Jul 19, 2026 – 6.28pmFormer Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas asked the federal government to go 50:50 on funding the state’s economic rescue plan, with plans to ask for more if the request was successful, a confidential ministerial brief released under freedom of information laws reveals.But the 2024 request to Treasurer Jim Chalmers went unanswered, and no money was forthcoming to the state under the federal Labor government’s $900 million National Productivity Fund.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles