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Media inquiries should be directed to: VCAT-MediaEnquiries@justice.vic.gov.au


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    Please note that proceedings at the Guardianship List of VCAT are public, but identities may not be published without an order of the Tribunal (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act, clause 37, Confidentiality of proceedings, in Schedule 1 to the Act). The Tribunal must order that no pictures of any party to the proceeding can be taken.

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  • appeal number; or
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  • street address (planning matters).
VCAT decisions are available on the Austlii website at
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Media Releases
Speeches


Media Releases

YearTitle
2009Adobe PDF icon The President's review of VCAT - consultation phase (44 KB) (2 pages)
The President launches consultation phase of his review of VCAT
Media Release 4 March 2009
2008Adobe PDF icon Brookland Greens Inquiry (19 KB) (1 page)
VCAT President welcomes inquiry into Cranbourne's Brookland Greens Estate
Media Release 15 September
Adobe PDF icon VCAT celebrates 10 years of accessible, efficient justice (23 KB) (1 page)
Media Release 2 June 2008 from the Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls
Adobe PDF icon New head of VCAT to review Tribunal's operations (PDF 17KB) (1 page) Media Release from the Acting Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls
2007Adobe PDF icon The Islamic Council of Victoria Inc. and Catch The Fire Ministries Inc. reach agreement (20KB) (1 page)
Adobe PDF icon VCAT President Justice Stuart Morris retires (23 KB) (1 page)
Adobe PDF icon Spokesperson statement - VCAT President key achievements (28 KB) (1 page)
2006Adobe PDF icon Planning and Environment List 2005/06 performance report (121 KB) (7 pages)
Adobe PDF icon VCAT and Bayside: A study of 2005/2006 Cases (81 KB) (9 pages)
Microsoft Excel icon Planning and Environment List statistics released 11/9/06 (323 KB).
Adobe PDF icon New application for review forms & notification of VCAT decisions (32 KB).
2005Adobe PDF icon Planning reform check up results in a ‘good bill of health’ (26KB).
Microsoft Excel iconPlanning and Environment List statistics released 24 August 2005 (319KB).
Adobe PDF icon Donoghue v Stevenson: The VCAT mediation (27KB).
Adobe PDF icon Land Valuation Practice Note (22KB).
2004Adobe PDF icon Appointment of Members (102KB).
Adobe PDF icon 20% slashed off time to hear planning appeals (125KB)
Adobe PDF icon Media Release 27 July 2004 - Land Valuation Practice Note (99 KB)
Adobe PDF icon DRAFT Practice Note Land Valuation List (143 KB)
Adobe PDF icon Guideline Judgments in VCAT’s Planning and Environment List - 22nd June 2004 (93KB)
Adobe PDF icon Reappointment of members - 16th June 2004 (100KB)
Adobe PDF icon VCAT President visits Bendigo - 18 May 2004 (136 KB)
Adobe PDF icon New VCAT Deputy President appointed - 4 May 2004 (103 KB)
Adobe PDF icon Appointment of Principal Mediator - 7 April 2004 (105 KB).
Adobe PDF icon Plan substitution at VCAT - 2 March 2004 (107KB).
Adobe PDF icon Results of survey concerning amended and substituted plans - 2 March 2004 (99KB).
2003Adobe PDF icon Announcement of VCAT re-appointments - 9th December 2003 (117 KB)
Adobe PDF icon Reforms to Planning and Environment List - 13 August 2003 (109 KB)



Speeches

YearTitle
2008Adobe PDF icon Enhancing Australian democracy with a federal charter of rights and responsibilities (PDF 80KB) (14 pages) Speech delivered to Australian Institute of Administrative Law (Victorian Chapter) 20 November 2008 by The Honourable Justice Kevin Bell, President of VCAT
Adobe PDF icon The Charter of Human Rights and Aboriginal Reconciliation (PDF 41KB) (8 pages) Delivered to the National Indigenous Legal Conference on 12 September 2008 by The Honourable Justice Kevin Bell, President of VCAT
Adobe PDF icon The role of VCAT in a changing world (PDF 70KB) (21 pages) Delivered by The Honourable Justice Kevin Bell, President, VCAT to the Law Institute of Victoria on 4 September 2008
2007Adobe PDF icon The ABC and XYZ of Guardianship and Administration (128 KB) (11 pages)
Delivered by Mr John Billings, Deputy President Guardianship List, to the Law Institute of Victoria 2007 Wills and Estates Conference on 8 October 2007
Adobe PDF icon Inherent conflicts in the Planning System (35KB) (4 pages)
Delivered by Justice Stuart Morris, President of VCAT, at a luncheon held by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (Victoria) on 4 May 2007.
Adobe PDF icon Farewell speech - Justice Stuart Morris (25KB) (4 pages) Delivered by Justice Stuart Morris at a hearing of VCAT on 19 April 2007.
Adobe PDF icon Fairness in advocacy
Delivered by Justice Stuart Morris at a seminar held by the Residential Tenancies List of VCAT ("The Residential Tenancies Act 1997 - Ten Years On")
2006Adobe PDF icon Getting Real on Expert Evidence (64 KB) (8 pages)
Delivered by Justice Stuart Morris at a seminar hosted by the Victorian Planning and Environment Law Association, in conjunction with Maddocks, solicitors, at Federation Hall, Victorian College of the Arts, on 16 November 2006.
Adobe PDF icon Ideas to Improve our planning appeals system (46 KB) (6 pages)
Delivered by The Hon. Justice Stuart Morris, President of VCAT at the Municipal Association of Victoria and VicUrban Quarterly Breakfast at Melbourne on 25 October 2006.
Adobe PDF icon Apprehension of bias (92 KB) 10 pages)
Delivered by The Hon. Justice Stuart Morris, President of VCAT at the Australasian Conference of Planning and Environment Courts and Tribunals, on 14 September 2006
Adobe PDF icon Tribunals and Policy (95KB) (14 pages)
Delivered by The Hon. Justice Stuart Morris, President of VCAT at the International Tribunals Workshop, organised by the Centre for International & Public Law, the Australian National University, on 5 April 2006.
2005Adobe PDF icon Protecting the vulnerable (130 KB) (12 pages)
Paper delivered by John Billings, Deputy President (Guardianship List) at the Law Institute of Victoria Wills & Estates Conference on 10 October, 2005.
Adobe PDF icon The Civil and Human Rights jurisdictions of VCAT (PDF 82KB) (10 pages).
Delivered by The Hon. Justice Stuart Morris, President of VCAT at "VCAT: What’s in a Name?" - a seminar held by the Leo Cussen Institute on Wednesday 23 November 2005.
Adobe PDF icon The importance of free access to law in a participatory planning appeals system (PDF 138KB) (11 pages)
Delivered by The Hon. Justice Stuart Morris, President of VCAT at the 7th conference on Computerisation of Law via the internet on 18 November 2005, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Adobe PDF icon Getting real about expert evidence (66KB) (9 pages)
Delivered by Justice Stuart Morris, President of VCAT, at the National Environmental Law Association Conference, 13 - 15 July 2005, Canberra.
Adobe PDF icon Fair trading laws: A judicial perspective (84KB) (11 pages)
Delivered by Justice Stuart Morris, President of VCAT, at the Fair Trading Compliance Conference on 13th May, 2005 covering changed fair trading laws in Victoria.
Adobe PDF icon Melbourne 2030 and pricing policies (81KB) (10 pages)
Delivered by Justice Stuart Morris, President of VCAT, to the Planning Institute of Australia 2005 National Congress at Melbourne on 19 April 2005.
Adobe PDF icon Restrictive Covenant cases in VCAT (122KB)
A paper presented by Senior Member of VCAT's Planning and Environment List, Richard Horsfall. Including a contribution by Patrick Doyle, Solicitor of Maddocks. 2 March 2005.
Adobe PDF icon Third party participation in the planning permit process (76KB)
A paper presented at a conference on "Environmental Sustainability, the Community and Legal Advocacy" conducted by Victoria University, Melbourne on 4 March 2005.
2004 Adobe PDF icon Where is technology taking the Courts and Tribunals? (173 KB)
A paper, delivered by Justice Stuart Morris, Justice of Supreme Court of Victoria, President, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal at the 'Court Technology Updates and Developments Conference' on 20 October 2004 at the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre, Level 2, 295 Queen Street, Melbourne.
Adobe PDF icon VCAT Practices and Procedures: Recent Developments (120KB)
A speech delivered by Justice Stuart Morris, President, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, at a seminar held on 20 July 2004 at Melbourne to mark the launching of the 2nd edition of Pizer’s Annotated VCAT Act.
Adobe PDF icon 3rd Party Appeals against Works Approvals: A Personal Journey (pdf 133 KB)
A paper delivered by Justice Stuart Morris, President, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to a seminar hosted by the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association and the National Environmental Law Association, in association with Mallesons Stephen Jaques on 20 April 2004.
Adobe PDF icon Tourisim & the role of VCAT (pdf 126 KB)
A paper delivered by Justice Stuart Morris, President, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, to the Victorian Tourism Conference 2004 held at the Telstra Dome on 23 March 2004.
Adobe PDF icon Civil Litigation: VCAT and the Courts (pdf 118 KB)
A paper delivered by Justice Stuart Morris, President, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal at a seminar held by the Law Institute of Victoria as part of its Advanced Civil Litigation Seminar Series 2004 on 15 April 2004.
2003Adobe PDF icon The Role of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (pdf 120 KB)
A paper delivered by Justice Stuart Morris, President, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, to the "Melbourne 2030 - From Vision to Reality Conference" held at the Melbourne Park Function Centre on 20 November 2003.
Adobe PDF icon The Emergence of Administrative Tribunals in Victoria (pdf 118KB)
A paper delivered by Justice Stuart Morris, President, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, at the Annual General Meeting of the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law Incorporated on 13 November 2003 at Parliament House, Melbourne.
Adobe PDF icon Reforms to the Planning and Environment List. (151KB)
A paper delivered by Justice Stuart Morris on 13 August 2003 to a seminar conducted by the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association
2001Adobe PDF icon Hearings in the Planning List (27KB)
A paper delivered by Senior Member Jane Monk at the Planning and Environment List's Open Day in November 2001.
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