The Family and Community Development Committee is a Joint Investigatory Committee of the Parliament of Victoria.

The Committee was established under the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 and its members have been drawn from both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council. In the 57th Parliament of Victoria, its members were appointed in the sitting week commencing Thursday 05 May 2011.

For further details, contact the Committee Secretariat.

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Inquiry extension

Inquiry into Workforce Participation by People with  Mental Illness - Timeline extension

The timelines for the Parliamentary Inquiry into Workforce Participation by People with Mental Illness have been extended.

The Family & Community Development Committee is now due to table a report by 30 September 2012.

The Committee will continue to receive submissions through to the end of December 2011.

Please click here  for the media release from the Committee Chair, Ms Georgie Crozier, MP

For further information contact Janine Bush, Executive Officer, Victorian Parliamentary Family & Community Development Committee: (03) 8682 2843.

Public Hearings

The Family & Community Development Committee has started conducting public hearings for its Inquiry into Workforce Participation by People with a Mental Illness. Click here to see the hearing schedule.

Call for submissions

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Inquiry into Workforce Participation by People with a Mental Illness

The Committee welcomes written submissions in response to any matter related to the Terms of Reference.To assist those interested in making a written submission to the Inquiry, the Committee has developed a Submission Guide.

All Submissions are treated as public documents unless confidentiality is requested and granted. 

Please submit all electronic responses to janine.bush@parliament.vic.gov.au or via the eSubmissions page here 

Alternatively submissions can be posted to:

Executive Officer
Family and Community Development Committee
Parliament House, Spring Street
EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002