00:00Poor one out for those doing it tough.
00:05As a publican, the first question people ask, what's your cheapest beer?
00:08The opposition says the state is becoming a hostile place to run a business, pointing
00:13to new analysis to argue an overtaxed private sector is being used to pay down soaring debt.
00:20To the point where many businesses either can't afford to keep going or are looking
00:24at relocating their operations interstate.
00:28My biggest gripe is the payroll tax, I nearly fell over when I saw the bill, like 100,000.
00:32Making ends meet is on more than a few minds, as rumours of savage health cuts swirl.
00:39Some health staff were this week urged to turn the lights off when they leave a room,
00:43as Alfred Health scrambles to save every cent.
00:47A staff letter warned the model budget was significantly less than planned for and we
00:52will have to stop things we've been able to do and there will be less of us to do it.
00:57Many health services in Victoria are on the brink of collapse.
01:00Essentially nothing is off the table in terms of these cuts.
01:04The Assistant Treasurer refused to be drawn.
01:06We have provided record funding to our health system, again no government has invested this
01:13amount of funding in the state's history, no government in the history of Victoria has
01:17invested more into our health and hospital system.
01:21Medical groups fear there's worse to come and key services could be wound back.
01:26That includes hospital beds, including special care nursery beds, it includes services like
01:33breast screen, elective surgery.
01:36Budgets for the state's health services are still being drafted, so no changes have been
01:40finalised.
01:41But the ABC understands a clearer picture will emerge in the coming weeks.
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