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Vic govt projects create 60k jobs: study

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The Victorian government's infrastructure agenda will create almost 60,000 jobs by 2031, a consultant's study says.

Projects including the Melbourne Rail Link to the airport, the East West Link and regional rail link would also boost the state economy by about $10 billion a year, the SGS Economic and Planning study says.

Premier Denis Napthine said two projects alone, the East West Link and the Melbourne Rail Link, would boost Victoria's GDP by $6 billion and result in 34,500 jobs.

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Melbourne's west was poised to get 40 per cent of the benefits of the projects, boosting that region's economy by 12 per cent, he told a business lunch on Wednesday.

According to the May state budget, 26,000 jobs will be created during the building of the government's infrastructure agenda.

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