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The Allan Labor Government is delivering more homes close to public transport, jobs, schools, shops and services – while also delivering more local infrastructure like roads, parks and bike paths.

Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny today announced changes to outdated car parking requirements which will make it cheaper and easier to build homes in well-connected areas – plus plans to extend the existing infrastructure contributions system to more Train and Tram Zones.

While we’re building more homes, Liberals continue to block them. They still oppose our Bill to overhaul Victoria’s planning system and deliver more homes for young people near transport, jobs and services.

No one should go hungry, which is why the Allan Labor Government is delivering more support for food relief across Victoria. 

Minister for Carers and Volunteers Ros Spence today visited Alex Makes Meals in Preston to announce 133 organisations will share in $9 million through the Community Food Relief Program, doubling the program’s funding this year to deliver fresh and nutritious food right across Victoria. 

The Allan Labor Government’s landmark rental protection laws have taken effect – making renting safer and fairer for the hundreds of thousands of Victorians.

The new laws which came into effect today increase renter protections and cement Victoria as the best state in the nation for renters’ rights.

The Allan Labor Government is helping families with cost of living, building the future of Victoria while putting jobs and workers first, to continue delivering nation-leading climate action.

Minister for Climate Action Lily D’Ambrosio today released Victoria’s Climate Change Strategy 2026-30, which sets the direction for the next five years of climate action in Victoria with a focus on helping families.

When the Allan Labor Government launched its landmark Inquiry into Women’s Pain, it was an acknowledgement of what Victorian women already know: their pain is real, and the system needs to do better.

Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas today released the final Bridging the Gender Pain Gap report – the result of an overwhelming number of submissions. 

The Allan Labor Government is opening doors for Victorian homebuyers near train stations and tram corridors.

Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny visited Kew today to release draft maps showing proposed heights and boundaries for 25 of 50 new Train and Tram Zone Activity Centres.

The plans will help deliver more than 300,000 additional homes close to jobs, services and transport by 2051.

A major milestone in Victoria’s decade-long Treaty process has been achieved with the Victorian Government and First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria reaching in-principle agreement on Australia’s first Treaty.

The first negotiated Statewide Treaty Agreement brings together First Peoples, through the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, and the Victorian Government, to build a new relationship based on respect, trust and integrity. It acknowledges our past and is a chance for all Victorians to move forward together.

The Albanese Labor Government and Allan Labor Government are delivering a new free community-based service to support Victorians experiencing psychological distress.

Victorian Minister for Mental Health Ingrid Stitt and Federal Assistant Minister for Social Services and the Prevention of Family Violence Ged Kearney today launched the Distress Brief Support program trial in Darebin

The Allan Labor Government’s virtual women’s health clinic is now open to all Victorian women and girls of any age – offering free, expert medical advice, treatment and care for a range of women’s health needs.

The Allan Labor Government is now one step closer to expanding access to free mental health and wellbeing support close to home without needing a GP referral or Medicare card.

Following the recent announcement of seven new Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals across Victoria, Mental Health Minister Ingrid Stitt today announced the lead service providers that will deliver these services:

The Allan Labor Government will make working from home a right – because it works for families.
Under this proposed law, if you can reasonably do your job from home, you will have the right to do so for at least two days a week – public sector or private sector.

The Allan Labor Government is backing the heartbeat of local communities with a new wave of sports club grants ─ providing more opportunities for people to get involved in the community and sports they love.

For decades, medical research has omitted women from studies – this inequality is contributing to a lack of attention into women’s health issues.

Now, the Allan Labor Government is bridging this gap, with the $1.5 million Women’s Health Research Catalyst Grants program helping to advance the understanding of how disease and other health issues affect women.

The Allan Labor Government is expanding its network of Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals so more Victorians can get free mental health support close to home without needing a GP referral or Medicare card.

The Allan Labor Government is helping Victorian renters and landlords resolve simple disputes – fast, fair and free.

A new e-petition sponsored by State Member for Northcote Kat Theophanous is now live on the Parliament of Victoria website, calling for urgent safety improvements at two key intersections in Thornbury: Darebin Road at Wilmoth Street and Station Street at Collins Street. 

Aboriginal women across metropolitan Melbourne will soon have access to a new dedicated service providing free, comprehensive and culturally safe care.

Delivering the opening address for the Victorian Women’s Health Services Network Conference 2025.