The extra money paid to the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund will cost council ratepayers about $60 extra per person per year.
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00:00What we are seeing is more severe, more regular disaster events.
00:06So the state is boosting funding to emergency services.
00:09It's households that will pay more.
00:11On average, they'll pay an extra $60 a year in tax.
00:14For farms, it will be an extra $680.
00:16A cup of coffee a month, basically.
00:19Absolutely and totally out of touch, symptomatic of a tired government.
00:24Volunteers will be exempt.
00:25The new fund will raise an extra $2.1 billion over three years.
00:30This is a fund that I think Victorians will get behind.
00:34The new levy is detailed in the mid-year budget update.
00:38Treasurer has one thing to smile about.
00:40State debt hasn't increased.
00:42The operating deficit has deepened from a $2.2 billion loss to $3.6 billion.
00:47The economy is improving.
00:49To make more money, the state will no longer give electric vehicle owners a $100 car registration
00:54discount and a tax on inner-city commercial car parks will be increased.
00:58This is a government that's desperate, understanding that it doesn't have an economic strategy
01:04and it always picks off those most vulnerable.