Jacinta Allan
Letters
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Pandering to vested interests risks undermining society’s cohesion
Readers comment on how governments beholden to vested interests threaten the fabric of society when the budget pie favours the powerful over the needy.
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These budget crumbs are not enough for daily survival
Readers comment on Jim Chalmers’ balancing act federal budget.
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Hospitals are already failing my family. What happened to Labor values?
Readers react to tightening hospitals budgets and the growing pressure resulting from Victoria’s state debt.
World’s oldest Chinese dragon vandalised in attack on Australian museum
Two separate dragons were damaged in the attack. Police have released images of two suspects they are looking for.
- by Kerrie O'Brien and Rachel Eddie
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Harold Mitchell
Premiers and billionaires line up to farewell an ad industry giant
Three former premiers and business magnates were among the mourners who gathered to farewell media businessman and philanthropist Harold Mitchell.
- by Stephen Brook
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Victoria has the biggest debt and least ability to repay it
Readers comment on Victoria’s debt burden and argue it’s far worse than the government has admitted to.
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Parents don’t need more money, they need to instil values
A moral vacuum can’t be addressed by stuffing it with cash and mission statements, writes a reader.
Editorial
Victorian budget
State’s finances tied to a runaway debt train of government’s own design
Victoria is the financially weakest state in the federation. It didn’t have to be this way.
- The Age's View
Seeing red: Has Labor’s economic reckoning finally arrived?
Surrounded by debt, the Allan government finds itself backed into a financial and political corner.
- by Josh Gordon
Letters
Letters
Holding all Jews responsible for Israel is unacceptable
Readers debate students’ right to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza and what are its implications when it threatens Jewish students.
Opinion
Victorian budget
Pallas says Labor’s promises have been delayed. Many would say they’ve been broken
Parents whose children will never attend promised childcare or see promised school upgrades are unlikely to be satisfied by the treasurer’s postponement of election pledges.
- by Annika Smethurst