Projects
We are committed to the following projects in 2025–26 to support our priorities:
- Enabling land renewal for housing or community use
- Delivering the Environment Protection on Country Program
- Implementing Azure security architecture
- Upgrading our finance system
- Updating our air emissions inventory
- Improving our permissioning functions
- Replacing our health, safety and wellbeing platform
- Supporting small business through the Business Acceleration Fund
- Developing a spatial mapping tool for emergency animal disease preparedness and response
- Establishing a priority assessment team for permissions
Performance measures
In 2025–26, we’ll continue to deliver our core regulatory and enabling services to prevent and reduce the harmful effects of pollution and waste on Victorian communities and the environment.
| Performance measure | 2025–26 target |
| Total inspections of business sites or premises conducted to prevent and respond to risks of harm to human health and the environment. | 4000 |
| Environment condition notifications provided to Victorians | 800 |
| Victorian community trust in EPA | 70% |
| Environmental audits and preliminary risk screening assessment reports are reviewed to ensure administrative compliance with legislation and guidelines within 14 days of submission | 80% |
| Pollution reporters requesting follow up by EPA receive contact within five working days | 75% |
| Applications for licences and permits completed within statutory timelines | 50% |
| EPA advice on planning matters is provided within required timeframes | 65% |
| Applications for internal review of remedial notices completed within statutory timeframes | 100% |
| EPA provides technical advice to lead agencies within required timelines during emergency incidents | 90% |
| EPA responds to priority waste incidents within 15 hours of notification | 90% |
Resources
We use our resources to meet our roles and responsibilities under the Environment Protection Act 2017. Our resources also enable us to continually improve its regulatory approach, build effective partnerships, and develop organisational capability and a high performing culture.
EPA’s consolidated revenue for 2025–26 is forecast at $175 million, with expenditure totalling $175 million.
| Summary of 2025–26 budget | ($ million) |
| Revenue | |
| Municipal and industrial landfill distribution | 101.7 |
| Reportable priority waste levies | 42.0 |
| Sustaining the EPA’s strengthened regulatory functions | 23.7 |
| Specific project funding / initiative funding | 1.2 |
| Fees, fines, licence levies, other | 6.8 |
| Total revenue | 175.4 |
| Operating expenditure | |
| People costs (salaried and agency staff) | 116.2 |
| Information technology expenses | 25.4 |
| Contracted services – general | 10.5 |
| Accommodation costs | 10.6 |
| Other expenses (including legal costs, grants, fees) | 11.5 |
| Total operating expenditure excluding depreciation | 174.2 |
| Total capital expenditure | 1.2 |
| Total expenditure | 175.4 |
| Net financial position | 0.0 |
The figures in the table exclude the annual depreciation and amortisation expense of approximately $12.0 million.
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