List of Victorian government agencies

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The agencies of the Government of Victoria are collectively described as the Victorian public sector. By convention, and similarly to other jurisdictions with Westminster systems of government, the public sector is organised into the public service and public entities. The public sector is also collectively known as the machinery of government. 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. Each department can consist of a number of portfolios, each of which is the direct responsibility of a minister, who collectively form the ministry. 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 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 enterprises 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 and Training[]

Public entities[]

Environment, Land, Water and Planning[]

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 and Mount Stirling Alpine Resort Management Board
    • Mount Hotham Alpine Resort Management Board
    • Southern Alpine Resort Management Board
  • Catchment management authorities
    • East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority
    • Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority
    • 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
  • 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

Health and Human Services[]

Public service[]

  • Commission for Children and Young People
  • Family Safety Victoria
  • Safer Care Victoria
  • Victorian Agency for Health Information

Public entities[]

Jobs, Precincts and Regions[]

Public entities[]

Justice and Community Safety[]

Public service[]

  • Court Services Victoria
  • Office of the Legal Services Commissioner
  • Office of the Road Safety Camera Commissioner
  • Victoria Police (support staff only)
  • Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation
  • Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (excluding Commissioner)
  • Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office
  • Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation excluding CEO)

Public entities[]

Premier and Cabinet[]

Public service[]

Public entities[]

Treasury and Finance[]

Public service[]

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

Public entities[]

Transport[]

Public service[]

Public entities[]

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 and its officers.

Parliamentary Budget Office of Victoria

  • Parliamentary departments
    • Department of the Legislative Council
    • Department of the Legislative Assembly

References[]

  • State of the Public Sector In Victoria 2016-2017 (PDF). Melbourne: Victorian Public Sector Commission. March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

 This article incorporates text by the State of Victoria (Victorian Public Sector Commission) available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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