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‘Very targeted’: Acting Premier defends mental health levy – The Age
Acting Premier James Merlino says many of the 9000 companies that would be affected by a mental health levy are multinational corporations.
Treasurer Tim Pallas gives a state budget briefing on Friday.Credit:Jason South
This is an investment we need to make as we rebuild our mental health system with recurrent funding year after year as we rebuild the system, he said. Its completely separate to our capital program within the budget.
In terms of cost, the vast majority of our infrastructure projects are on time and on budget.
Treasurer Tim Pallas, also on the defensive, said the state government did not create the pandemic and despite…
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