Legislative Assembly Committees

Inquiry into Apartment Design Standards

Hearings and Transcripts

There are no further public hearings planned for this Inquiry. Corrected transcripts of the hearings will be published here when finalised by the Committee.

Past hearings

Wednesday 16 February 2022
9:30am - 4:00pm

Time	Witness	Transcripts
9:30am	Infrastructure Victoria Dr Jonathan Spear, Acting Chief Executive Officer Dr Kath Phelan, Principal Planner Mr Peter Kartsidimas, Director, Networks and Planning	Transcript157.95 KB
10:15am	Victorian Planning Authority Ms Rachel Dapiran, Executive Director, Infrastructure, Strategy and Planning Ms Goksel Karpat, Urban Design Advisor	Transcript151.65 KB
11:00am	Break
11:15am	Victorian Building Authority Dr Todd Bentley, Chief Risk Officer Ms Shobini Mahendra, Chief Analyst, Research and Review Mr Matthew Waters, Senior Manager, Technical and Regulation	Transcript130.03 KB
12:00pm	Australian Institute of Architects Mr Paul Zanatta, National Advocacy and Policy Manager Mr Tim Leslie, Victorian State Manager Mr Bill Krotiris, Victorian President, Australian Institute of Architects, Principal, John Wardle Architects Ms Sarah Buckeridge, Co-managing Director, Hayball Mr James Legge, Director, Six Degrees Architects	Transcript174.51 KB
12:45pm	Lunch break
2:00pm	Office of the Victorian Government Architect Mr David Islip, Principal Adviser, Urban Design and Architecture	Transcript161.09 KB
2:45pm	Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) Mr Julian Lyngcoln, Deputy Secretary, Planning Mr Andrew Grear, Executive Director, Planning Implementation and Heritage Dr Trevor Pisciotta, Executive Director, Building Ms Amy Mak, Manager Future Homes	Transcript177.09 KB

Tuesday 15 February 2022
9:30am - 4:45pm

Time	Witness	Transcripts
9:30am	Municipal Association of Victoria Mr James McLean, Senior Policy Adviser, Natural and Built Environment CASBE (Council Alliance for Sustainable Built Environment) Ms Natasha Palich, Executive Officer	Transcript157.13 KB
10:30am	Break
10:45am	City of Melbourne Ms Bronwen Hamilton, Design Manager and Principal Urban Designer Ms Lavanya Arulanandam, Senior Urban Designer City of Yarra Ms Amy Hodgen, Senior Coordinator, Statutory Planning City of Darebin Ms Rachel Ollivier, General Manager, City Sustainability and Strategy Mr Munir Vahanvati, City Designer, City Development, City of Darebin City of Moreland Ms Karen Bayly, Principal Strategic Planner	Transcript215.71 KB
12:30pm	Lunch break
1:30pm	Housing Industry Association (HIA) Mr Roger Cooper, Senior Planning Adviser Mr Mike Hermon, Executive Director, Planning and Development	Transcript160.54 KB
2:15pm	Property Council of Australia Ms Danni Hunter, Victorian Executive Director Mr Andrew Lowcock, Victorian Policy Manager Mr Daniel Dugina, General Manager Operations, Apartments, Development, Lendlease	Transcript143.89 KB
3:00pm	Break
3:15pm	Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) (Victoria Division) Mr Matthew Kandelaars, Chief Executive Officer Dr Caroline Speed, Director of Policy and Research Mr Ashley Williams, Board Member	Transcript152.13 KB
4:00pm	Engineers Australia Ms Alesha Printz, General Manager, Victorian Division, Mr Baoying Tong, Senior Manager, Building Reform and Projects Mr Adam Lee, Project Manager, Building Reform and Projects	Transcript133.98 KB

Wednesday 24 November 2021
10:00am - 4:30pm

Time	Witness	Transcripts
10:00am	Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Dr Tom Alves, Head of Development	Transcript161.08 KB
11:00am	Ignite Ms Arianna Garay, Research Member Mr Derek Huynh, Research Member Ms Divya Sri Sunkara, Research Member	Transcript174.42 KB
12:00pm	Faculty of Architecture, Building, and Planning, University of Melbourne Dr Paulo Vaz Serra Mr Steven Richardson Dr Andrew Martel	Transcript176.96 KB
1:00pm	Lunch break
2:00pm	Project HOME, Centre for Urban Research, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Professor Ralph Horne Dr Andrew Martel Dr Louise Dorignon Dr Nicola Willand Dr Megan Nethercote	Transcript175.39 KB
3:00pm	Break
3:15pm	Darebin Appropriate Development Association Ms Maria Poletti, President Mr Chris Erlandsen, Vice-President, Whitehorse Ratepayers and Residents Association Ms Tanya Tescher, President	Transcript136.69 KB

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 March 2022