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Tim Pallas

November 2024

Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop is part of the state’s huge infrastructure program.

Victoria is an economic powerhouse that leads the nation

Recent commentary in the media is cherry-picking narratives that downplay the state’s economic resilience.

November 2023

Daniel Andrews and Treasurer Tim Pallas announce the cost - $380 Million - of cancelling the Commonwealth Games. Photograph by Chris Hopkins

An end to the GST guarantee would be disastrous

A failure to extend the guarantee will inevitably have very real consequences for Australians who rely on critical state government services.

November 2022

Victoria has a massive infrastructure program under way.

Labor has delivered for all Victorians: treasurer

Jobs are surging in the state because the Andrews government developed and stuck to a recovery plan through the pandemic.

March 2021

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg - who is a Victorian after all - should stop manipulating the GST methodology against his own state.

It’s up to Frydenberg to fix GST election meddling

The biased redesign of GST to favour Western Australia will disadvantage Victoria and others and make the pandemic repair job even harder.

February 2020

Canberra once provided the incentives for change.

Canberra must return to the reform party

It is now the states that are doing the heavy lifting on reform while Canberra retreats into its shell.

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