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Victoria’s treasurer, Jaclyn Symes, will today hand down a state budget which will deliver an operating surplus and which will forecast another next financial year.
It will show the state recorded a $700m surplus in 2025-26, largely in line with December’s pre-budget update of $710m and an improvement on the $611m forecast last May.
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Author : Martin Farrer
Publish date : 2026-05-04 21:05:00
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