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Regulation and Consumer Protection

Victorian Electoral Commission

https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/

Annual Budget

$35M

2025-26 Budget
Flat vs prior year
Total Revenue

$55M

2024-25 Total Revenue
Staff

60

Headcount (2024-25)
Ideas relevant to this department

12 tagged

Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.

STRATEGY SUMMARY

To deliver high-quality, accessible electoral services with innovation, integrity and independence. [AR p.10]

VISION

All Victorians actively participating in their democracy. [AR p.10]

PURPOSE

To deliver high-quality, accessible electoral services with innovation, integrity and independence. [AR p.10]

Strategic priorities

· 3

1

Conducting parliamentary elections, by-elections, referendums and local council elections.

2

Ensuring eligible voters are enrolled.

3

Conducting and promoting research into electoral matters that are in the public interest.

Outcomes

· 2

Outcome 1: Electoral integrity

Ensuring the integrity and transparency of electoral processes and systems.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Administering electoral integrity, compliance, enforcement and regulatory activities
  • Overseeing Victoria’s political funding and disclosure laws

Outcome 2: Voter experience

Delivering a great voter experience through accessible and inclusive electoral services.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Increasing the number of early voting centres
  • Reintroducing in-person interstate and international voting
  • Improving mobile voting services

Values

· 5

Independence

Accountability

Innovation

Respect

Collaboration

Performance measures

· 1

CodeMeasureTarget 2025-26Latest resultStatus

CCE01

State election turnout

80%

81%

Annual Report 2024-25 · p.17
Achieved

Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 12

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

01d23b5b62e04f13b0734df7cf6cacdc.pdf)

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