Victorian state budget: the billions revealed so far

Victoria’s 2026/27 state fund is shaping arsenic a wide cost-of-living and infrastructure push, with the Allan authorities flagging large spending crossed transport, roads, health, acquisition and assemblage information up of its authoritative release.

From extended nationalist transport subsidies and caller train builds to accrued roadworthy attraction backing and expanded constabulary resources, the pre-budget announcements awesome a absorption connected easing household unit while investing successful semipermanent growth. Key commitments besides target infirmary upgrades, schoolhouse expansion, and support services, arsenic the authorities balances rising request crossed indispensable sectors.

VICTORIAN BUDGET 2026/27: THE SPENDING SPRUIKED SO FAR

Public transport:

* $432 cardinal to widen escaped nationalist transport until the extremity of May and half-price fares for remainder of 2026

* $673.6 cardinal to locally physique different 25 X’Trapolis 2.0 trains

* $152.7 cardinal (jointly funded by state and national governments) to finalise designs and beforehand readying approvals to electrify the train enactment to Melton

* Almost $100 cardinal for caller and expanded autobus services

* $77.5 cardinal for much trains connected metropolitan lines and 1 V/Line service

Roads:

* $750 cardinal successful mislaid gross for 20 per cent rebate connected light-vehicle registrations

* $1.04 cardinal for this fiscal year to rebuild, repair and resurface roads and different related maintenance, up from up from $976 cardinal successful 2025/26

* $102.6 cardinal for “vital roadworthy projects”, including $29.2 cardinal successful Melbourne and $73.4 cardinal successful determination Victoria

Crime:

* $44 cardinal to present 50 further protective work officers

* $62 cardinal to enlistee up to 200 reservists for administrative duties

* $18.3 cardinal for 3000 mobile devices for specialist police

* $13.4 cardinal to astir triple the fig of Tobacco Licensing Victoria inspectors, which presently sits astatine 14

Health:

* $249 cardinal to boost maternity services crossed the western suburbs

* $95 cardinal to unfastened the upgraded Werribee Mercy Hospital exigency department

* $43.4 cardinal for Victoria’s state-funded nationalist fertility program

* $50.1 cardinal to present 4,000 further planned surgeries for kids

* $16 cardinal to present 45,000 other specialist appointments for kids and young people

Education:

* $761.8 cardinal for caller and increasing schools crossed Victoria

* Almost $500 cardinal to present up to 22 kindergartens astatine schoolhouse sites, different 5 Early Learning Victoria centres and grants for 27 caller and expanded kindergartens

* $459.4 cardinal for TAFE and training

* $222.2 cardinal to reconstruct the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and acceptable it up for the future

Other areas:

* $100 cardinal implicit 10 years for caller Country Fire Authority tankers and pumpers

* $8.5 cardinal to strengthen nutrient security

* $3.5 cardinal to grow the Personal Safety Initiative for victim survivors to entree applicable information upgrades

* $6.4 cardinal from the Strengthening Women’s Safety Package to grow entree to specialist household violence support

Source: AAP