The city was repaid for its support of Labor in November last year, as all infrastructure promises received funding in the 2015/16 State Budget.

Works are expected to begin in the coming 12 months on school projects at Bendigo Senior Secondary College and Epsom Primary School, while funding was also included for Bendigo Metro Rail and the Bendigo Stadium expansion.

Both the $5.7 million Epsom Primary School works and the $6 million works at BSSC are expected to be complete at the end of 2017.

Bendigo Metro Rail will receive $2.1 million until 2018/19, including $300,000 in the next financial year and $600,000 each year after.

The state government included $1 million to establish a Master Plan for Kalianna School.

A technical college in Bendigo was part of a $12 million announcement statewide and funding for the new animal studies centre at Bendigo TAFE was also included.

Minister for Regional Development Jaala Pulford said the government would take a different approach to regional development.

"We will take a different approach to the level of support provided to regional communities," she said.

"We need to rebuild our ambulance service, our TAFE capacity and all services essential to regional communities.

"One-third of all school funding in the budget will go to regional Victoria."

The government confirmed its $500 million Regional Jobs and Infrastructure Fund over four years, which includes a $200 million Regional Jobs Fund.

The Aspire Precinct project in Bendigo is among 34 projects to already be allocated funds under the scheme.

Bendigo Stadium will receive $5 million for its expansion and the state government allocation to the proposed aquatic centre in Kangaroo Flat remains in the budget.

The Harcourt Mountain Bike Trail also received its promised $1 million in funding.

A new fire station in Huntly was among emergency services funding commitments.

The new Bendigo Hospital remains on track for completion at the end of 2016, with $15.3 million allocated in 2015/16 and $16.6 million in 2016/17.

Works on widening Napier Street are expected to be complete at the end of this year, after the government contributed a further $481,000 to the works.

Kyneton primary and secondary schools will be complete by mid-2017, with $8 million and $5 million contributed to each campus, and Stage 2 of the Castlemaine Secondary College works received $2.5 million.

The college is likely to be complete in early 2017.

The state government committed between $180 million and $220 million to the Murray Basin Rail project, dependent on a business case.

Ms Pulford said the business case will be released "in the coming weeks" and full details of the project will follow soon after.

Treasurer Tim Pallas fended off questions over funding to technical schools and the ideology behind the regional infrastructure fund on Tuesday as he delivered his first State Budget.​

An $81.3 million package will provide immediate support to family violence services while the Royal Commission into Family Violence runs its course until early next year.

The state government announced the funding will provide counselling services, crisis accommodation and additional family violence legal services.

Tradies are another big winner from the State Budget, after Treasurer Tim Pallas confirmed their vehicle registration costs will be halved.

Mr Pallas said the program is designed to reduce the cost of completing an apprenticeship.

Prisoners in Loddon Prison will benefit from a $9.2 million expansion in the health and education services.

The state government will spend $333 million to improve buildings and mental health services in the corrections system.

Bendigo will not receive custody officers for police stations in the initial rollout of the program.