Save Share Last year, Daniel Andrews implemented a lockdown that undermined the psychological wellbeing of countless Victorians. This year, his government is going to raise an employment tax to patch up the damage. Tim Pallas: âWe have, put simply, a crisis in our mental health system.â Â Eamon Gallagher A payroll tax increase introduced in the Victorian Labor governmentâs seventh budget, which is branded a mental health and wellbeing levy, is emblematic of the entire document. Terrible taxes are being used to make the governmentâs finances look less bad. Explaining the payroll levy, in a news conference on Thursday morning, Treasurer Tim Pallas said it was âappropriate that big business make a substantial contributionâ.