Politics latest: Pesutto blasts outgoing Treasurer's legacy of 'enormous debt, highest taxes'
After Victoria's longest serving Treasurer Tim Pallas announced he was quitting politics, Opposition Leader John Pesutto said his legacy would be one of 'enormous debt that Victorians in the present ... and future generations will be saddled with'.
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