Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria

Hearings and Transcripts

The Committee is holding public hearings into this inquiry on the following dates:

Further information regarding the Committee's public hearing schedule will be posted here as it becomes available.

Corrected transcripts of these hearings will also be published here when finalised by the Committee.

Tuesday 3 December 2019
Conference Room, Morwell Club, 136 Helen Street, Morwell

Time	Witness	Transcripts
10.15 am	Bass Coast Shire Council Chris Wightman, Coordinator Social and Community Planning Nina Barry-Macaulay, Senior Advocacy Officer, Bass Coast Shire Council	Transcript153.66 KB
11.00 am	The Orange Door Emma Dobson (Project Coordinator, Anglicare Victoria) Amelia Vincent (Advanced Family Violence Practice Leader, Quantum Support Services) Alicia Hudson (RAMP Coordinator, Quantum Support Services) Teressa Watt (Team Leader, Latrobe Community Health)	Transcript152.27 KB
11.45 am	Quantum Support Services Naomi Webb, Practice Leader - Advocacy and Support Cheryl Barnes, Manager Homelessness Services Nicole Larkin, Practice Leader - Homelessness and Support	Transcript314.41 KB
12.30 pm	Community Housing (Vic) Limited Courtney Eacott, Coordinator Homelessness Services, Gippsland Aleisha Olivier, Brief Intervention worker	Transcript163.39 KB
1.45 pm	Salvation Army Erin Price, State Manager, East Victoria Homelessness	Transcript142.64 KB
2.30 pm	Uniting Gippsland Heidi Hunter, Practice Leader, Client Services	Transcript143.37 KB
3.15 pm	Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) Corey Harrison, Executive Manager Navinda Wickramasinghe, Team Leader – Youth Services	Transcript133.33 KB

Monday 2 December 2019
Lakes Room, Bairnsdale RSL, 2 Bairnsdale-Forge Creek Rd, Bairnsdale

Time	Witness	Transcripts
11.00 am	Gippsland & East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-operative Ltd Ryan Hedley, Manager Jamie Williamson, CEO Christofer Beal, Operations Manager	Transcript170.40 KB
11.45 am	Community Housing (Vic) Limited Robert Ashton, Initial Assessment and Planning Officer; Outreach Officer, Fulham Correctional Centre Sale Paula Healey, Private Rental Assistance Program worker	Transcript150.42 KB
12.30 pm	Gippsland East Local Learning & Employment Network Inc. Jane Ponting, Executive Officer	Transcript112.17 KB
1.00 pm	Allan T Coe, Wiradjuri, Eora, Yorta Yorta Elder	Transcript96.77 KB
1.30 pm	Gippsland Women’s Health Service Melanie Brown, Principal Strategic Advisor - Family Violence Chris McNamara, Gippsland Homelessness Network Coordinator	Transcript150.10 KB Presentation173.78 KB
2.15 pm	Gippsland Homelessness Network Chris McNamara, Gippsland Homelessness Network Coordinator	Transcript215.58 KB
3.00 pm	Salvation Army Captains David and Claire Jones	Transcript137.56 KB Presentation129.01 KB
3.30 pm	Orbost Regional Health Louise McCarthy, Director Primary and Community Services Kathy Woods, Housing Support Worker	Transcript122.46 KB
4.00pm	Gippsland Lakes Community Health Richard Evans, Family, Youth and Childrens Services Manager Donna Pendergast, Homelessness Support Program Case Manager	Transcript129.28 KB

Friday 22 November 2019
Legislative Council Committee Room (LCCR), Parliament House, East Melbourne

Time	Witness	Transcripts
9.30 am	RMIT University Professor Guy Johnson, Inaugural Unison Chair of Urban Housing and Homelessness	Transcript160.78 KB Presentation312.71 KB
10.15 am	Council to Homeless Persons Kate Colvin, Manager Policy & Communications	Transcript228.27 KB Presentation740.93 KB
11.00 am	Sacred Heart Mission Cathy Humphrey, CEO; Chair, Council to Homeless Persons Board	Transcript138.21 KB Presentation229.63 KB
11.45 am	Launch Housing & HomeGround Real Estate Bevan Warner, CEO Karren Walker, Manager - Entry Points	Transcript163.54 KB
1.15 pm	The Salvation Army Major Jenny Begent, National Head of Social Mission Livia Carusi, General Manager Homelessness Australia Shane Austin, General Manager Homelessness Victoria; Social Mission Coordinator Victoria	Transcript162.92 KB Presentation90.30 KB
2.00 pm	Justice Connect Samantha Sowerwine, Principal Lawyer, Homeless Law Cameron Lavery, Manager & Principal Lawyer, Homeless Law	Transcript226.57 KB
2.45 pm	Victorian Council of Social Service Emma King, CEO Karen Taranto, Policy Advisor	Transcript249.98 KB
3.30 pm	Aboriginal Housing Victoria Darren Smith, CEO Jenny Samms, Special Adviser Peter Jones, Senior Policy Officer	Transcript158.88 KB