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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore and Benita Kolovos

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

A copy of the 2023 Victorian State Budget
The 2023 Victoria state budget outlined $1.4bn in spending on the government’s free kindergarten program. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

The Andrews government has made tough decisions in Tuesday’s Victoria state budget to reduce its record debt accumulated during the height of Covid, while funding its election promises.

Big businesses will taxed further to help repay the state’s debt, but the government has also introduced some relief, including employer insurance and shielding more from payroll tax.

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