DOING WHAT MATTERS FOR KOROROIT
The Andrews Labor Government is getting on with delivering on its election promises for our community – investing in what matters for the people of Kororoit.
We haven’t wasted a day delivering the services and projects that matter to Victorians. With the Victorian Budget 2023/24, we’re getting on with doing what we said we’d do.
Victorians remember the State Electricity Commission (SEC): it meant a fair deal on your power prices and good, stable jobs for workers.
That’s why we’re bringing it back – to drive down power bills and create thousands of jobs in renewable, government-owned energy.
An initial $1 billion investment in the SEC will help deliver 4.5 gigawatts of power – the equivalent replacement capacity of Loy Yang A – through renewable energy projects.
Bringing back the SEC won’t just mean more renewable energy, lower power bills and reduced carbon emissions – it’ll also help create 59,000 jobs.
With 90 per cent of a child’s brain developing before the age of five, early education has the most profound impact on how our kids develop.
That’s why we’re delivering Free Kinder for three and four-year-olds, establishing Pre-Prep, and upgrading or providing new equipment to kinders across the state to make sure Victorian kids can get the best start for the best life.
Kororoit commuters deserve a great public transport network – with modern facilities – to get them where they need to go.
We’ll invest $650 million to upgrade the Melton line – delivering bigger and better nine-car VLocity trains and extending station platforms including at Ardeer station – increasing capacity on the line by 50 per cent.
We also know the importance of a reliable road network that gets local drivers out of traffic and home to their families sooner and safer – this Budget will do just that, delivering on our election commitment to fund a business case for upgrading the Western Highway between Melton and Caroline Springs.
We’re making sure women and their health are given the focus, funding and respect they deserve.
A new comprehensive women's health clinic at Footscray Hospital will change the way women’s health issues are treated, providing care and support for conditions like endometriosis, pelvic pain, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), perimenopause and menopause.
We've made it free to study nursing and enshrined nurse-to-patient ratios in law. Now, we’ll do even more to give nurses the support they need to keep caring for Victorians.
More than $154 million will put more nursing staff in intensive care, high dependency and coronary care units – and more nurses and midwives in our maternity services.
As part of this package, we’ll make sure Victoria is the best place to be a nurse – with sign on bonuses for graduate nurses and midwives, funding to attract more international healthcare workers, scholarships for nurses to upskill and the recruitment of an extra 450 nurses
Sport is such a big part of our community, helping families in Kororoit to stay active and get engaged. This Budget includes $2 million to upgrade clubrooms at Ian Cowie Reserve in Rockbank, supporting the next generation of sporting greats with the facilities they need to spark their sporting dreams.
We’ll keep backing the community organisations that provide care, support and services to help Victorians when they need it the most.
Everyone in Kororoit knows what a massive contribution the Western Emergency Relief Network makes to improving local lives – and we’re supporting their work with a $200,000 grant.
We’ll also provide $140,000 towards upgraded facilities for the 1st Deer Park Scouts – because we know how important our local scouting groups are for young people in Kororoit.
Every community deserves great spaces to come together to celebrate and share in culture and tradition.
We promised to upgrade community facilities at the Australian Bosnian Islamic Centre in Deer Park, and we’re doing just that with a $50,000 grant.
We’ll also provide $20,000 to the Debre Genet Saint Michael Ethiopian Orthodox Church for their Meskel Celebration, allowing our multicultural and multifaith communities to stay connected to their culture and identity.
These are the things that matter – and the things we promised to Victorians.
And with this Budget, we’re getting on with delivering every election commitment we made at the last election.
Quotes attributable to Member for Kororoit Luba Grigorovitch
“The Andrews Labor Government is delivering on every election commitment we made to the people of Kororoit – and we’re doing what matters in the west.”
“From better healthcare for women to a major upgrade to the Melton Line, we’re making sure the people of Kororoit have the services they need now and into the future.”
