Tuesday, 5 May 2026

 Ros SPENCE (Kalkallo – Minister for First Peoples, Minister for Roads and Road Safety, Minister for Community Sport) (12:15): Today I rise to update the house on the Allan Labor government’s continued investment across Victoria’s road network. We know that our roads play a vital role in the lives of Victorians, connecting people to jobs, to school, to friends and to families. We want every Victorian to arrive safely, and better roads get you home safer and sooner.

That is why we are delivering a record investment of more than $1 billion in road maintenance to rebuild, repair and resurface roads right across Victoria. Crews are already hard at work in every corner of the state delivering on last year’s record investment, which we are building on this year. We know regional roads do much of the heavy lifting, so 70 per cent of this funding will go to regional Victoria. This budget also invests $102.6 million for vital road projects across the state – projects like improving the safety of pedestrians on Barwon Heads Road in Bellarine, resurfacing Pound Road in Narre Warren South, improving the intersection of Dohertys Road and Woods Road in the Laverton electorate and, in South Gippsland, developing better freight routes in Leongatha and an overtaking lane on the Strzelecki Highway.

To help families who use these roads to get to work and to get the kids to school and to sport we have announced 20 per cent off their car registration bill. From 1 June Victorians can apply through Service Victoria for a 20 per cent rebate on their registration, putting up to $186 per car back in the pockets of families. With families already stretched with rising fuel prices and cost-of-living pressures, we know that every dollar counts. The Allan Labor government is focused on practical outcomes: safer roads, stronger communities and real support for Victorian families.