Vic public service faces sudden overhaul

VICTORIA'S public service faces a major shake-up, with several departments to merge from July.

The departments of environment and primary industries will merge, while there will be a new "Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure".

Department of Transport secretary Jim Betts will not have his contract renewed when it expires in coming weeks.

Premier Denis Napthine said no jobs would go under the changes.

"These changes are important changes for Victorians; they're about creating a new emphasis on jobs (and) investment opportunities for Victoria," he said.

The new structure will be: the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation; Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure; and Department of Environment and Primary Industries.

Aboriginal and veterans affairs will now come under the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Planning and Community Development will be abolished.

Dr Napthine said merging the departments of environment and primary industries would deliver enormous benefits.

"This old-style debate between brown and green is a thing of the past," he said.

"I would have thought any sensible environmentalist would see this as a positive move."

Current Department of Premier and Cabinet deputy secretary Dean Yates will become secretary of the Department of Planning and Local Infrastructure, while public servant Adam Fennessy will be Department of Environment and Primary Industries secretary.

The new secretaries will start their roles on Monday.

Opposition frontbencher Jacinta Allan said she did not believe Dr Napthine's assurance that no jobs would go as a result of the restructure.

"Victorians know they just can't trust a Liberal premier when it comes to protecting public service jobs," she said.

Ms Allan said the restructure was a demotion for Planning Minister Matthew Guy, who would be supervised by Transport Minister Terry Mulder.

"(It's) purely to keep tabs on the movements of a key leadership rival for the premier," she said.

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