Joint Investigatory Committees

Inquiry into the Impact of Social Media on Elections and Electoral Administration

Hearings and Transcripts

Information on the Committee's public hearing schedule for this inquiry will be posted here as it becomes available.
Witnesses and hearing times may be subject to change
Corrected transcripts of these hearings will also be published here when finalised by the Committee

Monday 5 July 2021

Time	Witness	Transcript
12.15 pm	Monash University Professor Scott Wright, Professor of Political Communication and Journalism

Tuesday 15 June 2021

Time	Witness	Transcript
2.00 pm	La Trobe University Associate Professor Andrea Carson	La Trobe University281.44 KB

Friday 12 March 2021

Time	Witness	Transcript
8.45 am	International IDEA Peter Wolf, Senior Expert on Electoral Processes	International IDEA390.71 KB
9.30 am	University of Toronto Associate Professor Yasmin Dawood, Canada Research Chair in Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Electoral Law	University of Toronto375.96 KB

Monday 1 March 2021

Time	Witness	Transcript
9.00 am	Australian Labor Party, Victorian Branch Nicola Castleman, Assistant State Secretary	Australian Labor Party Victorian Branch161.42 KB
9.45 am	UNSW Canberra Cyber, Australian Defence Force Academy Tom Sear, Industry Fellow & PhD Candidate	UNSW Canberra Cyber Australian Defence Force Academy170.55 KB

Monday 15 February 2021

Time	Witness	Transcripts
9.45 am	Electoral Commission South Australia Mick Sherry, Electoral Commissioner	Electoral Commission South Australia183.20 KB
10.30 am	Monash University Associate Professor Luke Beck, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law	Monash University218.68 KB
11.15 am	Break
11.30 am	AAP FactCheck Holly Nott, Managing Editor Peter Bodkin, AAP FactCheck Editor	AAP FactCheck206.85 KB
12.15 pm	RMIT ABC Fact Check Josh Gordon, Economics and Finance Editor	RMIT ABC Fact Check161.49 KB

Thursday 19 November 2020

Time	Witness	Transcripts
4.00 pm	Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner Sven Bluemmel, Information Commissioner	Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner163.40 KB
4.30 pm	Facebook Mia Garlick, Director of Policy Josh Machin, Head of Policy	Facebook186.10 KB
5.00 pm	Labor Women’s Caucus Sonya Kilkenny MP	Labor Women's Caucus168.05 KB
5.30 pm	QUT Digital Media Research Centre Professor Axel Bruns Associate Professor Daniel Angus Dr Timothy Graham Dr Sofya Glazunova	Queensland University of Technology276.38 KB
6.00 pm	University of Bristol and University of Western Australia Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol and University of Western Australia Professor Ullrich Ecker, University of Western Australia	University of Bristol and University of Western Australia164.98 KB
6.30 pm	European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services Ľuboš Kukliš, Board Member	European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services175.23 KB
7.00 pm	Break
7.30 pm	University of London Professor Ben O'Loughlin Dr Sofia Collignon	University of London213.91 KB
8.00 pm	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, UK Parliament Julian Knight MP, Chair	Digital Culture Media and Sport Committee UK Parliament.169.18 KB
8.30 pm	Essex University and Carnegie Trust UK Professor Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law, Essex University William Perrin, Trustee	Essex University and Carnegie Trust UK166.14 KB

Tuesday 17 November 2020

Time	Witness	Transcripts
10.00 am	Liberal Party Sam McQuestin, State Director	Liberal Party of Australia167.14 KB
10.30 am	Australian Greens Victoria Dinesh Mathew, 2018 election candidate Jessica Wheelock, Communications Director	Australian Greens Victoria181.21 KB
11.00 am	Break
11.30 am	Centre for Public Integrity Dr. Catherine Williams, Research and Policy Officer; Geoffrey Watson SC, Board Member	Centre for Public Integrity186.56 KB
12.00 pm	Monash University Dr. Carlo Kopp	Monash University373.55 KB Presentation11.00 KB
12.30 pm	Victorian Electoral Commission Warwick Gately, AM, Electoral Commissioner Marie Guerin, Manager Communication Keegan Bartlett, Director Electoral Integrity and Regulation Ashley Carr, Research Officer	Victorian Electoral Commission320.51 KB

Last Updated on Monday, 05 July 2021