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 * $300m for free lunches at Victorian public schools under two-year pilot program * Simplify and streamline the Victorian curriculum * Support free TAFE system for areas with workforce shortages ENERGY/CLIMATE CHANGE Labor: * Bring back majority public-owned State Electricity Commission, enshrining it in the constitution * $1b on renewable energy projects to be overseen and run by SEC * Increase renewable energy targets from 50 per cent to 65 per cent by 2030, 95 per cent by 2035 * Reach net zero emissions by 2045 instead of 2050 * Legislate renewable energy storage targets for 2030 and 2035 * $42m for 100 community batteries Coalition: * Quarantine all new gas discovered in Victoria for state-only use * Legislate Victoria's 2030 emissions reduction target of 50 per cent * A $1b clean hydrogen strategy * Upgrade transmission infrastructure in western Victoria * Rebates for both solar panels and home batteries PARLIAMENTARY AND LEGISLATIVE REFORM Labor: * Apology to people who were in state care between 1928 to 1990 for historical abuse and neglect * Workshop replacing the Lord's Prayer in parliament Coalition: * A royal commission into Victoria's COVID-19 pandemic response, scrap Victoria's pandemic laws and guarantee no more lockdowns * Amend the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act to give faith-based schools protection to hire people based on their values * Extra funding for the integrity agencies and expand powers for the corruption watchdog to conduct public hearings * Lead reform on Victoria's upper house group voting ticket system TAXES/COST OF LIVING Labor: * A fresh round of the $250 power-saving bonus next year * $9.7m to make vehicle registration free for eligible tradies * Introduce a Victorian veterans card, including $100 discount on vehicle registration Coalition: * Remove electricity supply charges to cut household electricity bills by up to $235 * Freeze water service charges for five years, saving average Victorian households up to $100 a year * Legislate debt cap and scrap seven taxes * Pause electric vehicle tax until 2027 * Lift payroll tax threshold from $700,000 to $1.6m HOUSING Labor: * $2.08m towards Magie Nest Housing, a partnership between The Salvation Army, Melbourne Project 614 and The Collingwood Football Club Foundation that provides accommodation to 130 people with a history of or are at risk of homelessness * $141m towards installing air conditioners in more than 40 public housing towers in Victoria Coalition: * Legislate planning reforms to cut red tape without Labor's dumped social housing levy on developers * Expand stamp duty exemption for first homebuyers to purchases up to $1 million for a year from January 1 * Unlock 150,000 extra lots of land across Melbourne and regional Victoria in next two years SPORT/TOURISM/ARTS Labor: * $34m live music support package * $30m package for brewers, winemakers, distillers * New planning overlay laws to protect prominent live music venues Coalition: * $150m homegrown events fund to assist planning, attracting and re-starting local festivals, concerts and events * Move 2026 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony from the MCG to Geelong and include Shepparton as hub * Establish Tourism and Events Victoria as an independent statutory body All rights reserved for this news site 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