List of Victorian government agencies

The agencies of the Government of Victoria in Australia 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 ten 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

 * Department of Education

Public entities

 * AMES Australia
 * Bendigo Kangan Institute
 * Box Hill Institute
 * Centre for Adult Education
 * Chisholm Institute
 * Federation Training Institute
 * Gordon Institute of TAFE
 * Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE
 * Holmesglen Institute
 * Melbourne Polytechnic
 * South West Institute of TAFE
 * Sunraysia Institute of TAFE
 * VET Development Centre
 * Victorian Institute of Teaching
 * William Angliss Institute of TAFE
 * 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

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
 * Corangamite Catchment Management Authority
 * East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority
 * Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority
 * Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority
 * Mallee 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
 * Barwon Water
 * Central Gippsland Region Water Corporation
 * 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

Public service

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

Health

 * Department of Health

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
 * Ballaarat General Cemeteries Trust
 * BreastScreen Victoria
 * Geelong Cemeteries Trust
 * Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust
 * Health Purchasing Victoria
 * Kardinia Park Stadium Trust
 * Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust
 * Remembrance Park Central Victoria
 * Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust
 * State Sport Centres Trust
 * Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority
 * Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth)
 * Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health
 * Victorian Institute of Sport
 * Victorian Pharmacy Authority

Government Services

 * Department of Government Services

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 Pty Ltd
 * Film Victoria
 * Geelong Performing Arts Centre Trust
 * Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area Industry Development Committee
 * Launch Victoria
 * Melbourne Convention Bureau
 * Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Trust
 * Melbourne Market Authority
 * Melbourne Recital Centre
 * Museum Victoria
 * National Gallery of Victoria
 * PrimeSafe
 * State Library of Victoria
 * The Wheeler Centre
 * Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board
 * VicForests
 * Victorian Arts Centre Trust
 * Visit Victoria

Justice and Community Safety

 * Department of Justice and Community Safety

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 (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

 * Consumer Policy Research Centre
 * Country Fire Authority
 * Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority
 * Fire Rescue Victoria
 * Greyhound Racing Victoria
 * Harness Racing Victoria
 * Victoria Law Foundation
 * Victoria Legal Aid
 * Victoria Police (sworn police and protective services officers)
 * Victoria State Emergency Service

Premier and Cabinet

 * Department of Premier and Cabinet

Public service

 * Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission
 * 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
 * Office of the Ombudsman Victoria
 * Office of the Victorian Inspectorate
 * Office of the Victorian Electoral Commissioner
 * Office of the Victorian Government Architect
 * Public Record Office Victoria
 * Victorian Public Sector Commission

Public entities

 * Queen Victoria Women's Centre Trust
 * Shrine of Remembrance Trust
 * VITS LanguageLink

Treasury and Finance

 * Department of 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

 * Old Treasury Building Reserve Committee of Management
 * State Electricity Commission of Victoria
 * State Trustees Limited
 * Transport Accident Commission
 * Treasury Corporation of Victoria
 * Victorian Asbestos Eradication Agency
 * Victorian Funds Management Corporation
 * Victorian Managed Insurance Authority
 * Victorian WorkCover Authority (WorkSafe)

Transport and Planning

 * Department of Transport and Planning

Public service

 * Chief Investigator, Transport Safety
 * Director, Transport Safety (Transport Safety Victoria)
 * Major Transport Infrastructure Authority
 * Level Crossing Removal Project
 * Major Road Projects Victoria
 * North East Link Project
 * Rail Projects Victoria
 * West Gate Tunnel Project
 * Transport for Victoria

Public entities

 * Gippsland Ports
 * Port of Hastings Development Authority
 * Responsible to Department of Transport:
 * Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria
 * Public Transport Victoria
 * VicRoads
 * Victorian Ports Corporation (Melbourne)
 * Victorian Regional Channels Authority
 * V/Line
 * Victorian Fisheries Authority
 * VicTrack

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
 * Victorian Auditor-General's Office
 * Sentencing Advisory Council
 * Parliamentary departments
 * Department of Parliamentary Services
 * Department of the Legislative Council
 * Department of the Legislative Assembly