A Fairer Victoria

Shepparton Art Gallery will be able to broaden its exhibits and attract new tourism to the city thanks to a $1.5 million upgrade supported by the Brumby Labor Government.

The health of Victoria’s waterways will be improved through a revolutionary aquatic pollution centre that has been partly funded by the Brumby Labor Government.

The Premier John Brumby today unveiled plans for a new suburb in Geelong’s south that will attract more than $3 billion in investment and generate more than 13,000 jobs through the construction of a major new business precinct and 7300 new homes and community facilities. 

The challenges facing Victoria and Labor’s 10 year plan for addressing them, form the basis of the Victorian Labor’s draft 2010 Platform released by State Secretary, Nick Reece today.

The biggest single one-off boost to police numbers in Victorian history will deliver 1,966 additional frontline police over five years, to make our streets and our communities even safer, the Premier, John Brumby, announced today.

Australia’s oldest volunteer fire brigade today received a huge boost as the Premier John Brumby opened the Country Fire Authority’s new $8.9 million headquarters in Geelong, the largest CFA station to be built in Victoria’s history.

Ford Australia will be backed by the Rudd and Brumby governments to undertake a $20 million expansion at its Geelong casting plant, and boost its design and engineering capacity for its Ford Territory, creating 50 new jobs and securing jobs for 100 workers.

Housing Minister Richard Wynne today turned the first sod on construction on a new housing development for Reservoir that will replace outdated units built in 1954.

A community vision was realised today as the new $8 million Kananook Creek Boulevard was officially opened at a Frankston community celebration.