Victorian Chamber Policy Scorecard: Pillar 3

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P11	Fund Visit Victoria to develop a detailed 10-year experience economy strategy to restore and retain Victoria’s reputation for great experiences. It should be focused on two pillars – Tourism and Events – with equal importance given to both.
P12	Create with substantive funding a 10-year Victorian Manufacturing Strategy to boost Victoria’s local manufacturing industry in existing and emerging industries.
P13	Fund an energy subsidy scheme to incentivise commercial landlords to install renewable energy infrastructure.
P14	Promote manufacturing jobs and provide incentives to pursue a career in the industry to attract and retain more employees and grow the local manufacturing sector.
P15	Commit to reviewing and implementing ways to regulate the energy market to ensure certainty of supply and certainty of price for users.

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S16	Create a clean energy roadmap that drives planning and development of clean-tech enablers to reach Victoria’s 50 per cent carbon reduction target by 2030. This would include strategies that develop future fuels such as hydrogen production for transportation and industrial use, battery storage and circular economy investment for the recycling of battery and solar.
S18	Incentivise businesses to adopt energy-saving technologies, equipment and products to lower day-to-day expenses.
S20	Develop a long-term strategy to drive demand for Business Events across the state to support growth in venue infrastructure.
S21	Fund and scale up business support, advice and funding to upskill businesses who export or want to export.
S22	Develop a new ‘Export Victoria’ strategy to increase Victoria’s share of Australia’s total exports to 50 per cent by 2025.
S23	Establish a $500 million credit scheme to provide payroll tax and land tax concessions for manufacturing and high-tech businesses.
S25	Implement a ‘buy-local incentive scheme’ for consumers and businesses to buy from Victorian manufacturers, producers, and suppliers to bring manufacturing back to the State.
S27	Provide sustained funding for the Mode Shift Incentive Scheme to provide regional exporters and logistics companies more certainty in the transition from road to rail.
S29	Implement tax deductions on energy efficiency implementation, including insulation, timing of energy use, smart meters and cheaper ways of upgrading to renewable energy sources..

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