Released today, the Victorian Auditor-General's Service Delivery Performance 2025 has revealed widespread chronic failures, systemic underperformance, financial mismanagement and fundamental reporting deficiencies across the Allan Labor Government.
The report revealed that across 2024-25, Victorian Government Departments:
- Only met or exceeded 65.2 per cent of their service delivery performance targets.
- Missed 23.2 per cent of their targets by more than 5 per cent, or $50 million for cost measures.
- Are not consistently complying with reporting requirements.
- Are failing to meet data standards.
The report also laid bare the chaos and incompetence of the Allan Labor Government, with the reasons for Departments failing to comply with performance targets blamed on project delays, resources constraints, data limitations and service uptake.
The Auditor-General further revealed that Labor's performance measures were not relevant, attributable, useful, clear, or effective, noting that the 'Parliament and the community cannot properly assess performance and cannot fully hold government to account for its performance'.
Shadow Minister for Finance, Bridget Vallence, said: "This report confirms Victorians aren't getting the quality health, education, community safety and transport infrastructure services they deserve.
"Victoria's independent auditor has revealed the Allan Labor Government for its failure to comply with its own performance measures on the delivery of essential services.
"It's more evidence that after 11 years of Labor, financial measures and targets have been gradually eroded, leaving vague targets and a lack of accountability.
"Victorians are paying the price for chronic failures, systemic underperformance, and financial mismanagement under Labor."
