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Budget

The Victorian Coalition Government 2013-14 Victorian State Budget invests in major infrastructure and high-quality services for all Victorians, while ensuring Victoria’s finances remain the strongest in the nation.
 
Support for reforms that are improving the lives of Victoria’s vulnerable children will continue across the Victorian Coalition Government with the 2013-14 Victorian State Budget, Minister for Community Services, Mary Wooldridge said today.
 
Concessions for vulnerable Victorians will increase in the 2013-14 Victorian State Budget with Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge today announcing a $1.6 billion package to help families with the cost of utilities, health services, education and transport. 
 
The Victorian Coalition Government will spend an additional $70 million next year to better support Victorians with a mental illness or drug and alcohol addiction, Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge said today.
 
More support for more people with disability is a key feature of the 2013-14 Victorian State Budget, Minister for Disability Services and Reform Mary Wooldridge announced today.
 
The Victorian Coalition Government will invest $31.8 million in new or refurbished police stations as part of the 2013-14 Victorian State Budget.
 
The Victorian Coalition Government will continue its commitment to boost the state’s emergency services infrastructure by rebuilding rural fire stations, Minister for Police and Emergency Services Kim Wells announced today.
 
The Victorian Coalition Government will help to secure a productive future for agriculture with new funding allocations in this year’s Victorian Budget.
 
2013-14 Victorian State Budget had delivered funding for a range of initiatives including $22.5 million for the Office of Living Victoria.
 
The Victorian Coalition Government has allocated $8.2 million in the 2013-14 Victorian State Budget over four years to establish and operate a new independent authority to improve the effectiveness of game management and promote responsible game hunting.
 
The Victorian Coalition Government funding programs for arts organisations and individual artists will be streamlined, more strategically focused and boosted, with major changes announced today by Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria.
 
The Victorian Coalition Government will invest $3 million over the next two years into Victoria’s oldest cultural institution, the State Library of Victoria, to assist its bold transformation into the public library of the future, Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria said.
 
Victoria’s reputation as a leading centre for arts, creativity and culture, will be backed with $28.9 million in new funding delivered in the 2013-14 Victorian State Budget, Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria said.
 
The Victorian Coalition Government is investing more than $7 million from the 2013-14 Victorian State Budget to continue financial counselling services for Victorians experiencing economic hardship for a further 12 months, Minister for Consumer Affairs Heidi Victoria said.
 
More than 200,000 young Victorians will be supported to get involved in their communities as a result of the 2013-2014 Victorian State Budget.
 
The 2013-14 Victorian State Budget has delivered $12 million to implement a range of initiatives from the Victorian Coalition Government’s recently released Getting full value: Victoria’s Waste and Resource Recovery Policy.
 
The 2013-14 Victorian State Budget includes more than $87 million to reduce the risk of bushfires, improve the health of our coasts and bays and make our public parks and forests safer so Victorians can continue to enjoy their natural environment.
 
The 2013-14 Victorian State Budget will deliver $7 million over two years to improve safety on public land that has been burnt in bushfires.
 
The Victorian Coalition Government is building for growth in regional Victoria, with the 2013-14 Victorian State Budget investing hundreds of millions into regional cities and country communities. 
 
A new Office of State Development will be established to drive Victorian growth and investment with funding of $16 million over four years, Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development Peter Ryan said today.