Appendix A: Multicultural representation on government boards, authorities and committees

Table A1: Composition of Victorian Government boards as of 30 June 202514
CompositionNumber/percentage
Number of boards as at June 2025407
Board appointments3,448
Culturally diverse appointments1,315
Culturally diverse percentage of boards38.13%


Table A2: Appointments and reappointments to Victorian Government boards as of 30 June 2025
AppointmentNumber/percentage
Number of boards with new appointments or reappointments in 2024–25308
New appointments or reappointments3,188
Culturally diverse appointments or reappointments1,259
Culturally diverse percentage of appointments and reappointments39.49%


Table A3: Year-on-year proportion of Victorian government department board appointments or members with culturally diverse backgrounds
DepartmentOn 30 June 2025 (%)On 30 June 2024 (%)
Department of Education27.8924.70
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action40.0638.73
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing33.6230.00
Department of Government Services25.6418.37
Department of Health37.8536.75
Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions43.4240.37
Department of Justice and Community Safety40.0036.71
Department of Premier and Cabinet72.3072.88
Department of Transport and Planning39.5039.81
Department of Treasury and Finance25.6420.80

Footnotes

14Data for Tables A1 to A2 provided by the Victorian Public Sector Commission. Data excludes cemeteries, school councils and small committees of Crown Land Management. Where the Public Administration Act 2004 status is neither public entity nor special body, and where DPC classification is not applicable, the data is not reported. This data is self-reported by government departments and agencies. We take relevant data from the database and use it without additional validation. Figures may change over time as organisations update their data, improve completeness or choose to share more or less information. Machinery of government changes can also affect department-level figures compared with earlier reports.

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