Victoria’s first ever State of Volunteering Report has found that a remarkable 40 per cent of Victorians over the age of 15 are contributing their valuable time and energy to support the community.

Protective Services Officers (PSOs) will be able to be deployed to shopping centres, sporting precincts and other highly populated areas to help prevent crime and support community safety, under new laws passed by the Parliament.

Today, and on the strength of that success, we’ve been able to progress a number of changes.

Jeremi Moule has today been appointed as the Secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC), heading up our efforts as we respond to – and recover from – this pandemic.

Victoria’s biggest ever level crossing removal construction blitz is on track to finish two weeks early, with trains running on the new Upfield elevated rail line from November 2.

More than 1,300 Victorian small businesses and sole traders have registered to receive free professional mentoring to help them plan and navigate their way through to the other side of the pandemic.

With almost 620,000 Victorian households living in rentals, a new report released today gives valuable insight into the market in Victoria – showing who is renting, where they’re renting, and what kinds of issues they’re facing.

More than 4,100 tutors will be deployed across Victorian schools in 2021 to ensure no student is left behind in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Victorian Government has listened and taken urgent action to ensure victim-survivors of sexual assault can share their stories.

Victoria’s startup sector has the foundations to support high-value jobs growth in the thousands every year, which will be crucial in the state’s recovery from the effects of coronavirus.

Close contacts of people with coronavirus will be asked to get tested on day 11 of quarantine to help reduce the spread of the virus, as we step up protections for regional Victoria.

Works have continued at pace on the Victorian Government’s level crossing removals as Victorians have stayed home to slow the spread of coronavirus – with progress forging ahead on more than 20 key projects right across the city to free up congested roads, build new stations and deliver open spaces and community precincts.

People who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic or this year’s bushfires will get the help they need to re-join the work force under an expansion of the Reconnect Program.

The Victorian Government is supporting Aboriginal organisations to lead local responses to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Victorian Government is supporting local manufacturing while helping to drive down coronavirus numbers with more than one million additional reusable masks ordered to help protect Victorians. 

The Victorian Government is strengthening food relief services across the state ensuring healthy food reaches Victorians in need.

Victoria’s digital games industry is drawing attention from across the globe during Melbourne International Games Week, bolstering the sector’s potential to become a major driver of jobs growth.

The Victorian Government is supporting a sustainable future for Victoria’s forestry industry with formal expressions of interest opening for investors and plantation developers to expand the state’s plantation timber supply.