Government of Victoria
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| Type: | Government Entity |
| Headquarters: | Victoria |
| Country: | Australia |
| Website: | www.vic.gov.au |
| Twitter: |  @InfoVic
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| Key People | |
| Alex Chernov, Governor Ted Baillieu, Premier | |
The Government of Victoria has a democratic parliamentary form of government. The branches of the government is the Executive (Premier and Cabinet Ministers), Legislative (Parliament) and Judiciary (system of courts). The State of Victoria is one of the six states of the Australian Commonwealth. The Queen (represented by the Governor), the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly makes up the Parliament. The political party with the larger number of seats in the Legislative Assembly forms the government of Victoria and the leader of the party becomes the Premier of Victoria.[1]
The government of Victoria is based from United Kingdom's Westminster system. There is a separation of power between the three branches of the government. The Executive branch, which is responsible in administering the government has the responsibility to present its policies to the Parliament for evaluation and approval. [2]
The governor of Victoria is the head of the state who is appointed by Queen based on the recommendation of the Premier of the State. The governor serves as the representative of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and his primary responsibility is to ensure the democracy of the state. The governor's power and responsibility include constitutional, ceremonial and community functions as defined by the laws established by the Parliament. Alex Chernov is the current Governor of the State. [3]
The Premier is elected and supported by the majority members of the Legislative Assembly. The Ministers of the Cabinet help the Premier in governing the State. Ted Baillieu is the current Premier of the Government of Victoria. [4]
Application for New gTLD
In 2011, the State Government of Victoria announced its plan to submit an application for the .victoria and .melbourne geographical top level domain name (TLD) to the New gTLD Program of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The government issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking for a partner to submit the application and to manage and operate the TLD under a revenue sharing agreement on October 19, 2011. [5] ARI Registry Services, a leading registry service provider in Australia won the contract to operate the .victoria and melbourne TLDs. The company hired Ernst & Young and Melbourne IT to help in developing the application for the TLD. ARI Registry Service will also serve as registry operator for the .sydney string for the Government of New South Wales. [6]
Departments and Agencies
The Government of Victoria has different departments and agencies headed by a Minister. The departments and agencies include: Aboriginal Affairs, Ageing, Education and Early Childhood, Emergency Services, Energy, Environment, Health, Human Services, Industrial Relations, Infrastructure, Justice, Local government, Planning and Community Development, Police, Ports and Waterways, Premier and Cabinet, Primary Industries and Transport. [7]