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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Benita Kolovos

Victorian politics of paid sick leave is very different to developer levies

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews attracted criticism of his paid sick leave trial from business groups. Photograph: Jackson Gallagher/The Guardian

For the second time in a month the Andrews government this week unfurled a big social reform to be funded by a levy on business.

And for the second time in a month, it provoked outrage from the usual quarters, including the state opposition, the federal government and industry groups.

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