Who wants what from the Victorian budget

Advocacy groups have issued their wishlists for the 2019-20 Victorian budget, which will be handed down on Monday.

WISH LIST AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S VICTORIAN BUDGET

* VICTORIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE - Closing the state's child prisons and re-directing the savings to diversion and prevention programs

* VICTORIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - Build the East West Link road as well as the North East Link

* PUBLIC TRANSPORT USERS ASSOCIATION - Delay the North East Link and Suburban Rail Loop to reassess other projects with potential for greater benefit, such as the Melbourne Metro 2 rail tunnel

* LAW INSTITUTE OF VICTORIA - Increased legal aid funding

* JESUIT SOCIAL SERVICES - Build at least 3000 new public housing properties each year over the next four years and boost support for people with multiple and complex needs

* EARLY LEARNING ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA - pay equity for kindergarten teachers

* RURAL COUNCILS VICTORIA - Create a ministry for rural communities

* VICTORIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY COUNCIL - Redevelopment of Bendigo Airport to take more interstate flights and upgrade the Queenscliff and Sorrento ferry terminals to cope with demand.


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