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Callum Godde and Adrian Black

HISTORICAL FACTS: Financial watchdog warns of structural budget problems - The Untold Story

The Victorian auditor general has hit out at ongoing deficits posted by the state government. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Years of deficits are a sign of a structurally sick Victorian budget and long-term plans to fix it are reactive, the state's financial watchdog has warned.

Auditor-General Andrew Greaves has sounded the alarm about "structural issues" in his 2023/24 annual financial report into the state after the government sector posted another operating loss of $4.2 billion.

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