Mineral royalties and technical colleges in duelling Victorian election pledges

Key points

• Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has pledged that a re-elected Labor government would reinvest all mineral resource royalties in regional Victoria, including in schools and hospitals. Opposition Leader Jess Wilson says a Coalition government would establish 10 new technical colleges statewide, modelled on a South Australian system.
• The Coalition estimates the colleges would cost $222 million over eight years and educate 5000 students in trades.
• Victorians vote in the state election on November 28.