Highlights of Victoria's 2021/22 budget

HIGHLIGHTS OF VICTORIA'S 2021/22 BUDGET

What the Victorian government will be spending money on, by sector, in the next financial year.

HEALTH

*$3.8 billion to rebuild the mental health system on the back of the royal commission into the sector

*$3.7 billion into hospital services, including more emergency staff and specialised therapies

*$1.3 billion for the public health response to COVID-19

*$50 million to support establishing Victoria's mRNA vaccine manufacturing capabilities

EDUCATION

*$492 million to build 13 brand new schools and additional stages of another three schools

*$340 million to upgrade 52 schools

*$148 million for a Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership, located in the Melbourne CBD, Bairnsdale, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Mildura, Moe and Shepparton

*$167 million towards the continued three-year-old kinder roll-out

TRANSPORT

*$986 million towards the design, construction and maintenance of 25 new X'Trapolis 2.0 trains, predominantly in Victoria, and to upgrade the Craigieburn train maintenance facility

*$385.8 million for road safety and preventing road deaths

*$46 million for a zero-emissions vehicle purchase subsidy, dubbed Australia's first

*$74.3 million to improve frequency and routes of the regional and suburban bus network

EMERGENCY SERVICES

*$517 million towards reducing bushfire risk

*$138.8 million over seven years to upgrade CFA radio equipment to digital

*$39.2 million for upgrades to VicEmergency and other information systems, improving cross-border arrangements and the Australian fire danger rating system

*$87.92 million to implement recommendations from the royal commission into the management of police informants

ABORIGINAL VICTORIANS

*$58 million towards the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission which will address historical and ongoing wrongs

*$32 million to continue the transfer of Aboriginal child protection and out-of-home care services to Aboriginal community-controlled organisations

*$17 million to advance treaty and self-determination

*$116 million to support mental health and wellbeing

*$33.1 million for programs to prevent Aboriginal deaths in custody

Source: Victorian 2021/22 budget papers