Conducting Public Hearings
Information on public hearings
The Committee will be holding public hearings for this inquiry.
The current schedule is as follows:
- 26 March 2024 Bairnsdale
- 27 March 2024 Traralgon
- 16 April 2024 Bendigo
- 17 April 2024 Shepparton
- 8 & 9 May 2024 Melbourne
- 12 June 2024 Melbourne
More information on the hearings will be provided here when available.
Previous public hearings
Corrected transcripts of these hearings are published below when finalised by the Committee.
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Thursday 9 May
Melbourne Hearing
9:00 AM
Victorian Student Representative Council William Naughton-Gravette, Policy & Advocacy Manager Ivy Sheng Risith Jayasekara Radha Katyare9:45 AM
The Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne Professor Larissa McLean Davies, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Education Associate Professor Lisa McKay-Brown, Associate Dean Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty of Education10:45 AM
Orygen David Baker, Manager of Policy Desiree Smith, Clinical Educator Youth Affairs Council Victoria Lucy Demant, Policy and Advocacy Manager12:15 PM
Centre for Multicultural Youth Soo-Lin Quek, Executive Manager of Policy, Sector & Business Development Richard Filer, Team Leader of Education2:00 PM
Darren Zhang The Centre for Independent Studies Trisha Jha2:45 PM
Parents of Adolescents with Gender Distress Moira Chalk Keiran O'Neill3:30 PM
Department of Education Jenny Atta PSM, Secretary David Howes PSM, Deputy Secretary, Schools and Regional Services Sharon Barry, Acting Deputy Secretary, School Education Programs and Support Andrea Del Monaco, Deputy Secretary, Schools Workforce Tony Bates PSM, Deputy Secretary, Financial Policy and Information Services -
Wednesday 8 May
Melbourne Hearing
9:00 AM
James Thyer Victorian Parliamentary Budget Office Xavier Rimmer, Parliamentary Budget Officer9:45 AM
Australian Education Union Meredith Peace, President Justin Mullaly, Deputy President10:45 AM
Our Watch Genevieve Sheppard, Senior Policy Advisor of Respectful Relationships Education Cara Gleeson, Director, Prevention in Action Rainbow Families (Switchboard Victoria) Felicity Marlowe, Director2:30 PM
Odyssey House Victoria Dr Stefan Gruenert, Chief Executive Officer Petra Staiger Centre for Adolescent Health Professor Susan Sawyer, Director Dr Jennifer Dam, Senior Project Coordinator of Education Initiatives3:30 PM
Brotherhood of St Laurence Kira Clarke, Principal Research Fellow of the Social Policy and Research Centre Michael Scicluna, Principal, David Scott School4:15 PM
Josie Howie, Principal, Pavilion School -
Wednesday 17 April
Parklake, 481 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, 3630
11:30 AM
Commission for Children and Young People Liana Buchanan, Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People Meena Singh, Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People Missi Joyce, Commission Youth Council Jasmine Mallett, Commission Youth Council1:45 PM
Tomorrow Today Jodie Fleming, Executive Officer Louise Pearce, Board Chair Sally Matheson, Education Benalla Program Manager -
Tuesday 16 April
Regional HearingAll Seasons Hotel Bendigo, McIvor Highway, Bendigo, 3550
11:30 AM
Bendigo Flexible Learning Options Britt Holmberg, Assistant Principal, Weeroona College12:15 PM
Bendigo South East Secondary College Angela Tremain, Assistant Principal Isaac Farr Jasmine Bieleny -
Wednesday 27 March
Century Inn Traralgon, 5 Airfield Road, Traralgon, 3844
12:15 PM
Kurnai College Anthony Rodaughan Michael Stubbe Hands on Learning Lisa Vagg -
Tuesday 26 March
Bairnsdale RSL, 2 Forge Creek Road, Bairnsdale, 3875
1:30 PM
Navigator Program, Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited Kate Kapolos, Senior Manager, Children, Youth and Families Ella Sam Henry, Case Manager