Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews July 18 2023. Source: AAP Image/James Ross
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will step down from the role on Wednesday, calling time on a nearly decade-long tenure that coincided with one of the most turbulent economic crises of the past century.
After the state Labor Party secured election victory in 2014, the Andrews government embarked on reforms to small business payroll tax thresholds, and the controversial addition of two public holidays to the calendar, imposing extra costs on traders hoping to keep their doors open for the day.
Those decisions were overshadowed by Andrews’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw Victorian businesses and households subjected to six lockdowns and 262 days of harsh restrictions.
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