Promises made by Labor and Liberal in Victoria's state election

HEALTH

• Build or upgrade at least seven hospitals, including up to $1.05 billion on a new Maroondah Hospital, up to $855 million to upgrade the Northern, up to $675 million for a new West Gippsland hospital, up to $560m to upgrade the Monash Medical Centre
• Fully pay off degrees for more than 10,000 nurses and midwifery students who enrol in 2023 and 2024 and work in the public health system for two years
• $5000 sign-on bonus for newly graduated nurses and midwives who work two years in the public system
• Up to $170m to redevelop three regional public aged care homes
• $71m to improve women's health and provide support for issues ranging from period pain to menopause

• Build or upgrade more than 25 hospitals, including $900m for a new Werribee Royal Children's hospital, $750m for a new Mildura Hospital, $550m to rebuild Caulfield Hospital and $400m for a new infectious disease hospital
• Free public transport on all metropolitan and V/Line public transport services for more than 260,000 health workers
• A $325m staffing plan to recruit and upskill 40,000 health workers over the next four years
• An extra $125m for Victoria's triple-zero call-taking and dispatch service
• Halve the public elective surgery waitlist in first term

ROADS AND TRANSPORT

• $203m to cap V/Line train fares in line with metropolitan services
• $600m for 23 new VLocity trains
• $207m for 200 extra services on major regional lines each weekend
• Remove an extra 25 level crossings by 2030, taking total to 110 since 2015
• $650m to improve train services to Melbourne's west

• Shelve Labor's $35b Suburban Rail Loop and redirect funding to the health system
• Capped $2 daily fares on the metropolitan public transport network
• Half-price V/Line train fares and free replacement buses
• Begin planning for a second Metro Tunnel in Melbourne
• $23m to trial capped return airfares from Mildura to Melbourne for locals
• Lowering the age for a probationary driver's licence to 17

EDUCATION

• Almost $1.6b to build and upgrade Victorian public schools and kindergartens
• $717m package for low-fee Catholic and independent schools
• $584m to establish 50 new government-owned and operated early education centres
• $207 million specialist schools package
• $170m to build new TAFE campuses and improve existing ones across the state
• Free TAFE courses for all Victorians

• More than $1b for new and upgraded government schools
• $700m over four years to non-government school sector for capital support
• $220m for a schools literacy plan
• $300m for free lunches at Victorian public schools under two-year pilot program
• Simplify and streamline the Victorian curriculum
• Support free TAFE system for areas with workforce shortages

ENERGY/CLIMATE CHANGE

• Bring back majority public-owned State Electricity Commission, enshrining it in the constitution
• $1b on renewable energy projects to be overseen and run by SEC
• Increase renewable energy targets from 50 per cent to 65 per cent by 2030, 95 per cent by 2035
• Reach net zero emissions by 2045 instead of 2050
• Legislate renewable energy storage targets for 2030 and 2035
• $42m for 100 community batteries

• Quarantine all new gas discovered in Victoria for state-only use
• Legislate Victoria's 2030 emissions reduction target of 50 per cent
• A $1b clean hydrogen strategy
• Upgrade transmission infrastructure in western Victoria
• Rebates for both solar panels and home batteries

PARLIAMENTARY AND LEGISLATIVE REFORM

• Apology to people who were in state care between 1928 to 1990 for historical abuse and neglect
• Workshop replacing the Lord's Prayer in parliament

• A royal commission into Victoria's COVID-19 pandemic response, scrap Victoria's pandemic laws and guarantee no more lockdowns
• Amend the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act to give faith-based schools protection to hire people based on their values
• Extra funding for the integrity agencies and expand powers for the corruption watchdog to conduct public hearings
• Lead reform on Victoria's upper house group voting ticket system

TAXES/COST OF LIVING

• A fresh round of the $250 power-saving bonus next year
• $9.7m to make vehicle registration free for eligible tradies
• Introduce a Victorian veterans card, including $100 discount on vehicle registration

• Remove electricity supply charges to cut household electricity bills by up to $235
• Freeze water service charges for five years, saving average Victorian households up to $100 a year
• Legislate debt cap and scrap seven taxes
• Pause electric vehicle tax until 2027
• Lift payroll tax threshold from $700,000 to $1.6m

HOUSING

• $2.08m towards Magie Nest Housing, a partnership between The Salvation Army, Melbourne Project 614 and The Collingwood Football Club Foundation that provides accommodation to 130 people with a history of or are at risk of homelessness
• $141m towards installing air conditioners in more than 40 public housing towers in Victoria

• Legislate planning reforms to cut red tape without Labor's dumped social housing levy on developers
• Expand stamp duty exemption for first homebuyers to purchases up to $1 million for a year from January 1
• Unlock 150,000 extra lots of land across Melbourne and regional Victoria in next two years

SPORT/TOURISM/ARTS

• $34m live music support package
• $30m package for brewers, winemakers, distillers
• New planning overlay laws to protect prominent live music venues

• $150m homegrown events fund to assist planning, attracting and re-starting local festivals, concerts and events
• Move 2026 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony from the MCG to Geelong and include Shepparton as hub
• Establish Tourism and Events Victoria as an independent statutory body