Victoria launches $37 million gamble on space tourism as critics lament debt balloon

Victoria launches $37 million gamble on space tourism as critics lament debt balloon | 7.30

The priorities of Australia's most indebted and heavily taxed state – Victoria – are being questioned after tens of millions of taxpayer dollars were invested in a private US company that says it has ambitious plans to launch passenger flights to space. 7.30's Rhiana Whitson reports with Lucy Kent.
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