Legislative Assembly Legal and Social Issues Committee

Inquiry into anti-vilification protections

Introduction
Submissions
Hearings
Reports
Summary

Completed

The committee held hearings from February to June 2020.

Previous public hearings

Corrected transcripts of these hearings are published below when finalised by the Committee.

  • Meeting Room G6, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    10:30 AM

    Victoria Police Luke Cornelius
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    11:20 AM

    Alastair Lawrie
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    12:50 PM

    Executive Council of Australian Jewry Peter Wertheim, Co-Chief Executive Officer Monique Meyer, Parent
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    1:40 PM

    Disability Discrimination Legal Service Felix Walsh, Policy and Law Reform Officer
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    2:40 PM

    Reconciliation Victoria Diana David, Chief Executive Officer
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  • Meeting Room G6, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    10:30 AM

    Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, CELTS Fellow and Juris Doctor Program Director, Canberra Law School
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    11:20 AM

    Union for Progressive Judaism David Knoll AM, Co-President Brian Samuel OAM, Co-President
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    12:50 PM

    Marsha Uppill, Co-founder and Director, Arranyinha
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    1:40 PM

    Katharine Gelber, Head of School, School of Political Science and International Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Queensland
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    2:40 PM

    Australian Hate Crime Network Gail Mason, Co-Convenor Julie Nathan, Co-Convenor
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  • Meeting Room G6, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    10:30 AM

    Australian Muslim Women's Centre for Human Rights Diana Sayed, Chief Executive Officer M. Y., Young Women's Program Coordinator
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    11:15 AM

    The Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation Lyria Bennett Moses Siddharth Narrain, PhD Candidate and Scientia Scholar at UNSW Law
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    12:45 PM

    Yarriambiack Shire Council Jessie Holmes, Chief Executive Officer Gavin Blinman, Director, Community Development and Wellbeing
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    1:30 PM

    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
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    2:30 PM

    National Better Balance Futures Murray Norman Surinder Jain, Director Suzanne Rutland, Member, Australian delegation to the International Holocaust Rememberance Alliance Maxine Piekarski, Parent
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    3:15 PM

    Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) Carmel Guerra Akeer Garang, Youth Volunteer Shashwat Tripathi, Youth Volunteer
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  • Meeting Room G6, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    10:30 AM

    Equality Australia Anna Brown, Chief Executive Officer Ghassan Kassisieh, Legal Director
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    11:15 AM

    Thorne Harbour Health Jonathan Meddings, Senior Policy Analyst
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    12:45 PM

    Department of Premier and Cabinet, Fairer Victoria Brigid Monagle, Deputy Secretary, Fairer Victoria John Batho, Executive Director, Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion, Equality
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    1:30 PM

    Australian Jewish Association David Adler Ted Lapkin, Executive Director
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    2:30 PM

    Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission Kristen Hilton, Commissioner Emily Minter, Senior Legal Advisor
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    3:30 PM

    Springvale Monash Legal Service Ashleigh Newnham, Manager, Strategic and Community Development Katia Lallo, Community Lawyer
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  • Committee Room G1, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    10:30 AM

    Nicole Shackleton, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University Laura Griffin, Lecturer, La Trobe University Danielle Walt, Project Manager and Policy Consultant
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    11:15 AM

    Online Hate Prevention Institute Andre Oboler, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director David Wishart, Director Mark Civitella, Chairman Nasya Bahfen, Director
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    12:45 PM

    Holly Lawford Smith
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    1:30 PM

    Gender Equity Victoria Tanja Kovac Jacinta Masters, Manager
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    2:30 PM

    Australian Christian Lobby Jasmine Yuen, Acting Victorian Director Dan Flynn
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    3:15 PM

    Nicholas Butler
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  • Committee Room G1, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    10:30 AM

    Liberty Victoria Gemma Cafarella, Chair Jamie Gardiner OAM, Member St Kilda Legal Service's LGBTIQ Legal Service Sam Elkin, Coordinator
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    11:15 AM

    Institute of Public Affairs Morgan Begg Dara Macdonald, Research Fellow
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    12:45 PM

    Australian Discrimination Law Experts Group (ADLEG) Beth Gaze, University of Melbourne Liam Elphick, Adjunct Research Fellow, University of Western Australia Law School
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    1:30 PM

    Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby Maxim Thomas, Co-Convenor Sean Mulcahy, Committee Member
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    2:30 PM

    Human Rights Law Centre, GetUp!, Victorian Trades Hall Council and The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (joint submission) 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
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    3:15 PM

    Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) Jacinta Lewin, Chair, Human Rights Committee Bill Swannie, Member, Human Rights Committee
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    4:00 PM

    The Anti-Defamation Commission Dvir Abramovich, Chairman
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  • Committee Room G1, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    10:30 AM

    Victorian Multicultural Commission Vivienne Nguyen, Chair Maria Dimopoulos, Deputy Chair
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    11:15 AM

    Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV) Eddie Micallef, Chair Chris Christoforou, Executive Officer
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    12:45 PM

    Jewish Community Council of Victoria Jennifer Huppert
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    1:30 PM

    Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia Mark Zirnsak, Senior Social Justice Advocate
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    2:30 PM

    Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne Nigel Zimmerman, Principal Advisor to the Archbishop Penny Badwal, Community Engagement and Liaison Officer
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    3:15 PM

    Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) Adel Salman
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