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New Business Levy to Fund $3.8B Mental Health Reform: Victorian Budget Victorian-based businesses will be levied with a new surcharge to rebuild the state’s “broken” mental health system, according to the state’s newly released 2021-22 budget. On Thursday, Treasurer Tim Pallas revealed the state of Victoria’s economy, which is expected to reach a net debt of $102.1 billion this year and increase to $156.3 billion in 2024-25. The state has responded with a suite of new taxes to balance the books, as well as new initiatives targeting the health, education, and transport sectors. The n...

The Edwards County Board of Education will meet tonight at 7 in the ECHS Atelier Room 172 for a reorganization meeting. Judge Michael Valentine will administer the Board Member Oath of Office after the official election results are accepted, and the board will then elect a new President, Vice President, and Secretary to two year terms. The new board will also consider the employment of an ECHS boys basketball coach. No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle accident at the New Hope Curve Friday afternoon. According to police reports, 79-year-old Burnt Prairie resident George E. Vines and 79-...

The government said it planned to reduce emissions by 28-33% by 2025 and 45-50% by 2030 compared with 2005 levels, a move it said would put Victoria “at the forefront of Australia’s climate change action”. The announcement was welcomed as ambitious but sober by a major industry lobby group. Conservationists said it did not go far enough for the state to play its part in meeting science-based emissions reduction targets. In a statement, the government said Victoria was “already taking world-leading action to prevent the worst impacts of climate change”, as the first Au...

2 May 2021 The Victoria state Labor government on Sunday unveiled its long awaited climate change strategy, which now includes a ramped up target of slashing emissions by 45 to 50 per cent by 2030 – far more ambitious than the federal government’s mediocre target. The Victoria government said the strategy will create new jobs and industries of the future, and keep the state on track to meet its target of zero emission by 2050. It has already cut its emissions by 24.8 per cent below 2005 levels, thanks mostly to its strong investment in renewables. All of Australia’s states and territori...