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Victoria’s economic rescue plan is a joke but no one is laughing

Victoria should get the basic economic settings right, rather than resort to gimmicky announcements to fix its budget woes.

John KehoeEconomics editor

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Victoria’s new growth plan resembles a political document drawn up in an episode of Utopia rather than a serious economic blueprint to revive the struggling state.

Victoria should get the basic economic settings right, rather than resorting to gimmicky announcements in response to a sustained campaign from The Australian Financial Review about its economic and budget woes.

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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