Legislative Assembly Legal and Social Issues Committee

Inquiry into capturing data on family violence perpetrators in Victoria

Introduction
Submissions
Hearings
Reports

Drafting Report

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.

  • 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 Centre

    1:00 PM

    Victoria Police Lauren Callaway, Assistant Commissioner, Family Violence Command Claire Waterman PSM, Director Strategy, Policy and Reform Division, Family Violence Command
  • Davui Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    9:00 AM

    Centre for Victorian Data Linkage Lance Emerson, Deputy Secretary, eHealth, Department of Health
    Transcript

    9:50 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 Sector
    Transcript

    10:50 AM

    Corrections Victoria, Department of Justice and Community Safety Jenny Hosking, Assistant Commissioner, Sentence Management
    Transcript

    11:40 AM

    Cafs Ballarat Ella Mackay, Manager Family Safety and Child Wellbeing
    Transcript

    1:10 PM

    Respect Victoria Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Chairperson, Respect Victoria Board
    Transcript

    2:15 PM

    No to Violence Phillip Ripper, Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Buys, Head of Policy and Research Olsen Clark, Policy and Advocacy Advisor
    Transcript Case study

    3:30 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
    Transcript
  • 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 Policy
    Transcript

    12:10 PM
    Faith panel

    Catholic Social Services Victoria Joshua Lourensz, Executive Director Jesuit Social Services Matt Tyler, Executive Director, Community and Systems Impact
    Transcript Questions on notice - JSS

    1:45 PM
    Academic panel 1

    Michael Flood, Professor, QUT Centre for Justice Hayley Boxall, Research Fellow, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
    Transcript

    2:50 PM
    Academic panel 2

    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
    Transcript Additional information

    3:50 PM
    Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

    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
    Transcript Questions on notice
  • Eastern Hub Geelong, 285A McKillop Street, East Geelong, 3219

    9:30 AM

    Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc Peter Dickinson, Lawyer
    Transcript Questions on notice

    10:20 AM

    National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Alliance Wendy Anders, Chief Executive Officer
    Transcript

    11:20 AM

    Meli Bernadette McCartney, Executive Director, Services Lisa Robinson, Director, Family Safety and Therapeutic Services Kristy Berryman, Manager Family Violence
    Transcript

    12:25 PM

    Barwon Area Integrated Family Violence Committee Elaine Williams, Principal Strategic Advisor Max Broadley, Independent Chair Karen Todd, Barwon Health Representative
    Transcript

    1:50 PM

    Women's Health Grampians Mika Pediaditis, Research and Evaluation Advisor
    Transcript

    2:40 PM

    The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre Bec Wilkin, Acting Executive Manager Client Services Lauren Famulari, Manager, Evidence and Strategic Advocacy
    Transcript Questions on notice
  • Davui Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    9:00 AM
    Legal panel

    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
    Transcript Questions on notice - VLA

    11:10 AM
    Older Victorians panel

    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
    Transcript Questions on notice - NARI

    1:00 PM
    Mallee panel

    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
    Transcript

    2:00 PM

    Thorne Harbour Health Vincent Silk, Team Leader, Family Violence Services
    Transcript Questions on notice

    3:05 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 Projects
    Transcript Questions on notice

    4:05 PM
    Family violence regional integration committees panel

    Southern Melbourne Family Violence Regional Integration Committee Kirsten Majidi, Principal Strategic Advisor Eastern Metropolitan Regional Family Violence Partnership Christine Robinson, Principal Strategic Advisor
    Transcript Questions on notice
  • 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 Manager
    Transcript

    11:10 AM

    Our Watch Amanda Alford, Director of Government Relations, Policy and Evidence Ebony King, Senior Policy Advisor
    Transcript Questions on notice

    12:55 PM
    Alcohol and other drugs panel

    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
    Transcript Questions on notice - VAADA Questions on notice - YSAS

    2:00 PM
    Culturally and linguistically diverse panel

    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
    Transcript

    3:10 PM

    Safe and Equal Tania Farha, Chief Executive Officer
    Transcript

    4:10 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
    Transcript
  • Davui Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    1:45 PM

    Crime Statistics Agency Fiona Dowsley, Chief Statistician
    Transcript Questions on notice

    3:20 PM

    The University of Melbourne Department of Social Work Kristin Diemer, Principal Research Fellow
    Transcript Diagram - common data pathway