Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Ex-minister reappointed as Grand Prix boss (opens the original)
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The Victorian cabinet has endorsed extending former minister Martin Pakula’s term as chairman of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, as Labor scrambles to finalise government board appointments ahead of the state election the party is on track to lose. Pakula became the first paid chairman of the public board responsible for promoting the Formula 1 grand prix after he took over in 2023 from billionaire businessman Paul Little. Gift articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
Water bodies sound alarm as Victoria sucks out billions (opens the original)
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The Victorian government is demanding high dividend payments from state-owned water corporations to improve the budget bottom line, despite their finances deteriorating rapidly and warnings that their viability is under threat. The state’s 18 water corporations, which run water-supply and sewerage services to homes and businesses under a statutory body, say their capacity to invest in services and infrastructure has weakened and will lead to higher bills for consumers if the situation continues.
Victorians the nation’s most pessimistic people (opens the original)
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Victorians are the most pessimistic in the country about their state’s government and its future, according to a survey showing Premier Ben Carroll has been unable to arrest a decline in Labor’s electoral fortunes. SEC Newgate’s latest Mood of the Nation report, which surveys more than 1200 people every two months about their views on issues dominating the national agenda, has laid bare the massive challenge facing the Carroll government as it tries to clinch Labor a historic fourth term on Nove
Victoria’s $30k per person debt to worsen on property slide, rising bonds (opens the original)
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Every single Victorian will have $30,000 outstanding in net state debt by mid-2030 – the highest in the nation following a major deterioration of the state’s finances over the past six years, which is only set to worsen amid rising bond yields and the steep housing downturn. Higher bond yields will add $800 million to interest repayments over the next four years, and weaker housing activity will blow a $2.5 billion hole in revenue this financial year, delaying the recovery of the state’s finance
Victoria finally gets the royal commission it deserves (opens the original)
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In one of her final acts as the leader of the Victorian Labor Party, Jacinta Allan implored her colleagues to resist establishing a royal commission into the construction sector. She effectively described it as a folly cooked up by the media and the Liberals; a wholly unworthy exercise that would achieve little. Those remarks to the Labor caucus on July 28 could not have been further from the truth, as evidenced by the opening hearing of the inquiry Ben Carroll announced as his first act after t
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