I’M NOT interested in tired, old negatives.
That’s why Labor has a positive plan for the future of Geelong.
My priorities are clear: we need to fund hospitals and schools and get this city back to work.
I don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. I believe governments have a powerful role, working with business to create jobs together.
The Back To Work Act will be the first law introduced under a Labor Government – a real plan to help create 100,000 jobs.
But the best jobs start with the best skills. That’s why Labor will save Victoria’s TAFE system and bring our campuses back from the brink, with a $320 million TAFE Rescue Fund.
We’ll also reopen tech schools across the state so secondary school kids can get the skills they need.
Our plan to make Victoria the Education State starts in Geelong, with $28.1 million to finish the stalled upgrade of Geelong High School, replace 17 old portables at Drysdale primary, rebuild the dilapidated Portarlington primary and upgrade Northern Bay College.
Locals are also worried about the ambulance crisis. Across Victoria, too many people are taken too soon because the ambulance took too long – that’s why I will end the war on our hard-working paramedics and get the system working again.
I’m optimistic. Geelong has a proud past and if we make the right decisions it will have a great future.
We’ll fund our schools, hospitals and TAFEs. We’ll create jobs and support our industries.
Because we’ll put people first.
Dan Andrews MP
Victorian opposition leader
