The Victorian Minister for Local government is a Cabinet position in Victoria, Australia, currently held by the Hon. Jeanette Powell MLA. The portfolio includes: responsibility for scrutinising councils for incompetence, giving grants to local governments for projects, redistributing municipipal boundaries according to population, overseeing tendering processes for council services, airing concerns of Local Governments at Cabinet meetings and co-ordinating council community and infastructure work at a state level.