On December 21 3012 The Victorian Government released its strategy Securing Victoria’s Economy – Planning, Building, Delivering outlining the key reforms the government has implemented over the past two years and an economic action plan of more than 70 economic reforms. It includes reform measures for:
- Victoria to maintain strong finances and maximise best ability to fund infrastructure and services in the future;
- infrastructure and transport improvements;
- planning reform and land development;
- private sector investment and employment;
- public sector reform;
- red tape reduction;
- cost of living, cost to business;
- taxation;
- connecting Victoria with new markets;
- positioning Victoria as the knowledge capital of Australia; and
- industrial relations reform
The media release is available here
Page 58 of this document is of particular relevance to Local Government with an Action Plan to work with local government to identify opportunites to contain costs and implement a performance monitoring and reporting framework for local government and develop council rate setting principles and benchmarks to ensure accountability and transparency.
A copy of the full report can be found here
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