Thursday 24 November 2022 04:35 AM Victorian State Election 2022: Paul Mercurio and Sam Groth contesting seats trends now
HEALTH
Labor:
* Build or upgrade at least seven hospitals, including up to $1.05billion on a new Maroondah Hospital, up to $855million to upgrade the Northern, up to $675m for a new West Gippsland hospital, up to $560m to upgrade the Monash Medical Centre
* Fully pay off degrees for more than 10,000 nurses and midwifery students who enrol in 2023 and 2024 and work in the public health system for two years
* $5,000 sign-on bonus for newly graduated nurses and midwives who work two years in the public system
* Up to $170m to redevelop three regional public aged care homes
* $71m to improve women's health and provide support for issues ranging from period pain to menopause
Coalition:
* Build or upgrade more than 25 hospitals, including $900m for a new Werribee Royal Children's hospital, $750m for a new Mildura Hospital, $550m to rebuild Caulfield Hospital and $400m for a new infectious disease hospital
* Free public transport on all metropolitan and V/Line public transport services for more than 260,000 health workers
* A $325m staffing plan to recruit and upskill 40,000 health workers over the next four years
* An extra $125m for Victoria's triple-zero call-taking and dispatch service
* Halve the public elective surgery waitlist in first term
ROADS AND TRANSPORT
Labor:
* $203m to cap V/Line train fares in line with metropolitan services
* $600m for 23 new VLocity trains
* $207m for 200 extra services on major regional lines each weekend
* Remove an extra 25 level crossings by 2030, taking total to 110 since 2015
* $650m to improve train services to Melbourne's west
Coalition:
* Shelve Labor's $35b Suburban Rail Loop and redirect funding to the health system
* Capped $2 daily fares on the metropolitan public transport network
* Half-price V/Line train fares and free replacement buses
* Begin planning for a second Metro Tunnel in Melbourne
* $23m to trial capped return airfares from Mildura to Melbourne for locals
* Lowering the age for a probationary driver's licence to 17
EDUCATION
Labor:
* Almost $1.6b to build and upgrade Victorian public schools and kindergartens
* $717m package for low-fee Catholic and independent schools
* $584m to establish 50 new government-owned and operated early education centres
* $207m specialist schools package
* $170m to build new TAFE campuses and improve existing ones across the state
* Free TAFE courses for all Victorians
Coalition:
* More than $1b for new and upgraded government schools
* $700m over four years to non-government school sector for capital support
* $220m for a schools literacy plan
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