2011-2015 Victorian government scorecard

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The Liberal-National coalition government led by Premier Ted Baillieu was elected on 27 November 2010.

This article provides a summary of policy comparisons between the government and other parties on various issues.

Issue	Baillieu Government	Labor	Greens
Cattle grazing in Alpine National Park	Reintroduced as "trial to mitigate bushfire risk"	Oppose	Oppose
Grand prix at Albert Park	Support, $50m public funding disclosed	Support, public funding undisclosed	Oppose
Desalination plant	Support	Support	Oppose
Desalination plant contract disclosure	Election promise, not yet delivered	Oppose	Support
Logging native forests	Support	Support	Oppose
Logging water catchments	Support	Support	Oppose
VicForests government commercial logging of native forests	Support	Review	Oppose
North South pipeline	Will not use	Support	Oppose
Bay dredging	Support	Support	Oppose
Doncaster rail line	Study in progress	Oppose	Support
Airport rail line	Study in progress	Oppose	Support
Rowville rail line	Reviewed. Not proceeding.[1]	Unknown	Support
More dams for Melbourne water supply	Support	Oppose	Oppose
Myki ticket system	Reviewed. Support.	Support	Unknown
Melbourne urban growth expansion[2]	Support	Support	Oppose
Unlimited rights to religious organisations to discriminate[3]	Support	Oppose	Oppose
HRL new coal-fired power station in Latrobe Valley[4][5]	Support	Support	Oppose
Target 155 water restrictions for Melbourne[6]	Scrapped	Support	Unknown
Regional Rail Link	Reviewed. Support	Support	Unknown
Brown coal exports[7]	Reviewing	Abandoned	Oppose
Public Transport Authority	Election promise - not yet delivered	Oppose	Support
Tertiary education and training ombudsman[8]	Election promise - not yet delivered	Oppose	Unknown
Teacher pay rates[9]	"Best paid teachers in Australia" election promise - not delivered	Oppose	Unknown
Community workers pay rise[10]	Election promise - not delivered	Unknown	Unknown
Bastion Point breakwater development[11]	Reviewing	Support	Opppose
Use of speed cameras[12]	Criticised usage during election campaign. Reviewing usage. Election promise to publish locations	Support	Unknown
Restrictions of wind farms[13]	Legislation for objectors to block windfarms if they live within 2km	Oppose	Oppose
Government appointments for mates[14]	Criticised in Opposition, support in Government	Criticised in Opposition, support in Government	Oppose
Coal seam gas exploration in Victoria[15]	Support	Unknown	Oppose
Geothermal power plant construction at Gherang[16]	Support	Unknown	Oppose
Expansion of Anglesea coal mine by 600 hectares[17]	Support	Support	Oppose
Improved transparency in Government decision making[18]	Election commitment, not yet delivered	Opposed (when in Government). Support in Opposition	Support.
Developer fast track through VCAT[19]	Support	Unknown	Oppose
Firewood collection in National Parks[20]	Support	Oppose	Oppose
Fees removed for firewood collection on public land[21]	Support	Unknown	Oppose
Land development at Ventnor, Phillip Island[22]	Support, then backflip	Oppose	Oppose
Carbon tax[23]	Oppose	Support	Support
Single anti-corruption authority[24]	Election promise, not yet delivered	Oppose	Unknown
Ministerial accountability and Code of Conduct[25][26]	Promised in opposition, not honoured in government	Ambiguous	Support
Victorian state emission reduction targets[27][28]	Targets changed to "aspirational", then reduced from 20% to 5%	20% reductions by 2020	Unknown.
Employment	Committed to budget surplus with no stimulus spending[29]	Unknown	Unknown.
Green building 6 star rating	Election commitment to retain 6 stars, now in doubt.[30]	Support 6 stars	Support 6 star
Development in national parks	Proposal to allow commercial development[31]	Oppose	Oppose
Environment policy	Election commitment, not delivered[32]	Published	Published.

[edit] References

1. ↑ Monash Uni train line plan derailed
2. ↑ No 'we are full' sign for Melbourne, The Age, 7 March 2011
3. ↑ Religious groups to regain bias rights, The Age
4. ↑ Power plant plan stalls over design
5. ↑ Emissions reduction: Greenies hit out at secrecy over Victorian power plant, Crikey
6. ↑ Minister turns off tap on Target 155
7. ↑ Baillieu coal export push
8. ↑ State could drop private college watchdog pledge, The Age
9. ↑ Baillieu to renege on teacher pay, The Age
10. ↑ Baillieu breaks second pay pledge, The Age
11. ↑ Pressure ramps up to dump Labor's breakwater project, The Age
12. ↑ Victorian Coalition and Speed Cameras, The Age
13. ↑ Victorian Government Reveals Wind Farm Bans, The Age
14. ↑ Baillieu in hot water over 'jobs for mates', The Age
15. ↑ Coal seam gas: Is Victoria next?, The Weekly Times
16. ↑ 'Why were we the last to know?', The Age
17. ↑ Alcoa mine could take heritage heathland, The Age
18. ↑ Spring Street lashed for stonewalling, The Age
19. ↑ Rich jump planning queue, The Age
20. ↑ Anger over firewood collection plan, ABC News
21. ↑ Firewood fee given the chop, The Age
22. ↑ Starlet Miley Cyrus tweets, government scraps development plan , The Age
23. ↑ No carbon tax now: Baillieu, The Age
24. ↑ Legislation delays to hold up anti-corruption body, The Age
25. ↑ Peter Ryan backed adviser Tristan Weston under OPI scrutiny, The Australian
26. ↑ Baillieu attacked over ministerial code of conduct, The Age
27. ↑ Victorian Climate Change Act 2010, DSE
28. ↑ Carbon target scrapped, The Age
29. ↑ 27,000 jobs down the drain, The Age
30. ↑ Green rating backflip, The Age
31. ↑ National parks to be opened up for development, Kim Wells, The Age
32. ↑ Emperor's new policy, The Age

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