The Andrews Government’s State Budget splashes mega money to spend Victoria out of an economic pit

Talk about timing.

Victoria’s Budget was repeatedly delayed, as its residents stayed home, wore masks and lived under curfew.

It’s more than 500 days since the last one, and until last month the Budget didn’t even have a date in the calendar. But the Victorian Government got lucky today, with circumstances proving its point.

During the harsh lockdown aimed at stemming the fatal second wave of coronavirus infections, the Andrews Government resisted repeated calls from the business lobby to wind back restrictions and “reopen” the economy.

Health — stopping the spread — and the economy weren’t competing against each other, it tried to argue, but intertwined.

Today, Victoria is celebrating its first day in months when there are no cases of…