2016-17 Victorian Budget breakdown

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

• $74 million for the Forest Fire Management’s capability
• $20 million to refurnish parks

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