Minister for Youth Affairs Ryan Smith has opened the final round of funding for the Scouts and Girl Guides Facilities Grants Program.

Minister for Youth Affairs Ryan Smith today opened the second Victorian Coalition Government funded Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) office in Ballarat.

The Victorian Coalition Government has today unveiled the details of a new model to fund Victoria's fire services as part of the most significant state-based tax reform in decades.

The Victorian Coalition Government has delivered on its commitment to establish a permanent live music industry roundtable, bringing together music industry representatives, licensees of live music venues, government and Victoria Police.

The first stage of the Coalition Government's prison expansion program has been completed, on time and under budget.

Local decision makers and communities will have access to better guidance and information with today's release of detailed mapping of Victoria's coastline.

Sixty-five Victorians with a disability will benefit from the creation of new supported accommodation places, following the announcement of grants totaling $35.5 million from the Victorian Coalition Government for innovative supported accommodation.

Minister for Youth Affairs Ryan Smith yesterday announced $280,000 to support Girl Guides volunteers and to attract recruits from multicultural backgrounds into Guiding.

The financial burden on families of children with a disability will be eased through a $4 million commitment from the Victorian Coalition Government to fully cover the cost of walking aids, wheelchairs and pressure cushions, Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge said today.

A new round of grants is now available to assist community organisations to promote mental health initiatives for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) young people in local communities, Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge announced today.

Public safety in Colac's CBD will be enhanced with the Victorian Coalition Government today fulfilling its election promise to provide funding for the installation of CCTV cameras.

The Victorian Coalition Government is providing $330,000 to install CCTV cameras in Melbourne's famous Chapel Street entertainment precinct.

Public safety will be improved at McKinnon Reserve in Bentleigh after Crime Prevention Minister Andrew McIntosh today fulfilled a Coalition election promise to provide better lighting.

More than 50 new accommodation places for people with disabilities have been secured through a funding commitment of more than $30 million from the Victorian Coalition and Commonwealth governments, Community Services Minister Mary Wooldridge said today.

Mental Health Minister Mary Wooldridge today announced the first recipients of Healthy Equal Youth (HEY) grants to support suicide prevention and mental health activities for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) young people.

The Coalition Government is providing new CCTV cameras for Ballarat's bus interchange, substantially improving public safety, and fulfilling a key election promise.

Self help groups across Victoria are being invited to apply for a share in a $4 million funding boost from the Victorian Coalition Government.

The important role of Community Visitors in the Victorian community was acknowledged today with the first-ever tabling in Parliament of a government response to a Community Visitors annual report.

Minister for Youth Affairs Ryan Smith today invited young Victorians to stand up and be heard by applying to be part of the YMCA Youth Parliament in 2012.

A new Work and Learning Centre in the heart of Carlton will provide much needed pathways into employment and training for local public housing tenants, Housing Minister Wendy Lovell said today.