A job is about more than just a pay cheque – it means being able to provide for your family and plan for the future.
That’s why the Victorian Government is building local, buying local and hiring local.
This Budget is helping every Victorian find the fair and decent jobs they deserve.
Since November 2014, our economy has generated 560,000 new jobs, including more than 80,000 jobs in regional Victoria.
When the pandemic hit our shores we responded with record investment to protect Victorian lives and livelihoods. We had a plan to create 400,000 jobs by 2025, with a target to deliver half of them by 2022.
Today, Victoria has already far exceeded our goal – with employment rising by 280,000 since September 2020. We are well on track to reach our target of 400,000 jobs by 2025.
We now want to do even more, creating more opportunities for Victorians to find a job and giving them the training they need for the future.
We’re backing local businesses and keeping Victorians in work, with more than $13 billion in COVID-19 related support provided to businesses since March 2020.
This Budget also provides $353 million to help our creative and major events industries bounce back.
We’re focused on building jobs in the industries of the future, in areas such as advanced manufacturing, medical research and renewable energy.
And since 2014 our infrastructure agenda has supported, or will support, more than 191,000 jobs. This includes 14,000 jobs supported by new infrastructure projects announced in this Budget.
From schools to hospitals, roads and rail – we’ve strengthened our economy by delivering the projects that had been in the ‘too hard’ basket for too long.
We’re investing in the services Victorians need, and in the Victorians we need to deliver them.
Whether that’s a job in our mental health workforce or a role supporting children and families, we’re creating thousands of opportunities for Victorians doing work that matters.
And not only are we creating more jobs, we’re making them fairer too.
The Victorian Government is piloting Australia’s first Sick Pay Guarantee – where participants in casual or insecure work in select industries won’t be forced to choose between a day’s pay and looking after their health.
This Budget is helping create more jobs and opportunities for the future.
And it gives every Victorian the chance to succeed.
Reviewed 29 April 2022