{"id":669740,"date":"2026-05-14T05:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669740\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T05:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:21:13","slug":"federal-budget-2026-premier-jacinta-allan-defends-federal-funding-for-victoria-against-criticism-from-other-nsw-queensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669740\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal budget 2026: Premier Jacinta Allan defends federal funding for Victoria against criticism from other NSW, Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Premier Jacinta Allan has dismissed complaints by other states that the federal government is financially \u201cpropping up\u201d Victoria, saying the state spent years watching Canberra shovel buckets of money into projects across NSW.<\/p>\n

Allan also ruled out scrapping the additional financial penalty her government slugs overseas property investors or stamp duty reform \u2013 measures that experts say are needed to revive Victoria\u2019s moribund property market.<\/p>\n

\"PremierPremier Jacinta Allan at a housing announcement in Kew.Eddie Jim<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do NSW, Queensland and WA have in common? They\u2019ve all got revenues and budgets that are propped up by the mining industry,\u201d the premier said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictoria collects the lowest tax revenue per head of population than any state. It\u2019s great to have a partner in Canberra. For year upon year \u2026 we watched buckets of money being shovelled into projects in NSW. We were dudded our fair share under the former Liberal-National government, time and time again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NSW Premier Chris Minns and Queensland Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg both took aim at Victoria in the wake of Tuesday\u2019s federal budget, which invested a further $3.8 billion into the Suburban Rail Loop \u2013 the largest sum put towards any major transport project in Australia \u2013 and allocated Victoria the highest GST payment of any state.<\/p>\n

Minns said that money from NSW taxpayers was now \u201cgoing down the Hume\u201d into the coffers of the Victorian government and \u201ceffectively subsidising some of their spending\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mickelberg went further, saying the Albanese government had \u201cchosen to put more money into the pockets of a Victorian government who has demonstrated they\u2019re incapable of delivering projects on time or on budget, who has demonstrated they are incapable of effectively managing an economy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Allan spoke at the announcement of fast-tracked planning approval for a proposed high-rise housing development in Kew, on the site of a former supermarket. When built, the new development will provide 194 new dwellings. The premier said her government was \u201cpulling every lever\u201d to get more young people into homes.<\/p>\n

\"VictoriaVictoria Premier Jacinta Allan at a Suburban Rail Loop construction site in March last year.Penny Stephens<\/p>\n

However, property market experts and industry groups, such as the Property Council of Australia and the Urban Development Institute of Australia, say one of the most important levers would be getting rid of the state government\u2019s extra impost on foreign investors, which is starving Victoria of overseas capital in new housing projects.<\/p>\n

Allan said no changes were planned to reduce or eliminate the tax, which was still needed as a revenue source within the narrow base open to her government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll always look at those settings, but we\u2019ll do it in a way that reflects the mix of revenue options here in Victoria,\u201d she said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s simple really. We don\u2019t have those mining revenues that prop up other state budgets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The premier also said she had no plans to transition from stamp duty to a land tax regime on residential property, which many economists and property experts believe would be more efficient.<\/p>\n

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