Thursday, 5 March 2020

Budget

Mr ANGUS: The recent confession by the state Treasurer that he will be cutting May’s state budget by $4 billion has sent shockwaves throughout the Victorian community. Having spent so recklessly for the last five years, the day of reckoning has now come and the Premier and the Treasurer are scrambling around to see what areas they can cut. However, not content to just cut the budget, the Treasurer has announced another massive tax hike that will hit the hip pockets of all Victorians. Labor’s increased bin tax will cost Victorians more than $200 million a year, with a staggering 91 per cent increase in the current bin tax rate, from $65.90 to $125.90 per tonne.