Download a PDF copy of Appendix F: Progress against Better Regulation Victoria's VBA health check recommendations.

Download a PDF copy of Appendix E: Progress against selected Stage One Report recommendations.

Download a PDF copy of Appendix D: Progress against 2021–23 SOE targets.

Download a PDF copy of Appendix C: About this limited assurance review.

Download a PDF copy of Appendix B: Abbreviations, acronyms and glossary.

Download a PDF copy of Appendix A: Submissions and comments.

VBA does not consistently monitor its progress and risks for each target and recommendation. This means its board does not: 

• have a full picture of all the changes VBA needs to make
• know if VBA is on track to make these changes. 

VBA recently developed a framework to track progress against its 2022–27 strategic plan, which includes some targets and recommendations. But it is not clear if or how VBA will use this framework to monitor and report on all of them.

VBA is committed to improving its performance. It has completed 5 recommendations from the 3 reviews and has started addressing 31. But the scale of improvements it still needs to make is significant. 

VBA’s overall progress

The Victorian Government set up VBA to regulate the building and plumbing industries. 

Since April 2021, 3 reviews, including one that covered the whole building sector, have made 48 recommendations on how VBA could improve its performance. 

This section summarises our key findings. Sections 2 and 3 detail our complete findings, including supporting evidence. 

When reaching our conclusions, we consulted with the audited agencies and considered their views. The agencies’ full responses are in Appendix A.