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
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* 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.
