This week we’re discussing the Labour government’s newly released state budget, and Treasurer Tim Pallas’s plan to fill a large hole in the budget, caused by the downturn in the property market and subsequent slump in stamp duty revenue. Since November 2018, revenue forecasts from stamp duty have been revised down by 5.2 billion. To … Continue reading Episode 46: Victorian ‘budget of hard choices’ hits foreign investors as stamp duty slumps