State Taxation Acts Amendment Bill 2023: second reading

The question put

That all the words after ‘That’ be omitted and replaced with the words ‘this house refuses to read this bill a second time and the bill be withdrawn because the government has not: (1) provided a viable fiscal strategy for Victoria that will not: (a) increase unemployment; (b) increase the tax burden on families and businesses; (c) put downward pressure on real wage growth; (d) put downward pressure on investment and jobs growth; (2) provided a fiscal strategy to repay $140 billion in state debt; (3) appropriately accounted for $76 billion in recurrent and capital contingency funding that should be drawn down in lieu of new taxes and tax increases; and (4) alleviated cost-of-living pressures for Victorian families.’.