Government

Victorian and Australian Government web sites provide some of the best information you will find. There are way too many to list them all, but here we have included some of the more important links..

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Municipal Councils | Melbourne
1200 Buildings
⊜ Melbourne
The Zero Net Emissions by 2020 Strategy sets the City of Melbourne the target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2020. The strategy identifies a number of areas for improved energy efficiency and...

australia.gov.au
⊜ Australian Government Information Management Office John Gorton Building King Edward Terrace Parkes
The australia.gov.au website is your connection with government in Australia. It links to information and services on over 700 Australian Government websites as well as selected state and...

Australian Bureau of Statistics
⊜ Melbourne
The Australian Bureau of Statistics can help you by providing statistical solutions to make informed decisions. The ABS provides statistics on a wide range of economic and social matters, serving...

Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)
⊜ Level 8, Casselden Place, 2 Lonsdale Street Melbourne
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is responsible for conducting federal elections and referendums and maintaining the Commonwealth electoral roll. The AEC has a National Office in...

Australian of the Year
⊜ Melbourne
Each year our nation celebrates the achievement and contribution of eminent Australians through the Australian of the Year Awards by profiling leading citizens who are role models for us all....

Biotechnology
⊜ Melbourne
Biotechnology is regarded as one of the keys to Victoria's future prosperity with the potential to generate enormous economic, health and environmental benefits. The State Government supports the...

Border Watch
⊜ Australia
The information in this article is now out of date. Please refer homeaffairs.gov.au website for the latest Border Watch program. If it doesn't feel right, flag it Sometimes, threats can be...

British High Commission
⊜ 17th Floor, 90 Collins Street Melbourne
In Australia, the British High Commissioner represents the British Government in its relations with the Australian Government. The British High Commissioner to Australia is the Rt Hon Helen...

Business Name Application
⊜ Melbourne
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) now manages the new national business names register. The new national business names registration service replaces the previous state...

Cameras Save Lives
⊜ Victoria
Road safety cameras save Victorian lives. They slow drivers down, making Victoria's roads safer. Mobile phone and seatbelt detection cameras are now enforcing Victorian road rules. Find a...

Child Support Agency
⊜ Melbourne
The Child Support Agency (CSA) is part of the Australian government's Department of Human Services. CSA's role is to support separated parents to transfer payments for the benefit of their...

City of Melbourne
⊜ Swanston Street Melbourne
Melbourne City Council is the local government body responsible for the municipality of Melbourne. Our elected Council consists of a lord mayor, deputy lord mayor and nine councillors. The...

Consulates & Embassies
⊜ Melbourne
A list of Consulates and Embassies in Melbourne. There are many others based in cities around Australia that are not included here. For visa information, contact individual...

Consumer Affairs Victoria
⊜ Level 17, 121 Exhibition Street Melbourne
Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) protects and promotes the interests of consumers. We also license or register and regulate credit providers, estate agents, introduction agents, motor car traders,...

Courts & Legal of Victoria Australia
⊜ . Melbourne
The following list of courts and legal links in Melbourne and Victoria have been compiled as a source of further information. ...

CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
⊜ Melbourne
We imagine. We collaborate. We innovate. We do the extraordinary every day. We innovate for tomorrow and help improve today - for our customers, all Australians and the world. At the...

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
⊜ Melbourne
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development brings together a range of services for young people from before birth to the beginning of adulthood. The Department has four main...

Department of Transport and Planning
⊜ 1 Spring St, Melbourne
Victoria's Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) brings together key transport, planning, land, precinct and policy functions within a single department to create thriving places and connected...

Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria
⊜ Melbourne
The Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria (DSCV) can help you resolve a wide range of disputes without having to resort to taking legal action. Mediation is a free, confidential process where...

Enterprise Melbourne
⊜ GPO Box 1603 Melbourne
Chaired by Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, and comprising business leaders from across key sectors of the city economy including hospitality, manufacturing, finance and biotechnology, the Enterprise...

Gippsland Ports
⊜ 97 Main Street Melbourne
Gippsland Ports manages navigation aids, public jetties, berth and mooring facilities, boat lifting and vessel servicing facilities and dredging operations. Gippsland Ports is a committee of...

Greens
⊜ Melbourne
In 2010 Adam Bandt in the seat of Melbourne claimed the GREENS first ever seat in the house of representatives. Adam declared his historic win had returned compassion for asylum seekers and...

Heritage Council of Victoria
⊜ Melbourne
The Heritage Council of Victoria recognises, protects and celebrates Victoria's cultural heritage. We advise the government and others on how to conserve and protect historically important objects...

Heritage Victoria
⊜ Level 7; 8 Nicholson Street East Melbourne
Heritage Victoria identifies, protects and interprets Victoria's most significant cultural heritage resources. It advises private owners, local and State government, industry and the general...

Home Affairs: Immigration & National Security
⊜ Melbourne
Home Affairs brings together Australia's federal law enforcement, national and transport security, criminal justice, emergency management, multicultural affairs and immigration and border-related...

IP Australia
⊜ Ground Floor, Discovery House - 47 Bowes Street Phillip
IP Australia is the Federal Government Agency that grants rights in patents, trade marks and designs. Our mission is to ensure that Australians benefit from the effective use of intellectual...

Major Projects Victoria
⊜ Melbourne
Major Projects Victoria's (MPV) mission is to deliver projects that achieve exceptional economic, social and environmental outcomes for the Victorian community. During the last two decades MPV has...

Melbourne Metropolitan Councils
⊜ Melbourne
List of councils in the metropolitan areas of Victoria. Each council features address, www, email and contact details*: List of councils in the metropolitan areas of Victoria. Each...

Mickleham Post Entry Quarantine Facility - Animals
⊜ 135 Donnybrook Rd, Mickleham
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment operates the cat and dog post entry quarantine facility in Mickleham (Melbourne, Victoria). Fees for government animal quarantine...

National Missing Persons Unit
⊜ Melbourne
Every year approximately 30,000 people are reported missing in Australia - that's one every 18 minutes. While over 95% are located within a month, the impact on families, friends and the missing...

National Welfare Rights Network
⊜ 155 Easey Street Collingwood
The NWRN is a network of services throughout Australia that provides free and independent information, advice and representation to individuals about Social Security law and its administration...

Office of Knowledge Capital
⊜ Level 2, 200 Lt Collins Street, Melbourne
The Office of Knowledge Capital aims to develop and promote Melbourne as Australia's Knowledge Capital. Strategic objectives Develop and promote Melbourne locally, nationally and globally to...

Parliament House
⊜ Corner Spring St and Bourke St Melbourne
Parliament House has been the seat of the Parliament of Victoria since 1855, except for the years 1901 to 1928 (Parliament of Australia). It is the largest 19th century public building in...

Premier of Victoria: Dan Andrews
⊜ 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne
The Premier of Victoria web site details his mission, achievements, ministers and policies. Dan Andrews Premier since December 2014 Minister for Water since December 2022 Minister for...

Prime Minister | Victorian
⊜ Melbourne
There have been 11 Victorian Prime Ministers including the longest serving (Robert Menzies*) and the first female (Julia Gillard). Ten of Australia's prime ministers were born in...

Prisons in Victoria
⊜ Melbourne
The Victorian adult corrections system includes more than 50 community correctional facilities and 14 prisons and one transition centre across the state, each catering to the specific needs and...

Register of Lobbyists
⊜ Melbourne
A register for lobbyists who make representations to Government is now up and running, as part of a range of reforms to further strengthen transparency and accountability in Victoria. Lobbyists on...

Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
⊜ Melbourne
Information from the Victorian birth registers is provided by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages as certificates. The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria has been recording...

Science Technology Innovation
⊜ Melbourne
The Government's commitment to Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) is a whole of Government and whole of State initiative. STI policy and programs are designed to address Victoria's development...

Seniors Online
⊜ Australia
An online community filled with useful information for older people in Victoria. Seniors Online is a website developed by the Victorian Government. It aims to be the first port-of-call for...

State Government of Victoria
⊜ Spring Street Melbourne
Victoria Online is the fastest way to find local, state and federal government information and services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Find, connect, shape your Victorian Government Access...

Supreme Court of Victoria
⊜ 210 William Street Melbourne
The Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior Court in the State divided into two divisions - the Court of Appeal and the Trial Division. Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal was established under...

Tribunals of Victoria
⊜ . Melbourne
The following administrative and legal tribunals relate to the State of Victoria.. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal. VCAT - The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The Migration...

Trove - National Library of Australia
⊜ Australia
Trove is a free 24/7 National Library website which includes some amazing collections from Australian libraries, universities, museums, galleries and archives. Trove is a collaboration between...

VicScreen
⊜ Melbourne
VicScreen is Victoria's creative and economic screen development agency. VicScreen is based in Melbourne, but you'll find them wherever the action is. Investing in Victorian production and...

Victoria Online
⊜ Melbourne
Victoria Online is the fastest way to find local, state and federal government information and services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Victoria Online is a specialised website that helps you...

Victorian Archives Centre | Public Record Office Victoria
⊜ 99 Shiel Street North Melbourne
Public Record Office Victoria is the archives of the State Government of Victoria. We hold records from the European settlement of Port Phillip district in the mid-1830s to today. PROV manages...

Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission
⊜ Melbourne
The Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission (VCEC) is the Victorian Government's foremost body advising on business regulation reform and identifying opportunities for improving Victoria's...

Victorian Desalination Plant
⊜ Lower Powlett Rd, Wonthaggi
The Victorian Desalination Plant is a water desalination plant located on the Bass Coast in southern Victoria. THE VICTORIAN DESALINATION PROJECT PROVIDES A DROUGHT-PROOF WATER SUPPLY TO MELBOURNE...

Victorian Electoral Commission
⊜ Level 8, 505 Little Collins Street Melbourne
The Victorian Electoral Commission is an independent statutory authority established under Victoria's Electoral Act 2002. We conduct Victorian State elections, local council elections, certain...

Victorian Litter Action Alliance
⊜ Melbourne
The Victorian Litter Action Alliance is the peak body for litter management and prevention in Victoria and aims to provide a coordinated approach to preventing litter in Victoria across state and...

Victorian Names Register
⊜ Level 2, 452 Flinders Street, Melbourne
The Victorian Names Register, administered by Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV), lists all business names, associations, cooperatives and limited partnerships registered in Victoria. You can search...

Working with Children - Check
⊜ Melbourne
The Working with Children (WWC) Check helps protect children from physical and sexual harm. It does this by screening people's criminal records and professional conduct and preventing those who pose...