New Poll: VIC LNP 37% vs VIC Labor 28%, page-28

"lt's about time people faced reality."

Yes, people on this forum have been decried by the likes of you for warning about the looming reality for years.

That reality that needs a-facing is a millstone of borrowings approaching $180bn, with a corresponding annual interest bill approaching $10bn (and possibly even more depending on how dim the view taken by the ratings agencies in coming years).

$10bn that needs to be paid to the state's creditors every year represents a lot of nurses, doctors, aged care workers, policemen and teachers that could otherwise have been employed.

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