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Victoria’s dangerous goods laws will be updated to be clearer and improve compliance, better aligning them with the state’s occupational health and safety legislation.

The Andrews Labor Government is continuing to invest in school mental health and wellbeing support – making it the biggest in Australia’s history – to ensure kids have access to the mental health tools they need to thrive at school and in life.

The Andrews Labor Government has today released an exposure draft of a Bill to amend the Retirement Villages Act 1986 for public consultation – making retirement villages fairer for older Victorians and giving the industry more clarity.

The Andrews Labor Government is giving Victorians more options than ever to get the healthcare they need, with the opening of the state’s first new Priority Primary Care Centre (PPCC) – as well as giving GPs more support to provide critical primary healthcare, with a vital new role to better connect our health system.

The Andrews Labor Government is ensuring all Victorians are supported by the family violence and sexual assault service system, ensuring people from diverse backgrounds can access culturally safe services.

Victorians have soaked up the best the state has to offer as the spring school holidays wrap up, with the Andrews Labor Government’s popular dining and entertainment program making days and nights out more affordable.

The Andrews Labor Government is rewarding safe riders and drivers with the reintroduction of the Safe Driver Discount – returning for the first time for all road users since it was cut by the Coalition in 2013.

Victorians will have the chance to pay tribute to Uncle Jack Charles, his life and contributions to our state at a State Funeral Service.

More patients with a disability who have been medically cleared but are stuck waiting in hospital for a NDIS plan will be able to go home earlier, with the Andrews Labor Government expanding a program to reduce bed block around the state.

In a sensible step to ensure national consistency, and with COVID case numbers well below their winter peak, masks will no longer be mandatory to wear on public transport.