Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance

Grattan Institute’s Danielle Wood will lead the commission, while Chris Barrett will be the new Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance secretary.

With growth comes great responsibility, and that means more skin in the GST game for Queensland as its state government hits the accelerator hard towards an Olympic horizon.

Victorian Treasury boss David Martine signals jobs cuts are only an outline of what things will look like for the VPS workforce.

Victoria’s Bushfire Recovery Grants for Community Facilities announces 25 recipients as the state continues to rebuild following the 2019-2020 bushfires.

The way federal GST revenue is distributed is potentially shortchanging Victoria billions of dollars.

Victoria is due to record a $19.5 billion operating deficit this financial year – $7.9 billion more than it forecast in the 2021-22 budget. 

Meaningful improvement isn’t being measured in the way agencies currently assess red tape savings, warns the Victorian auditor-general. The ultimate beneficiaries of these initiatives also need to understand and have confidence in the changes.