Victorians set for supercharged $46bn Labor tax hit

Email Victorian taxes have grown the fastest in the nation, with the government set to collect $179.2bn over four years — $46.2bn more than it would have if the rate had stayed at the 2014 level, when Labor came to power and Dan Andrews became premier.

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