The comparative workforce data and executive officer data provided in this appendix are based on the following definitions:
- For DPC, an executive officer and member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) is defined as a person employed as an executive under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act.
- For a portfolio entity, an executive is defined as a person employed as an executive under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act or a person to whom the Victorian Government’s Public Entity Executive Remuneration Policy applies.
- The definition of an executive officer does not include a statutory office holder or an accountable officer, unless otherwise stated.
- Accountable officers include the DPC Secretary and administrative office heads.
The following tables disclose the headcount and full-time staff equivalent (FTE) of all active public service employees of DPC, the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel, the Office of the Governor, Forum for Truth and Recognition, the Violence Reduction Unit and the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
Staff supporting the Yoorrook Justice Commission were employed by DPC. The Yoorrook Justice Commission ceased operations at the end of 2024–25 and remaining staff concluded their contracts in early 2025–26. There are no reportable staff for the Yoorrook Justice Commission as at June 2026. Yoorrook Justice Commission executives are included in the 2025 figures in the DPC Senior Executive Service numbers for 2026 and 2025 table in the Executive Officer data section.
All figures in the tables reflect employment levels in the last full pay period of June 2026 and June 2025. Employees have been correctly classified in workforce data collections by the VPSC, which have been used to prepare this workforce data disclosure.
The following portfolio entities sit within DPC’s portfolio. The heads of these entities are public service body heads who employ public service employees independent of DPC’s Secretary. These entities are required to produce their own annual reports; therefore employee numbers are published in their annual reports:
- VEC
- VPSC.
Details of DPC employment levels in 2026 and 2025
June 2026 June 2025 All employees Ongoing Fixed-term and casual All employees Ongoing Fixed-term
and casualNumber (headcount) FTE Fulltime (headcount) Part‑time
(headcount)FTE Number (headcount) FTE Number (headcount) FTE Full‑time (headcount) Part‑time
(headcount)FTE Number (headcount) FTE Gender Male 180 177 147 9 153 24 24 200 197 155 9 161 36 35 Female 348 330 248 62 293 38 37 390 368 244 67 294 79 74 Self‑described - - - - - - - 2 2 1 1 2 - - Prefer not to say 3 3 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - - Age 15–24 14 14 12 1 13 1 1 21 21 18 1 19 2 2 25–34 180 178 140 10 148 30 30 222 218 149 12 158 61 60 35–44 179 169 126 36 152 17 16 194 182 123 39 152 32 30 45–54 109 105 84 15 95 10 10 113 108 84 17 97 12 11 55–64 39 36 28 8 33 3 3 37 34 23 6 27 8 7 65+ 10 9 6 3 8 1 1 5 5 3 2 5 - - VPS1–6 Grades 470 450 348 66 395 56 55 521 498 352 66 400 103 98 VPS 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VPS 2 4 4 4 - 4 - - 7 7 7 - 7 - - VPS 3 37 36 31 4 34 2 2 44 42 36 5 39 3 3 VPS 4 140 136 104 17 117 19 19 156 153 101 13 111 42 41 VPS 5 180 171 129 27 147 24 24 201 192 135 27 155 39 37 VPS 6 109 104 80 18 93 11 11 113 105 73 21 88 19 17 Senior employees 61 59 48 7 54 6 6 71 68 48 11 57 12 11 STS 11 11 8 1 9 2 2 13 13 9 1 10 3 3 Executives 49 47 39 6 44 4 4 57 54 38 10 46 9 8 Secretary 1 1 1 - 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 - - Total employees 531 509 396 73 449 62 61 592 567 400 77 457 115 110 Legend: FTE: full-time equivalent; STS: senior technical specialists. Some FTE totals may not add due to rounding.
Notes:
• During 2025–26 DPC’s fixed-term employment levels decreased due to fixed-term staff contract conclusions and departures across a range of initiatives including the government response to and implementation of Yoorrook Justice Commission recommendations, the Behavioural Insights Unit and discrete initiatives within the First Peoples - State Relations group.
• DPC underwent Clause 11 restructure processes in the first half of the financial year which also contributed to reductions in DPC’s overall staffing levels, primarily affecting DPC’s First Peoples – State Relations group.
• At the end of June 2026, two VPS Grade 6 employees were acting as in an executive role under long-term acting arrangements. At the end of June 2025, five VPS Grade 6 employees were acting as in an executive role under long-term acting arrangements.The following table discloses the annualised total salary for senior employees of DPC, the Violence Reduction Unit and the Forum for Truth and Recognition categorised by classification. The salary amount is reported as the full-time annualised salary. Equivalent tables are provided separately for DPC’s administrative offices.
Annualised total salary, by $20,000 bands, for executives and other senior non-executive staff — DPC
Income band (salary) Executives STS < $160,000 $160,000–$179,999 $180,000–$199,999 1 $200,000–$219,999 12 4 $220,000–$239,999 16 3 $240,000–$259,999 2 4 $260,000–$279,999 8 $280,000–$299,999 3 $300,000–$319,999 4 $320,000–$339,999 1 $340,000–$359,999 $360,000–$379,999 $380,000–$399,999 $400,000–$419,999 1 $420,000–$439,999 $440,000–$459,999 4 $460,000–$479,999 1 $480,000–$499,999 $500,000-$520,000 1 > $520,000 1 Total 54 11 Legend: STS: senior technical specialists; PS: principal scientists; SMA: senior medical advisers; SRA: senior regulatory analysts.
Notes:
• The salaries reported above are for the full financial year, at a 1-FTE rate, and are reported on base remuneration only, excluding superannuation.
• The Secretary has been reported in the ‘Executives’ column for this table.
• Executives columns includes three executives in the Violence Reduction Unit.
• Executives column includes one executive of the Forum for Truth and Recognition.
• STS column includes one STS of the Forum for Truth and Recognition.
• There are 8 executive and one STS employee employed on a part-time basis, including one at a 0.6 FTE rate, one at 0.7 FTE rate, three at 0.8 FTE rate, three at a 0.9 FTE rate, and one at a 0.94 FTE rate.Details of Forum for Truth and Recognition employment levels in 2026
June 20261 All employees Ongoing Fixed-term and casual Number
(headcount)
FTE
Full-time
(headcount)
Part-time
(headcount)
FTE Number
(headcount)
FTE VPS 1–6 Grades 1 1 - - - 1 1 VPS 1 - - - - - - - VPS 2 - - - - - - - VPS 3 - - - - - - - VPS 4 1 1 - - - 1 1 VPS 5 - - - - - - - VPS 6 - - - - - - - Senior employees 1 1 - - - 1 1 STS - - - - - - - Executives 1 1 - - - 1 1 Total employees 2 2 - - - 2 2 Legend: FTE: full-time equivalent; STS: senior technical specialists. Some FTE totals may not add due to rounding.
Gender and age are omitted due to low headcount.1 The Forum for Truth and Recognition began and concluded in 2025–26. The Inquiries VPS staffing establishment was 4 FTE during the reporting period. The two employees reported above ceased contracts on 30 June 2026, which is after the last full pay period in June 2026.
Details of the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel employment levels in 2026 and 2025
June 2026 June 2025 All employees Ongoing Fixed-term and casual All employees Ongoing Fixed-term
and casualNumber (headcount) FTE Full‑time (headcount) Part‑time
(headcount)FTE Number (headcount) FTE Number (headcount) FTE Full‑time (headcount) Part‑time
(headcount)FTE Number (headcount) FTE Gender Male 13 12 10 3 12 - - 12 12 9 2 11 1 1 Female 30 26 17 13 26 - - 32 27 15 16 27 1 1 Self‑described - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Age 15–24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25–34 7 7 5 2 7 - - 9 8 5 3 7 1 1 35–44 15 14 11 4 14 - - 13 12 8 5 12 - - 45–54 12 11 7 5 11 - - 13 12 7 6 12 - - 55–64 7 6 4 3 6 - - 7 6 4 3 6 - - 65+ 2 1 - 2 1 - - 2 1 - 1 1 1 1 VPS1–6 Grades 18 16 12 6 16 - - 18 16 11 6 15 1 1 VPS 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VPS 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VPS 3 6 6 4 2 6 - - 6 6 3 2 5 1 1 VPS 4 4 3 2 2 3 - - 4 3 2 2 3 - - VPS 5 6 6 5 1 6 - - 5 5 5 - 5 - - VPS 6 2 2 1 1 2 - - 3 3 1 2 3 - - Senior employees 8 7 6 2 7 - - 8 7 6 1 7 1 1 STS 4 3 2 2 3 - - 4 3 2 1 3 1 1 Executives 3 3 3 - 3 - - 3 3 3 - 3 - - AO Head 1 1 1 - 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 - - Other 17 15 9 8 15 - - 18 16 7 11 16 - - Legal officers 17 15 9 8 15 - - 18 16 7 11 16 - - Total employees 43 39 27 16 39 - - 44 39 24 18 37 2 2 Legend: FTE: full-time equivalent; STS: senior technical specialists. Some FTE totals may not add due to rounding.
Annualised total salary, by $20,000 bands, for executives and other senior non-executive staff — Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel
Income band (salary) Executives STS < $160,000 $160,000–$179,999 $180,000–$199,999 $200,000–$219,999 1 2 $220,000–$239,999 $240,000–$259,999 $260,000–$279,999 1 2 $280,000–$299,999 $300,000–$319,999 $320,000–$339,999 1 $340,000–$359,999 $360,000–$379,999 $380,000–$399,999 $400,000–$419,999 $420,000–$439,999 1 $440,000–$459,999 $460,000–$479,999 $480,000–$499,999 > $500,000 Total 4 4 Legend: STS: senior technical specialists; PS: principal scientists; SMA: senior medical advisers; SRA: senior regulatory analysts.
Notes:
• The salaries reported above are for the full financial year, at a 1-FTE rate, and are reported on base remuneration only, excluding superannuation.
• The administrative office head has been reported in the ‘Executives’ column for this table.
• There is one employee employed on a part-time basis at a 0.5 FTE rate and one at a 0.71 FTE rate.Details of the Office of the Governor employment levels in 2026 and 2025
June 2026 June 2025 All employees Ongoing Fixed-term and casual All employees Ongoing Fixed-term
and casualNumber (headcount) FTE Full‑time (headcount) Part‑time
(headcount)FTE Number (headcount) FTE Number (headcount) FTE Full‑time (headcount) Part‑time
(headcount)FTE Number (headcount) FTE Gender Male 27 25 21 2 22 4 3 27 25 20 2 21 27 25 Female 21 20 12 4 15 5 5 23 22 14 5 18 23 22 Self‑described - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Age 15–24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25–34 7 7 4 - 4 3 3 11 11 5 - 5 6 6 35–44 13 12 7 3 9 3 2 12 11 8 3 10 1 0 45–54 7 7 5 - 5 2 2 10 10 9 - 9 1 1 55–64 18 17 14 3 16 1 1 14 12 9 4 12 1 0 65+ 3 3 3 - 3 - - 3 3 3 - 3 - - VPS1–6 Grades 45 43 33 6 38 6 5 47 44 31 7 36 9 8 VPS 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VPS 2 14 12 10 3 12 1 0 14 12 9 3 11 2 1 VPS 3 10 10 8 2 10 - - 9 9 7 2 9 - - VPS 4 14 14 9 1 10 4 4 17 16 9 2 10 6 6 VPS 5 7 7 6 - 6 1 1 7 7 6 - 6 1 1 VPS 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Senior employees 3 3 - - - 3 3 3 3 3 - 3 - - STS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Executives 2 2 - - - 2 2 2 2 2 - 2 - - AO Head 1 1 - - - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - - Total employees 48 46 33 6 38 9 8 50 47 34 7 39 9 8 Legend: FTE: full-time equivalent; STS: senior technical specialists. Some FTE totals may not add due to rounding.
Annualised total salary, by $20,000 bands, for executives and other senior non-executive staff — Office of the Governor
Income band (salary) Executives STS < $160,000 $160,000–$179,999 $180,000–$199,999 $200,000–$219,999 1 $220,000–$239,999 $240,000–$259,999 1 $260,000–$279,999 $280,000–$299,999 $300,000–$319,999 $320,000–$339,999 $340,000–$359,999 $360,000–$379,999 $380,000–$399,999 $400,000–$419,999 1 $420,000–$439,999 $440,000–$459,999 $460,000–$479,999 $480,000–$499,999 > $500,000 Total 3 Legend: STS: senior technical specialists; PS: principal scientists; SMA: senior medical advisers; SRA: senior regulatory analysts.
Notes:
• The salaries reported above are for the full financial year, at a 1-FTE rate, and are reported on base remuneration only, excluding superannuation.
• The administrative office head has been reported in the ‘Executives’ column for this table.
There were no senior employees employed on a part-time basis.Details of Violence Reduction Unit employment levels in 2026
June 20261 All employees Ongoing Fixed-term and casual Number (headcount) FTE Full‑time (headcount) Part‑time
(headcount)FTE Number (headcount) FTE Gender Male 6 5 - - - 6 5 Female 12 12 - - - 12 12 Self‑described - - - - - - - Age 15–24 - - - - - - - 25–34 8 6 - - - 8 6 35–44 6 6 - - - 6 6 45–54 4 4 - - - 4 4 55–64 - - - - - - - 65+ - - - - - - - VPS1–6 Grades 14 12 - - - 14 12 VPS 1 - - - - - - - VPS 2 - - - - - - - VPS 3 - - - - - - - VPS 4 5 5 - - - 5 5 VPS 5 6 5 - - - 6 5 VPS 6 3 3 - - - 3 3 Senior employees 4 4 - - - 4 4 STS 1 1 - - - 1 1 Executives 3 3 - - - 3 3 Total employees 18 16 - - - 18 16 Legend: FTE: full-time equivalent; STS: senior technical specialists. Some FTE totals may not add due to rounding.
Details of the Yoorrook Justice Commission employment levels in 2026 and 2025
This table captures DPC employees supporting the Yoorrook Justice Commission, Victoria’s formal truth-telling process into historical and ongoing injustices experienced by First Peoples in Victoria.
June 20261 June 2025 All employees Ongoing Fixed-term and casual All employees Ongoing Fixed-term
and casualNumber (headcount) FTE Full‑time (headcount) Part‑time
(headcount)FTE Number (headcount) FTE Number (headcount) FTE Full‑time (headcount) Part‑time
(headcount)FTE Number (headcount) FTE Gender Male - - - - - - - 3 3 - - - 3 3 Female - - - - - - - 10 9 - - - 10 9 Self‑described - - - - - - - Age 15–24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25–34 - - - - - - - 2 2 - - - 2 2 35–44 - - - - - - - 6 6 - - - 6 6 45–54 - - - - - - - 4 4 - - - 4 4 55–64 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 65+ - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - 1 1 VPS1–6 Grades - - - - - - - 7 6 - - - 7 6 VPS 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VPS 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VPS 3 - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - 1 1 VPS 4 - - - - - - - 3 3 - - - 3 3 VPS 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VPS 6 - - - - - - - 3 3 - - - 3 3 Senior employees - - - - - - - 6 6 - - - 6 6 STS - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - 1 1 Executives - - - - - - - 5 5 - - - 5 5 Total employees - - - - - - - 13 12 - - - 13 12 Legend: FTE: full-time equivalent; STS: senior technical specialists. Some FTE totals may not add due to rounding.
1 The Yoorrook Justice Commission ceased in 2025–26 and therefore has no reportable staffing figures for June 2026.
Accountable officers, including the DPC Secretary, and administrative office heads are excluded from the definition of an executive officer in the following tables.
The tables below disclose the variations in SES, broken down by gender, between the current and previous reporting periods for DPC and public entities in DPC’s portfolio.
DPC Senior Executive Service numbers for 2026 and 2025
Class Men Women Self-described Total 2026 2025 Var 2026 2025 Var 2026 2025 Var 2026 2025 Var SES 3 4 3 1 2 2 - - - - 6 5 1 SES 2 6 5 1 10 11 (1) - - - 16 16 - SES 1 12 17 (5) 15 24 (9) - - - 27 41 (14) Total 22 25 (3) 27 37 (10) - - - 49 62 (13) Table includes five executives from the Yoorrook Justice Commission in 2025, including four women and one man.
DPC portfolio entity Senior Executive Service numbers for 2026 and 2025
The table below lists the total number of active executive officers for DPC’s portfolio entities as at the end of June 2025 and 2024, by gender. Accountable officers are excluded from this table.
Public entity Men Women Self-described Total 2026 2025 Var 2026 2025 Var 2026 2025 Var 2026 2025 Var Victorian Electoral Commission 5 5 - 1 3 (2) - - - 6 8 (2) Victorian Public Sector Commission - 2 (2) 2 3 (1) 1 - 1 3 5 (2) VITS Language
Loop1 1 - 1 1 - - - - 2 2 - Total 6 8 (2) 4 7 (3) 1 - 1 11 15 (4) 1 Table has been provided by the VPSC. Due to the VPSC’s ongoing validation of the Executive Officer data collection at the time of this annual report’s publication, figures provided in this table are provisional and subject to change.
Reconciliation of DPC Senior Executive Service numbers
The number of executives shown in the report of operations is based on the number of active executives at the end of the financial year. An active executive is defined as an SES officer who attends work and is paid, or who is on paid leave during the last full pay period in June of the relevant year.
Note 8.3 in the financial statements lists the actual number of SES staff and the total remuneration paid to SES staff over the course of the reporting period. Note 8.3 in the financial statements includes SES staff who have separated from the department and SES staff who are inactive as at the end of June 2026.
To assist readers, note 8.3 and the executive headcount reported in the report of operations are reconciled below.
2026 2025 Executives (Financial Note 8.3) 81 85 less Separations 20 11 Portfolio agency executives1 10 5 Inactive DPC executives2 2 7 Total DPC executive numbers including
Yoorrook Justice Commission staff349 62 less Less Yoorrook Justice Commission executives - 5 Total DPC executive numbers 49 57 1 Portfolio agency executives in both years include DPC’s two administrative offices, the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and the Office of the Governor, and the Violence Reduction Unit and Forum for Truth and Recognition for 2026 onwards.
2 Inactive employees in 2025 include two DPC executives who are on extended leave without pay.
3 Two reconciled totals are provided, one including DPC executives supporting the Yoorrook Justice Commission and one excluding these executives. These separate totals are provided so readers can distinguish between the DPC executive headcounts provided in the ‘Executive office data’ section of the annual report in the DPC Senior Executive Service numbers for 2025 and 2024 table above and the ‘Comparative workforce data’ section of the annual report where a separate table is provided for DPC and the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
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