40

Billions of dollars extra it will cost Victorians to build thousands of homes on Melbourne’s fringes rather than in existing suburbs.

50,600

The number of visitors that poured through the doors of the 32 open buildings during last weekend’s free 2009 Melbourne Open House event.

44

Construction jobs created by the fast tracking of $5.5 million worth of refurbishments at two primary schools in Victoria’s Bentleigh area.