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Victorians get poorer under Labor’s Andrews as state debt balloons

John Kehoe
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The living standards of Victorians under Labor Premier Daniel Andrews have gone backwards compared with other states, after household disposable income per person fell to the second-lowest in the country.

The lagging household disposable incomes in Victoria marks a decade of financial decline in the nation’s second-largest state, which is battling the highest state government debt and most empty city offices in the nation.

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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 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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