1 Audit context
In 2018–19, the VPS employed 47 961 people. Personnel security—including employment screening—is a critical part of managing this workforce.
1.1 Why this audit is important
VPS employees hold positions of trust, with responsibility for administering Victoria’s finances and assets, and providing a wide range of services to the community, including vulnerable Victorians.
The public expects that VPS employees are competent and appropriately qualified, and that they act in the public interest.