It was created in machinery of government changes in 2013 following Denis Napthine's appointment as premier, and was abolished in 2015 following the election of a new government led by Daniel Andrews.
The department had responsibility for policies relating to transport, planning, local government and sport, and oversaw a variety of other agencies in those functions.
Following the resignation of Ted Ballieu as Premier on 6 May 2013, Denis Napthine was elected leader of the parliamentary Liberal Party and sworn in as Premier in the following days.
On 9 April, Napthine announced extensive machinery of government changes, reducing the number of departments from 11 to 9.
[2][3] Following the election of the Labor Party under Daniel Andrews at the November 2014 election, DTPLI was abolished on 1 January 2015 in changes which further reduced the number of departments from 9 to 7.