The 7th conference is being hosted by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) in September 2007.

The major theme is Changing Communities, Changing Needs.  The conference has four main streams:

• Affordable Housing
• Current and Emerging Cultural and Demographic Issues
• Specialist Housing
• New Approaches to Tenancy Disputes

Opening Address

The Hon Richard Wynne MP, Minister for Housing Speech 48.01 Kb

Guest Speakers

Kath Hulse	Affordable Housing - Stream 330.58 Kb
Maria Dimopoulos	Current and emerging cultural and demographic issues - Stream 1.09 Mb
Michelle Slatter	New approaches to tenancy disputes - Stream 169.98 Kb
Tony Nicholson	Specialist housing - Stream 133.59 Kb
Dr Ma	What is new up in Ontario Canada? 781.33 Kb
David Fanning	Residential tenancies hearings at the Neighbourhood Justice Centre 941.86 Kb

State of Play

Part 1	** Victoria, New Zealand, Tasmania & South Australia 1.31 Mb
Part 2	Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland & Northern Territory 2.08 Mb

Affordable Housing Stream

David Imber  Campaigning for the right to good, secure and affordable housing for everyone 266.95 Kb

Ben Vivekanandan  Campaigning for the right to good, secure and affordable housing for everyone 131.56 Kb

Janet Arber  Tight rental markets and scarcity behaviour in Queensland 718.18 Kb

John Timmer  Growing Affordable Housing 658.00 Kb

Current and emerging cultural and demographic issues Stream

Dr Tim Seelig  The contemporary contexts of private rental: People, policy and pathways 267.35 Kb

David Breen & Janet Arber  Making tenancy law relevant 183.86 Kb

New approaches to tenancy disputes Stream

Wendy Herman  Tribunal Access and Awareness in a Diverse Community 1.06 Mb

Jackie Galloway  Opening the Door - Initiatives to Improve Tenant Participation 665.15 Kb

Jacky Kefford & Stella Moraitis  Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 501.34 Kb

Tony Newman & Robb McGregor  Challenges facing public housing authorities 272.15 Kb

Tony McMahon  Consumer protection and the community 185.59 Kb

Wayne Marriott  Educational Resolution - Moving the Ambulance to the Top of the Cliff 682.72 Kb

Penny Carr & Dr Tim Seelig  Learning from experience – a case study of the value of tenant engagement and consultation  103.86 Kb

Peter Mott  Great Expectations - Tenants talk about their perceptions of the Queensland Small Claims Tribunal 818.13 Kb

Phil Davison  Residential Tenancies Authority dispute resolution – a working model 189.21 Kb

Niall Parkes & Susan Ratana  “Good cop, bad cop” - Getting parties to the table and making the most of their time together in the shadow of the court” 424.58 Kb

Amituanai Puni Leota & Andrew Hawkes  Swift telephone mediation – rapid response tenancy dispute resolution service 424.45 Kb

Jenny Leith  Mentor and peer review programme for adjudicators 370.53 Kb

Christine Paull & Phillipa Bellemore  Tenancy Disputes - New Approaches 592.38 Kb

Jessie Henderson & Tangi Tuaivi  Interagency collaboration to promote sustainable tenancies and enhance family and community wellbeing 386.18 Kb

Jessica Carter & Jan Macneil  Enhancing the mediator’s skill-base 209.53 Kb

Hiranthi Abeygoonesekera  ** Designing a conflict management framework to deal with disputes between tenants and their neighbours 317.54 Kb

Ian Proctor  Residential Tenancies Tribunals - delivering the goods? 171.80 Kb

Heather Lambrick & Tony Jacobs  Communication and consistency – conferences for Tribunal users 283.97 Kb

Specialist Housing Stream

Judith Burney & Jess Reynolds  Amending NZ legislation to cover tenancies covering health and disability services 387.92 Kb

Kathryn Lamb  The New Disability Act - Strengthening rights in residential services for people with a disability 217.58 Kb

Tammy Solonec  Indigenous renting experiences 503.32 Kb

Julia Maloney  It's a win/win: Collaborative community education strategies address discrimination in Queensland's rental sector 901.63 Kb

Anne Mc Duff  Occupancy – Is comprehensive tenancy legislation the way to go? 271.15 Kb

Rob Phillips  Residential parks – a new retirement option for older people 525.91 Kb

**In the New Zealand State of Play and also the presentation given by Hiranthi Abeygoonesekera contains media files that are unable to be incorporated due to the file size.