Victoria’s ‘dump day’ is finally headed for the scrap heap. Will it be a win for democracy?

Jacinta Allan’s Labor government has backed amendments proposed by the Greens to end the ‘dump day’ release of annual reports. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Every year, the Victorian parliament partakes of a tradition that has come to be known as “dump day” – when the government releases a flood of annual reports all at once, making it nearly impossible for journalists and other interested parties to properly scrutinise them.

The opposition will, on cue, rail against the practice, ignoring the fact that dump day also existed when they were in power.