Despite weeks of protest from farmers, volunteer firefighters, and professional firefighters, the Allan Government — backed by the Greens, Legalise Cannabis and Animal Justice Party — has passed a $5 billion Fire Services Levy hike. All three groups stood together to fight this unfair tax. Now they’ve been betrayed.
This is nothing more than a desperate cash grab by Labor to cover its mounting debt and financial mismanagement — while delivering next to nothing to actually support fire services. The people who protect this state have been ignored so Labor can balance its books on the backs of hardworking Victorians