The Minister for Local Government in the
Government
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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.
Since June 2022, the Minister for Local Government has been
Melissa Horne in the
Labor
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Andrews ministry and the Labor
Allan ministry.
List of ministers for local government
References
External links
Local Government VictoriaList of Ministers of the Government of Victoria
Local Government
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1958 establishments in Australia
Ministries established in 1958
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