A Fairer Victoria

An innovative development to boost affordable housing for those on low and medium incomes is taking shape in Melbourne’s Docklands precinct, following an almost $14 million investment by the Brumby Government.

An exciting new prospect for molybdenum mining in Victoria’s north east has been uncovered by one of a number of companies to receive a Brumby Government grant made under the Rediscover Victoria drilling initiative.

Three new residential developments that will house 89 affordable units to low-income earners and people with disabilities were opened today in St Kilda thanks to a $15.2 million investment by the Brumby Government.

The Brumby Government is investing $1.45 million toward a $3 million High Performance Computing Facility at the Australian Synchrotron in Clayton.

Corrections Minister Bob Cameron today officially opened a $3 million residential facility in Won Wron, near Yarram, for Aboriginal offenders on community based orders.

A Brumby Government fund of $4 million will help small and medium-sized manufacturers get better value for their research and development investments in high-tech expansion and create jobs in Victoria.

Victoria’s libraries will share in a record $38.2 million Brumby Government funding allocation in 2008/09.

Roads and Ports Minister Tim Pallas today announced 64 new road safety projects worth $10.9 million on outer metropolitan and rural arterial road intersections as part of the Brumby Government’s Greyspot Program.

Acting Premier Rob Hulls today urged more Victorians to donate blood and plasma to help save lives as he opened a new state-of-the-art blood donation centre at Airport West.

A $6 million investment by a Noble Park-based auto component manufacturer, facilitated by the Brumby Government, will create up to 30 new jobs in the south-eastern suburbs and boost Victorian exports.