What the Victorian parties have promised

VICTORIAN ELECTION: THE PROMISES

TRANSPORT

Labor

- at least $7 billion in promises, including:

* Vow to dump the East West Link and sell back properties

* $50 million plan for public transport to run for 24-hours on weekends

* $5-6 billion plan to remove dangerous level crossings

* Fares for train passengers capped at Zone 1 prices

* $100 million to improve Victoria's bus networks

* $100 million for paths for cyclists

Also:

* Previously committed to $11 billion Melbourne Metro rail tunnel

Coalition

- at least $7 billion in promises, including:

* Move forward with stage one of East West Link

* $850 million Tullamarine Freeway upgrade

* Fares for train passengers capped at Zone 1 prices

* $3.9 billion to buy 170 new trams, trains

* New port earmarked for Hastings

* $20.5 million to join up bike paths around the bay

Also:

* Previously committed to $11 billion rail tunnel with airport link

* $16.8 billion for East West Link

FAMILIES/VETERANS

Labor

- at least $7 million in promises, including:

* Grand Final public holiday

* Childcare to turn away parents who don't vaccinate kids

* Review of laws to allow same-sex couples to adopt

* $5.5 million for local social service programs.

* $1.4 million for veterans

Coalition

- at least $20 million in promises, including:

* $11.6 million for free entry for children at Victorian zoos

* $100 rebate for every family with a child in kindergarten

* $6 million to provide housing for 200 disadvantaged young people

* $1.9 million for war memorial projects

JOBS

Labor

- at least $1.5 billion in promises, including:

* Creation of 100,000 jobs over the next two years

* $100 million in payroll tax relief for employers who hire youth

* 850 new firefighter and Custody Officer jobs

* $200 million regional jobs fund

* $200 million to turbocharge growth in defence technology

* Removing red tape and reducing council rate rises for small business

Coalition

- at least $6 billion in promises, including:

* Creation of 200,000 jobs in five years

* $5.2 billion for job skills and training

* $13 million for red tape reductions

* $15 million for 1,800 Family Business Grants

* $5.2 million to enhance Victorian women's access to employment

EDUCATION

Labor

- at least $2 billion in promises, including:

* $84 million to upgrade or build new schools

* $125 million to build 10 regional tech centres

* $320 million for TAFE funding to upgrade and reopen campuses

* Breakfast clubs, camps and school uniforms for disadvantaged kids.

* $50 million for kindergartens

Coalition

- at least $2 billion in promises, including:

* $1.2 billion to upgrade or build 250 schools

* $25 million to rebuild Frankston's Chisholm TAFE

* $78 million for primary school welfare officers

* $26 million program to train 200 teachers as maths specialists

HEALTH

Labor

- at least $700 million in promises, including:

* $120 million specialised cardiac hospital

* $200 million Western Womens and Children's Hospital

* Doctors will visit 100 disadvantaged secondary schools every week

* $106.3 million major expansion of Casey Hospital

* $100 million to reduce ambulance response times and resolve pay dispute

Coalition

- at least $1 billion in promises, including:

* $120 million specialised cardiac hospital

* $127 million to battle obesity, diabetes and heart disease

* At least $300 million for hospital upgrades

* $66 million plan to increase palliative care

* $27 million boost to surgery for seniors

* $92.7 million to increase ambulance resources, services and stations

INFRASTRUCTURE

Labor

- at least $500 million in promises, including:

* $250 million regional infrastructure development fund

* $100 million for Geelong sport and arts facilities

* $100 million for sports clubs to upgrade facilities

* $70 million dedicated for rural councils

Coalition

- at least $250 million in promises, including:

* $59 million for Geelong sport and arts facilities

* $100 million for a regional cities fund

* $30 million for horse-racing infrastructure

* $59 million rejuvenation of Junction Oval

JUSTICE

Labor

- at least $170 million in promises, including:

* Policy targeting ice manufacturers and dealers

* Swift accessible justice for victims of asbestos

* Royal Commission into family violence

* $22 million to address family violence

* $148 million for Victorian Custody Officers in police lock-ups

Coalition

- at least $250 million in promises, including:

* Compulsory testing for the drug ice for major crimes

* $620,000 for Victims of Crime Crisis Support Program

* $150 million package to prevent family violence

* $6 million to help close down illegal puppy and kitten farms

* $25 million investment in technological advances for police

* 950 additional police and 50 PSOs

* $40 million investment and tough new laws for hospital safety

ENVIRONMENT

Labor

- at least $55 million in promises, including:

* Exclusion zones around wind farms will be cut in half

* $20 million for renewable energy projects

* Reopen the Hazelwood mine fire inquiry

* $35 million to phase out commercial net fishing

Coalition

- at least $20 million in promises, including:

* $16 million to protect the bay from litter, marine pests and erosion

* Buy-back of all commercial net fishing licences in Port Philip Bay

THE ARTS/TOURISM

Labor

*$1 million plan to boost Victorian Wine Tourism Strategy

Coalition

* $3.8 million to the Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund

* $16 million over four years for tourism promotion

* Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre expansion