‘I Want to Tell my Story’: The Guardianship and Administration Confidentiality Law

This Spotlight paper examines a confidentiality law (clause 37 of Schedule 1 of the VCAT Act) that prohibits anyone from publishing any report of a proceeding that identifies a party to a proceeding under the Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 (Vic) without permission from VCAT. It was published on 13 February 2025.

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• About Spotlight papers
• Introduction
• What is guardianship and administration?
• What is clause 37?
• Shifts in disability law and policy and calls for reform
• Considerations for possible law reform
• Confidentiality laws in other jurisdictions
• Views on the safeguards in interstate models
• Possible options for reforming clause 37