Geelong’s Performing Arts Centre redevelopment is underway, and the Budget provides an additional $7 million to expand and improve amenity for the community. Sport Sport is a part of life in Victoria. We’re the sporting capital of the world and we need to do all we can to keep it that way. The Budget provides $46.4 million for community sports and events. This will develop sports facilities and encourage everyone in the community to get active. Disability People living with disability deserve choice and control over their support services. The Government will invest $132 million in disability-related initiatives, getting Victoria ready for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. We are committed to the success of the scheme for people with disabilities and their families. Multiculturalism The Andrews Labor Government is proud of Victoria’s cultural diversity, and wants to ensure all Victorians, including those who have recently joined us, can proudly call Victoria home. The Budget provides an additional $18 million to fund a range of programs to support the settlement of humanitarian arrivals across Victoria. The programs will strengthen support for newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers and build the collective capacity of the multicultural, settlement and state government sectors to respond to Victoria’s existing and future humanitarian population. Aboriginal affairs The Government is working hard to close the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Victorians and build the foundations for self-determination. The Budget provides $23.4 million to work with Aboriginal Victorians, including: $8 million to create a unique tourist destination in the south-west of Victoria and capitalise on the proposed World Heritage listing of the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape $6.6 million to work with non-government organisations to support Aboriginal businesses strengthen skills and experience $3.8 million to work with the Aboriginal community on the development of a self-determination agenda $3 million in grants for repairs and upgrades to community infrastructure to help contribute to building wealth and jobs Equality Every person has a right to be who they are. Under the Andrews Labor Government, equality is not negotiable. The Budget provides $21.5 million to support the Victorian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community, including:
Geelong’s Performing Arts Centre redevelopment is underway, and the Budget provides an additional $7 million to expand and improve amenity for the community. Sport Sport is a part of life in Victoria. We’re the sporting capital of the world and we need to do all we can to keep it that way. The Budget provides $46.4 million for community sports and events. This will develop sports facilities and encourage everyone in the community to get active. Disability People living with disability deserve choice and control over their support services. The Government will invest $132 million in disability-related initiatives, getting Victoria ready for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. We are committed to the success of the scheme for people with disabilities and their families. Multiculturalism The Andrews Labor Government is proud of Victoria’s cultural diversity, and wants to ensure all Victorians, including those who have recently joined us, can proudly call Victoria home. The Budget provides an additional $18 million to fund a range of programs to support the settlement of humanitarian arrivals across Victoria. The programs will strengthen support for newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers and build the collective capacity of the multicultural, settlement and state government sectors to respond to Victoria’s existing and future humanitarian population. Aboriginal affairs The Government is working hard to close the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Victorians and build the foundations for self-determination. The Budget provides $23.4 million to work with Aboriginal Victorians, including: $8 million to create a unique tourist destination in the south-west of Victoria and capitalise on the proposed World Heritage listing of the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape $6.6 million to work with non-government organisations to support Aboriginal businesses strengthen skills and experience $3.8 million to work with the Aboriginal community on the development of a self-determination agenda $3 million in grants for repairs and upgrades to community infrastructure to help contribute to building wealth and jobs Equality Every person has a right to be who they are. Under the Andrews Labor Government, equality is not negotiable. The Budget provides $21.5 million to support the Victorian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community, including:
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