The upcoming Victorian budget will target Melbourne's embattled Crown Casino as a revenue source as it raises taxes on its poker machine winnings.
Melbourne's embattled Crown Casino will pay more tax on its 2600 poker machines under changes to be outlined in next week's Victorian budget.The government will raise $30 million in revenue each year through increased poker machine taxes from 2023 onwards
The tax increase will mean the casino pays the same amount of tax on pokies winnings as clubs and pubs. But rather than tear up its licence, the government has given Crown two years to improve its practices and show it can properly operate the multi-billion-dollar business. The normal lead-up to the state budget has been overshadowed by the federal election. It has meant the Andrews government has not had its normal drip of announcements leading up to next Tuesday's budget..
Before the pandemic the government conducted a baseline review of the public service, to inform it where savings could be made. "We think there is a threat to quality service delivery, there are delays to just about every government program now,'' Ms Batt said.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Budget repair on hold as Labor pledges $5b in savingsThe major parties are poised to go to the election without concrete plans for budget repair after Labor outlined savings and tax increases of $5 billion over the next four years.
Read more »
Coalition defends unity on net zero as Labor pounces on soaring inflation rates after unveiling budgetScott Morrison says the government has resolved the issue of party division on climate change, as Labor unveils its budget, which includes a multinational tax, on day 17 of the election campaign.
Read more »
Big spending got us through, but now we need structural reform'More than any other issue, the Andrews government wants the November 26 state election to be a referendum on health,' writes acting state political editor Josh Gordon. 'The state opposition has also read the tea-leaves... The problem is health is expen...
Read more »
Politicians face sharp rise in vandalism ahead of federal electionVictorian Liberal MP Tim Wilson revealed his Sandringham home had become the target of vandals.
Read more »
Workers think less creatively in Zoom meetings, study findsFace-to-face gatherings produce more ideas – and more inventive ones – than videoconferencing, say researchers
Read more »
‘I am taking this personally’: Victorian crossbencher Fiona Patten bemused by federal Labor preference dealReason party leader to reconsider her support for state government after being put below Derryn Hinch’s Justice party on how-to-vote cards
Read more »