Plan Hatched but Now Dispatched

"An early plan to give private investors access to parts of Victoria’s births, deaths and marriages registry has been abandoned by the state government after backlash from a key union and grassroots Labor members." AGE 13/9/2024

BDM has been recording significant life events since 1853.

More than 400 Victorians each day last month interacted with BDM and that was just for certificate registration and doesn’t include the change of identity or sex, family history, or proof of identity enquiries.

The office is critical to all our lives as it records and manages the most intimate personal details of all Victorians.

The workers there are super heroes.

It's time DGS argued for an increase in resources to re-open the public counter and boost services to Victorians.

Treasury needs to stop just costing us and start valuing our public services.