Victorian budget major spending
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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