Legislative Assembly Committees

Inquiry into Anti-Vilification Protections

Hearings and Transcripts

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

Past Hearings:

Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Meeting room G.1, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne

Time	Witness	Transcript
10:30am	Victorian Multicultural Commission Vivienne Nguyen, Chair Maria Dimopoulos, Deputy Chair	Transcript292.75 KB
11:15am	Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria Eddie Micallef, Chair Chris Christoforou, Executive Officer	Transcript201.21 KB
12:45pm	Jewish Community Council of Victoria Jennifer Huppert, President	Transcript286.20 KB
1:30pm	Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia Mark Zirnsak, Senior Social Justice Advocate	Transcript173.32 KB
2:30pm	Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne Dr Nigel Zimmerman, Principal Advisor to the Archbishop Penny Badwal, Community Engagement and Liaison Officer	Transcript166.48 KB
3:15pm	Islamic Council of Victoria Adel Salman, Vice President	Transcript190.35 KB

Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Meeting room G.1, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne

Time	Witness	Transcript
10:30am	Liberty Victoria and St Kilda Legal Service's LGBTIQ Legal Service Gemma Cafarella, Chair, Liberty Victoria Jamie Gardiner OAM, Member, Liberty Victoria Sam Elkin, Coordinator, LGBTIQ Legal Service, St Kilda Legal Service	Transcript353.34 KB
11:15am	Institute of Public Affairs Morgan Begg, Research Fellow Dara Macdonald, Research Fellow	Transcript254.30 KB
12:45pm	Australian Discrimination Law Experts Group Professor Beth Gaze, University of Melbourne Liam Elphick, Adjunct Research Fellow, University of Western Australia Law School	Transcript195.23 KB
1:30pm	Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby Maxim Thomas, Co-convenor Sean Mulcahy, Committee Member	Transcript264.70 KB
2:30pm	Human Rights Law Centre, GetUp!, Victorian Trades Hall Council and The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Monique Hurley, Senior Lawyer, Human Rights Law Centre Ruth Barson, Joint Executive Director, Human Rights Law Centre Renaire Druery, Acting Human Rights Director, GetUp! Abiola Ajetomobi, Director of Social Innovation, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre	Transcript236.08 KB
3:15pm	Law Institute of Victoria Jacinta Lewin, Chair, Human Rights Committee Bill Swannie, Member, Human Rights Committee	Transcript296.39 KB
4:00pm	The Anti-Defamation Commission Dr Dvir Abramovich, Chairman	Transcript202.41 KB

Thursday, 12 March 2020
Meeting room G.1, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne

Time	Witness	Transcript
10:30am	Nicole Shackleton, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University Dr Laura Griffin, Lecturer, La Trobe University; and Danielle Walt, Project Manager and Policy Consultant	Transcript308.97 KB
11:15am	Online Hate Prevention Institute Dr Andre Oboler, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Associate Professor David Wishart, Director Mark Civitella, Chairman Dr Nasya Bahfen, Director	Transcript250.97 KB
12:45pm	Dr Holly Lawford-Smith, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne	Transcript280.54 KB
1:30pm	Gender Equity Victoria Tanja Kovac, Chief Executive Officer Jacinta Masters, Manager	Transcript185.74 KB
2:30pm	Australian Christian Lobby Jasmine Yuen, Acting Victorian Director Dan Flynn, Chief Political Officer	Transcript165.52 KB
3:15pm	Nicholas Butler	Transcript266.14 KB

Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Meeting room G.6, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via videoconference

Time	Witness	Transcript
10.30am	Equality Australia Anna Brown, Chief Executive Officer Ghassan Kassisieh, Legal Director	Transcript262.89 KB
11.15am	Thorne Harbour Health Jonathan Meddings, Senior Policy Analyst	Transcript239.62 KB
12.45pm	Department of Premier and Cabinet, Fairer Victoria Brigid Monagle, Deputy Secretary, Fairer Victoria John Batho, Executive Director, Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion, Equality	Transcript259.23 KB
1.30pm	Australian Jewish Association Dr David Adler, President Ted Lapkin, Executive Director	Transcript241.48 KB
2.30pm	Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission Kristen Hilton, Commissioner Emily Minter, Senior Legal Advisor	Transcript264.88 KB
3.30pm	Springvale Monash Legal Service Ashleigh Newnham, Manager, Strategic and Community Development Katia Lallo, Community Lawyer	Transcript292.30 KB

Thursday, 28 May 2020
Meeting room G.6, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via videoconference

Time	Witness	Transcript
10.30am	Australian Muslim Women's Centre for Human Rights Diana Sayed, Chief Executive Officer M. Y., Young Women's Program Coordinator	Transcript673.09 KB
11.15am	Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation Professor Lyria Bennett Moses, Director Siddharth Narrain, PhD Candidate and Scientia Scholar at UNSW Law	Transcript291.16 KB
12.45pm	Yarriambiack Shire Council Jessie Holmes, Chief Executive Officer Gavin Blinman, Director, Community Development and Wellbeing	Transcript314.80 KB
1.30pm	Victorian Legal Aid Rowan McRae, Executive Director, Civil Justice, Access and Equity Melanie Schleiger, Program Manager, Equity Law Program Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Rachel Gleeson, Solicitor, Civil and Human Rights Practice Charmaine Clarke Senior Practitioner, Aboriginal Family Violence Primary Prevention Innovation Project	Transcript316.34 KB
2.30pm	National Better Balance Futures Murray Norman, Director Surinder Jain, Director Professor Suzanne Rutland, Member, Australian delegation to the International Holocaust Rememberance Alliance Maxine Piekarski, Parent	Transcript316.79 KB
3.15pm	Centre for Multicultural Youth Carmel Guerra, Director and Chief Executive Officer Akeer Garang, Youth Volunteer Shashwat Tripathi, Youth Volunteer	Transcript370.30 KB

Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Meeting room G.6, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via videoconference

Tme	Witness	Transcript
10:30am	Dr Bruce Baer Arnold Assistant Professor, CELTS Fellow and Juris Doctor Program Director, Canberra Law School	Transcript190.66 KB
11:20am	Union for Progressive Judaism David Knoll, AM, Co-President Brian Samuel, OAM, Co-President	Transcript206.86 KB
12:50pm	Marsha Uppill Co-founder and Director, Arranyinha	Transcript197.27 KB
1:40pm	Professor Katharine Gelber Head of School, School of Political Science and International Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Queensland	Transcript210.40 KB
2:40pm	Australian Hate Crime Network Professor Gail Mason, Co-Convenor Julie Nathan, Co-Convenor	Transcript252.22 KB

Thursday, 25 June 2020
Meeting room G.6, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via videoconference

Time	Witness	Transcript
10:30am	Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius	Transcript224.76 KB
11:20am	Alastair Lawrie	Transcript207.72 KB
12:50pm	Executive Council of Australian Jewry Peter Wertheim, co-Chief Executive Officer Monique Meyer, Parent	Transcript235.68 KB
1:40pm	Disability Discrimination Legal Service Felix Walsh, Policy and Law Reform Officer	Transcript300.65 KB
2:40pm	Reconciliation Victoria Diana David, Chief Executive Officer	Transcript247.64 KB

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2020