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Review of Legal Services in Rural and Regional Victoria
Hearings and Transcripts
The Committee held hearings for this inquiry on the following dates. Click on the date to go to the listing of transcripts of evidence for that day. Please note that only evidence that was corrected by witnesses and returned to the Committee has been placed on the site.
- Ballarat, 27 April 2000
- Melbourne, 15 May 2000
- Melbourne, 16 May 2000
- Melbourne, 22 May 2000
- Wodonga, 13 June 2000
- Portland, 20 June 2000
- Warrnambool, 21 June 2000
- Geelong, 29 June 2000
- Mildura, 18 July 2000
- Swan Hill, 19 July 2000
- Robinvale, 20 July 2000
- Echuca, 25 July 2000
- Bendigo, 26 July 2000
- Melbourne, 11 September 2000
- Bairnsdale, 12 September 2000
- Morwell, 13 September 2000
- Melbourne, 25 September 2000
- Horsham, 28 September 2000
- Melbourne, 10 November 2000
- Melbourne, 6 February 2001
- Melbourne, 12 April 2001
Ballarat, 27 April 2000
Ballarat and District Law Association 66.16 Kb
Mr Ronald Saines
Ms N. Feeney
Ms A. Rose-Innes- Gwen's Place Women's Refuge (no transcript available)
Ms Cora Werenga
Ms Maree Bruhn - Ms P. Ambikapathy, Legal Practitioner 22.26 Kb
- Ballarat Magistrates' Court 46.58 Kb
Mr Stephen Merbach - NESBLINKS 25.90 Kb
Ms Sulaika Dhanapala - Central Highlands Community Legal Centre 32.84 Kb
Ms Margaret Camilleri - Victoria Police - Ballarat 73.70 Kb
Senior Sergeant Davis - Ballarat University Centre for Rural and Regional Information 32.07 Kb
Mr Lester Welton - Women's Resource Information and Support Centre (WRISC) 31.57 Kb
Ms Jo Le Cornu
Melbourne, 15 May 2000
- Victoria Legal Aid 66.62 Kb
Ms Kay Robertson
Mr Michael Wighton - Federation of Community Legal Centres 100.17 Kb
Ms Gillian Wilks
Ms Margaret Camilleri
Mr Gavin Tellefson
Mr Sam Biondo
Mr Bruce Duvergier - Law Institute of Victoria 60.29 Kb
Mr Ian Dunn
Mr David Faram
Mr John Corcoran - Victorian Bar Council 74.21 Kb
Mr Mark Derham QC - Clerk of Courts Group 85.44 Kb
Mr John Dinsdale
Mr Ian McPhee - Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service 41.43 Kb
Mr Tom Munroe
Mr Nigel D'Souza - Equal Opportunity Commission 70.36 Kb
Ms Diane Sisley
Mr Mark McPherson - Office of the Legal Ombudsman 50.18 Kb
Ms Kate Hamond
Ms Janet Cohen
Mr John McSwiney - Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria 78.98 Kb
Ms Teresa Zerella
Mr David Leonard
Melbourne, 16 May 2000
- Supreme Court of Victoria 99.01 Kb
Mr Bruce McLean - County Court of Victoria 85.36 Kb
Chief Judge Glenn Waldron
Mr Findley McRae
Mr James Hartnett - Magistrates Court of Victoria 48.60 Kb
Mr Pat Armstrong - Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal 36.79 Kb
Mr John Ardlie - Public Interest Law Clearing House (PILCH) 93.86 Kb
Ms Caitlin English
Ms Samantha Burchell - Mental Health Legal Centre 35.91 Kb
Ms Fiona Seymour
Melbourne, 22 May 2000
- Department of Justice 78.42 Kb
Ms Fiona Hanlon
Mr John Lynch
Ms Jennifer Shaw
Wodonga, 13 June 2000
- Albury Wodonga Community Legal Centre 70.51 Kb
Ms Trish Devlin
Ms Helen McGowan - North East Law Association 25.99 Kb
Mr Chris Welsh - Consumer & Tenancy Advice Service 80.50 Kb
Ms Christine Sweet - Albury Wodonga Domestic Violence Committee 84.94 Kb
Ms Maureen Martin
Ms Vicky Brown
Senior Sergeant Julie Muller - Community Corrections Services (CORE) Shepparton 88.99 Kb
Mr Geoff Cornell
Ms Carol O'Sullivan - Kosovar Refugee Support Group 33.96 Kb
Ms Mara Ronald
Ms Elaine Mason - Albury Wodonga Multicultural Resource Centre 69.21 Kb
Ms Josie Maxwell - Mr Richard Gorrie, Barrister 75.14 Kb
- National Children's & Youth Law Centre 90.72 Kb
Mr Louis Schetzer - Wodonga Magistrates Court 105.11 Kb
Senior Magistrate John Murray
Mr David Smith
Portland, 20 June 2000
- Portland Magistrates Court 129.48 Kb
Mr Andrew Tenni - Portland and District Comunity Health Centre 40.31 Kb
Mr Peter Hill - Victoria Police - Portland 113.91 Kb
Senior Sergeant Colin Renton - Stringer Clarke Solicitors 131.56 Kb
Mr Tony Brown - Howman & Harris 101.34 Kb
Mr Pat Howman
Warrnambool, 21 June 2000
- Community Connections and The Legal Centre 76.06 Kb
Mr Bruce de Vergier, Community Connections
Ms Juliet Williams, The Legal Centre - Warrnambool Magistrates Court 108.50 Kb
Mr Peter Langley
Mr Gary Adams - South West Centre Against Sexual Assault 75.99 Kb
Ms Helen Wilson - Emma House Domestic Violence Services 96.49 Kb
Ms Deborah Downes - Guntijmara Aboriginal Cooperative 73.26 Kb
Mr Bobby Cunningham - Southwest Advocacy Association 77.72 Kb
Mr Robert Dick - Western District Law Association 109.29 Kb
Mr Tony Robinson
Geelong, 29 June 2000
- Geelong Community Legal Centre 145.98 Kb
Ms Elsje van Moorst
Mr Andrew Willis
Ms E. Stokie - Geelong Law Association 32.23 Kb
Mr Tom White - Villamanta Legal Centre 93.14 Kb
Mr Phil Grano - Victoria Legal Aid - Geelong 79.48 Kb
Mr Richard Wallman - Geelong Magistrates Court 46.76 Kb
Mr Peter McCann - Migrant Resource Centre 78.00 Kb
Ms Grazia Shrimpton - Colac Community Health Centre 70.92 Kb
Ms Rebecca Simunitsch - Mr Michael Brugman, Private Practitioner 95.07 Kb
Mildura, 18 July 2000
- Murray Mallee Community Legal Service 111.64 Kb
Mr Gavan Tellefson - Mildura Magistrates Court 111.10 Kb
Mr Graeme Chirgwinn - North West Law Association 119.26 Kb
Ms Cynthia Toose
Mr Peter Maloney - Mildura Aboriginal Corporation 85.47 Kb
Ms Myra Grinter - Sunraysia Information and Referral Service 89.90 Kb
Ms Barbara Ellis
Mr W. Treffene - Mildura Aboriginal Health Service 27.40 Kb
Ms Sherry Nakalevu - Sunraysia Ethnic Communities Council 97.51 Kb
Mr Nicholas Forsberg
Mr Victor Matotek - Sunraysia Community Health Centre - Victims Assistance Program 86.29 Kb
Ms Michelle Elding - Mallee Domestic Violence Service (no transcript available)
Ms Joanne Sheehan
Swan Hill, 19 July 2000
- Council for the Disabled 95.33 Kb
Ms Karen Kelly - Dwyer, Mahon & Robertson 101.36 Kb
Mr Chris Mahon - Victoria Police - Swan Hill Prosecutions and Swan Hill Magistrates Court 111.34 Kb
Senior Constable John Lyons, Victoria Police - Swan Hill Prosecutions
Ms Melanie Graham, Swan Hill Magistrates Court
Robinvale, 20 July 2000
- Murray Valley Aboriginal Cooperative (no transcript available)
Ms Lil Petit
Ms Val Tucker
Ms Connie Petit
Echuca, 25 July 2000
- Echuca Magistrates Court 81.84 Kb
Mr Rick Tomkins - Echuca Family Violence Reference Group 96.79 Kb
Ms Pamela Marshwood
Ms Deborah Walsh - Goulbourn Valley Law Association 115.19 Kb
Mr Stephen Bubb
Mr Richard Moore
Bendigo, 26 July 2000
- Dja Dja Wrung Aboriginal Coop and Victoria Police 39.53 Kb
Ms Sue McKenna, Community Justice Panel, Dja Dja Wrung Aboriginal Coop
Sergeant Ray Patterson, Victoria Police - Bendigo Aboriginal Liaison Officer - Mr John Connell 27.61 Kb
- Public Tenants Advice & Referral Service 53.26 Kb
Ms Rachel Ritchie
Ms Anna Burchell - Victoria Court Network 47.28 Kb
Ms Wendy Taylor
Ms Molly Frampton
Ms Patricia Mullins - Community Corrections Services (CORE) 36.25 Kb
Mr Brendan Money - Bendigo Law Association 43.71 Kb
Mr John Whelan - Bendigo Magistrates Court 64.61 Kb
Senior Magistrate W. Gibb
Mr Terry Nihill
Mr Darren Stebbings - Private citizen - Confidential (no transcript available)
- Victoria Legal Aid - Bendigo Office 49.00 Kb
Ms Margie Bourke - Greater Bendigo City Council 31.63 Kb
Mr Brett Flavell
Melbourne, 11 September 2000
- Disability Discrimination Law Centre 37.52 Kb
Mr Jonathon Goodfellow - Victoria Law Foundation 49.24 Kb
Ms Noelene Gration
Mr Mark Herron - Women's Legal Service 41.94 Kb
Ms Allyson Foster
Ms Gillian Dallwitz - Federal Court of Australia 44.95 Kb
Mr Peter Secombe - Family Court of Australia 56.92 Kb
Mr Richard Foster
Mr Mario Cattapan - Department of Justice 64.11 Kb
Mr Peter Harmworth
Mr Philip Hind
Bairnsdale, 12 September 2000
- Bairnsdale Koori Women's Shelter 56.78 Kb
Ms Rose Solomon
Ms Tracey Field - Bairnsdale Magistrates Court 48.34 Kb
Mr Dale West - Gippsland Law Association 66.14 Kb
Mr Peter Murphy - Victoria Police - Bairnsdale 42.78 Kb
Senior Constable Chris Faille
Morwell, 13 September 2000
- Moe Magistrates Court 56.64 Kb
Mr Michael Bourke - Victoria Legal Aid - Gippsland 58.14 Kb
Ms Laura McDonough
Mr Ian Michaelson - Gippsland Community Legal Centre 61.85 Kb
Ms Pat Lovelock
Ms Julie D'Angelo-Kaik
Ms Maree McPherson - Gippsland Migrant Resource Centre 39.32 Kb
Ms Lisa Sinha - Central Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative 59.83 Kb
Mr Brendan O'Kane
Mr Troy McDonald
Mr Laurie Marks - Tyler, Tipping & Woods 39.89 Kb
Mr Mark Woods
Melbourne, 25 September 2000
- Advocacy Program for Women in Prison 39.62 Kb
Ms Catherine Gow
Ms Donna Williamson - Werribee Legal Service and North Melbourne Legal Service 41.92 Kb
Ms Sally Smith, Werribee Legal Service
Ms Sarah Nicholson, North Melbourne Legal Service
Ms C. Gaitan, Committee of Management, Werribee Legal Service - Department of Justice 114.22 Kb
Mr Andrew Smout
Mr Bruce McLean
Mr Caesar Formica
Mr Peter Anderson
Ms Marilyn Lambert - Federal Magistrates' Service 57.16 Kb
Mr Peter May - IBM 61.93 Kb
Ms Sue Drakeford - Victorian Goverment Reporting Service 30.80 Kb
Mr Mick Francis - Salvation Army 48.04 Kb
Major John Poke
Horsham, 28 September 2000
- Horsham Magistrates Court 41.86 Kb
Mr Tim Nihill - Community Justice Panel and Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Cooperative 67.13 Kb
Ms Mary Morgan, Community Justice Panel
Mr Alan Hunt, Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Cooperative - Salvation Army - Court and Prison Support Services 44.19 Kb
Mr John Blake
Ms Shirley Baker - Wimmera Law Association 56.33 Kb
Ms Janelle Brown
Mr Charles Palmer - Wimmera Community Care 35.62 Kb
Ms L. Jelly
Ms T. Mellings - Women's Health Grampions - Family Violence Outreach Team 45.18 Kb
Ms Allison Mathews
Ms Sue Van Den Bosch
Ms Melissa Rose
Ms Shirley Baker - Nhill Community House 38.39 Kb
Ms Lesley Gordon
Melbourne, 10 November 2000
- Victoria Legal Aid 82.05 Kb
Mr Tony Parsons
Ms Kay Robertson
Mr Nick Papas
Mr Michael Wighton - Federation of Community Legal Centres 66.18 Kb
Mr Sam Biondo
Ms Elsje van Moorst
Mr Bruce du Vergier
Melbourne, 6 February 2001
- Melbourne Magistrates Court and Bendigo Magistrates Court 76.12 Kb
Ms Jelena Popovic, Melbourne Magistrates' Court
Ms Anne Condon, Melbourne Magistrates Court
Ms Sharon McLachlan, Melbourne Magistrates Court
Mr Bill Gibb, Bendigo Magistrates Court -
Fitzroy Legal Service 95.13 Kb
Mr Sam Biondo
Melbourne, 12 April 2001
- Melbourne Magistrates Court 101.71 Kb
Mr Ian Gray
Ms Jelena Popovic
Ms Anne Condon