Department of Transport and Planning

For the Department of Transport that existed from 1992 to 1996, see Ministry of Transport (Victoria). For the Department of Transport that existed from 2008 to 2013, see Department of Transport (Victoria, 2008–13).
Department of Transport and Planning
Logo prior to January 2023
Department overview
Formed1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)
Preceding department
JurisdictionVictoria, Australia
Employees3,979 (June 2020)
Annual budget$9.1 billion (FY 19–20)
Ministers responsible
Department executive
  • Paul Younis, Secretary
Websitevic.gov.au/department-transport-and-planning
Footnotes
[1]

The Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) is a government department in Victoria, Australia. Commencing operation on 1 January 2019 as the Department of Transport (DOT), the DOT was formed in machinery of government changes made by Premier Daniel Andrews after the re-election of his Labor government at the 2018 Victorian state election. The re-shuffle saw the "super-ministry" Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources abolished and its functions reassigned to the DOT and Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions.

The department is responsible for ongoing operation and coordination of the state's transport networks, as well as the delivery of new and upgraded transport infrastructure. It also absorbed most functions of VicRoads and Public Transport Victoria on 1 July 2019.[2][3] On 1 January 2023, after the 2022 Victorian state election, the department absorbed the planning functions of Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and was renamed to its current name.[4][5]

The DTP supports three ministers in the first Allan ministry, holding three ministerial portfolios: Minister for Ports and Freight and Minister for Roads and Road Safety Melissa Horne, Minister for Public and Active Transport Gabrielle Williams, Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny.[6]

  1. ^ Annual Report 2019-20 (PDF). Melbourne: Department of Transport. October 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Acts, regulations & policies". VicRoads. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Governance". Department of Transport. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Department update". Department of Transport and Planning. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Order Establishing and Renaming Departments" (PDF). Victorian Government Gazette. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ "New Cabinet To Keep Doing What Matters". Premier of Victoria. 5 December 2022.