The agencies of the

Government of Victoria The Victoria State Government, also referred to as just the Victorian Government, is the state-level authority for Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Like all state governments, it is formed by three independent branches: the executive ...

in Australia are collectively described as the Victorian

public sector The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises. Public sectors include the public goods and governmental services such as the military, law enforcement, infra ...

. By convention, and similarly to other jurisdictions with Westminster systems of government, the public sector is organised into the

public service A public service is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through public sector agencies ...

and

public entities A statutory corporation is a government entity created as a statutory body by statute. Their precise nature varies by jurisdiction, thus, they are statutes owned by a government or controlled by national or sub-national government to the (in so ...

. The public sector is also collectively known as the

machinery of government The machinery of government (sometimes abbreviated as MoG) is the interconnected structures and processes of government, such as the functions and accountability of ministry (government department), departments in the executive (government), exe ...

. In Victoria, the public sector is defined by the ''Public Administration Act 2004''. The Victorian public service is composed of eight departments, the head of each being a

secretary A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a w ...

. Each department can consist of a number of portfolios, each of which is the direct responsibility of a minister, who collectively form the

ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

. A number of other bodies perform specific roles within the public service. For example, the Victorian Public Sector Commission oversees and reports on the public sector as a whole; Administrative Offices established in relation to departments and undertake clearly defined tasks while reporting directly to the secretary and the responsible Minister; and various other bodies which are described in

legislation Legislation is the process or result of enrolled bill, enrolling, enactment of a bill, enacting, or promulgation, promulgating laws by a legislature, parliament, or analogous Government, governing body. Before an item of legislation becomes law i ...

as public service employers. Public entities are formed in various ways: they may be statutory authorities, formed by legislative instruments which define their role and purpose;

state-owned enterprise A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a Government, government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn Profit (econom ...

s with a commercial purpose; or other advisory bodies performing a public function. Public entities are granted varying degrees of autonomy but are ultimately responsible to the relevant minister. For that purpose, each is assigned to the portfolio of the department supporting the minister. Departments, therefore, are responsible for both the public service bodies and public entities which fall within their purview. Transfers of responsibility between public sector bodies, and the creation or abolition of these bodies, are known as machinery of government changes. The ''Public Administration Act'' provides the mechanisms by which such changes are made.

Education

Department of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

Public entities

*AMES Australia *Bendigo

Kangan Institute Kangan Institute is a TAFE (technical and further education) provider in Melbourne, Australia. History Kangan Institute was established as the Broadmeadows College of TAFE on 28 February 1986, when it was formally opened by Prime Minister Bob ...

Box Hill Institute Box Hill Institute is a provider of vocational and higher education located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne in Victoria. The Box Hill Institute has three locations in Box Hill (Elgar, Nelson & Whitehorse), two in Lilydale (John St and Jar ...

Centre for Adult Education The Centre for Adult Education (CAE), founded in 1947 as the Council of Adult Education, is an adult education institution based in Victoria, Australia. It runs short courses and nationally recognised training, as well as a Victorian Certificate ...

Chisholm Institute Chisholm Institute is a government-owned Technical and Further Education (TAFE) Institute located in the south-east Melbourne Australia. It provides adult education in a number of areas including the arts, hospitality, information technology, tra ...

*Federation Training Institute *

Gordon Institute of TAFE The Gordon Institute of TAFE is the Technical and Further Education institute predominantly servicing the wider Geelong area. The Gordon opened in 1887 and celebrated 130 years of providing education in 2017. The Gordon provides education ...

Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, also known as GOTAFE, GOTAFE is the largest vocational education provider in regional Victoria. Offering over 130 courses across eight campuses, GOTAFE services 11 local government areas with an estimated reside ...

* Holmesglen Institute * Melbourne Polytechnic * South West Institute of TAFE * Sunraysia Institute of TAFE *VET Development Centre *

Victorian Institute of Teaching The Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) is an independent statutory authority whose task is to recognise and regulate members of the teaching profession in Victoria, Australia,.''Education and Training Reform Act'' 2006 - Part 2.6. The Institut ...

William Angliss Institute of TAFE William Angliss Institute of TAFE is a TAFE institute located in the Melbourne CBD, Victoria, Australia providing training and vocational education in Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts. It is the oldest and largest provider of hospitali ...

* Wodonga Institute of TAFE *The over 1,500 councils of schools in the state school system are considered individual public entities responsible to the department. Similarly, permanent and casual relief teachers in state schools are employed by the Teaching Service, which although a component of the department is not a public service employer.

Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) is a government department in Victoria, Australia. It is responsible for various matters related to the environment, energy and climate change. The department was renamed from the D ...

Public service

*Sustainability Victoria *Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability

Public entities

*Architects Registration Board of Victoria *Development Victoria *Energy Safe Victoria * Environment Protection Authority *Game Management Authority * Parks Victoria *Phillip Island Nature Park Board of Management * Royal Botanic Gardens Board *Trust for Nature (Victoria) *Victorian Building Authority *Victorian Environmental Assessment Council *Victorian Environmental Water Holder *Victorian Planning Authority *Winton Wetlands Committee of Management *Working Heritage Incorporated * Zoological Parks and Gardens Board *Alpine resort boards ** Falls Creek Alpine Resort Management Board **

Mount Buller Mount Buller is primarily a resort town on the slopes of Mount Buller in the Shire of Mansfield of the Australian state of Victoria. It is located approximately northeast of Melbourne. It is popular with snowsports enthusiasts in winter due t ...

and

Mount Stirling Mount Stirling is a mountain in the Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range, located in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia. The mountain has an elevation of above sea level. Mount Stirling is also an abbreviation of the Mount Stirling ...

Alpine Resort Management Board **

Mount Hotham Mount Hotham is a mountain located in the Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range, in the Australian state of Victoria. The mountain is located approximately north east of Melbourne, from Sydney, and from Adelaide by road. The nearest m ...

Alpine Resort Management Board **Southern Alpine Resort Management Board * Catchment management authorities **

Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Corangamite may refer to: *Division of Corangamite *Lake Corangamite Lake Corangamite , a hypersaline endorheic lake, is located near Colac in the Lakes and Craters region of the Victorian Volcanic Plains of south-west Victoria, Australia. The ...

**East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority **

Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority Glenelg may refer to Places Australia * Glenelg, South Australia, a beachside suburb of Adelaide * Glenelg River (Victoria) * Glenelg River (Western Australia) * Glenelg County, Western Australia, a former county * Shire of Glenelg, Victoria * S ...

**Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority **

Mallee Catchment Management Authority Mallee may refer to: *Mallee (habit), the habit of woody plants that grow with multiple stems from underground lignotubers Places *Mallee (biogeographic region), a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia * Mallee (Victoria), an inform ...

**North Central Catchment Management Authority **North East Catchment Management Authority **Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority **West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority **Wimmera Catchment Management Authority *Coastal management committees **Barwon Coast Committee of Management **Bellarine Bayside Foreshore Committee of Management Inc **Capel Sound Foreshore Committee of Management Inc **Great Ocean Road Coast Committee Inc **Point Leo Foreshore and Public Parks Reserves Committee of Management Inc *Water corporations ** Barwon Water **

Central Gippsland Region Water Corporation Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

**Central Highlands Region Water Corporation ** City West Water Corporation ** Coliban Region Water Corporation **East Gippsland Region Water Corporation **Gippsland & Southern Rural Water Corporation **Goulburn Valley Region Water Corporation ** Goulburn–Murray Rural Water Corporation **Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water Corporation **Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation ** Melbourne Water Corporation **North East Region Water Corporation ** South East Water Corporation **South Gippsland Region Water Corporation **Wannon Region Water Corporation **Western Region Water Corporation **Westernport Region Water Corporation ** Yarra Valley Water Corporation *Waste management groups **Barwon South West Waste and Resource Recovery Group **Gippsland Waste and Resource Recovery Group **Goulburn Valley Waste and Resource Recovery Group **Grampians Central West Waste and Resource Recovery Group **Loddon Mallee Waste and Resource Recovery Group **Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group **North East Waste and Resource Recovery Group

Families, Fairness and Housing

Department of Families, Fairness and Housing The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) is a department of the Government of Victoria. Formed from the splitting of Department of Health and Human Services in the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, DFFH holds responsibility ...

Public service

*Commission for Children and Young People *Family Safety Victoria *Safer Care Victoria

Public entities

Health

Department of Health A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their ow ...

Public service

*Victorian Agency for Health Information

Public entities

All public hospitals in Victoria are operated by boards responsible to the Department of Health. For a list of hospitals, see *

Ambulance Victoria Ambulance Victoria (AV), a Victorian agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, is the statutory provider of pre-hospital emergency care and ambulance services in Victoria. Ambulance Victoria was formed on 1 July 2008 with the merge ...

*Ballaarat General Cemeteries Trust *BreastScreen Victoria *Geelong Cemeteries Trust *Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust * Health Purchasing Victoria * Kardinia Park Stadium Trust *

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

and

Olympic Parks Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...

Trust *Remembrance Park Central Victoria *Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust *State Sport Centres Trust *Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority *

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation is a statutory authority in the Australian state of Victoria, originally funded by hypothecated taxation raised by the ''Victorian Tobacco Act 1987''. It was the first health promotion body in the worl ...

(VicHealth) *Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health *

Victorian Institute of Sport The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) is the government-funded sporting institute of the Australian state of Victoria. It provides high performance sports programs for talented athletes, enabling them to achieve national and international succe ...

*Victorian Pharmacy Authority

Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions

* Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions

Public entities

*Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd * Australian Centre for the Moving Image * Australian Grand Prix Corporation *Dairy Food Safety Victoria *Docklands Studios Melbourne * Emerald Tourist Railway Board *

Federation Square Federation Square (colloquially Fed Square) is a venue for arts, culture and public events on the edge of the Melbourne central business district. It covers an area of at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets built above busy ra ...

Pty Ltd * Film Victoria *

Geelong Performing Arts Centre Geelong Arts Centre, formerly the Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC), is a performing arts, functions, and events venue located in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The complex is located between Little Malop and Ryrie Streets in central Geelon ...

Trust *Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area Industry Development Committee *Launch Victoria *Melbourne Convention Bureau * Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Trust * Melbourne Market Authority *

Melbourne Recital Centre Melbourne Recital Centre is a venue for live music in Melbourne and welcomes over 200,000 visitors each year. The organisation programs and presents more than 500 concerts and events a year across diverse range of musical genres including classi ...

Museum Victoria Museums Victoria is an organisation which operates three major state-owned museums in Melbourne, Victoria: the Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks Museum. It also manages the Royal Exhibition Building and a storage facili ...

National Gallery of Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. The NGV houses an encyclopedic art collection across two ...

*PrimeSafe *

State Library of Victoria State Library Victoria (SLV) is the state library of Victoria, Australia. Located in Melbourne, it was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, making it Australia's oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the ...

The Wheeler Centre The Wheeler Centre, originally Centre of Books, Writing and Ideas, is a literary and publishing centre founded as part of Melbourne's bid to be a Unesco Creative City of Literature, which designation it earned in 2008. It is named after its pat ...

*Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board *

VicForests VicForests is a Government Backed Enterprise (GBE) operating in the Australian state of Victoria. It was created - as a state body under Section 14 of the ''State Owned Enterprises Act 1992'' - by the Victorian Government, being declared a state b ...

Victorian Arts Centre Arts Centre Melbourne, originally known as the Victorian Arts Centre and briefly called the Arts Centre, is a performing arts centre consisting of a complex of theatres and concert halls in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, located in the central ...

Trust * Visit Victoria

Justice and Community Safety

Department of Justice and Community Safety The Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) is one of nine government departments in the state of Victoria, Australia. Known as the Department of Justice and Regulation until January 2019, it manages and provides government services rela ...

Public service

* Births, Deaths and Marriages (Victorian Registry of) *Court Services Victoria * Office of Public Prosecutions *Office of the Legal Services Commissioner *Office of the Road Safety Camera Commissioner *

Victoria Police Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian States and territories of Australia, state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It was formed in 1853 and currently operates under the ''Victoria Police Act 2013''. , Victo ...

(support staff only) *

Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) was the independent statutory authority that regulated the liquor and gambling industries in Victoria, Australia. This regulation included liquor and gaming licensing, complianc ...

*Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (excluding Commissioner) *Victorian Government Solicitor's Office *Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation excluding CEO)

Public entities

*Consumer Policy Research Centre * Country Fire Authority * Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority *

Fire Rescue Victoria Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) is a fire and rescue service in the state of Victoria, Australia, that provides firefighting, rescue, HAZMAT and Emergency Medical Response services in areas of metropolitan Melbourne and major regional centres throu ...

Greyhound Racing Victoria Greyhound Racing Victoria is the Controlling Body that regulates Greyhound racing in Australia, greyhound racing in Victoria, Australia. Greyhound Racing Victoria is based in Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Greyhound Racing Victoria currently man ...

Harness Racing Victoria Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) is a statutory body for which the Victorian Minister for Racing, The Hon. Martin Pakula is responsible. Harness Racing Victoria's function is to administer, develop and promote the sport of Harness Racing in Victoria. ...

*Victoria Law Foundation *

Victoria Legal Aid Victoria Legal Aid (VLA), formerly the Legal Aid Commission of Victoria, is an organisation that provides information, legal advice and education with a focus on the prevention and early resolution of legal problems. They prioritise intensive l ...

(sworn police and protective services officers) *

Victoria State Emergency Service Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) is a volunteer-based organisation responding to natural disasters and working to ensure the safety of communities around Victoria, Australia. Each State and territory of Australia has its own independen ...

Premier and Cabinet

* Department of Premier and Cabinet

Public service

Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) is Victoria's anti-corruption agency with jurisdiction over the public sector. It does this by: * investigating serious corruption and police misconduct * informing the public sector, ...

* Infrastructure Victoria * Latrobe Valley Authority *Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate *Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel *Office of the Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection *Office of the Freedom of Information Commissioner *Office of the

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

*Office of the Ombudsman Victoria *Office of the Victorian Inspectorate *Office of the

Victorian Electoral Commission Victorian or Victorians may refer to: 19th century * Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign ** Victorian architecture ** Victorian house ** Victorian decorative arts ** Victorian fashion ** Victorian literatu ...

er *Office of the Victorian Government Architect *

Public Record Office Victoria Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) is the government archives of the Australian State of Victoria. PROV was created by the Victorian Public Records Act 1973 with responsibility for the better preservation management and utilization of the public ...

*Victorian Public Sector Commission

Public entities

*Queen Victoria Women's Centre Trust *

Shrine of Remembrance The Shrine of Remembrance (commonly referred to as The Shrine) is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, but ...

Trust *VITS LanguageLink

Treasury and Finance

Department of Treasury and Finance The Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF), often informally referred to as the Treasury, is a government department in Victoria, Australia. One of Victoria's oldest public institutions, the Treasury has existed in various forms throughout V ...

Public service

*CenITex *Commission for Better Regulation *Emergency Services and State Super *Essential Services Commission *Office of Projects Victoria *State Revenue Office

Public entities

* Old Treasury Building Reserve Committee of Management * State Electricity Commission of Victoria * State Trustees Limited *

Transport Accident Commission The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) is the statutory insurer of third-party personal liability (CTP insurance in other states) for road accidents in the State of Victoria, Australia. It was established under the Transport Accident Act 198 ...

*Treasury Corporation of Victoria *Victorian Asbestos Eradication Agency *Victorian Funds Management Corporation *Victorian Managed Insurance Authority *

Victorian WorkCover Authority WorkSafe Victoria is the trading name of the Victorian WorkCover Authority, a statutory authority of the state government of Victoria, Australia. History After being renamed in 2014 as Victorian Work-cover Authority by Minister Gordon Rich- ...

(WorkSafe)

Transport and Planning

* Department of Transport and Planning

Public service

* Chief Investigator, Transport Safety *

Director, Transport Safety The Director, Transport Safety, who operates as Transport Safety Victoria, is the independent Government agency responsible for bus and marine safety in the State of Victoria, Australia. The position was created as a statutory office by the '' ...

(Transport Safety Victoria) *Major Transport Infrastructure Authority **

Level Crossing Removal Project The Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) is a program of the Government of Victoria, Australia, to remove 110 level crossings and rebuild 51 railway stations in Melbourne. After pledging the removal of 50 level crossings at the 2014 Victor ...

**Major Road Projects Victoria ** North East Link Project **

Rail Projects Victoria Rail Projects Victoria (RPV) is an agency of the Government of Victoria, Australia, responsible for the management of certain major infrastructure projects on the Victorian rail network. Originally established as the Melbourne Metro Rail Authorit ...

** West Gate Tunnel Project *

Transport for Victoria Transport for Victoria is a statutory office of the Department of Transport that is responsible for the planning and coordination of all transport systems in Victoria, Australia. It acts as an umbrella agency for Public Transport Victoria (PTV, ...

Public entities

*Gippsland Ports *Port of Hastings Development Authority *Responsible to Department of Transport: **

Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria (CPVV), until 2 June 2018 called the Taxi Services Commission (TSC), is the Government agency responsible for the regulation of the taxi and hire car industries in the State of Victoria, Australia. Before ...

Public Transport Victoria Public Transport Victoria (PTV) is the brand name for public transport in the Australian state of Victoria, Australia, Victoria. It was the trading name of the Go Public Transport Development Authority (PTDA), a now-defunct statutory authorit ...

VicRoads VicRoads is a government joint venture in the state of Victoria, Australia. In the state, it is responsible for driver licensing and vehicle registration. It is owned and operated through a joint venture between the Victorian government and a ...

Victorian Ports Corporation (Melbourne) The Victorian Ports Corporation (Melbourne) (VPCM) is a statutory authority of the Government of Victoria created to succeed the Port of Melbourne Corporation as the government regulator of shipping in Port Phillip Bay after the lease of the Port ...

Victorian Regional Channels Authority The Victorian Regional Channels Authority (VRCA) is the channel management authority of the Victorian Government for the Port of Geelong, the Port of Portland, the Port of Hastings, and 13 other regional ports. History From 1996 to 2004, al ...

V/Line V/Line is a statutory authority that operates regional passenger train and coach services in Victoria, Australia. It provides passenger train services on five commuter lines and eight long-distance routes from its major hub at Southern Cros ...

*Victorian Fisheries Authority *

VicTrack VicTrack, the trading name of Victorian Rail Track Corporation, is a Victorian Government state-owned enterprise which owns all railway and tram lines, associated rail lands and other rail-related infrastructure in the state of Victoria, Austr ...

Non-executive agencies

A small number of agencies are constitutionally or statutorily independent of the government and are directly responsible to the

Parliament of Victoria The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria that follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system. It consists of the King, represented by the Governor of Victoria, the Legislative Assembly and ...

and its officers. *

Victorian Auditor-General's Office Victorian or Victorians may refer to: 19th century * Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign ** Victorian architecture ** Victorian house ** Victorian decorative arts ** Victorian fashion ** Victorian literature ...

br>Parliamentary Budget Office of Victoria
*Parliamentary departments **

Department of Parliamentary Services The Clerk of the Australian Senate is the head of the Parliamentary Department of the Senate, which is the parliamentary department supporting the work of the Australian Senate. The Clerk is responsible to the President of the Senate who in turn ...

**Department of the Legislative Council **Department of the Legislative Assembly

References

* {{Government departments of Victoria *

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

Government agencies A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administratio ...

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