ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE Inquiry into local economic development initiatives in Victoria July 2013 ORDERED TO BE PRINTED Victorian Government Printer Parliamentary Paper No. 242 Session 2010‐13 Parliament of Victoria Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee Inquiry into local economic development initiatives in Victoria Cover design by Geronimo Creative Services. Printed in Victoria, Australia by On Demand. Cover images supplied by Visions of Victoria (used with permission): Bridge Road, Richmond, Mark Chew Hanging Rock, Marg Tornell View of Melbourne’s skyline from the Shrine of Remembrance, Mark Chew City Circle tram outside Flinders Street Station, Mark Chew The Myrtleford Butter Factory, Peter Dunphy Lorne Great Ocean Road, Robert Blackburn Ballarat, Peter Dunphy Paddle Steamer Canberra on the Murray River at Echuca, Tourism Victoria Daylesford and the Macedon Ranges, Peter Dunphy Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Daryl Wisely Ballarat Town Hall, Robert Blackburn Exterior of Forum Theatre in Collins Street at night, Mark Chew Victoria Park Lake, Shepparton, Robert Mason ISBN: 978-0-9751357-6-1 Web version: 978-0-9751357-8-5 Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee Parliament House, Spring Street EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 Phone: +61 3 8682 2832 Email:
[email protected] Website: <http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/edic> This report is also available online at the Committee’s website. This report is printed on recycled paper. Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS The Economic Development and