Ponzi Pallas spins wildly as VIC Budget rides the bubble

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By Leith van Onselen

The Victorian Budget Update was released on Friday, which was largely another big spending, big taxing affair.

In his Media Release, Treasurer Tim (“Ponzi”) Pallas spruiked Victoria’s booming economic conditions, which has led to an upgraded projected surplus of $1.7 billion in 2017-18, with estimated surpluses averaging $2.2 billion over the forward estimates:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.