Legislative Council Environment and Planning Committee
Inquiry into Community Consultation Practices
Report Tabled | The Final Report was tabled on 3 March 2026.
Previous public hearings
Corrected transcripts of these hearings are published below when finalised by the Committee.
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Monday 15 September 2025
Please note this public hearing will be held online only and will be available to watch online on the Parliament's websiteFederation Room, Parliament House, Spring Street East Melbourne, Parliament Place, Spring Street , East Melbourne, 300212:00 PM
Department of Government Services Philippa Nihill, Director, Platform and Products, Digital Transformation Laurel Chidgey, Executive Director, Transformation, Digital Transformation -
Friday 5 September 2025
Federation Room, Parliament House, Spring Street East Melbourne, Parliament Place, Spring Street , East Melbourne, 30029:00 AM
Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria Farah Farouque, Chief Executive Officer Hayat Doughan, Ageing Well Lead James Houghton, Senior Policy Advisor10:00 AM
COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria Marshida Kolthoff, Manager Policy & Advocacy Dementia Australia Rose Capp, Policy Advisor11:00 AM
Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Lauren Frost, Advocacy Manager, Policy and Communications Pra Ashok Raj Kumar, Young Peer Facilitator Commission for Children and Young People Meena Singh, Acting Principal Commissioner and Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People Julia, Commission Youth Council Member Allegra, Commission Youth Council Member12:00 PM
Nngaweeyan Maar-oo Closing the Gap Partnership Forum Lisa Briggs, Executive Director Emily Hocking, Manager, Strategic Policy and Reform2:00 PM
Carers Victoria Judith Abbott, Chief Executive Officer Lorraine Langley, Senior Manager, Policy & Insights Disability Advocacy Victoria Julie Phillips, Chairperson3:00 PM
Municipal Association of Victoria Ika Trijsburg, Head of Democracy and Diplomacy James McLean, Planning and Sustainable Lead4:00 PM
Women's Health Goulburn North East Katherine Keirs, Policy Coordinator Annika Stewart, Health Promotion Officer, Community Engagement Climbing Victoria Melissa Edwards -
Friday 22 August 2025
Federation Room, Parliament House, Spring Street East Melbourne, Parliament Place, Spring Street , East Melbourne, 300210:00 AM
Engagement Institute (formerly IAP2 Australasia) Marion Short, Chief Executive Officer Donna Groves, Advocacy Committee, Principal Consultant & Managing Director of Comacon Amy Hubbard, Practice Lead/Co-founder of Capire11:00 AM
newDemocracy Foundation Iain Walker, Chief Executive Officer Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance Dr Emanuela Savini, Practice Lead and Lecturer – Democracy and Citizen Engagement12:00 PM
Professor Carolyn Hendricks, ARC Future Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU Professor Sara Bice, Co-founder and Director, Next Generation Engagement4:00 PM
Brooks Community Engagement Lance Brooks, Managing Director & Senior Community Engagement Consultant Wimmera Southern Mallee Development Chris Sounness, Chief Executive Officer