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Politics
Callum Godde

Credit rating downgrade cost unknown for debt-hit state

Credit rating downgrades make servicing debt more costly, and impact government spending. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Treasury boffins have not considered the fallout of another credit rating downgrade on paying down ballooning state debt.

As parliamentary hearings into the Victorian state budget got underway on Tuesday, Department of Treasury and Finance secretary Chris Barrett admitted the threat of a credit rating downgrade was not modelled.

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