Justice and Public Administration
- Provide legal and policy advice to support the Premier, DPC’s ministers and the department more broadly.
- Provide clear, timely and practical guidance, expertise and support to our stakeholders in relation to Cabinet, Parliament, legislation, Executive Council and ministerial correspondence-related matters.
- Ensure strategic-decision makers are supported in their efforts to undertake key reforms to the justice system and strengthen the disaster resilience and security of all Victorians, including through implementing the recommendations of state and national reviews and inquiries.
- Enhance public sector integrity and governance capability, including through supporting:
- the Victorian Public Sector Commission to ensure that the public sector operates in accordance with the highest expectations of trust
- the Premier to respond to key integrity-agency reports and improve Victoria’s parliamentary integrity and standards regime.
- Provide guidance and advice on public sector executive workforce policies to ensure consistent and transparent executive employment and remuneration practices across the public sector.
Strategic Communications, Engagement and Protocol
- Lead and advise Victorian Government departments and agencies on best practice and setting standards in advertising and research, governance, strategic communications, media strategy and insights.
- Provide advice on protocol matters to the public service and deliver events of major state significance.
- Deliver a whole-of-government communications strategy to support Victoria’s path to Treaty.
- Deliver a whole-of-government communications strategy to improve access to information for people with disability.
- Establish and deliver a strategy and insights function to support the government’s policy decision making and initiatives.
- Oversee the government’s Regional Press Policy, Regional Advertising Policy and Multicultural Advertising Policy to ensure all Victorians have relevant and timely access to information.
Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel
- Build capacity in legislative drafting to provide drafting and legislative services to implement the government’s legislative program, support Parliament and to provide public access to Victorian legislation.
Office of the Governor
- Support the Governor to carry out the role for the benefit of Victoria.
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