Of all the Victorian budget cuts the slashing of bicycle infrastructure is perhaps the most puzzling. The Baillieu government has reduced funding for key bicycle programs to zero. This has been met with immediate condemnation from both Labor and the Greens, with the Shadow Minister for Roads and Road Safety Luke Donnellan naming it ‘a horror budget for Victorian bicycle riders’.
How Victoria should tax property
Joey Moloney explains why moving to a land value tax and away from stamp duty makes economic sense.