{{Short description|Government department of Victoria, Australia}} {{Infobox government agency | name = Department of Justice and Community Safety | type = Department | logo = Department of Justice and Community Safety.png | logo_width = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | formed = {{Start date|2019|01|01|df=y}} | preceding1 = Department of Justice and Regulation | preceding2 = | dissolved = | superseding1 = | superseding2 = <!-- up to |superseding6= --> | jurisdiction = [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]] | headquarters = [[Southern Cross Tower]]<br />121 [[Exhibition Street]], [[Melbourne]] | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LATITUDE|LONGITUDE|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}} --> | motto = | employees = 10,201 {{small|(June 2020)}} | budget = $8.5 billion {{small|([[Fiscal year#Australia|FY]] 19–20)}} | minister1_name = [[Sonya Kilkenny]] | minister1_pfo = [[Attorney-General for Victoria|Attorney-General]] | minister2_name = [[Anthony Carbines]] | minister2_pfo = [[Minister for Police (Victoria)|Minister for Police]], Minister for Community Safety, Minister for Victims, Minister for Racing | minister3_name = [[Enver Erdogan]] | minister3_pfo = Minister for Corrections, Minister for Youth Justice, Minister for Casino, Gaming and Liquor Regulation | minister4_name = [[Vicki Ward]] | minister4_pfo = Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Natural Disaster Recovery | deputyminister1_name = | deputyminister1_pfo = | deputyminister2_name = | deputyminister2_pfo = <!-- up to |deputyminister8_name= --> | chief1_name = Emma Cassar | chief1_position = Secretary | chief2_name = | chief2_position = <!-- up to |chief9_name= --> | child1_agency = | child2_agency = <!-- up to |child25_agency= --> | keydocument1 = <!-- up to |keydocument6= --> | website = {{URL|justice.vic.gov.au}} | agency_id = {{PROV agency|5038}} | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | footnotes = <ref name="Annual report 2020">{{cite book |title=Annual Report 2019–20 |date=October 2020 |publisher=Department of Justice and Community Safety |location=Melbourne |url=https://parliament.vic.gov.au/file_uploads/DJCS_Annual_Report_19-20_Final_yQwzCwd4.pdf |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> | embed = }} The '''Department of Justice and Community Safety''' ('''DJCS''') is one of nine government departments in the state of [[Victoria, Australia]].
Known as the '''Department of Justice and Regulation''' until January 2019, it manages and provides government services relating to Victoria's justice system.
==Ministers== {{as of|2025|12}}, the DJCS supports four ministers in the following portfolios:<ref>{{cite web |title=People and organisational structure |url=https://www.justice.vic.gov.au/people-and-organisational-structure |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Department of Justice and Community Safety}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" | Name ! Party ! Portfolio |- | width="5px" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | |[[Sonya Kilkenny|Sonia Kilkenny]] |[[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor]] |[[Attorney-General for Victoria|Attorney-General]] |- | width="5px" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | |[[Anthony Carbines]] |[[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor]] |[[Minister for Police (Victoria)|Minister for Police]]<br />Minister for Community Safety Minister for Victims Minister for Racing |- |width=5px style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | |[[Enver Erdogan]] |[[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor]] |Minister for Corrections<br />Minister for Youth Justice<br />Minister for Casino, Gaming and Liquor Regulation |- |width=5px style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | |[[Vicki Ward]] |[[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor]] |[[Minister for Police (Victoria)#Emergency Services|Minister for Emergency Services]] Minister for Natural Disaster Recovery |- |}
==Functions== The DJCS has responsibility for the following policy areas: * [[Legal system]] * [[Judiciary of Australia|Courts and tribunals]] * [[Victoria Police|Policing]] * [[Business|Business licensing]] * [[Corrections]], [[prisons|prisons and]] [[parole]] * [[Human rights|Human rights and anti-discrimination law]] * [[Emergency services]] * [[Civil registration|Births, deaths and marriages]] * [[Emergency management]] * [[Consumer affairs]] * [[Occupational safety and health|Workplace safety]] * [[Gambling]] and [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] regulation
==Agencies== Agencies under the DJCS portfolios include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/embridge_cache/emshare/original/public/2019/01/6a/483c898d4/DJCS_Statutory_entities_chart_030119.pdf|title=DJCS Statutory entities chart|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108145500/https://www.justice.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/embridge_cache/emshare/original/public/2019/01/6a/483c898d4/DJCS_Statutory_entities_chart_030119.pdf |archive-date=2019-01-08 |access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| * Office of Public Prosecutions * Court Services Victoria * Legal Services Board * Sentencing Advisory Council * Victims of Crime Commissioner * Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission * Victorian Law Foundation * Victorian Law Reform Commission * [[Victoria Legal Aid]] * Victorian Legal Admissions Board * Youth Parole Board * Adult Parole Board * [[Corrections Victoria]] * [[Emergency Management Victoria]] * [[State Emergency Service]] * [[Victoria Police]] * [[Fire Rescue Victoria]] * [[Country Fire Authority]] * Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner * [[Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation]] * [[Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages]] * [[Consumer Affairs Victoria]]
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== References == <references />
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.justice.vic.gov.au}}
{{Government departments of Victoria}}
[[Category:Government departments of Victoria (state)|Justice]] [[Category:Subnational justice ministries|Victoria]]