Speed and red-light cameras will be progressively switched on at an additional 32 locations across Victoria from tomorrow, Deputy Premier and Minister for Police Peter Ryan announced today.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Emergency Services Peter Ryan outlined Victoria's vision to introduce a world's best practice emergency management framework at a multi-agency emergency management seminar in Melbourne today.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Police Minister Peter Ryan today announced the Victorian Coalition Government would establish a dedicated Police Graves Memorial Fund to ensure the grave sites of officers killed in the line of duty were maintained.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Police and Emergency Services Peter Ryan today joined community and parliamentary leaders across Australia in paying tribute to those police who had died in the line of duty.

Four million dollars over the next three years will be allocated to help improve access to transport networks and services for people living in regional and rural areas Acting Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan announced today.

The Victorian Coalition Government will undertake a full scale review of its current regional advertising policy to examine how media outlets in regional and rural communities can be better supported now and in the future.

Acting Premier and Minister for Police and Emergency Services Peter Ryan today encouraged Mildura Rural City Council to take advantage of the Victorian Coalition Government's $39 million Community Crime Prevention Program.

Plans for the transformation of Mildura's riverfront precinct and the overhaul of the town's airport passenger terminal have received support from the Victorian Coalition Government with the allocation of $8 million in funding from the Regional Growth Fund.

The Victorian Coalition Government's commitment to make Victoria safer is being realised with Victoria Police today announcing that 400 more frontline police will be allocated across the state by June 30 next year.

Gippsland's diverse industries and businesses play a vital role in supporting the Victorian economy, Acting Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan said today.

Acting Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan today invited community organisations to apply for funding under the Victorian Government's 2011 Community ICT Skills Grants program.

CFA volunteers and members who served during the February 2009 bushfires are encouraged to nominate to receive a commemorative badge to acknowledge their enormous contribution during one of Victoria's darkest periods.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Police and Emergency Services Peter Ryan and Member for Morwell Russell Northe today opened the Princes Freeway at Morwell, following the completion of an extensive remedial works program.

Regional Victoria holds the key to balancing the state's future population growth, Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan told a gathering of business leaders in Melbourne last night.

Regional Victoria holds the key to balancing the state's future population growth, Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan said today.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan officially opened a state-of-the-art oncology unit in Shepparton today that will greatly improve the delivery of cancer treatment to patients in the region.

Victoria will soon have Australia's first independent Road Safety Camera Commissioner after new legislation passed through Parliament this week.

New laws introduced into Parliament today will help make Victoria safer by clarifying the roles of government and emergency service agencies in responding to natural hazards.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Police and Emergency Services Peter Ryan today released the final report of the independent inquiry into the Country Fire Authority (CFA).

The state's emergency services, volunteers and communities will be able to have their say as the Victorian Coalition Government initiates major reform to Victoria's crisis and emergency management arrangements.