Regional restaurants, pubs, hotels, wineries and small businesses will be at the forefront of our recovery, with a major Budget boost to attract more visitors to regional Victoria – supporting local jobs and making sure more Victorian families can experience the best our state has to offer.
As visitors begin to head back to the Great Ocean Road, the Victorian Government is making sure their journeys are safer and more reliable with a major investment into road and bridge upgrades.
Passengers on the North East Line will soon enjoy more reliable and comfortable journeys thanks to a massive program of accelerated works undertaken in recent months, the Deputy Prime Minister and Victorian Minister for Transport announced today.
Thousands of native trees and plants are being planted in Melbourne’s north and east, as part of Victoria’s biggest road project, North East Link.
Thousands of Melburnians will now be able to book their licence and learner permit tests after new bookings were suspended due to coronavirus restrictions.
Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop Jacinta Allan announced $2.2 billion for initial and early works on Stage One of the project to run between Cheltenham and Box Hill, with the full project to eventually link every major train line between Frankston and Werribee via Melbourne Airport.
The Victorian Government is boosting the quality and supply of housing for Aboriginal Victorians as it ramps up its unprecedented social housing reform.
The Victorian Government has helped secure the construction of a major new biotech manufacturing facility in Melbourne, to help protect the nation against future influenza pandemic threats and safeguard hundreds of jobs.
The Victorian Budget 2020/21 will deliver a historic $5.3 billion Big Housing Build to construct more than 12,000 new homes throughout metro and regional Victoria, as well as supporting around 10,000 jobs, per year over the next four years, to supercharge Victoria’s economic recovery through the pandemic and beyond.
The Andrews Labor Government will give more patients the opportunity to recover from illness or surgery at home in the comfort and familiarity of family and friends, as part of the new Better at Home initiative.
