The Local Jobs First 2024-25 Annual Report was tabled in Parliament on 20 November 2025 by The Hon. Colin Brooks MP, Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing, and the Minister responsible for Local Jobs First. The report is a requirement under the Local Jobs First Act 2003 and outlines the achievements of Local Jobs First over the 2024-25 financial year.
Highlights for 2024-25 were that 338 Local Jobs First projects commenced (up from 334 in 2023-24) and 192 Local Jobs First projects were completed (up from 188 in 2023-24). In addition, ministerial requirements were set for 44 Strategic Projects (those worth $50 million or more), with the average minimum local content set at 84% on projects collectively worth $14.8 billion. The share of construction projects was 63% (28 projects), with an average minimum local content requirement of 94% set across these projects, up from 92.7% in 2023-24.
The report also includes six case studies illustrating the impact of Local Jobs First, with the Werribee Open Range Zoo Expansion featured on the cover (see case studies).
Another project is the Broadmeadows Health and Community Centre of Excellence at Bendigo Kangan Institute’s Broadmeadows campus. One of the key contributors to the project was SKS Indigenous Technologies, a majority Aboriginal-owned business based in West Melbourne. SKS Indigenous Technologies delivered comprehensive audio-visual services, including design, supply, installation, commissioning, and training across learning and collaboration spaces. Their involvement generated employment, apprenticeships, and injected over $2 million into Aboriginal households.
Local Jobs First supports Victorian businesses and workers by ensuring that small and medium-sized enterprises are given a full and fair opportunity to compete for both large and small government contracts, helping to create job opportunities, including for apprentices, trainees and cadets. Local Jobs First applies to all Victorian Government departments and agencies for any type of project with a value of $1 million or above in regional Victoria and $3 million or above in metropolitan Melbourne or for state-wide activities.