Victorians being ‘gouged’ amid the state's ‘unbelievable’ financial woes

Herald Sun Senior Writer Patrick Carlyon has expressed concern over Victoria’s “unbelievable” debt. This comes amid concerns the federal budget will take a hit from Victoria’s financial woes. “This part of the country that just drags back the rest of the nation,” Mr Carlyon told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “The big problem now are the major projects that nobody really understands why we’re getting. “Victorians are being gouged to pay for these things that we really don’t want."