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Treasurer Tim Pallas and Premier Jacinta Allan.

Victoria set up an offset account to save money. Then it went into the red

An account meant to help drive down Victoria’s borrowing costs was instead put into overdraft, forcing the government to find hundreds of millions of dollars to repay it by the end of this financial year – and possibly billions in the next.

  • by Annika Smethurst
The under-construction Wyndham courts in Werribee.
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Court short: New justice hub to sit empty after government cuts funding

New $272 million law courts in Melbourne’s south-west won’t open as planned after building finishes because the state budget didn’t provide staffing and operational funding.

  • by Kieran Rooney

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