Victorian budget major spending

Victoria's Labor government has splashed billions of dollars on education, health and infrastructure in its 2018/19 budget.

MAJOR SPENDING - VICTORIAN BUDGET 2018/19

* Roads: $4.3 billion

* Health: $4.2 billion

* Education: $2.8 billion to build and plan 28 new schools, $476 million to Tafe, $100 million to early learning

* Public transport: $1.9 billion

* Justice: $1.28 billion

* Police: $125 million

HIGHLIGHTS:

* Record $705 million to address mental illness and drug addiction, creating six new emergency department hubs, 89 new acute inpatient beds and three new rehabs in regional Victoria

* Investment of $396 million to funding Australia's first Heart Hospital

* $172 million to make TAFE free for 30 "priority" courses

* $129 million for court resources, including 18 additional magistrates, two new County Court judges and a Supreme Court judge


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