovery after ‘the beast’ burnt through

A Grampians town’s remarkable recovery after ‘the beast’ burnt through

A bushfire wiped out one-third of the tiny Grampians town of Pomonal 12 weeks ago. The town knew about resilience before the fire hit, and now it’s putting it into action.

  • by Clay Lucas
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Daniel Andrews promised a new body to help renters. No one seems to know much about it

Daniel Andrews promised a new body to help renters. No one seems to know much about it

Government emails released under freedom-of-information laws show state bureaucrats couldn’t answer basic questions about Rental Dispute Resolution Victoria – after it had been announced.

  • by Broede Carmody
The day Victoria’s hotel quarantine court case went bust

The day Victoria’s hotel quarantine court case went bust

How did WorkSafe Victoria and the Office of Public Prosecutions get such a high-profile case so wrong?

  • by Chip Le Grand
Mass hack exposes more than 60,000, including victims of family violence, sex assault
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Mass hack exposes more than 60,000, including victims of family violence, sex assault

The National Cybersecurity Co-ordinator says other government agencies have been hit in the cyberattack.

  • by Kieran Rooney
Women aren’t just dying, they’re being deliberately injured, too

Women aren’t just dying, they’re being deliberately injured, too

The only nurse working at a family violence crisis centre has noticed a horrendous trend.

  • by Wendy Tuohy
How Indigenous people got zilch from a billion-dollar mining bonanza
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Indigenous

How Indigenous people got zilch from a billion-dollar mining bonanza

The ‘stark reality’ of economic exclusion imposed on Victoria’s First Peoples has been laid bare in evidence presented to the Yoorrook Justice Commission.

  • by Jack Latimore