The 300-year-old River Red Gum, named Victoria’s 2019 tree of the year, is a symbol of everything that is wonderful, but possibly wrong, about the state of Victoria.
he 300-year-old River Red Gum in Melbourne’s Bulleen is the height of a seven-storey building and pre-dates white settlement. It was named Victoria’s 2019 tree of the year and is a symbol of everything that is wonderful, but possibly wrong, about the state of Victoria.
Politically it is hard to argue with changes that benefit the community even when they come at a significant cost. As former Premier Daniel Andrews told “The contractor doesn’t lose money,” the manager said. “There’s very minimum incentive for construction companies to run the job efficiently and effectively. Who cares if the costs blow out if the state will pick up the tab?”
“We consider may be difficult to achieve given the upward pressure stemming from stubborn underlying inflation that will continue to drive higher employee expenses and elevated interest rates amid the state’s high debt funding requirements,” Moody’s said.The public sector wages bill alone will rise by 10 per cent over the next four years from $38 billion to $42 billion. It was close to $19 billion when Pallas handed down his first budget 10 years ago.
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