Inquiry into Alternative Dispute Resolution
Transcripts of Evidence from Public Hearings
The Committee may invite witnesses to a public hearing, to make representations directly to the members of the Committee and to answer questions put by the Committee. This allows the Committee to follow up points of interest and concern and often lets people who have made a submission amplify points and give additional information.
Public hearings are recorded and a transcript of evidence prepared, to ensure that the Committee has an accurate record of proceedings.
Following is the program of past public hearings and the transcripts of evidence given for the Inquiry into Alternative Dispute Resolution. Hearings were held on:
- Thursday 29 November 2007
- Monday 10 December 2007
- Monday 11 February 2008
- Monday 25 February 2008
- Tuesday 4 March 2008
- Thursday 5 June 2008
- Monday 30 June 2008
Click on the link in the right-hand column to read or download evidence from the public hearings. To view or print the pdf documents, you will require the Adobe Acrobat® PDF Reader, which can be downloaded free of charge from Adobe.
29 November 2007 - Room G1, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne
| Witness(es) | Organisation | |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Lawrence Reddaway (Victorian Chapter Chair)
Ms Angela O’Brien (Senior Vice President of IAMA) Mr Albert Monichino (Victorian Chapter Committee Member) Mr Gordon Tippett (IAMA CEO) Ms Gianna Totaro (IAMA Executive Assistant) |
Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia (IAMA) |
PDF, 71Kb |
| Professor Tania Sourdin | The University of Queensland (Melbourne Campus) | PDF, 78Kb |
| Mr Peter Lauritsen, Deputy Chief Magistrate
Ms Anne Goldsbrough, Supervising Magistrate – Family Violence & Family Law |
Magistrates’ Court of Victoria | PDF, 76Kb |
| Mr Mark Rumble, Director
Ms Laura Simmons, Program Co-ordinator |
Salvation Army, Brayton Youth and Family Services | PDF, 59Kb |
10 December 2007 - Room G1, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne
| Witness(es) | Organisation | |
|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Heaton QC (Chair, Victorian Bar Dispute Resolution Committee) Mr Tony Nolan SC (Victorian Bar Advanced Mediator) Ms Danielle Huntersmith (Victorian Bar Accredited Mediator) Mr Ross Nankivell (Legal Policy Officer) |
The Victorian Bar |
PDF, 73Kb |
Mr Ian Lulham (Chair, LIV ADR Committee) Ms Elissa Campbell (Solicitor, LIV Litigation Section) |
Law Institute of Victoria |
PDF, 78Kb |
Her Honour Judge Davis Her Honour Judge Kennedy |
County Court of Victoria |
PDF, 79Kb |
The Honourable Justice Murray Kellam AO |
Supreme Court of Victoria |
PDF, 63Kb |
Judge Paul Grant (President) |
Children's Court of Victoria |
PDF, 88Kb |
11 February 2008 - Room G1, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne
| Witness(es) | Organisation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Myers, Director, Alternative Dispute Resolution Strategy Dr David Cousins, Executive Director, Consumer Affairs Victoria Mr John Griffin, Executive Director, Courts |
Department of Justice | PDF, 107Kb | ||||||
| Mr Gerard Brody, Director, Policy & Campaigns | Consumer Action Law Centre | PDF, 65Kb | ||||||
Ms Susan Cibau, Senior Conciliation Officer Mr David Bryson, Conciliation Officer Ms Anita Kaminski, Conciliation Officer |
Accident Compensation Conciliation Service | PDF, 54Kb | ||||||
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PDF, 66Kb | |||||||
Ms Meg Henham, Manager Mr Ian Goodhardt, Manager |
Family Mediation Centre | PDF, 47Kb | ||||||
| Mr Shane Quinn, Manager | Greensborough Family Relationship Centre | PDF, 50Kb | ||||||
| Mr Mark Brennan, Small Business Commissioner | Office of the Victorian Small Business Commissioner | PDF, 56Kb | ||||||
| Ms Beth Wilson, Health Services Commissioner | Office of the Health Services Commissioner | PDF, 51Kb | ||||||
| Ms Margaret Lothian, Principal Mediator | Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal | PDF, 59Kb | ||||||
25 February 2008 - Room G3, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne
| Witness(es) | Organisation | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander Trevor Carter, Manager, Policy and Secretariat Division
Mr Findlay McRae, Director, Legal Services Inspector Paul Hayes, Legal Services |
Victoria Police | PDF, 55Kb |
| Reverend Jonathan Chambers, Senior Chaplain, Anglican Criminal Justice Ministry
Mr Peter Thompson, General Manager, Community Programs Mr Mark Longmuir, Manager, Community Services |
Anglicare Victoria | PDF, 62Kb |
| Mr Peter Condliffe, VARJ President, and Barrister and Specialist Mediator
Ms Isobelle Morgan, Court Network Mr David Moore, Committee member |
Victorian Association for Restorative Justice (VARJ) | PDF, 61Kb |
| Mr Walter Ibbs, Acting Manager, Roundtable Dispute Management Service
Mr Alistair Lawrie, Policy Officer, Law Reform |
Victoria Legal Aid | PDF, 47Kb |
| Mr George Lekakis, Chairperson
Mr Con Pagonis, Senior Policy Advisor Mr Stephen Dimopoulos, Manager, Policy and Projects |
Victorian Multicultural Commission | PDF, 41Kb |
| Mr Tony Hayes, Project Coordinator, Community Justice Program
Mr Russell Jeffrey, Youth Justice Group Conference Convenor |
Jesuit Social Services | PDF, 62Kb |
| Ms Greta Clarke, Research Officer | Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service | PDF, 57Kb |
| Mr Noel McNamara, Chief Executive Officer | Crime Victims Support Association | PDF, 49Kb |
| Mr Paul McDonald, Executive Director, Children, Youth and Families Division
Ms Jan Noblett, Director, Youth Services and Youth Justice Ms Sophie Robinson, Principal Policy Adviser |
Department of Human Services | PDF, 94Kb |
4 March 2008
| 11:20am - Level 19, 31 Queen Street, Melbourne | ||
|---|---|---|
| Witness(es) | Organisation | |
Ms Fiona McLeod, Energy and Water Ombudsman Ms Frances Wood, Policy and Research Officer Mr Stephen Gatford, Manager, Public Affairs and Policy |
Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria) | PDF, 96Kb |
| 1:45pm - Room G1, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne | ||
| Witness(es) | Organisation | |
Ms Fiona Hollier, Chief Executive Officer Ms Margaret Halsmith, Chair |
LEADR Association of Dispute Resolvers | PDF, 75Kb |
| 4:20pm - 241 Wellington Street, Collingwood | ||
| Witness(es) | Organisation | |
| Magistrate David Fanning | Neighbourhood Justice Centre | PDF, 68Kb |
5 June 2008 - K Room, Parliament House, Spring Street, East Melbourne
| Witness(es) | Organisation | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Diane Spicer, Programs Manager Mr Arthur Bolkas, Director, Communities of Restoration |
Prison Fellowship Australia - Victoria | PDF, 70Kb | ||||||||||||||||||
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PDF, 108Kb | |||||||||||||||||||
Mr Laurie Harkin, Commissioner Ms Lynne Coulson Barr, Principal Conciliation Officer |
Disability Services Commissioner | PDF, 81Kb | ||||||||||||||||||
30 June 2008 - Koorie Heritage Trust, 295 King Street, Melbourne
| Witness(es) | Organisation | |
|---|---|---|
Dr Loretta Kelly, lecturer, Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples |
Southern Cross University |
PDF, 141Kb |
| Mr Rocky Tregonning, Aboriginal projects officer | Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria | |
| Ms Annette Vickery, manager, Koori Programs and Initiatives, Courts and Tribunals Unit | Department of Justice | |
| Ms Rosie Smith, project manager, Koori Programs and Initiatives, Courts and Tribunals Unit | Department of Justice | |
| Ms Lisa Ahmet, project manager, Koori Programs and Initiatives, Courts and Tribunals Unit | Department of Justice | |
| Ms Joyce Cooper, respected person | Koori Court, Broadmeadows Magistrates Court | |
| Ms Joan Vickery, Koori elder | Koori Court, Broadmeadows Magistrates Court | |
| Ms Miranda Staniford, policy officer | Corrections Victoria | |
| Mr Anthony Fricker, president | Monash Postgraduate Association | |
Mr Neil Twist, acting director, alternative dispute resolution and chief executive officer |
Department of Justice |
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| Ms Angela Dupuche, family mediator/family support worker | Melbourne Citymission | |
| Ms Maria Georgiou, administrator | Darebin Community Legal Centre | |
| Ms Tracey Callander, Aboriginal liaison worker | Darebin Community Legal Centre | |
| Ms Greta Clarke, acting executive officer, research planning and development unit | Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service | |
| Mr Ali Besiroglu, intern, project research | Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service | |
| Mr Clayton Ison, Koori support officer | Parkville Youth Residential Centre, Department of Human Services | |
| Ms Taryn Lee, indigenous education and complaint officer | Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission | |
| Ms Norma Langford, committee member | Broadmeadows Legal Service | |
| Ms Helen Archibald, Aboriginal support worker | Parkville Youth Residential Centre, Department of Human Services |