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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

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

Copy of budget papers
Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas displays a copy of the 2023/24 state budget papers ahead of handing it down on Tuesday afternoon. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Big business is set to be slugged with a new tax to help repay billions of dollars worth of emergency funds borrowed by the Victorian government at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Victoria’s treasurer, Tim Pallas, on Tuesday afternoon will hand down his ninth budget, which will detail a “Covid-19 debt repayment plan” that includes new revenue measures and savings to get the state’s borrowings under control.

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