30-year strategy: objectives feedback community survey

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30-year strategy: objectives feedback community survey

Infrastructure Victoria

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21st December 2018

Attention: Laura Szekfy

Infrastructure Victoria Level 16, 530 Collins Street,

Melbourne VIC 3000

[email protected]

30-YEAR STRATEGY: OBJECTIVES FEEDBACK COMMUNITY SURVEY

Dear Laura,

Enclosed is the summary report on Infrastructure Victoria 30-year strategy objectives – Victorian

Community Poll.

This report has been prepared in accordance with terms and conditions found in the Proposal dated

15th November 2018.

Please contact Fiona Purcell on 03 9288 8072 or myself if you have any questions regarding this

report.

We look forward to discussing this report with you in due course.

Yours sincerely

Lewis Jones

Managing Director, Melbourne EY Sweeney

mailto:[email protected]



Table of contents

Table of contents ..................................................................................................................................... 3

1. Management summary ....................................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Sentiment toward the ten objectives ............................................................................................. 4

1.2 Prioritising the ten objectives ......................................................................................................... 4

1.3 Subgroup differences in perceptions ............................................................................................. 5

Background and objectives ..................................................................................................................... 7

The detailed findings ........................................................................................................................... 12

2. Sample profile ................................................................................................................................... 13

3. Sentiment towards the objectives ..................................................................................................... 14

3.1 Agreement with objectives .......................................................................................................... 14

3.2 Reason for agreement rating ....................................................................................................... 15

3.3 Objective priorities ....................................................................................................................... 17

Appendix 1: The field instrument .......................................................................................................... 20

Appendix 2: Comparisons with stakeholder consultations .................................................................... 29

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1. Management summary

This document reports findings from a survey of 1,002 Victorian community members aged over 18

years old.

1.1 Sentiment toward the ten objectives

Overall, the ten objectives for the 30-year strategy update are viewed positively. After showing

respondents details of the ten objectives, nine in ten (93%) Victorians agree or strongly agree that the

objectives accurately reflect what the strategy is aiming to achieve. This breaks down to one in three

(33%) who strongly agree and six in ten (59%) who agree.

When asked the reason for the rating, respondents who agree are most likely to say it’s because the

objective are a good idea (22%) and / or they plan for or anticipate future changes, needs and

experiences (22%).

Only 7% of Victorians either disagree or strongly disagree with the objectives. The key reason given is

a need to reduce population growth (25%).

1.2 Prioritising the ten objectives

When prompted for their three most important objectives, two in five (43%) choose “prepare for

population change”, followed by one in three choosing “foster healthy, safe and inclusive

communities” (33%) and / or “promote sustainable production and consumption” (31%).

Overall one in four (25%) Victorians say that none of the objectives are least important, with a further

14% who don’t know, potentially highlighting the importance of the objectives as they stand.

More Victorians say that “build resilience to shocks” is one of their least important objectives (18%)

compared to those who say it is one of their most important objectives (11%). “Advance climate

change mitigation and adaptation” received a mixed response, with a similar proportion of Victorians

having this as one of their least important objectives (19%) as there are Victorians having this as one

of their most important objectives (20%).



1.3 Subgroup differences in perceptions

Age

Overall, nett agreement with and prioritisation of the objectives is stronger among those aged 18-29

years old (98%) than older age groups. However older Victorians (those in their 70’s and over) are

more likely to strongly agree with the objectives (46%) than younger Victorians (18-29 years old).

When asked the reason for their positive rating (agree or strongly agree), a greater proportion of

those aged 60-69 years old (17%) said their rating was due to climate change being an infrastructure

priority, compared to those aged 18-29 years old (2%).

Gender

Male and female Victorians have similar levels of agreement toward the ten objectives but differ in

terms of what is a priority. Females are more concerned with promoting sustainable production and

consumption (High priority - female 34% male 27%) while males are more concerned with driving

Victoria’s changing, globally integrated economy (male 20% female 15%) as well as building

resilience to shocks (male 14% female 9%). Males were more likely to deprioritise some of the

objectives compared to females, in particular “advance climate change mitigation” (Low priority -

male: 24%; female: 14%).

Location

Regional and metropolitan Victorians share similar levels of agreement toward the ten objectives,

however there are slight differences between regions in-terms of the top priority. Those from

metropolitan (44%) and outer regional (44%) areas are most likely to say that preparing for population

change is the most important to achieve, while fostering healthy, safe and inclusive communities is the

most commonly stated priority in large regional centres (such as Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo)

(44%).

1 Nett agree = proportion giving a rating of ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’. 2 Nett disagree = proportion giving a rating of ‘disagree’ or ‘strongly disagree’.



THE DETAILED REPORT



Background and objectives

Background

In 2016, Infrastructure Victoria delivered its first 30-year infrastructure strategy. The strategy has been

developed with all Victorians in mind and sets out a vision for Victoria’s future infrastructure in

response to the population, social, environmental and economic changes that are predicted.

To date, there has been extensive stakeholder consultation in the development of the strategy, as well

as feedback from the community collected from existing mailing lists and stakeholder networks.

Online consultation for the 30-year strategy objectives ran from Tuesday 10 July to Friday 3 August

2018 to seek feedback on the objectives and their relative priority. This survey was promoted through

regular social media reminders and stakeholder newsletters.

Workshops in regional Victoria were run throughout October and November 2018 as part of our

Regional Infrastructure Needs project. Participants at these workshops have been also been asked to

complete a short survey on the objectives (the same as the online survey) as a separate activity.

This report adds to existing feedback collected from the online consultation and workshops via a

survey of a representative sample of the Victorian Community. A similar survey has been used to

measure community sentiment towards the ten objectives of the strategy and determine whether

these are still perceived to be relevant and applicable.

Furthermore, public feedback about key priorities and any areas of concern is important to inform the

update of the strategy scheduled for 2020.



Objectives

The overall objective of this community survey is to…

Confirm that the objectives of the 30-year infrastructure strategy remain broadly relevant

and supported by the community.

Specifically, the research addresses the following …

1.

• To assess whether there are any objectives that the community do not

think reflect the aims of the infrastructure strategy

2.

• To establish what objectives Victorians believe to be the most important to

achieve

3.

• To establish what objectives Victorians believe to be the least important to

achieve



Research Methodology

The study involved the conduct of 1,002 online surveys between 28th November and 4th December

2018.

To be eligible for participation, all respondents were…

Living in Victoria

Aged 18 years and over

The final achieved sample structure is shown below.

Sample for the survey was drawn from an online panel. Sample was selected randomly, with quotas

employed on the completed interviews to ensure adequate coverage of age, gender and

metro/regional location. ABS weighting for Victoria was used to produce a representative sample for

reporting the results.

Respondent sample structure

Unweighted count #

Weighted %

Total 1,002 100%

1Max Margins of Error +/- 3.1

Gender Male 480 49% Female 520 51% Other 2 n/a

Age

18-24 120 12% 25-39 280 28% 40-54 250 26% 55-69 211 21% 70+ 141 14%

Location Metro 758 76% Regional 244 24%

1Maximum margins of error shown are based on a research finding of 50% at the 95% Confidence Interval



Notes in Reading the Report

Base sizes and descriptions

Base sizes and descriptions for each question are noted for each table and chart.

Significance testing

In determining if statistically significant differences exists between groups, a test of statistical

significance is carried out. If a result is statistically significant, this provides an indication that the

findings are unlikely to have occurred by chance alone, which is measured based on a threshold

probability, or the significance level. For this study, bases where n≥30 have been tested for

significance at the 95% confidence level. Small sample sizes (n<30) have not been tested for

statistical significance due to the lower confidence in drawing robust statistical conclusions from these

smaller base sizes. Caution should be used when viewing any result below 30, such as in the region

comparison data.

Where relevant, significant differences in results have been reported in the report and are highlighted

as follows…

subgroups that are significantly higher than the total without that subgroup

subgroups that are significantly lower than the total without that subgroup

Throughout the report, tests of proportions and of means have been applied – with a focus on

comparing across demographics (e.g., gender, age etc.) and respondents’ region.

Weighting

Final survey responses have been weighted so that they reflect the demographics of Victorians aged

18 years and over. The reason for weighting data is to ensure that the profile of responses match the

population as per the 2016 ABS Census in terms of gender, age, and location (metropolitan

Melbourne, regional/Rest of Victoria).

Netted results

Netts have been used in this report, combining one or more response components for ease of

interpretation and greater statistical power. Netts have been calculated where there is a logical

grouping in groups, as is the case with ‘agree’ and ‘strongly agree’ forming ‘net agree’.

Verbatim responses

N=500 verbatim responses to the question “Q1b. Please explain the reason for your response.” have

been reviewed and been coded into themes. From those leaving a comment, all respondents leaving

a ‘strongly disagree’ or ‘disagree’ response to Q1a have been coded while the remainder were

randomised prior to selection. The coding is tailored to each individual question. Codes have been

created to ensure no more than 10% of respondents are classified as ‘other’.



Online consultation and region comparison data

This report includes data comparisons from two other data sources (maximum base size shown in

brackets):

• Online stakeholder and mailing list consultation (n=187)

• Regional stakeholder consultations in:

− Barwon (n=23)

− Central Highlands (n=14)

− Gippsland (n=21)

− Goulburn (n=10)

− Great South Coast (n=22)

− Loddon Campaspe (n=23)

− Mallee (n=19)

− Ovens Murray (n=18)

− Wimmera Southern Mallee (n=19)

Caution should be used when comparing data from the community survey, as some question text

and/or options have been changed, such as:

• Level of agreement:

− Community survey: asked on a strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree scale

− Online stakeholder and regional consultation: asked as a yes/ no question

• Prioritising objectives

− Community survey participants were able to select “Don’t know” or “None of these”

For the purpose of this report, nett agree has been used as a proxy for yes and nett disagree for a

substitute for no. Significance testing has not been conducted for the comparisons as the online

stakeholder and regional consultation data appears unweighted.

Online stakeholder and regional consultation and current community survey results appears in

Appendix 2.



The detailed findings



2. Sample profile

As can be seen in Chart 1, responses for participants from the community survey have been weighted

to ensure that they are representative of gender, age and location (metropolitan Melbourne and

regional Victoria).

Chart 1: Demographics

51%49%

Gender Age

20%

21%

16%

14%

16%

14%

18-29 years

30-39 years

40-49 years

50-59 years

60-69 years

70+ yearsOther: n= 2

Base: n=1,002S1. Are you…?

Base: n=1,002S2. Which of these age groups do you fall into?

76%Melbourne metropolitan region 10% 14%

Large regional centre

Other regional area

Residence

Base: n=1,002S3. Please select the region that best describes where you currently live.



3. Sentiment towards the objectives

3.1 Agreement with objectives

Overall, the ten objectives for the 30-year strategy update are viewed positively. After showing

respondents details of the ten objectives, nine in ten (93%) Victorians agree or strongly agree that the

objectives accurately reflect what the strategy is aiming to achieve. This breaks down to one in three

(33%) who strongly agree and six in ten (59%) who agree (see Chart 2).

Chart 2: Agreement with the objectives

Overall, nett agreement with and prioritisation of the objectives is stronger among those aged 18-29

years old (98%) than older age groups. However older Victorians (those in their 70’s and over) are

more likely to strongly agree with the objectives (46%) than younger Victorians (18-29 years old).

33%

30%

37%

28%

26%

35%

36%

35%

46%

35%

30%

27%

59%

63%

56%

70%

65%

54%

59%

56%

47%

59%

64%

60%

6%

5%

6%

1%

7%

9%

4%

8%

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11%

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Total

Male

Female

18 - 29 years

30 - 39 years

40 to 49 years

50 to 59 years

60 to 69 years

70+ years

Melbourne metropolitanregion


Other regional area of Victoria

Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree

NETTagree

NETTdisagree

93% 7%

93% 7%

93% 7%

98% 2%

91% 9%

89% 11%

95% 5%

92% 8%

92% 8%

94% 6%

95% 5%

87% 13%

Agreement with objectives

Base: n=1,002 (Male n=480; Female n=520; Other n=2 not shown; 18-29 years n=196; 30-39 years n=204; 40-49 years n=157; 50-59 years n=141) 60-69 years n=163;70+ years n=141; Metro n=758; Large regional n=92; Other regional n=152)

Q1a. Overall, to what extent do you agree that the 10 objectives reflect what the 30-year infrastructure strategy update should aim to achieve?



3.2 Reason for agreement rating

When asked the reason for the rating, respondents who agree are most likely to say it’s because the

objectives are a good idea (22%) and / or they plan for or anticipate future changes, needs and

experiences (22%).

Only 7% of Victorians either disagree or strongly disagree with the objectives. The key reason given is

a need to reduce population growth (25%).

Chart 3: Reasons for response

When asked for their reason for their rating, a greater proportion of those aged 60-69 years old (18%)

said their rating was due to climate change being an infrastructure priority, compared to those aged

18-29 years old (2%). (see Table 1 next page).

20%

19%

16%

13%

9%

9%

7%

7%

5%

5%

4%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

9%

NET Agree(n=441)

NET Disagree(n=59)

I agree / good idea (no further information) 22% ↑ 2% ↓

Objectives plan for / anticipate the future needs / experiences / changes 22% ↑ 0% ↓

Upgrades are important / need to act now 17% 5%

Plan for population growth e.g. housing / education / employment 15% ↑ 2% ↓

Relevant to Victoria 10% 0%

The plan covers a broad range of areas / issues 10% 1%

Climate change is an infrastructure priority 7% 7%

Improve the cost of living 7% 5%

Needs to reduce population growth 3% ↓ 25% ↑

Objectives seem difficult to implement 3% ↓ 15% ↑

Need to create more jobs in Australia 3% 6%

I don't agree with particular objectives 2% ↓ 15% ↑

Objectives are well thought-out 4% 0%

Will improve the economy 3% 4%

Don't trust the government / government is unproductive 2% ↓ 12% ↑

Need to consider safety / crime rate 2% 6%

Victoria is already behind / current infrastructure is outdated 3% 3%

Other 9% 9%

Reason for response

Base: n=500 coded responsesQ1a. Overall, to what extent do you agree that the 10 objectives reflect what the 30-year infrastructure strategy update should aim to achieve? Q1b. Please explain the reason for your response (Coded). Note: Data only shown for response higher than 3%



Table 1: Reasons for response by demographic

GENDER AGE GROUP REGION

Male Female18-29 years

30-39 years

40-49 years

50-59 years

60-69 years

70+ years

Melb. metro


Other regional

area

n= 242 257 79 94 90 68 91 78 375 44 81

I agree / good idea (no further information)

21% 19% 24% 20% 28% 12% 17% 15% 19% 24% 20%

Objectives plan for / anticipate the future needs / experiences / changes

16% 23% 16% 14% 22% 25% 19% 21% 21% 16% 14%

Upgrades are important / need to act now

12% 19% 12% 16% 16% 9% 19% 22% 17% 14% 13%

Plan for population growth e.g. housing / education / employment

14% 13% 9% 20% 8% 17% 13% 12% 14% 18% 6%

Relevant to Victoria 7% 11% 15% 6% 11% 2% 9% 8% 9% 14% 4%

The plan covers a broad range of areas / issues

5% 12% 7% 8% 12% 9% 9% 7% 9% 6% 9%

Climate change is an infrastructure priority

8% 7% 2% 6% 3% 7% 18%↑ 6% 8% 5% 6%

Improve the cost of living 6% 7% 10% 7% 2% 6% 11% 3% 7% 4% 6%

Needs to reduce population growth 6% 5% 1% 1% 8% 6% 9% 9% 5% 1% 9%

Objectives seem difficult to implement 5% 4% 5% 1% 5% 6% 5% 9% 5% 4% 7%

Need to create more jobs in Australia 4% 3% 2% 6% 2% 2% 5% 4% 3% 7% 5%

Will improve the economy 3% 3% 9% 3% 1% 3% 2% 2% 4% 4% 2%

Objectives are well thought-out 3% 4% 5% 1% 2% 7% 3% 3% 4% 0% 3%

Victoria is already behind / current infrastructure is outdated

4% 2% 0% 3% 1% 5% 3% 5% 3% 4% 0%

Need to consider safety / crime rate 4% 2% 4% 2% 1% 4% 4% 4% 3% 0% 3%

Don't trust the government / government is unproductive

5% 2% 2% 1% 2% 4% 5% 8% 4% 3% 2%

I don't agree with particular objectives

3% 4% 2% 5% 5% 3% 1% 5% 3% 4% 7%

Other 9% 9% 14% 11% 6% 9% 10% 5% 9% 9% 10%

Reason for response

Base: As shown. indicates significant difference.Q1b. Please explain the reason for your response (Coded n=500 responses only). Note: Data only shown for response higher than 3%



3.3 Objective priorities

When prompted for their three most important objectives, two in five (43%) choose “prepare for

population change”, followed by one in three choosing “foster healthy, safe and inclusive

communities” (33%) and / or “promote sustainable production and consumption” (31%) (see Chart 4).

Overall one in four (25%) Victorians say that none of the objectives are least important, with a further

14% who don’t know, potentially highlighting the importance of the objectives as they stand.

More Victorians say that “build resilience to shocks” is one of their least important objectives (18%)

compared to those who say it is one of their most important objectives (11%). “Advance climate

change mitigation and adaptation” receives a mixed response, with a similar proportion of Victorians

having this as one of their least important objectives (19%), as there are Victorians having this as one

of their most important objectives (20%).

Chart 4: Prioritising objectives

Prepare for population change

Foster healthy, safe and inclusive communities

Promote sustainable production and consumption

Protect and enhance natural environments

Reduce disadvantage

Enable workforce participation

Advance climate change mitigation and adaptation

Drive Victoria’s changing, globally integrated economy

Lift productivity

Build resilience to shocks

Don’t know

None of these 25%

14%

18%

12%

14%

19%

10%

13%

7%

8%

9%

7%

2%

4%

11%

16%

18%

20%

23%

23%

26%

31%

33%

43%

Prioritising objectives

Base: n=1,002Q2. Which of the objectives do you think are most important to achieve?Q2A. Which of the objectives do you think are least important to achieve?

Least important objective Most important objective



The top three priorities, “prepare for population change”, “foster healthy, safe and inclusive

communities” and “promote sustainable production and consumption”, are among the most important

across all demographic groups, however there are some slight variations.

Females are more concerned with promoting sustainable production and consumption (females 34%

males 27%) while males are more concerned with driving Victoria’s changing, globally integrated

economy (male 20% female 15%) as well as building resilience to shocks (males 14% females 9%),

however differences between gender groups are not statistically significant.

Regional and metropolitan Victorians also have slight differences in priority placement, although

differences are not statistically significant. Those from metropolitan (44%) and outer regional (44%)

areas are most likely to say that preparing for population change is the most important to achieve,

while fostering healthy, safe and inclusive communities is the most commonly stated priority in large

regional centres (such as Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo) (44%) (see Chart 5).

Chart 5: Most important objectives by demographics

As shown in Chart 6, males are more likely to deprioritise some of the objectives compared to

females, in particular “advance climate change mitigation” (male: 24%; female: 14%).



30-39 years

40-49 years

50-59 years

60-69 years

70+ years

Melb. metro


Other regional

area

n= 480 520 196 204 157 141 163 141 758 92 152

Prepare for population change 44% 43% 33% 43% 52% 47% 44% 44% 44% 40% 44%


30% 36% 30% 30% 27% 30% 46% 40% 32% 44% 35%


27% 34% 32% 26% 27% 26% 31% 44% 30% 27% 39%


24% 29% 25% 24% 30% 24% 28% 28% 26% 31% 26%

Reduce disadvantage 20% 25% 26% 26% 19% 26% 20% 17% 23% 20% 23%

Enable workforce participation 24% 22% 25% 22% 21% 21% 23% 23% 22% 24% 26%


17% 22% 18% 16% 19% 14% 29% 26% 20% 16% 21%


20% 15% 14% 16% 23% 24% 14% 16% 18% 19% 13%

Lift productivity 19% 12% 23% 13% 15% 16% 11% 13% 16% 13% 16%

Build resilience to shocks 14% 9% 10% 14% 12% 14% 8% 10% 11% 19% 6%

Don’t know 3% 5% 4% 5% 5% 4% 5% 0% 4% 4% 4%

None of these 2% 1% 2% 2% 0% 2% 2% 1% 2% 0% 2%

Most important objectives

Base: As shown. indicates significant difference.Q2. Which of the objectives do you think are most important to achieve?



Chart 6: Least important objectives by demographics



30-39 years

40-49 years

50-59 years

60-69 years

70+ years

Melb. metro


Other regional

area

n= 480 520 196 204 157 141 163 141 758 92 152

None of these 21% ↓ 30% ↑ 19% 23% 26% 26% 31% 31% 26% 25% 21%


24% ↑ 14% ↓ 18% 18% 15% 19% 15% 29% ↑ 17% 24% 23%

Build resilience to shocks 19% 18% 25% 15% 18% 21% 13% 15% 18% 17% 19%


17% 12% 20% 17% 9% 11% 16% 11% 14% 10% 21%

Reduce disadvantage 15% 11% 16% 10% 12% 7% 13% 18% 13% 15% 11%

Lift productivity 12% 11% 16% 14% 11% 14% 10% 4% ↓ 12% 8% 13%

Enable workforce participation 11% 9% 16% ↑ 7% 13% 8% 7% 7% 9% 11% 13%


13% ↑ 5% ↓ 10% 12% 13% 11% 4% 3% ↓ 8% 8% 14%


12% ↑ 4% ↓ 10% 11% 10% 8% 4% 1% ↓ 8% 8% 7%

Prepare for population change 8% 7% 9% 7% 6% 8% 7% 6% 6% 12% 8%


9% ↑ 5% ↓ 13% ↑ 8% 6% 3% 4% 6% 7% 7% 5%

Don’t know 10% ↓ 19% ↑ 8% ↓ 15% 15% 13% 19% 17% 14% 17% 11%

Least important objectives

Base: As shown. indicates significant difference.Q2A. Which of the objectives do you think are least important to achieve?



Appendix 1: The field instrument



The Field Instrument

A static version of the online survey appears below.



Appendix 2: Comparisons with stakeholder consultations



COMMUNITY VS. STAKEHOLDER SURVEY COMPARISON

Comm-unity Total

Online stake-holderTotal

BarwonCentral

HighlandsGippsland Goulburn

Great South Coast

Loddon Campaspe

Mallee Ovens MurrayWimmera

Southern Mallee

Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake.

n= 1,002 187 45 23 29 13 47 21 9 8 12 20 41 10 4* 15 12 15 2* 19

Nett agree / Yes 93% 71% 98% 78% 88% 69% 93% 86% 75% 75% 90% 65% 96% 80% - 53% 81% 80% - 76%

Nett disagree / No 7% 29% 2% 22% 12% 31% 7% 14% 25% 25% 10% 35% 4% 20% - 47% 19% 20% - 24%

Agreement with objectives

Base: As shown. *Note: base size very small. Significance testing not conducted due to differences in response options. Q1a. Overall, to what extent do you agree that the 10 objectives reflect what the 30-year infrastructure strategy update should aim to achieve?



COMMUNITY VS. STAKEHOLDER SURVEY COMPARISON

Community Total

Online stakehold

erTotal

BarwonCentral

HighlandsGippsland Goulburn

Great South Coast

Loddon Campaspe

Mallee Ovens MurrayWimmera

Southern Mallee

Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake. Comm. Stake.

n= 1,002 187 45 23 29 14 47 20 9 10 12 22 41 23 4* 19 12 18 2* 19

Prepare for population change

43% 58% 32% 35% 49% 29% 54% 60% 39% 60% 49% 32% 47% 35% 48% 32% 37% 33% 0% 42%


33% 43% 37% 39% 47% 57% 34% 50% 56% 10% 28% 50% 33% 57% 79% 26% 0% 61% 58% 42%

Promote sustainable production and

consumption31% 29% 25% 30% 21% 21% 42% 15% 33% 0% 50% 27% 31% 26% 0% 26% 33% 22% 58% 21%


26% 26% 31% 43% 29% 21% 28% 35% 9% 10% 51% 23% 25% 22% 27% 5% 53% 28% 0% 26%

Reduce disadvantage 23% 33% 22% 43% 37% 43% 32% 25% 0% 40% 19% 9% 21% 57% 21% 26% 0% 22% 58% 26%

Enable workforce participation

23% 14% 15% 13% 20% 57% 27% 20% 22% 70% 38% 32% 35% 35% 21% 32% 15% 11% 0% 26%


20% 28% 25% 52% 20% 21% 20% 20% 20% 30% 25% 23% 20% 39% 0% 47% 41% 39% 0% 53%

Drive Victoria’s changing, globally integrated

economy18% 14% 22% 35% 5% 21% 15% 45% 0% 10% 7% 50% 24% 17% 0% 42% 17% 22% 0% 26%

Lift productivity 16% 17% 8% 4% 15% 14% 17% 25% 0% 10% 7% 18% 15% 9% 0% 21% 10% 11% 0% 16%

Build resilience to shocks 11% 11% 14% 13% 20% 14% 3% 10% 11% 10% 0% 14% 10% 9% 0% 21% 7% 17% 0% 0%

Don’t know 4% n/a 6% n/a 0% n/a 2% n/a 25% n/a 0% n/a 6% n/a 0% n/a 0% n/a 42% n/a

None of these 2% n/a 0% n/a 2% n/a 0% n/a 0% n/a 0% n/a 0% n/a 0% n/a 11% n/a 0% n/a

Most important objectives

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