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Financial Watchdog Warns of Structural Budget Problems

Financial Watchdog Warns of Structural Budget Problems
The 2023-2024 Victorian Budget papers are seen at the Budget Lockup in Melbourne, Australia, on May 23, 2023. AAP Image/James Ross
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11/22/2024|Updated: 11/22/2024
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Years of deficits are a sign of a structurally sick Victorian budget and long-term plans to fix it are reactive, the state’s financial watchdog has warned.

Auditor-General Andrew Greaves has sounded the alarm about “structural issues” in his 2023/24 annual financial report into the state after the government sector posted another operating loss of $4.2 billion (US$2.7 billion).

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