Victoria Budget 2020: Billions allocated to regional health, education and roads

The Victorian Government is spending more than $8 billion in this year’s Budget to help regional Victoria recover from the back-to-back crises of last summer’s bushfires and the pandemic.

The Budget includes $3.8 billion in regional road and rail upgrades, and country areas will share in $2.8 billion in health spending.

The state’s south-west has emerged as a big winner in the budget, benefitting from a range of measures aimed at helping areas hit hard by the pandemic.

The Budget includes $2 billion for the Geelong…