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About 300,000 Victorians who use negative gearing could claim land tax hikes as deductions

Premier says levy is ‘tax deductible’ as ATO says 304,942 Victorians used negative gearing in 2019/20

The Guardian - AU

Rescuers pull two people from water after boat goes up in flames in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay

Police say the two Melbourne men, aged 61 and 59, jumped from the motor cruiser into the water with life jackets before the boat was engulfed by flames.

ABC News

Uber’s Revealed The Highest-Rated City In Australia So Take A Bow You Polite Motherfuckers

Looks like Victoria needs to learn some manners.

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Concerns Victorian budget's new land tax will be passed onto renters

There are fears landlords will pass on the cost of a new land tax introduced in the Victorian state budget onto renters, a concern the treasurer has rejected as "specious logic".

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Possum poo holds the key to Burili ulcer outbreaks

A new surveillance system uses possum poo to detect possible outbreaks of a flesh-eating disease in Victoria.

AAP

Land tax change not Vic renters' biggest issue: Andrews

Business, housing and school lobby groups have lashed the Victorian budget over a series of debt-reducing measures to help repay the state's mounting borrowing.

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Early exit from logging could 'devastate' Vic regions

The timber industry has slammed the Victorian government's decision to bring forward the end of commercial logging in the state.

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Daniel Andrews’ balancing act: the politics of targeting taxes at big business and ‘landlords’

This is not the first time the Victorian government has targeted taxes at specific groups in its budget to help fund reforms

The Guardian - AU

Caring for country and people: Victorian yabby farm first step in ambitious Indigenous agriculture venture

Djarra is aiming to farm 15 tonnes of crayfish a year in what will be the biggest yabby farm in the southern hemisphere

The Guardian - AU

Victoria bites $117 billion bullet, begins the long march of land tax reform

The Andrews government’s ninth budget is its toughest. The bill from Victoria’s COVID experience, as well as the state government’s ambitious infrastructure spending, has finally come due.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: Government grilled over Kathryn Campbell’s $900k job; Victoria to end native timber logging; and Qantas’s record profit

Native forests one of the winners from a tough Victorian state budget

The Guardian - AU

End of native logging in Victoria ‘a monumental win for forests’, say conservationists

The shutting down of the industry six years earlier than scheduled comes after decades of conflict

The Guardian - AU

After the chainsaws, the quiet: Victoria's rapid exit from native forest logging is welcome – and long overdue

By the end of the year, Victoria’s trouble-plagued native forest industry will end – six years ahead of schedule. The state’s iconic mountain ash forests and endangered wildlife will at last be safe from chainsaws. And there will be no shortage of wood – there’s more than enough plantation timber…

The Conversation

Victorian state budget 2023: Winners and losers

See how the Victorian government prioritised spending in its post-election budget.

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Victorian businesses, landlords slugged for $31.5b COVID budget debt

Large businesses and landlords will foot most of Victoria's COVID-19 debt bill under a $31.5 billion state budget repayment plan.

The Guardian - AU

Victorian budget 2023: big business, property investors and private schools targeted to pay state’s Covid debts

Victoria treasurer Tim Pallas unveils plan to cut up to 4,000 public service jobs and raise taxes on ‘those with an ability to pay’

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Victorian budget 2023 hits big business and landlords to pay back COVID-19 debt

Big businesses, holiday-home owners and landlords will be asked to foot the bill for the Victorian government's COVID-19 debt, as part of a 10-year budget repair plan unveiled in the state budget.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria state budget winners and losers: free kinder, new taxes on businesses and the end to native timber logging

Families with young children and hospitals to benefit, while big businesses and property investors hit with new taxes

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Engineering firm failed to supervise crushed worker

An Victorian engineering firm faces a $1.4 million fine after a worker was crushed by a piece of equipment while dismantling a former cheese factory in 2017.

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Victorian government to provide hundreds of millions in support for workers leaving embattled logging industry

More than $200 million in funding will be provided by the Victorian government as it accelerates plans to phase out native timber logging.

Reason

Deep in the Heart of Galveston

In Texas, there are several single-judge divisions. Over the past few years, I've written about those courts in places like Amarillo, Victoria, Wichita Falls, and Lubbock. But one single-judge division, which is closest to home, has not attracted nearly as much attention. The Galveston Division of the Southern District of…

The Guardian - AU

‘Big business’ to be hit with new levy in Victorian state budget to help fund Covid recovery

Treasurer Tim Pallas to hand down ninth budget on Tuesday with all eyes on debt recovery plans

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Echuca Distillery's agave wins at San Francisco World Spirits competition — just don't call it tequila

Hidden near the banks of the Murray River in northern Victoria is a small distillery batting way above its average on the global scale.

AAP

Public service faces cuts as Vic budget handed down

Treasurer Tim Pallas will hand down his ninth Victorian budget, as the state tries to pay down mounting debt without hurting families.

The Guardian - AU

The great Victorian budget mystery: who will repay its massive ‘Covid debt’?

For once the Andrews government has largely avoided major announcements ahead of Tuesday’s state budget

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