Vic Labor hiked taxes to pay down debt. Instead, it rose by $5b
Budget papers show Victoria's net debt will grow to $167.6 billion in the next financial year, despite a 'COVID debt repayment plan' unveiled two years ago that forecast debt would climb to $162 billion in 2025-26, and Pallas declared the government had to bring the balance of emergency borrowings down to zero.
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