Department of Primary Industries (Victoria)
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The Department of Primary Industries is the central Government agency responsible for agriculture
, biosecurity
, fisheries, earth resources, energy
and forestry policy and programs in the State of Victoria, Australia.
DPI is one of 11 Victorian Government departments.
DPI employs more than 2,500 staff who work from 70 locations across Victoria.
The department works with energy companies, research partners, primary producers, mineral explorers and rural communities across Victoria, as well as other State and Federal Government departments, to address the major and emerging challenges in sustainability and productivity.
DPI’s core services involve:
who is appointed by the Premier of Victoria. The current Secretary of the Department of Primary Industries is Jeff Rosewarne.
DPI supports two Ministerial portfolios, the Minister for Agriculture and Food Security the Hon Peter Walsh and the Minister for Energy and Resources, the Hon Michael O'Brien.
The department is structured into five broad groups around its key areas of responsibility:
The department also oversees policy on responsible pet ownership in Victoria through its Bureau of Animal Welfare branch
governing agriculture
, animal welfare
, fisheries, and energy
and earth resources in Victoria
.
The department administers and respond to queries regarding 38 major Acts and is responsible for collecting fees under regulations for a variety of activities including:
The department has many regional offices throughout Victoria, with major offices in:
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, biosecurity
Biosecurity
Biosecurity is a set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases, quarantined pests, invasive alien species, living modified organisms...
, fisheries, earth resources, energy
Energy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
and forestry policy and programs in the State of Victoria, Australia.
DPI is one of 11 Victorian Government departments.
Overview
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) was established in 2002. It was formed from the split of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (1996 – 2002) which was divided into two separate entities: The Department of Sustainability and Environment and The Department of Primary Industries.DPI employs more than 2,500 staff who work from 70 locations across Victoria.
The department works with energy companies, research partners, primary producers, mineral explorers and rural communities across Victoria, as well as other State and Federal Government departments, to address the major and emerging challenges in sustainability and productivity.
DPI’s core services involve:
- PolicyPolicyA policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome. The term is not normally used to denote what is actually done, this is normally referred to as either procedure or protocol...
development - Regulation and complianceRegulatory complianceIn general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a specification, policy, standard or law. Regulatory compliance describes the goal that corporations or public agencies aspire to in their efforts to ensure that personnel are aware of and take steps to comply with relevant laws and...
- ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, researchResearchResearch can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
and development - Sustainable practice change
Structure
The department is led by a SecretaryDepartmental Secretary
A departmental secretary is the head of an Australian Commonwealth or state government department especially in Victoria...
who is appointed by the Premier of Victoria. The current Secretary of the Department of Primary Industries is Jeff Rosewarne.
DPI supports two Ministerial portfolios, the Minister for Agriculture and Food Security the Hon Peter Walsh and the Minister for Energy and Resources, the Hon Michael O'Brien.
The department is structured into five broad groups around its key areas of responsibility:
- Energy and Earth Resources Group
- Agriculture Research and Development Group
- Agriculture and Fisheries Services Group
- Policy and Strategy Group
- Business and Corporate Services Group
The department also oversees policy on responsible pet ownership in Victoria through its Bureau of Animal Welfare branch
Particular Responsibilities
DPI has primary responsibility for administering legislationLegislation
Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...
governing agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, animal welfare
Animal welfare
Animal welfare is the physical and psychological well-being of animals.The term animal welfare can also mean human concern for animal welfare or a position in a debate on animal ethics and animal rights...
, fisheries, and energy
Energy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
and earth resources in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
.
The department administers and respond to queries regarding 38 major Acts and is responsible for collecting fees under regulations for a variety of activities including:
- fishing licences
- mining rights
- exploration licences.
Location
The head office of Department of Primary Industries is at Shell House, 1 Spring St, Melbourne, Victoria.The department has many regional offices throughout Victoria, with major offices in:
| Office | Address | Phone Number | Fax Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attwood Centre | 475 Mickleham Road, Attwood, VictoriaAttwood, Victoria Attwood, Victoria Attwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume. At the 2006 Census, Attwood had a population of 2,916.... , Australia, 3049 |
03 9217 4200 | 03 9217 4299 |
| Bacchus Marsh Office | 219a Main Street, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria Bacchus Marsh, Victoria Bacchus Marsh is an urban centre and suburban locality in Victoria, Australia located approximately west of Melbourne and west of Melton. The population of the urban area is estimated at over 17,000 people, while the central locality is home to 5,566 people... , Australia, 3340 |
03 5367 2922 | 03 5367 4197 |
| Bairnsdale Office | 574 Main Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria Bairnsdale, Victoria Bairnsdale is a small city in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. With a population at the 2006 census of 11,282, it is a major regional centre of eastern Victoria along with Traralgon and Sale.... , Australia, 3875 |
03 5152 0400 | 03 5152 0444 |
| Ballarat Office | 402-406 Mair Street, Ballarat, Victoria Ballarat, Victoria Ballarat is a city in the state of Victoria, Australia, approximately west-north-west of the state capital Melbourne situated on the lower plains of the Great Dividing Range and the Yarrowee River catchment. It is the largest inland centre and third most populous city in the state and the fifth... , Australia, 3350 |
03 5336 6856 | 03 5336 6885 |
| Benalla Office | 35 Sydney Road, Benalla, Victoria Benalla, Victoria Benalla is a city of just over 9,000 people located just off the Hume Freeway in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, about southwest of Wangaratta. Its Local Government Area is the Rural City of Benalla.- Overview :... , Australia, 3672 |
03 5761 1611 | 03 5761 1628 |
| Bendigo Office | Midland Highway, Epsom, Victoria, Australia, 3551 | 03 5430 4444 | 03 5430 4304 |
| Box Hill Office | 26-28 Prospect Street, Box Hill, Victoria Box Hill, Victoria Box Hill is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Box Hill had a population of 8,616.... , Australia, 3128 |
03 9296 4400 | 03 9890 0075 |
| Bundoora Office | 1 Park Drive, La Trobe University La Trobe University La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are... , Bundoora, Victoria Bundoora, Victoria Bundoora is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north from the Melbourne central business district. Its Local Government Area are the cities of Banyule, Darebin and Whittlesea. At the 2006 Census, Bundoora had a population of 24,018.... , Australia, 3086 |
03 9032 7000 | 03 9032 7058 |
| Colac Office | 83-85 Gellibrand Street, Colac, Victoria Colac, Victoria Colac is a small city located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, situated approximately 150 kilometres south-west of Melbourne on the southern shore of Lake Colac and the surrounding volcanic plains, approximately 40 km inland from Bass Strait. Colac is the largest city in and... , Australia, 3250 |
03 5233 5504 | 03 5231 3823 |
| Ellinbank Centre | 1301 Hazeldean Road, RMB 2460, Ellinbank, Victoria, Australia, 3820 | 03 5624 2222 | 03 5624 2200 |
| Echuca Office | Corner Annesley Street and Ogilvie Avenue, Echuca, Victoria Echuca, Victoria Echuca is a town located on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe river in Victoria, Australia. The Border town Moama is on the northern side of the Murray river in New South Wales. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Shire of Campaspe... , Australia, 3564 |
03 5482 1922 | 03 5482 5405 |
| Frankston Centre | 40 Ballarto Road, Frankston, Victoria Frankston, Victoria Frankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula... , Australia, 3199 |
03 9785 0111 | 03 9785 2007 |
| Geelong Office | Corner Fenwick and Little Malop Streets, Geelong, Victoria Geelong, Victoria Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia, south-west of the state capital; Melbourne. It is the second most populated city in Victoria and the fifth most populated non-capital city in Australia... , Australia, 3220 |
03 5226 4667 | 03 5226 4725 |
| Hamilton Centre | 915 Mt Napier Road, Hamilton, Victoria Hamilton, Victoria Hamilton is a city in western Victoria, Australia. It is located at the intersection of the Glenelg Highway and the Henty Highway... , Australia, 3300 |
03 5573 0900 | 03 5571 1523 |
| Horsham Centre | 110 Natimuk Road, Horsham, Victoria Horsham, Victoria Horsham is the largest city by population and regional centre of the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia and is approximately north-west of Melbourne via the Western Highway. At the 2006 census, Horsham had a population of 14,125. Horsham is in the federal Division of Mallee... , Australia, 3400 |
03 5362 2111 | 03 5362 2187 |
| Kerang Office | 26 Wellington Street, Kerang, Victoria Kerang, Victoria Kerang is a rural town on the Loddon River in northern Victoria in Australia. It is the commercial centre to an irrigation district based on livestock, horticulture, lucerne and grain. It is located north-west of Melbourne on the Murray Valley Highway a few kilometres north of its intersection... , Australia, 3579 |
03 5452 1266 | 03 5452 2952 |
| Knoxfield Centre | 621 Burwood Highway, Knoxfield, Victoria Knoxfield, Victoria Knoxfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Knox... , Australia, 3180 |
03 9210 9222 | 03 9800 3521 |
| Leongatha Office | 12 Peart Street, Leongatha, Victoria Leongatha, Victoria Leongatha is a town in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia, located south-east of Melbourne. The town is the commercial, religious, educational and civic centre of the region. At the 2006 census, Leongatha had a population of 4,504.The Murray... , Australia, 3953 |
03 5662 9900 | 03 5662 9999 |
| Maffra Office | 1 Stratford Road, Maffra, Victoria Maffra, Victoria Maffra is a town in Victoria, Australia, 220 km east of Melbourne. It is in the Shire of Wellington local government area. It relies mainly on dairy farming and other agriculture, and is the site of one of Murray-Goulburn Cooperative's eight processing plants in Victoria... , Australia, 3860 |
03 5147 0800 | 03 5147 0888 |
| Melbourne CBD Centre | Level 9, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3000 | 03 9658 4000 | 03 9637 8100 |
| Mildura Centre | Corner Eleventh Street and Koorlong Avenue, Irymple, Victoria Irymple, Victoria Irymple is a town in the state of Victoria in Australia. Located in the region of Sunraysia in the far North-West Victoria, Irymple is 6 km south of Mildura and 550 km northwest of Melbourne... , Australia, 3498 |
03 5051 4500 | 03 5051 4523 |
| Queenscliff Centre | 2a Bellarine Highway, Queenscliff, Victoria Queenscliff, Victoria Queenscliff is a small town on the Bellarine Peninsula in southern Victoria, Australia, south of Swan Bay at the entrance to Port Phillip. It is the administrative centre for the Borough of Queenscliffe... , Australia, 3225 |
03 5258 0111 | 03 5258 0270 |
| Rutherglen Centre | Chiltern Valley Road, RMB 1145, Rutherglen, Victoria Rutherglen, Victoria Rutherglen is a small town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, near the Murray River border with New South Wales. The town was named after the Scottish town of Rutherglen which lies just outside Glasgow... , Australia, 3685 |
02 6030 4500 | 02 6030 4600 |
| Snobs Creek Centre | Private Bag 20, Goulburn Valley Highway, Eildon, Victoria Eildon, Victoria Eildon is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located near Lake Eildon, on the Goulburn Valley Highway, in the Shire of Murrindindi local government area. At the 2006 Census, Eildon had a population of 1186.-History:... , Australia, 3713 |
03 5774 2208 | 03 5774 2659 |
| Tatura Centre | 255 Ferguson Road, Tatura, Victoria Tatura, Victoria Tatura is a town 17 km west-south-west of Shepparton in Victoria, Australia located 3 km off the Midland Highway, forming part of the City of Greater Shepparton. At the 2006 census, Tatura had a population of 3,533, however the true figure is believed to be close to 4,400. Attractions... , Australia, 3616 |
03 5833 5222 | 03 5833 5299 |
| Werribee Centre East | 600 Sneydes Road, Werribee, Victoria Werribee, Victoria Werribee is a city in Melbourne, Australia, 32 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2006 Census, Werribee had a population of 36,641. Statistically, Werribee is considered part of Greater Melbourne.Werribee is... , Australia, 3030 |
03 9442 0444 | 03 9742 0400 |
| Warrnambool Office | 78 Henna Street, Warrnambool, Victoria Warrnambool, Victoria -Cityscape:The original City of Warrnambool was a 4x8 grid, with boundaries of Lava Street , Japan Street , Merri Street and Henna Street . In the nineteenth century, it was intended that Fairy Street – with its proximity to the Warrnambool Railway Station – would be the main street of... , Australia, 3280 |
03 5561 9946 | 03 5561 9988 |
| Wodonga Office | 1 McKoy Street, Wodonga, Victoria Wodonga, Victoria Wodonga is a small city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. Adjacent to Wodonga across the border is the New South Wales city of Albury. Wodonga is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Wodonga LGA... , Australia, 3690 |
02 6043 7900 | 02 6043 7910 |