Victorian budget 2024: cost blow outs for Ballarat

Ballarat Courier political reporter Nieve Walton breaks down the region’s inclusions in the Victorian state budget.

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00:00It's budget day in Victoria. We've just come out of budget lock-up and I've read these documents

00:04so you don't have to. Here's what Ballarat's getting in the Victorian state budget for 2024-25.

00:10The government says this is all about helping families. This is going to be a one-off payment

00:13for each government school student of $400 to help with things like school excursions

00:18or different activities that make school more fun. And there'll also be a pedestrian intersection for

00:24the community out in Miners Rest. On the negative side of the budget there's a lot of cost blowouts

00:29for Ballarat. Things like the hospital, an extra $50 million, an extra $10 million for Keep Ballarat

00:35Moving and more money for the Ballarat train station upgrades. All projects that were announced

00:40previously but are costing more because of different accounting reasons or just increased

00:45costs in labour and construction.