Premier Daniel Andrews is spending like a drunken sailor but has nought to show for it, the Victorian opposition says.
After the release of the state's 2017/18 budget on Tuesday, opposition leader Matthew Guy said the government had offered no extra money to address the law and order crisis sweeping the state.
"This budget does nothing to crack down on a crime wave sweeping Victoria. It's a glaring hole," he told reporters.
"The government said just a few weeks ago it couldn't fund a mandatory sentencing regime yet today they boast of surpluses of more than $8 billion."
Mr Guy said much of the budget was "on the credit card or on an invoice to Malcolm Turnbull," referring to regional rail upgrades that hinge on the federal government chipping in.
While the opposition's post budget focus was on the government's tax increases, little else was said other than it was a "budget of missed opportunities".
"Never has a government had so much money but done so little with it," Mr Guy said.
"In spite of being the highest taxing state, with a $10 billion windfall from the Port of Melbourne lease, debt has risen sharply and exceeds the level inherited from the Liberal Nationals."
Mr Guy went on to list the taxes the government had introduced, including a $252 energy impost on coal royalties, a car stamp duty increase and a new stamp duty on property transfers between spouses.
