Following significant machinery of government changes following the election of the Kennett Government in October 1992, a portfolio for Tertiary Education and Training was established with the appointment of a Minister for Tertiary Education and Training.

Under Administrative Arrangements Order Number 114 (Victorian Government Gazette No. S 53, 9 October 1992), the Minister for Tertiary Education and Training was assigned all acts previously the responsibility of the Minister for Employment, Post-Secondary Education and Training.

Acts assigned to the Minister at time of appointment:

Adult, Community and Further Education Act 1991
Australian Catholic University (Victoria) Act 1991
Ballarat College of Advanced Education Act 1976
Council of Adult Education Act 1981
Deakin University Act 1974
Deakin University (Victoria College) Act 1991
Deakin University (Warrnambool) Act 1990
Employment and Training Act 1981 -
Excluding Sections 8(c) and 15 where they relate to the Victorian Technology Advisory Committee; and Section 17 (these provisions were administered by the Minister for Industry Services)
Gordon Technical College Act 1976
La Trobe University Act 1964
La Trobe University Bendigo and Wodonga Act 1990
Melbourne College of Advanced Education (Amalgamation) Act 1988
Melbourne College of Divinity Act 1910
Melbourne University Act 1958
Melbourne University (Hawthorn) Act 1991
Melbourne University (VCAH) Act 1992
Monash University Act 1958
Monash University (Chisholm and Gippsland) Act 1990
Monash University (Pharmacy College) Act 1992
Post-Secondary Education Act 1978
Teaching Service Act 1981 -
Sections 12 and 76 insofar as they relate to technical and further education (the Act was otherwise administered by the Minister for Education)
Victoria University of Technology Act 1990
Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1982
Victorian College of the Arts Act 1981
Vocational Education and Training Act 1990

In 1999, following machinery of government changes after the election of the Bracks Government, the portfolio of Tertiary Education and Training was abolished. It was replaced with the portfolio of Post Compulsory Education, Training and Employment (VRG 161). This portfolio was assigned all Acts of the former Minister for Tertiary Education and Training as part of Administrative Arrangements Order No. 159, published in the Victorian Government Gazette No. S 159, 29 October 1999.

Minister(s):

Minister for Tertiary Education and Training 1992-1999

Previous Group(s):
VRG 35 Education

Subsequent Group(s):
VRG 35 Education
VRG 161 Post Compulsory Education, Training and Employment.