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Chamber election platform to grow regional Victoria

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has released its 2022 State Election Regional Platform, Growing Regional Victoria. 

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Regional Victoria is the lifeblood of Victoria’s economy. Industries like agribusiness, advanced manufacturing, and tourism power our state.

The Growing Regional Victoria launch follows extensive consultation with businesses across Regional Victoria, including roundtable meetings, focus groups and member surveys ahead of the State Election on November 26.

The Victorian Chamber is passionate about positioning Regional Victoria for success through improving regional housing, planning and infrastructure as well making meaningful economic strategies to grow our regions. Our 17 recommendations to help grow Regional Victoria include:

  • Creating a housing development scheme to expand housing supply and planning in Regional Victoria 
  • Funding a targeted, industry-led `Work in the Regions’ initiative to encourage new regional Victorian and young people to work in industries with labour shortages 
  • Creating an Agriculture Passport to allow seasonal employees to work across growers and farms 
  • To grow Regional Victoria we need to secure our youth’s educational pathways, continue reinforcing economic recovery opportunities and provide good returns on incentivised investment opportunities. By building our regions and incentivising careers that are future facing, all of Victoria will benefit.

Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chief Executive Paul Guerra said: “Regional Victoria is the lifeblood of Victoria’s economy and its growth will play a key role in powering Victoria’s future.

“Our regions are home to one in four Victorians and account for 700,000 jobs and almost 40 per cent of the State’s small businesses. Victoria is also Australia’s biggest food producer and in 2026 will host the first truly regional Commonwealth Games.

“Generating $72 billion annually and contributing nearly 20 per cent to Victoria’s economy, Regional Victoria also provides a third of the State’s total exports and it’s crucial that we empower our regions to continue to grow and innovate.”

“For Victoria’s regions to prosper we need to invest in infrastructure, transport and housing and ensure we are developing a skilled workforce for the future.”

Growing Regional Victoria is one of the four key pillars of the Victorian Chamber’s State Election Platform: Powering Victoria’s Future.

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