Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure | |
Type: | department |
Agency Type: | Department |
Preceding1: | Department of Transport |
Preceding2: | Department of Planning and Community Development |
Preceding3: | Department of Sustainability and Environment |
Superseding1: | Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources |
Superseding2: | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning |
Superseding3: | Department of Health and Human Services |
Employees: | 1119 |
Budget: | $6.0 billion |
Minister1 Name: | Terry Mulder |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister for Roads, Minister for Public Transport |
Minister2 Name: | Matthew Guy |
Minister2 Pfo: | Minister for Planning |
Minister3 Name: | David Hodgett |
Minister3 Pfo: | Minister for Ports |
Minister4 Name: | Damian Drum |
Minister4 Pfo: | Minister for Sport and Recreation |
Minister5 Name: | Tim Bull |
Minister5 Pfo: | Minister for Local Government |
Deputyminister1 Name: | Gary Blackwood |
Deputyminister1 Pfo: | Parliamentary Secretary for Transport |
Deputyminister2 Name: | David Morris |
Deputyminister2 Pfo: | Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government |
Chief1 Name: | Dean Yates |
Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
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Footnotes: | [1] |
The Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure (DTPLI) was a department of the Government of Victoria. It was created in machinery of government changes in 2013 following Denis Napthine's appointment as premier, and was abolished in 2015 following the election of a new government led by Daniel Andrews. The department had responsibility for policies relating to transport, planning, local government and sport, and oversaw a variety of other agencies in those functions.
Following the resignation of Ted Ballieu as Premier on 6 May 2013, Denis Napthine was elected leader of the parliamentary Liberal Party and sworn in as Premier in the following days. On 9 April, Napthine announced extensive machinery of government changes, reducing the number of departments from 11 to 9. The Department of Transport and Department of Planning and Community Development were merged, creating DTPLI, which also assumed responsibility for land use from the Department of Sustainability and Environment, and minor functions from other departments. Dean Yates, a deputy secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, was appointed secretary, and former Transport secretary Jim Betts' contract was not renewed.[2] [3]
Following the election of the Labor Party under Daniel Andrews at the November 2014 election, DTPLI was abolished on 1 January 2015 in changes which further reduced the number of departments from 9 to 7. The functions of DTPLI were absorbed by the newly created Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, and Department of Health and Human Services.[4]