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• “The Nationals will invest $40 million over four years to establish a Victorian Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme, offering doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals up to $10,000, plus relocation, accommodation and professional development support, to take up hard-to-fill jobs in regional Victoria.”

• “Commonsense move‑on powers will be restored so police can direct people causing trouble or blocking others, including during disruptive or unsafe protests, to move on and keep streets, shopping strips and town centres safe and accessible for families and local businesses.”

• “The Nationals will repeal Treaty within their first 100 days of forming government. We will instead establish First Nations Victoria – a standalone service delivery agency that will make significant progress in meeting the Closing the Gap targets.”

• “We will introduce tough new laws, modelled on the United States RICO framework, to target the leaders of organised crime networks. These reforms will ensure gang bosses who profit from serious criminal activity face significant prison sentences.”

• “Within 60 days of forming government, we will launch a statewide Request for Proposal process, inviting gas producers to identify Victoria's best conventional gas opportunities and how quickly they can responsibly bring them into production.”

• “we will gradually increase the payroll threshold from $1 million to $1.2 million over two years, before reducing the metropolitan payroll tax rate to 4.8 per cent. It is expected to deliver payroll tax relief to 23,000 Victorian businesses.”

• “To recover stolen taxpayer money, we will establish a joint Victoria Police taskforce that works with the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Taxation Office to seize assets linked to criminal activity on Big Build sites.”

• “The tax system will be overhauled so it rewards workers, backs small business and supports families. […] But this is just the first step. We will also review the entire tax system to make it simpler, fairer and better for growth.”

• “VNI West does not stack up, has no social licence and will be scrapped. The Nationals remain committed to reviewing the entire Victorian Transmission Plan and Labor's renewable energy zones.”

• “Not a vague commitment. Not an aspiration. Locked-in funding, so that our roads, our hospitals, our schools, and our rail services get the investment they need and our communities deserve.”

• “The independent Parliamentary Budget Office has confirmed that Labor’s Treaty will cost $948.3 million over a decade, and that repealing it will save Victorians around $1 billion.”

• “The Nationals have committed to no new taxes or charges, so families and small businesses can count on no more tax hits and more money in the pocket.”

• “No public servant will be sacked under this policy. The size of the back-office workforce will be reduced over time through natural attrition.”

• “The Nationals will require major protests to be registered with Victoria Police to better manage disruption and protect community safety.”

• “The Nationals in Government will abolish Emergency Management Days (EMDs) and require Victorian prisoners to serve their full sentences.”

• “The Nationals will lock in a guarantee: at least 25% of all new government infrastructure investment will be spent in regional Victoria.”

• “The independent Parliamentary Budget Office estimates the policy will deliver more than 17,000 exemptions in its first full year”

• “Did you know that regional Victoria makes up 25% of the population of the state? Yet we receive only 12% of the funding.”

• “Sensible 2km buffer zones will be brought back so wind turbines cannot be built close to people’s homes.”

• “The Nationals will limit the scope of suppression orders so they're used only where genuinely necessary.”

• “freezing back-office employees for 2.5 years to help with budget repair”

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• note Liberal policy record
• note The Nationals policy record