FOCUSED ON WHAT MATTERS MOST TO FAMILIES IN ST ALBANS
The Allan Labor Government is focused on what matters most to families in St Albans, delivering real help with the cost of living and more investment in frontline services.
We’ve helped families in St Albans slash thousands off their power bills by switching to solar and making their homes more energy efficient. This Budget delivers more rebates for energy efficient heat pumps and solar hot water systems, so that more families can save up to $400 a year on their energy bills.
We’re also providing energy bill relief to those doing it tough in St Albans. This Budget delivers a $100 Power Saving Bonus to eligible Victorian households with a concession card, in time for their August winter bills.
For parents in St Albans, every dollar counts. It’s why we’re making public transport free for Victorians under 18.
It’ll mean savings of up to $755 a year – per child. With free PT for under 18s, we’re ensuring cheaper school runs, more affordable weekends – and one less thing for families to worry about. It’ll make Victoria the first state to introduce free public transport for kids and teens, with the investment beginning 1 January 2026.
Costs can also add up for seniors. It’s why with this Budget, we’re making statewide public transport free for Victorians aged 60 and over on weekends.
From 1 January 2026, this change will help Victorians with a Seniors Card in St Albans visit the grandkids or experience even more of our state – without the extra expense.
In partnership with the Commonwealth, the Labor Government is building a new transport superhub in Sunshine as the key to delivering Airport Rail and the first step for electrification to Melton.
To fast track the project, the Budget allocates $4 billion towards the Sunshine Station redevelopment – bringing forward $2 billion of the Government's investment in Airport Rail – to kickstart works as soon as possible.
The Sunshine Station Superhub will untangle a complex section of the rail network around Sunshine Station. It will span more than six kilometres of track from West Footscray to Albion, include two new dedicated regional platforms and an extended station concourse – plus a brand-new station at Albion.
The Metro Tunnel will open this year, with twin nine-kilometre tunnels running underneath the CBD and five new underground stations at Arden, Parkville, State Library, Town Hall and Anzac.
It’ll also link the Sunbury line in the north-west with the Cranbourne-Pakenham lines in the south-east, creating a new continuous connection.
And to bring it all to life – this Budget invests $727 million to enable services through the Metro Tunnel, and along the Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines – meaning more trains for local families.
Our buses give locals the choice to leave the car at home, saving money on fuel and parking, and reducing congestion. That’s why this Budget delivers new routes for our growing communities, including the new route 405, from Cairnlea to Deer Park Station.
This Budget will also help keep local pedestrians, cyclists and drivers safe – with a $500,000 investment to install road safety signage at three locations along Taylors Road in Keilor Downs.
This investment will help reduce the risk of accidents – and keep all local road users safe.
This Budget invests in making sure our schools keep up with our growing community. This includes funding to kick-start planning on an even better learning space for St Albans North Primary School.
The west is proudly multicultural, with people of all backgrounds and faiths calling our community home. The Vietnamese community is no exception, with deep roots in Melbourne’s west. This Budget invests $1.25 million to help complete construction of the Vietnamese Museum Australia, right here in Sunshine.
It also supports our young Pasifika community in St Albans with funding for the Le Mana Pasifika Program, which helps young people stay engaged in their education and communities.
This Budget also backs small businesses in St Albans with $4.9 million to help them access the information, tools and advisory services they need to grow.
Funding will provide grants to help more Victorian business grow, as well as one-on-one mentoring sessions for small business owners in our priority sectors.
It also supports the Small Business Toolkits Program – helping small business with advice and capability building through workshops, live webinars, one-on-one advice and self-guided learning.
The Labor Government introduced Australia’s toughest bail laws to protect people in the community from the risk of serious crime – and now, more serious and repeat alleged offenders are going to jail, not getting bail.
That’s why the Victorian Budget 2025/26 will invest $727 million to ramp up capacity in Victoria’s prisons and youth justice centres, bringing more prison beds online to deal with the increasing number of alleged offenders being denied bail.
Getting in to see a GP is hard – especially one who bulk bills. That means too many families put off looking after their health.
This Budget invests a further $18 million to enable pharmacists to treat even more Victorians with even more conditions – without a trip to the doctor for a prescription.
That means pharmacies will be able to treat more conditions with medicines usually only available with a GP script – including allergies, nausea, high blood pressure and minor wound care, with more conditions added progressively over the next two years.
We’re also covering the cost of the consult – ensuring Victorians can access care for free.
This is a Budget – and a Government – focused on what matters most to Victorians.
Quotes attributable to Member for St Albans Natalie Suleyman
“From public transport to schools, safer roads to real cost of living help – this is a Budget that’s focused on what matters most to families in St Albans.”
“Cost of living is the number one issue for local families – and I know these investments will make a real difference for our community.”
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