PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND ESTIMATES COMMITTEE INQUIRY INTO BUDGET ESTIMATES 2018-19 - The Hon. Ben Carroll MP Minister for Industry and Employment

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND ESTIMATES COMMITTEE
INQUIRY INTO BUDGET ESTIMATES 2018-19

                                                       The Hon. Ben Carroll MP
                                          Minister for Industry and Employment

GETTING THE
JOB DONE
The 2018-19 Budget
reflects the Andrews
Government commitment to
ensuring that every
Victorian who can work gets
to experience the dignity
and sense of purpose that
come with a job.

JOBS CREATED IN THE VICTORIAN ECONOMY

       140

       120

       100

        80
'000

        60

        40

        20

         0
             2011-12   2012-13   2013-14   2014-15   2015-16   2016-17

JOBS VICTORIA: INCREASING
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR
LONG TERM JOBSEEKERS

Jobs Victoria supported over
6,000 Victorians into jobs

$21.9 million boost in 2018/19
Budget to help jobseekers

$90 million total commitment
to Jobs Victoria                 Charity, Margaret, Rieta and Salwa found their
                                  first jobs at Werribee Open Range Zoo with
                                            support from Jobs Victoria

JOBS VICTORIA: INCREASING
EMPLOYMENT INCLUSION ON
VICTORIA’S MAJOR PROJECTS

Almost 1,000 apprentices, trainees and
engineering cadets have completed 775,000
hours of work on 31 major projects

$6 million boost in 2018/19 Budget to get
more people working on major projects

Expected to generate 3,560 opportunities for
apprentices, trainees and cadets
                                               Manu is one of the 40 apprentices, trainees and
                                               engineering cadets working on the Mernda Rail
                                                                   project

LOCAL JOBS FIRST: BOOSTING JOBS
THROUGH BETTER PROCUREMENT

87 strategic projects valued over $55
billion supporting tens of thousands
of local jobs

$5 million allocated in 2018/19
Budget to establish Office of Industry
Participation and Jobs

Total infrastructure investment
announced is expected to support
                                         Stilcon Holdings are supplying structural
the creation of over 75,000 new jobs.       steel for Joan Kirner Women’s and
                                                     Children’s Hospital

LOCAL JOBS FIRST: EXPANDING THE
INDUSTRY CAPABILITY NETWORK

The Industry Capability Network
connects businesses with opportunities
to work on Victoria’s major projects

$5 million allocated in 2018/19 Budget
will expand ICN in Ballarat, Bendigo,
Geelong and Shepparton

This builds on the successful model
established in the Latrobe Valley in 2017
                                            Latrobe Valley Enterprises worked with the Latrobe
                                            Valley Industry Capability Network office to secure a
                                                contract to make signage for the Metro Tunnel

SOCIAL PROCUREMENT FRAMEWORK

Driving social impact through government
procurement decisions

Applies to all goods, services and
construction, including the $2.5 billion in new
projects announced in the 2018/19 Budget

An Australian-first: creating jobs for people
facing barriers to employment

                                                     Yarra View Nursery, a wholesale social
                                                  enterprise nursery that employs people with
                                                  disability, has a major contract with the Level
                                                            Crossing Removal Authority

ACTIVATING FISHERMANS BEND

A world class engineering and
advanced manufacturing hub in
Fishermans Bend

$20.4 million in 2018/19 Budget to
stimulate economic activity and job
creation on the site

Economic analysis and policy work
will be undertaken, including master    The University of Melbourne’s new School of
planning and site readiness works      Engineering campus will open on the site in the
                                                        early 2020s

ADVANCING VICTORIAN
MANUFACTURING

Manufacturing employs more than
286,000 people and is one of the
largest providers of full-time jobs

$120 million support has helped create
over 6,000 jobs and generate more
than $1.6 billion in private investment

15 months of consecutive growth -
longest run since 2001                      Holden Special Vehicles has set up a new
                                          production line to modify imported vehicles and
                                                    will employ 50 new workers

STRENGTHENING VICTORIA’S
FUTURE INDUSTRIES

162,400 or almost half of all new jobs
in Victoria created in future industry
sectors since November 2014

$2.9 million allocated in 2018/19
Budget will support more jobs in the
defence manufacturing sector

This builds on investments over the
past three years to grow future
industries and create new jobs           Australian Defence Apparel makes uniforms for
                                          the Australian Defence Force at their Bendigo
                                                       manufacturing facility

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND ESTIMATES COMMITTEE
INQUIRY INTO BUDGET ESTIMATES 2018-19

                                                       The Hon. Ben Carroll MP
                                          Minister for Industry and Employment