David Davis
Government blasted over ‘mean and nasty’ cuts to youth orchestras
For some young people, it’s “life-saving”. Victoria has funded Melbourne Youth Orchestras since it was established in 1967. That could end this year.
- Kerrie O'Brien
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Libs to partially privatise the sewerage system and drain the Future Fund
Both Labor and the Coalition would raid Victoria’s rainy-day fund to scrape together a budget surplus in the next term of government.
- Rachel Eddie and Josh Gordon
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Fiscal reality bites Victoria’s spend, spend, spend election campaign
Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s says Victoria has the weakest fiscal position of any Australian state since it started keeping records in the 1980s.
- Chip Le Grand and Josh Gordon
Flood spending blows Vic budget out by $500m in 10 days
The Andrews government says the pre-election budget update highlights the financial impact of extreme weather events such as the recent Victorian floods.
- Paul Sakkal
‘Animal spirits’ or eaten alive: Which way is Victoria’s debt heading?
Victoria has the highest debt as a proportion of its economy since the early 1970s. Does it matter? And what would the Treasurer and his shadow do about it?
- Josh Gordon
Labor kick-starts election campaign with ad attacking Guy and colleagues
The drunken behaviour of Liberal MPs Tim Smith and David Davis will be at the centre of a new Labor attack advertisement targeting Opposition Leader Matthew Guy.
- Annika Smethurst
Public sector wage cap to be reviewed after just four months
The state government’s 1.5 per cent wage cap could be scrapped before hundreds of thousands of teachers, police, nurses and public servants go back to the bargaining table.
- Noel Towell
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Liberal alarm over Kew fundraising push
Kew was once Liberal Party heartland. But after a drink-driving scandal and successive swings against the party, it’s now a marginal seat with an intriguing preselection vote to be held this weekend.
- Josh Gordon
Latest lockdowns cost Victoria $2.8 billion and counting
The state government borrowed $9.5 billion and recorded a $6.8 billion deficit between June and September, figures the opposition says makes for grim reading.
- Noel Towell
Five sitting Liberal MPs face fight for preselection and David Davis to vie for Kew
At least five sitting Liberal MPs will face preselection challenges, in what will lead to months of infighting as the opposition tries to refocus its sights on Premier Daniel Andrews.
- Paul Sakkal and Annika Smethurst
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