My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, why is the government allowing business to benefit from replacing stamp duty with land tax by removing upfront costs but not people who are struggling to afford a home?
Price Controls Editorial - Sam Hibbins MP Exactly fifty years ago the Australian government held a different referendum. That time, in 1973, the Whitlam government held a referendum giving the Federal Parliament the power to control prices in order to tackle runaway inflation that was driving up the...
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, the supermarket duopoly of Coles and Woolworths are profiteering from the cost-of-living crisis by increasing the price of food and at the same time increasing their profit margins and posting billion-dollar-plus profits. I ask the Treasurer what action, if any, the government is...
I rise to finally give the budget reply on behalf of the Victorian Greens. Obviously, this is the biggest Greens team ever to be elected to this place and this Parliament at a general election. This budget was handed down at an incredibly difficult time for so many Victorians struggling...
My adjournment matter is for the Premier, and the action I seek is for the government to take urgent and stronger action across the whole of government to reduce the cost of living for Victorians. Victorians are struggling – struggling to pay the rent or mortgage; pay the bills; put...