Category: state debt

COVID-19 the Scapegoat for Andrew’s $171 Billion Debt

Commentary Victorians will be paying for the financial mismanagement of the Daniel Andrews government for at least the next decade. This week’s state budget revealed the massive cost of the government’s failings for families, workers, and businesses. Worse, the government had revealed no credible plan to bring the vast debt under control. Victoria’s net debt…


Looking Beneath the Veneer of Victoria’s Economy

Commentary Many are starting to realise that Victoria’s economy is a house of cards built on a foundation of printed money; the question is, for how much longer can this be denied? CommSec’s October quarter State of the States report finds that Victoria is the second worst performing state in the nation, “bested’ to the…