Labor

Liberal/National

Labor

Liberal/National

• Repair and rebuild regional Victoria's roads

  $1.25 billion

  Announcement

Labor

Liberal/National

• Permit new conventional gas exploration; and

  Establish an Energy Security Requirement for sufficient firm energy supplies.

  Announcement

Labor

Liberal/National

• New West Gippsland Hospital

  $850 million to deliver a new hospital

  Announcement here

• Wonthaggi Hospital

  $350 million to deliver Stage 2 and 3 of the revelopment

  Announcement here

• Implement Mental Health Reforms

  Announcement

• Kids Helpline

  Work with Kid’s Helpline to support increased funding requirements.

  Announcement

Labor

Liberal/National

• Scrap Labor's 70/30 target

  Fast-track home building in existing, identified growth areas.

  Build new homes in our regional centres -

  Reduce property taxes

  Announcement

Labor

Liberal/National

• 25% of new infrastrucutre expenditure for regional Victoria.

  Announcement

Labor

Australia-wide commitments:

• TAFE: Make free TAFE permanent.

• Apprenticeships: $626.9 million to expand the New Energy Apprenticeships Program to include critical residential construction jobs (included in 2025-26 budget papers).

• Building trades: $78 million for the  Advanced Entry Trades Training program to fast-track the qualification of 6,000 tradies to help build more homes.

• Apprenticeships: $10,000 incentive payments for apprentices in construction.

Liberal/National

Australia-wide commitments:

• Apprenticeships: target of 400,000 apprentices and trainees in training across Australia;

• Apprenticeships: $12,000 for small and medium businesses toward a new apprentice or trainee in critical skills areas for the first two years of their training.

• Technical colleges: $260 million for12 Australian Technical Colleges for students in years 10 to 12 enrolled in a school-based apprenticeship, traineeship or courses that lead to a Year 12 certificate. 

Labor

Liberal/National

Labor

Australia-wide commitments:

• Telecommunications: Introduce legislation in 2025 to expand the universal service framework to require mobile carriers to provide mobile voice and SMS almost everywhere across Australia.

• WiFi: $14 million for to extend critical community Wi-Fi services at evacuation centres across Australia under the Strengthening Telecommunications Against Natural Disasters (STAND) program (also listed under Disaster Resilience).

• NBN: $3 billion to upgrade the remaining national fibre-to-the node (FTTN) network. (NBN Co to contribute $800m). Guarantee NBN Co will remain publicly owned. 

Liberal/National

One Gippsland Priority Area:

• Blackspots: $3 million to improve mobile blackspots on Phillip Island and in Korumburra and Leongatha.

Labor

Australia-wide commitments:

• WiFi: $14 million to extend wi-fi at evacuation centres under the Strengthening Telecommunications Against Natural Disasters (STAND) program. Details here (also listed under Digital Connectivity).

Liberal/National

Australia-wide commitments:

• Essential infrastructure and disaster resilience: $500 million funding stream part of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program for local councils to strengthen communities against natural disasters and fund essential infrastructure to support local growth (also listed under Infrastructure).

Labor

Australia-wide commitments:

• Protection: $12 million to support and protect small businesses. Details here.

• Energy rebate: Eligible small businesses to receive extra energy bill rebates of $150 until the end of 2025.

• Tax rebate: Increasing support available under excise remission scheme for beer and sprit producers and the Wine Equalisation Tax rebate.

Liberal/National

Australia-wide commitments:

• Instant asset: Increase the instant asset write-off from $1,000, to $30,000 and make this arrangement ongoing.

• Tax deductions: of up to $20,000 per year for business-related meal expenses.

Labor

Liberal/National

Labor

Liberal/National

Labor

Liberal/National

Labor

Liberal/National