Jun 22, 2026 – 5.33pmIn two months, the Allan government will hand out more than 80,000 fishing rods to Year 5 students in Victorian public and private schools. It will be the second time Labor has distributed the rods, after first unveiling the scheme in the lead up to the 2022 state election as a way to get more children outdoors.At the time, it begged the question: should taxpayers be subsidising fishing rods for Victorian children, even those from wealthy families in Toorak and Sorrento?Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles