Tim Pallas
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Victorian budget
The projects worth billions funded with Victoria’s secretive ‘credit card’ revealed
The state government spent nearly $10 billion on 161 projects – including the Commonwealth Games dispute – using a secretive fund known as the treasurer’s advance.
- by Broede Carmody
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State pockets $1.7b from TAC amid road safety crisis
The state government has received $1.73 billion from the Transport Accident Commission over the past six years, bolstering its own coffers with more cash than the state-owned insurer spent on road safety upgrades.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Victorian budget
Major Melbourne hospitals left counting cash weekly as budget constraints hit home
Alfred and Monash Health run some of the largest hospitals in the state, but an attempt by the government to enforce budgets has had a dire impact on their books.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
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Victorian budget
Your water company is paying the state government’s COVID debts
The budget plan to manage pandemic debts by temporarily expanding taxes has led Treasurer Tim Pallas to pull cash from government agencies. Water authorities were targeted the most.
- by Rachel Eddie
Quintessential Queenslander Clive Palmer buys childhood home in Williamstown
Quite what the mining magnate plans to do with his new $4.5 million bungalow is anyone’s guess.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Labor says weapons expo should return to Melbourne, despite disruptive protests
Treasurer Tim Pallas wants Melbourne to host the controversial Land Forces weapons expo again – but maybe not in the inner-city.
- by Alex Crowe, Lachlan Abbott and Cassandra Morgan
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Hospitals
The health minister’s scramble to secure a $422 million hospital bailout
The dire financial state of health services last year has been exposed in correspondence showing the state government went within days of being unable to pay the bills.
- by Annika Smethurst and Broede Carmody
Wedding bells at The Lodge? Only if Albo wins nation’s heart again
For a bunch of reasons, The Lodge would be the place to wed. But first there’s an election to win.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
It Had To Be You: When Harry Connick Jr met Treasurer Tim Pallas
Not only is the US crooner a performer, actor, singer, composer and Grammy winner, he is also a government lobbyist.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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University
Foreign student cap will ‘devastate’ Victorian economy: Pallas
The treasurer has slammed the Albanese government’s plan to slash the numbers of international students and warned of unintended consequences.
- by Noel Towell, Alex Crowe, Natassia Chrysanthos and Daniella White
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Planning
Primary places of residence exempt from Victoria’s Airbnb levy
The Allan government will also give owners corporations stronger powers to limit or ban short-stay accommodation after negotiations with the crossbench.
- by Broede Carmody and Rachel Eddie
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