Electoral Matters Committee

Inquiry into the conduct of the 2022 Victorian state election

Introduction
Election data
Submissions
Hearings
Reports

Awaiting Government Response

Hearings and transcripts

  • Hearing Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    2:00 PM

    New Zealand Electoral Commission Kristina Temel, Manager Legal and Policy
    Transcript

    2:30 PM

    Elections ACT Damian Cantwell AM CSC, Electoral Commissioner Ro Spence, Deputy Electoral Commissioner
    Transcript

    3:00 PM

    ACT Labor Ash Van Dijk, Secretary Canberra Liberals Adam Wojtonis, Director
    Transcript
  • Meeting Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    2:00 PM

    Inclusion Melbourne Helen Williams, Chief Executive Officer Nathan Despott, Head of Policy, Research and Advocacy Cameron Bloomfield, Peer leader, Rainbow Rights and Advocacy Paul Ramcharan, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
    Transcript Presentation
  • Hearing Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    2:00 PM

    Angry Victorians Party Christopher Burson, President Heston Russell, Public Relations and Strategy Manager
    Transcript
  • Hearing Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    2:00 PM

    Ron Townsend
    Transcript

  • The hearings will be broadcast live on this website or can be attended in person.

    Meeting Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    2:30 PM

    Inclusion Melbourne Nathan Despott, Head of Policy, Research and Advocacy Keith McVilly, Professor of Disability and Inclusion, University of Melbourne Paul Ramcharan, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Cameron Bloomfield, Peer leader, Rainbow Rights and Advocacy
    Transcript

    3:00 PM

    Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) Stuart Smith, State Director
    Transcript

  • The hearings will be broadcast live on this website or can be attended in person.

    Hearing Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    10:10 AM

    Carlo Toncich
    Transcript

    10:30 AM

    Chris Anderson Veronica Monaghan
    Transcript

    11:00 AM

    Victorian Electoral Commission Sven Bluemmel, Electoral Commissioner Dana Fleming, Deputy Electoral Commissioner Keegan Bartlett, Director, Electoral Integrity and Regulation Sue Lang, Director, Communications & Engagement Ben Sutherland, Director – Elections Chris Pivec, Chief Information Officer
    Transcript
  • The hearings will be broadcast live on this website or can be attended in person.
    Hearing Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    9:30 AM

    Antony Green AO
    Transcript

    10:00 AM

    Kevin Bonham
    Transcript

    10:30 AM

    Chris Curtis
    Transcript

    11:15 AM

    Matthew Potocnik
    Transcript Presentation (Amended)

    11:45 AM

    Ben Raue
    Transcript

    12:15 PM

    Proportional Representation Society of Australia (Victoria-Tasmania) Inc. Stephen Morey, President Geoffrey Goode, Treasurer
    Transcript

    1:45 PM

    Vanessa Teague, Thinking Cybersecurity and the Australian National University
    Transcript

    2:15 PM

    Zareh Ghazarian, Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Relations Discipline, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
    Transcript

    2:45 PM
    Independent candidates

    Melissa Lowe, Independent candidate for Hawthorn Ian Birchall, Independent candidate for Melton Felicity Frederico OAM, Independent candidate for Brighton Hayden O’Connor, Campaign Director for Kew Tim Wade, Volunteer Coordinator Mel4Hawthorn campaign
    Transcript

  • The hearings will be broadcast live on this website or can be attended in person.

    Hearing Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    9:45 AM

    Victorian Labor Party Chris Ford, State Secretary Cameron Petrie, Assistant State Secretary
    Transcript

    10:30 AM

    The Nationals Victoria Matthew Harris, State Director
    Transcript

    11:30 AM

    The Australian Greens Victoria Martin Shield, State Director Jess Wheelock, Head of Campaigns and Engagement
    Transcript

    12:15 PM

    Animal Justice Party Angela Pollard, President Louise Pfeiffer, Vice President Natalie Kopas, Advocacy manager Bronwyn Currie, Victorian Convenor Craig Kealy, National Psephology Manager
    Transcript

    2:00 PM

    Victorian Socialists Steph Price, Treasurer
    Transcript

    2:45 PM

    Malcolm Mackerras AO
    Transcript

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    Meeting room G.6, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne 3002

    8:00 AM

    Victorian Electoral Commission Warwick Gately AM, Electoral Commissioner Sue Lang, Director, Communications & Engagement Ben Sutherland, Director – Elections
    Transcript

Public hearing with VEC, 27 March 2023 - Full hearing

Witnesses later identified some errors in what they said during the hearing. These errors have been corrected in the transcript (available through the ‘Hearings’ tab above).