2016-17 Victorian Budget breakdown

27/04/2016

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WHERE VICTORIA’S MONEY WILL BE SPENT…

PUBLIC TRANSPORT (overall investment $10.4 billion)

$2.9 billion dollars for the Melbourne Metro Tunnel
$1.9 billion to grow metropolitan public transport system
$875million to order an extra 28 high capacity trains to prepare for metro tunnel
$588 million to extend South Morang Line to Mernda.
$1.3 billion in rail projects across regional Victoria
$518 million for the Ballarat line upgrade
$198 million for V/Line to better meet service standards

ROADS

$1.46 billion over four years to fully fund Western Distributor
$7 billion dollars to upgrade roads in suburbs and cities across the state
$437 million to upgrade Thompsons Road, Yan Yean Road, O’Hearns Road, Hoddle Street and Bolton Street

HEALTH

$2.9 billion dollars for health system
$335million over five years for elective surgery waiting list
$28.5 million package to support establishment of the Office of Medicinal Cannabis
$356 million for mental health infrastructure and programs
$135 million for the Victorian Heart Hospital at Monash University in Clayton
$143 million to improve ambulance services, includes $116 million to improve availability
$200 million Regional Health Infrastructure Fund

FAMILY VIOLENCE

$572 million over three years
$152 million for a housing blitz
$122 million to keep children safe from harm
$104 million for family violence services
$32.5million to develop a new system for safeguarding and sharing information between services

LAW, ORDER and EMERGENCY SERVICES

$596 million for Victoria Police
$540 million to increase public safety and police response ? including 406 additional sworn police officers and 52 additional specialist staff
$36.8 million to replace and refurbish a number of police stations
$63 million dollars to enhance counter-terrorism capabilities including 40 sworn police officers and 48 additional specialist staff to respond to increased terror threat.
$228 million dollars to support emergency services
$80.7 million to audit and repair six existing training facilities and remediate the former Fiskville Training College.
$57.6 million for the next stage of the Ice Action Plan
$32 million to expand the Drug Court of Victoria in the Melbourne CBD
$414 million to strengthen the management of dangerous criminals
$235 million for community corrections to improve supervision of offenders
$84 million to strengthen the management of high risk offenders

EDUCATION

$924 million in new and upgraded schools
$385 million for upgrades to schools in poor condition
$287 million to construct new schools and buy land
$133 million for maternal and child health services
$20 million for back to work Reconnect Program for young people and early school leavers

JOBS

Payroll tax burden to be reduced on businesses. $550 thousand payroll tax threshold to be increased to $650 thousand by 2019-20
$237 million to attract investment in Victoria
$116 million for Investment Attraction and Assistance Program
$297 million in sectors where Victoria has a competitive advantage

WATER

$468 million to protect Victoria’s water supply
$79.2m to enhance water and irrigation infrastructure within Macalister, Bacchus Marsh and Werribee irrigation districts
$59.6m to modernize irrigation systems

ENVIRONMENT

ARTS

$50 million to support the work of the Arts Centre , State Library of Victoria and the Melbourne Recital Centre.

COMMUNITY

$21.5 million to support the LGBTI community
$15 million for a Pride Centre
$23.4 million to work with Aboriginal Victorians
$132 million for disability related initiatives
$18 million dollars for a range of programs to support the settlement and humanitarian arrivals across Victoria

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