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Collaborative Planning Committee

The Collaborative Planning Committee provides evidence-based advice and recommendations to the VLA Board about legal needs and the legal assistance sector.

The Collaborative Planning Committee convened for the first time on 1 May 2019 following the introduction of the Access to Justice reforms. The committee membership includes representatives from the Department of Justice and Community Safety, Federation of Community Legal Centres, Law Institute of Victoria, Victoria Law Foundation, Victoria Legal Aid, the Victorian Bar. Three additional members, including representatives from specialist Aboriginal legal services will be invited to participate on the committee.

The committee has been established to provide evidence-based advice and recommendations to the Victoria Legal Aid Board about:

  • the legal and related needs of the community
  • the provision of legal aid
  • VLA’s functions to co-ordinate and undertake strategic planning for the legal assistance sector in Victoria.

Summaries of committee meetings

2023

Collaborative Planning Committee meeting - 20 April 2023
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Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 15 February 2023
docx 226.41 KB

2022

Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 30 November 2022
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Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 31 August 2022
docx 135.77 KB
Collaborative Planning Committee meeting - 15 June 2022
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Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 23 February 2022 (docx, 174.51 KB)
docx 174.87 KB

2021

Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 18 November 2021
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Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 18 August 2021
docx 173.94 KB
Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 12 May 2021
docx 180.71 KB
Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 10 February 2021
docx 182.67 KB

2020

Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 18 November 2020
docx 181.71 KB
Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 19 August 2020
docx 181.74 KB
Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 20 May 2020
docx 180.95 KB
Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 29 January 2020
docx 180.18 KB

2019

Collaborative Planning Committee meeting - 13 November 2019
docx 141.17 KB
Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 21 August 2019
docx 135.1 KB
Collaborative Planning Committee meeting – 1 May 2019
docx 135.04 KB

More information

For more information, contact Secretariat Angela Overmars at Angela.Overmars@vla.vic.gov.au

Disclaimer: The material in this print-out relates to the law as it applies in the state of Victoria. It is intended as a general guide only. Readers should not act on the basis of any material in this print-out without getting legal advice about their own particular situations. Victoria Legal Aid disclaims any liability howsoever caused to any person in respect of any action taken in reliance on the contents of the publication.

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Reviewed 16 May 2023

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