Legislative Assembly Legal and Social Issues Committee
Inquiry into capturing data on family violence perpetrators in Victoria
Report Tabled
Information on public hearings, including transcripts and witnesses is below.
Previous public hearings
Corrected transcripts and responses to Questions on Notice of these hearings are published below when finalised by the Committee.
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Monday 9 September 2024
Davui Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002
11:00 AM
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Jill Gallagher AO, Chief Executive Officer Sheree Lowe, Executive Director of the Balit Durn Durn Centre1:00 PM
Victoria Police Lauren Callaway, Assistant Commissioner, Family Violence Command Claire Waterman PSM, Director, Strategy, Policy and Reform Division, Family Violence Command -
Monday 19 August 2024
Davui Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002
9:00 AM
Centre for Victorian Data Linkage Lance Emerson, Deputy Secretary, eHealth, Department of Health9:50 AM
Peninsula Health Renee Blight, Safeguarding, Strategy and Reform Practice Lead, Social Work Meghan O’Brien, Head of Social Work Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence State-wide Leadership Team Amanda Morris, Statewide Lead, Metropolitan Sector Sharan Ermel, Statewide Lead, Regional Sector10:50 AM
Corrections Victoria, Department of Justice and Community Safety Jenny Hosking, Assistant Commissioner, Sentence Management11:40 AM
Cafs Ballarat Ella Mackay, Manager Family Safety and Child Wellbeing1:10 PM
Respect Victoria Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Chairperson, Respect Victoria Board2:15 PM
No to Violence Phillip Ripper, Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Buys, Head of Policy and Research Olsen Clark, Policy and Advocacy Advisor3:30 PM
Family Safety Victoria, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Amber Griffiths, Executive Director, Family and Sexual Violence Programs Wayne Freeman, Director, Aboriginal Initiatives Jane Hingston, Director, Perpetrator Programs and System Performance -
Monday 12 August 2024
Davui Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002
11:05 AM
Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University Elena Campbell, Associate Director, Research, Advocacy and Policy12:10 PM
Catholic Social Services Victoria Joshua Lourensz, Executive Director Jesuit Social Services Matt Tyler, Executive Director, Community and Systems Impact
Faith panel1:45 PM
Michael Flood, Professor, QUT Centre for Justice Hayley Boxall, Research Fellow, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Academic panel 12:50 PM
Nicola Helps, Senior Project Officer, ANROWS Jessica Seamer, PhD Candidate, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre Silke Meyer, Professor of Social Work, Griffith University
Academic panel 23:50 PM
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Andrew Carroll, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Fellow of RANZCP Jacqueline Rakov, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist Manjula O’Connor, Consultant Psychiatrist, Chair RANZCP FV Psychiatry Network
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists -
Wednesday 7 August 2024
Eastern Hub Geelong, 285A McKillop Street, East Geelong, 3219
9:30 AM
Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc Peter Dickinson, Lawyer10:20 AM
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Alliance Wendy Anders, Chief Executive Officer11:20 AM
Meli Bernadette McCartney, Executive Director, Services Lisa Robinson, Director, Family Safety and Therapeutic Services Kristy Berryman, Manager Family Violence12:25 PM
Barwon Area Integrated Family Violence Committee Elaine Williams, Principal Strategic Advisor Max Broadley, Independent Chair Karen Todd, Barwon Health Representative2:40 PM
The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre Bec Wilkin, Acting Executive Manager Client Services Lauren Famulari, Manager, Evidence and Strategic Advocacy -
Tuesday 6 August 2024
Davui Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002
9:00 AM
Victoria Legal Aid Eila Pourasgheri, Director, Family, Youth and Children’s Law Law Institute of Victoria Caroline Counsel, Co-Chair of the Family Violence Working Group Federation of Community Legal Centres Rachael Pliner, Director of Policy and Advocacy Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Juergen Kaehne, Principal Managing Lawyer Patrick Cook, Head of Policy, Communications and Strategy
Legal panel11:10 AM
National Ageing Research Institute Bianca Brijnath, Director Social Gerontology Council on the Ageing Victoria Ben Rogers, Acting Chief Executive Officer Seniors Rights Victoria Avital Kamil, Principal Lawyer
Older Victorians panel1:00 PM
Mallee Accommodation and Support Program Amy Cupper, Manager of Family Safety Zoe Support Australia Cindy Cavanagh-Knez, Team Leader Mallee Sexual Assault Unit and Mallee Domestic Violence Services Fiona Bilucaglia, Principal Practitioner for Family Violence
Mallee panel2:00 PM
Thorne Harbour Health Vincent Silk, Team Leader, Family Violence Services3:05 PM
Berry Street Tom Bowerman, Acting Executive Director, Services Tracey Golder, Program Manager, Specialist Family Violence Darrylin Galanos, Acting Manager, Client Analytics and Reporting Jac Dwyer, Practice Development, Training and Capacity Building Projects4:05 PM
Southern Melbourne Family Violence Regional Integration Committee Kirsten Majidi, Principal Strategic Advisor Eastern Metropolitan Regional Family Violence Partnership Christine Robinson, Principal Strategic Advisor
Family violence regional integration committees panel -
Monday 5 August 2024
Davui Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002
10:05 AM
Sexual Assault Services Victoria Kathleen Maltzahn, Chief Executive Officer Amy Webster, Policy, Advocacy and Research Manager11:10 AM
Our Watch Amanda Alford, Director of Government Relations, Policy and Evidence Ebony King, Senior Policy Advisor12:55 PM
Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association Gillian Clark, AOD Strategy and Reform Manager Meg Bagnall, Lead AOD and Family Violence YSAS Dom Ennis, Acting Chief Executive Officer Bianca Johnston, Family Violence Specialist
Alcohol and other drugs panel2:00 PM
inTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence Rasha Abbas, Chief Executive Officer Centre for Multicultural Youth Peta Fualau, Senior Manager Programs and Services Sameera Fieldgrass, Practice Leader, Sector and Community Partnerships Victorian Multicultural Commission Vivienne Nguyen, Chairperson
Culturally and linguistically diverse panel4:10 PM
Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand Livia La Rocca, General Manager, Integrated Place-Based Services, Vic East & NSW Jozica Kutin, General Manager, Advocacy and Service Impact -
Monday 22 July 2024
Davui Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002
3:20 PM
The University of Melbourne Department of Social Work Kristin Diemer, Principal Research Fellow