This output provides policy advice on multicultural affairs and social cohesion in Victoria, including settlement coordination for newly arrived migrants and refugees, and delivers a range of programs to directly support Victoria’s multicultural communities. It also supports Victoria’s whole of government approach to multiculturalism. The output includes monitoring of government departments’ responsiveness to Victorians from culturally, linguistically and religiously diverse backgrounds.
| Performance measure | Unit | 2025-26 target | 2025-26 actual | Variance | Result |
| Quantity | |||||
Community participation in multicultural events (attendance at multicultural affairs events) The 2025–26 actual is higher due to overall attendance exceeding targets, reflecting strong community demand and successful delivery of funded events across the program. | number (million) | 1.3 | 2.1 | 62.4% | ✓ |
Consultations with communities on issues relevant to multicultural and multifaith communities The 2025–26 actual is higher than the target due to the scale of multicultural consultations that were undertaken throughout the year, including through Victoria’s Multicultural Review and draft Bill to amend the Multicultural Victoria Act 2011. | number | 75 | 192 | 156.0% | ✓ |
Number of people engaged through Cultural Diversity Week events and engagement The 2025–26 actual is higher than the target due to higher than expected digital engagement. | number | 50,000 | 82,792 | 65.6% | ✓ |
Number of projects delivered in partnerships with multicultural and multifaith communities The 2025–26 actual is higher than the target due to increased projects to provide supports to the Jewish community following the Bondi terror attack in December 2025; and funding rephased from 2024–25 into 2025–26 to enable completion of project milestones for the Delivering commitments to Victoria’s multicultural communities’ initiative. | number | 30 | 34 | 13.3% | ✓ |
| Quality | |||||
Proportion of approved grant funding provided to organisations in regional/ rural areas The 2025–26 actual is higher due to the introduction of the Multicultural Capacity Building Program in the second half of the financial year. The additional funding allocated through this program contributed to the overall funding delivered, including to regional recipients, resulting in performance exceeding the original target. | per cent | 20 | 23 | 15.0% | ✓ |
| Cost | |||||
Total output cost The 2025–26 actual is higher than the target due to budget rephasing to enable successful project delivery of 2022 state election commitments funded through the 2023/24 State Budget and additional commitments including the $5 million Multicultural Capacity Building Program as part of the Government’s response to Victoria’s Multicultural Review. | $ milllion | 48.2 | 67.1 | 28.2% | ■ |
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✓ Performance target achieved or exceeded in a desirable way
■ Performance target not achieved — exceeds 5 per cent or $50 million (cost measures only) variance
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