Controlled entities
Note 42 Controlled entities within the 2014-15 Financial Report for the State of Victoria contains a list
of significant controlled entities which have been consolidated for the purposes of the financial report.
Unless otherwise noted, all such entities are wholly owned. The entities below may include additional
consolidated entities, for which only the parent entity has been listed.
The principal activities of the controlled entities reflect the three sectors of government they are within
as set out in note 1(D) Basis of Consolidation. Further, Note 41 Government purpose classification in
the 2014-15 Financial Report reflects the broad objectives of these controlled entities.
General government (a)
Department of Education and Training (b)
Adult Community and Further Education
Board
Adult Multicultural Education Services
International Fibre Centre Limited
TAFEs including:
 Bendigo Kangan Institute (b)
 Box Hill Institute of TAFE
 Chisholm Institute of TAFE
 Federation Training
 Gordon Institute of TAFE
 Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE
 Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
 Melbourne Polytechnic (c)
 South West Institute of TAFE
 Sunraysia Institute of TAFE
 William Angliss Institute of TAFE
 Wodonga Institute of TAFE
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment
Authority
Victorian Institute of Teaching
Victorian Registration and Qualifications
Authority
Department of Environment, Land,
Water and Planning
Architects Registration Board of Victoria
Catchment Management Authorities
including:
 Corangamite Catchment Management
Authority
 East Gippsland Catchment
Management Authority
 Glenelg Hopkins Catchment
Management Authority
 Goulburn Broken Catchment
Management Authority
 Mallee Catchment Management
Authority
 North Central Catchment
Management Authority
 North East Catchment Management
Authority
 Port Phillip and Westernport
Catchment Management Authority
 West Gippsland Catchment
Management Authority
 Wimmera Catchment Management
Authority
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Dhelkunya Dja Land Management Board (d)
Office of the Commissioner for
Environmental Sustainability
Environment Protection Authority
Parks Victoria
Gunaikurnai Traditional Owner Land
Management Board
Heritage Council
Metropolitan Planning Authority
Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria
Sustainability Victoria
Trust for Nature (Victoria)
Victorian Building Authority
Victorian Environmental Water Holder
Yorta Yorta Traditional Owner Land
Management Board
Department of Health and Human
Services
Commission for Children and Young People
Health Purchasing Victoria
Hospitals, Health and Ambulance Services
including:
 Albury Wodonga Health
 Alexandra District Hospital
 Alfred Health
 Alpine Health
 Ambulance Victoria
 Austin Health
 Bairnsdale Regional Health Service
 Ballarat Health Services
 Barwon Health
 Bass Coast Health (e)
 Beaufort and Skipton Health Service
 Beechworth Health Service
 Benalla Health
 Bendigo Health Care Group
 Boort District Health
 Casterton Memorial Hospital
 Castlemaine Health
 Central Gippsland Health Service
 Cobram District Health
 Cohuna District Hospital
 Colac Area Health
 Dental Health Services Victoria
 Djerriwarrh Health Services
 Dunmunkle Health Services
 East Grampians Health Service
 East Wimmera Health Service
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 Eastern Health
 Echuca Regional Health
 Edenhope and District Memorial
Hospital
 Gippsland Southern Health Service
 Goulburn Valley Health
 Heathcote Health
 Hepburn Health Service
 Hesse Rural Health Service
 Heywood Rural Health
 Inglewood and Districts Health Service
 Kerang District Health
 Kooweerup Regional Health Service
 Kyabram and District Health Services
 Kyneton District Health Service
 Latrobe Regional Hospital
 Lorne Community Hospital
 Maldon Hospital
 Mallee Track Health and Community
Service
 Mansfield District Hospital
 Maryborough District Health Service
 Melbourne Health
 Monash Health
 Moyne Health Services
 Nathalia District Hospital
 Northeast Health Wangaratta
 Northern Health
 Numurkah District Health Service
 Omeo District Health
 Orbost Regional Health
 Otway Health
 Peninsula Health
 Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
 Portland District Health
 Robinvale District Health Services
 Rochester and Elmore District Health
Service
 Rural Northwest Health
 Seymour Health
 South Gippsland Hospital
 South West Healthcare
 Stawell Regional Health
 Swan Hill District Health
 Tallangatta Health Service
 Terang and Mortlake Health Service
 The Kilmore and District Hospital
 The Royal Children’s Hospital
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Controlled entities (continued)
General government (continued) (a)
 The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear
Hospital
 The Royal Women’s Hospital
 Timboon and District Healthcare
Service
 Upper Murray Health and Community
Services
 Victorian Assisted Reproductive
Treatment Authority
 Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental
Health
 West Gippsland Healthcare Group
 West Wimmera Health Service
 Western District Health Service
 Western Health
 Wimmera Health Care Group
 Yarram and District Health Service
 Yarrawonga Health
 Yea and District Memorial Hospital
 The Queen Elizabeth Centre
 Tweddle Child and Family Health
Service
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
Victorian Institute of Sport Limited
Victorian Institute of Sport Trust
Department of Justice and Regulation(f)
Country Fire Authority
Emergency Services Telecommunications
Authority
Legal Services Board
Legal Services Commissioner
Metropolitan Fire and Emergency
Services Board
Office of Public Prosecutions
Sentencing Advisory Council
Residential Tenancies Bond Authority
Victoria Legal Aid
Victoria Police (Office of the Chief
Commissioner of Police)
Victoria State Emergency Service Authority
Victorian Commission for Gambling and
Liquor Regulation
Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human
Rights Commission
Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
Victorian Law Reform Commission
Victorian Professional Standards Council
Victorian Responsible Gambling
Foundation
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Freedom of Information Commissioner
Independent Broad-Based
Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC)
Office of the Commissioner for Privacy
and Data Protection (g)
Ombudsman Victoria
Shrine of Remembrance Trustees
Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council
Victorian Competition and Efficiency
Commission(h)
Victorian Electoral Commission
Victorian Inspectorate
Victorian Multicultural Commission
Victorian Public Sector Commission
Victorian Veterans Council
Department of Economic Development,
Jobs, Transport and Resources
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Australian Synchrotron Holding
Company (i)
Docklands Studios Melbourne Pty Ltd
Energy Safe Victoria
Film Victoria
Game Management Authority (j)
Library Board of Victoria
Linking Melbourne Authority (k)
Major Projects Victoria
Melbourne Cricket Ground Trust
Melbourne Recital Centre Limited
Museums Board of Victoria
National Gallery of Victoria, Council of
Trustees
Public Transport Development Authority
Regional Development Victoria
Roads Corporation
Taxi Services Commission
Tourism Victoria(l)
Veterinary Practitioners Registration
Board of Victoria
Department of Treasury and Finance
CenITex
Domestic (HIH) Indemnity Fund and
Housing Guarantee Claims
Essential Services Commission
Court Services Victoria (m)
Judicial College of Victoria (m)
Parliament of Victoria
Victorian Auditor General’s Office
Public non-financial corporations (a)
Department of Environment, Land,
Water and Planning
Alpine Resorts Management Board
including:
 Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council
 Falls Creek Alpine Resort Management
Board
 Lake Mountain Alpine Resort
Management Board
 Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort
Management Board
 Mount Buller and Mount Stirling
Alpine Resort Management Board
 Mount Hotham Alpine Resort
Management Board
Phillip Island Nature Parks
Urban Renewal Authority Victoria (Places
Victoria)
Waste and Resource Recovery Groups
including:
 Barwon South West Waste and
Resource Recovery Group (n)
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 Gippsland Waste and Resource
Recovery Group (n)
 Goulburn Valley Waste and Resource
Recovery Group (n)
 Grampians Central Waste West and
Resource Recovery Group (n)
 Metropolitan Waste and Resource
Recovery Group (n)
 Loddon Mallee Waste and Resource
Recovery Group (n)
 North East Waste and Resource
Recovery Group (n)
Water Authorities including:
 Barwon Region Water Corporation
 Central Gippsland Region Water
Corporation
 Central Highlands Region Water
Corporation
 City West Water Corporation
 Coliban Region Water Corporation
 East Gippsland Region Water
Corporation
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 Gippsland and Southern Rural Water
Corporation
 Goulburn-Murray Rural Water
Corporation
 Goulburn Valley Region Water
Corporation
 Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water
Corporation
 Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water
Corporation
 Melbourne Water Corporation
 North East Region Water Corporation
 South East Water Corporation
 South Gippsland Region Water
Corporation
 Wannon Region Water Corporation
 Western Region Water Corporation
 Westernport Region Water
Corporation
 Yarra Valley Water Corporation
Zoological Parks and Gardens Board
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Controlled entities (continued)
Public non-financial corporations (a)
Department of Health and Human
Services
Cemeteries including:
 Ballaarat General Cemeteries Trust
 Bendigo Cemeteries Trust
 Geelong Cemeteries Trust
 Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust
 Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries
Trust
 Mildura Cemetery Trust
Director of Housing (PNFC)
State Sport Centres Trust
Department of Justice and Regulation
Greyhound Racing Victoria
Harness Racing Victoria
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Queen Victoria Women’s Centre Trust
VITS Languagelink
Department of Economic Development,
Jobs, Transport and Resources
Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd
Australian Grand Prix Corporation
Dairy Food Safety Victoria
Emerald Tourist Railway Board
Fed Square Pty Ltd
Geelong Performing Arts Centre Trust
Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area Industry
Development Committee(o)
Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition
Trust
Melbourne Market Authority
Murray Valley Wine Grape Industry
Development Committee
Northern Victorian Fresh Tomato Industry
Development Committee
Phytogene Pty Ltd
Port of Hastings Development Authority
Port of Melbourne Corporation
PrimeSafe
V/Line Corporation
VicForests
Victorian Arts Centre Trust
Victorian Major Events Company Limited(l)
Victorian Rail Track
Victorian Regional Channels Authority
Victorian Strawberry Industry
Development Committee
Department of Treasury and Finance
State Electricity Commission of Victoria
Victorian Plantations Corporation (shell)
Public financial corporations (a)
Department of Treasury and Finance
Rural Finance Corporation of Victoria(p)
State Trustees Limited
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Transport Accident Commission
Treasury Corporation of Victoria
Victorian Funds Management
Corporation
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Victorian Managed Insurance Authority
Victorian WorkCover Authority (WorkSafe
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Notes:
(a) On 4 December 2014, the Premier announced machinery of government changes effective 1 January 2015. The following Victorian
government departments were affected:
– Department of Education and Early Childhood Development was renamed to the Department of Education and Training;
– Department of Environment and Primary Industries was renamed to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning;
– Department of Health was renamed to the Department of Health and Human Services;
– Department of Justice was renamed to the Department of Justice and Regulation;
– Department of State Development, Business and Innovation was renamed to the Department of Economic Development, Jobs,
Transport and Resources;
– Department of Human Services ceased to exist; and
– Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure ceased to exist.
The two ceasing departments had their functions and operations transferred to other Victorian government departments. Functions
and operations of the Department of Human Services were transferred to the new Department of Health and Human Services
portfolio and to the Department of Premier and Cabinet portfolio. Functions and operations of the Department of Transport, Planning
and Local Infrastructure were transferred to new Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning portfolio, the new
Department of Health and Human Services portfolio and to the new Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and
Resources portfolio. Certain functions and operations of continuing Victorian government departments were also transferred as part
of the machinery of government changes.
(b) The Bendigo Kangan Institute was established on 1 July 2014 as a result of a merge between Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute of
TAFE.
(c) Effective 2 October 2014, Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE was renamed as Melbourne Polytechnic.
(d) Effective 17 July 2014, The Dhelkunya Dja Land Management Board was established by the Victorian Government under the
Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, to manage a number of parks and reserves in central Victoria.
(e) Effective 4 September 2014, Bass Coast Regional Health was renamed to Bass Coast Health.
(f) Effective 31 December 2014, the Fire Services Levy Monitor ceased to exist.
(g) Effective 17 September 2014, the Office of the Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection commenced operations replacing the
Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner, which ceased operations on 16 September 2014.
(h) Effective 22 September 2015, the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission ceased to exist and operations were transferred to
the Commissioner for Better Regulation. The new entity has been established under the Department of Treasury and Finance
portfolio.
(i) The Australian Synchrotron Holding Company is a private company limited by shares, with the State of Victoria owning 76 per cent of
the total shares on issue.
(j) Effective from 1 July 2014, the Game Management Authority Act 2014 established the Game Management Authority as a statutory
authority to improve the effectiveness of game management and promote responsibility in game hunting.
(k) In the 2015-16 financial year, Linking Melbourne Authority will cease to exist.
(l) On 13 August 2015, Tourism Victoria and Victorian Major Events Company Limited ceased to exist and their operations combined to a
new entity, Visit Victoria. Visit Victoria will operate as a public non-financial corporation.
(m) The Court Services Victoria Act 2014 established Court Services Victoria as a statutory public sector body to provide the administrative
services and facilities for Victoria’s courts, the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal and the Judicial College of Victoria taking effect
from 1 July 2014.
(n) Under changes to the Environment Protection Act 1970, the 12 regional Waste Management Groups wound up on 31 July 2014 and
seven new regional Waste and Resource Recovery Groups were established, effective from 1 August 2014 as follows:
– South Western Regional Waste Management Group and Barwon Regional Waste Management Group have been transferred
into the Barwon South West Waste and Resource Recovery Group;
– Gippsland Regional Waste Management Group has been transferred to the Gippsland Waste and Resource Recovery Group;
– Goulburn Valley Regional Waste Management Group has been transferred to the Goulburn Valley Waste and Resource Recovery
Group;
– Desert Fringe Regional Waste Management Group, Grampians Regional Waste Management Group and Highlands Regional
Waste Management Group have been transferred to the Grampians Central Waste and Resource Recovery Group;
– Calder Regional Waste Management Group, Central Murray Regional Waste Management Group and Mildura Regional Waste
Management Group have been transferred to the Loddon Mallee Waste and Resource Recovery Group;
– North East Victorian Regional Waste Management Group has been transferred to the North East Waste and Resource Recovery
Group; and
– Mornington Peninsula Waste Management Group has been transferred into the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery
Group, an existing entity.
(o) On 25 September 2014, the Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area Industry Development Committee commenced operations.
(p) On 1 July 2014, the sale of the Rural Finance Corporation to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank was completed.
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