Victorian budget has cash to splash on health, transport but new levies, job cuts, rising debt signal pain ahead
- Written by David Hayward, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University
There was not a lot of cheer in the media reporting ahead of the 2025/6 Victorian budget released on Tuesday. Debt and deficits dominated the coverage.
All eyes turned to new treasurer, Jaclyn Symes, to see if in her first budget the Labor government was finally delivering some financial discipline.
That theme flowed into the press conference...
