Hearing14/06/24

Public Hearings: 17 June – 21 June 2024

The purpose of these hearings was to gather evidence from the Minister for Mental Health, Minister for the Pervention of Family Violence, Minister for Health, and senior health bureaucrats.

Topics: Education, Health, Housing
Witnesses: Dr Clare Looker, Dr Melanie Heenan, Jodie Geissler, Katherine Whetton, Professor Euan Wallace, The Hon. Ingrid Stitt MP, The Hon. Mary-Anne Thomas MP, The Hon. Vicki Ward MP

Hearing Videos

The purpose of these hearings was to gather evidence from the Minister for Mental Health, Minister for the Pervention of Family Violence, Minister for Health, and senior health bureaucrats. This was the fourth of five weeks of hearings on health, housing, education and economic justice. Scroll down to view videos of the hearings, witness statements and evidence.
7h 38m
17/06/24

Social Justice Hearings, 17 June

Commissioners heard from representatives of the Department of Health, Secretary Prof Euan Wallace and deputy secretaries Jodie Geissler and Zoe Wainer. Followed by Ingrid Stitt MP, Minister for Mental Health and Katherine Whetton, Deputy Secretary, Mental Health and Wellbeing, from the Victorian Department of Health.

17/06/24
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21/06/24
3 videos in playlist

Witnesses

Dr Clare Looker, Victoria's Chief Health Officer, seated and talking into a microphone with a look of concern at a Yoorook public hearing.

Dr Clare Looker

Dr Melanie Heenan the Deputy Secretary, Family Safety Victoria, seated in front of a dark leather chair with a possum fur draped over the back, and she is looking to her left with a serious expression at a Yoorrook public hearing.

Dr Melanie Heenan

1 Additional material
Jodie Geissler, Deputy Secretary of Commissioning and System Improvement at the Department of Health, is seated at a table wearing a black blazer. A microphone is positioned in front of her.

Jodie Geissler

1 Additional material
Katherine Whetton, Deputy Secretary, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Department of Health, sits at a black chair, indoors at a Yoorrook public hearing.

Katherine Whetton

2 Submissions
9 Additional materials
Professor Euan Wallace, Secretary, Department of Health, wearing a grey suit and yellow tie sits and talks into a micophone at a Yoorrook public hearing.

Professor Euan Wallace

1 Additional material
The Hon. Ingrid Stitt MP, Minister for Mental Health, seated and wearing a black suit at a Yoorrook public hearing.

The Hon. Ingrid Stitt MP

1 Additional material
The Hon. Mary-Anne Thomas MP, Minister for Health and Health Infrastructure, seated and wearing a black suit. The Yoorrook logo can be partially seen behind her on a display.

The Hon. Mary-Anne Thomas MP

1 Submission
1 Additional material
The Hon. Vicki Ward MP the Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, seated at a chair and reading from a document she is holding in front of her.

The Hon. Vicki Ward MP

1 Submission
1 Additional material

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