Worker support

Program summary

Across Victoria, 1,277 workers and 315 family members received support through the program. At program closure, 90% of the 687 workers who had been made redundant were in new employment or had retired.

The program provided:

• more than $41 million in support payments, including redundancy top-up payments, hardship payments for community forestry workers and relocation assistance
• approximately $5 million for training, with more than 4,800 training activities undertaken.

The local government areas where most participants lived were Latrobe City, East Gippsland Shire, Baw Baw Shire and Yarra Ranges Shire.

The most common industries for new employment were:

• manufacturing
• construction
• agriculture and forestry
• transport, postal and warehousing.

Page last updated: 30/10/26