| Minister for Local Government of Victoria | |
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since 27 June 2022 | |
| Department of Government Services | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | Parliament Executive council |
| Reports to | Premier |
| Nominator | Premier |
| Appointer | Governor on the recommendation of the Premier |
| Term length | At the governor's pleasure |
| Formation | 16 July 1958 |
| First holder | Murray Porter |
The Minister for Local Government in the Government of the Australian state of Victoria is the Minister responsible for supervising the activities of local government councils in the state, recommending allocation of grants to local governments for projects, assessing processes for redistributing municipal boundaries according to population, overseeing tendering processes for council services, airing any concerns of local governments at Cabinet meetings and co-ordinating council community and infrastructure work at a state level. The Minister achieves the Government's objectives through oversight of Local Government Victoria of the Department of Government Services.
All ministers responsible for local government since 1964 have been known as the Minister for Local Government, apart from Caroline Hogg (1991-1992), whose title was Minister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs.[1]
Since June 2022, the Minister for Local Government has been Melissa Horne in the Labor Andrews ministry and the Labor Allan ministry.
- ^ Hughes, Colin A. (2002). A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1985-1999. Federation Press. p. 85.