Victoria State Government#First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria

{{Short description|State government of Victoria, Australia}}

{{Also|Politics of Victoria}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{ Infobox executive government

| nativename = Government of the State of Victoria

| border = state

| image = Victoria State Government logo.svg

| image_size = 150px

| caption = The logo that identifies the executive government.

| date = {{bulleted list|{{start date and age|1851|07|01|df=yes}} as a responsible colonial government|{{start date and age|1901|01|01|df=yes}} as an Australian state}}

| state = {{flag|Victoria}}

| country = {{flag|Australia}}

| leader_title = Premier of Victoria (Jacinta Allan)

| appointed = Governor of Victoria (Margaret Gardner){{Cite Legislation AU|Vic|act|ca1975188|Constitution Act 1975|50}} on the advice of the premier

| main_organ = {{Plainlist|

• Executive Council of Victoria (de jure)
• Cabinet of Victoria (de facto)

}}

| ministries = 10 government departments

| responsible = Parliament of Victoria

| budget = $111.7 billion (2023-2024){{Cite web|last=Victorian Government|date=June 2023|title=Victorian Budget 2023/24: Budget Strategy and Outlook - Budget Paper no. 2|url=https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/budgetfiles202324.budget.vic.gov.au/2023-24+State+Budget+-+Strategy+and+Outlook.pdf|access-date=8 February 2024|archive-date=16 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116192508/http://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/budgetfiles202324.budget.vic.gov.au/2023-24+State+Budget+-+Strategy+and+Outlook.pdf|url-status=live}}

| address = 1 Treasury Place

| url = {{URL|vic.gov.au}}

}}

The Victoria State Government, also referred to as the Victorian Government, is the executive government of the Australian state of Victoria.

As a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, the State Government was first formed in 1851 when Victoria first gained responsible government. The Constitution of Australia regulates the relationship between the Victorian Government and the Commonwealth level of government, and cedes legislative and judicial supremacy to the federal government on conflicting matters.{{cite act

| type = Act

| date = 1900

| title = Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act

| url = https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2013Q00005

}}{{cite web|date=25 February 2015|title=Fact Sheet: Victoria's Parliamentary History|url=https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/assembly/publications-a-research/fact-sheets/2462-fact-sheet-i1#victoria%20becomes%20self%20%20%20governing|access-date=21 March 2019|website=Parliament of Victoria|archive-date=14 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214102310/https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/assembly/publications-a-research/fact-sheets/2462-fact-sheet-i1#victoria%20becomes%20self%20%20%20governing|url-status=live}}

The Victoria State Government enforces acts passed by the parliament through government departments, statutory authorities, and other public agencies. The government is formally presided over by the governor, who exercises executive authority granted by the state's constitution through the Executive Council, a body consisting of senior cabinet ministers. In reality, both the governor and the Executive Council are largely ceremonial, with the premier and ministers having control over policy, appointments, and other executive orders made by the governor.{{cite act

| type = Act

| date = 1975

| title = Constitution Act

| url = http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/LTObject_Store/LTObjSt1.nsf/DDE300B846EED9C7CA257616000A3571/E9AF39B1A5312645CA257761001C82E7/$FILE/75-8750a195.pdf

}}