00:00Hi, it's Ben Sylvester for The Standard, where we've just gotten out of the 2026 Victorian
00:04State Budget. There wasn't a lot in there for the Southwest. In fact, all the pet projects for the
00:11Southwest, things like Warrnambool's Breakwater, the Koroit Youth Space, things like the Briley
00:19Recreation Reserve, none of them got funding. A big news item to come out of it was the Warrnambool
00:26Hospital Redevelopment, which has been pushed back by at least three months. It's unclear why that's
00:32happened, but it'll also push back the PET scanner, which has been a long-awaited project for the
00:37region. There could be some funding coming through to police forces with new mobile devices for
00:44specialist police, but the Premier's Office has said that's going to be a Victoria Police decision
00:50as to how much comes through to the regions and to Southwest to Victoria. We've also got
00:55some funding coming through for the school system at large, but nothing for Southwest Victorian
01:02schools. There's also some funding for specialist appointments and surgeries for kids. But again,
01:09Southwest parents will have to go to Geelong or Ballarat or even Bendigo in order to get those
01:15because they're going to the major Victorian hospitals. There was nothing in there for the
01:20Warrnambool lines overcrowded trains either.
01:25So, you can check it out. There are two ways to check out what the palace is. There is a
01:27whole lot of work. Today, we have two points. And then, for the two points, they're not
01:27So, you know, the two points are going to be a big deal for about the Taliban is, so you
01:27know,
01:27you can go to the press conference with people on their own. You know, maybe you can be a big
01:27deal
01:27of a big deal. You can have one. I'm really going to be a big deal right now. I'm going
01:27to go to this
01:27office. And then, I'll go over a few minutes to finish up the question. I'm going to buy a play
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