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Legal help and advice services

VCAT cannot provide legal advice but there are service providers who can give legal advice or information.

Residential tenancies

If you have an issue about a rental property, you may be able to come to VCAT to have it resolved.

Annual reports and strategic directions

Our annual reports provide an annual account of VCAT activities and our Strategic Directions 2024-27 sets out a transformation agenda over the next five years.

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2024–25 Annual Report

VCAT inquiries

Under some Acts of Parliament, VCAT can accept applications from regulatory bodies or other authorities to conduct inquiries into the conduct of licensed individuals or organisations.

Refer a matter to VCAT

Under some Acts of Parliament, VCAT can accept referrals from regulatory bodies, boards or panels to hear and decide cases about the professional conduct of individuals or from government agencies to hear and determine objections to certain decisions.

Information privacy complaints

If you believe someone has breached your right to information privacy, for example by inappropriately collecting, using or disclosing your personal information, you can make an official complaint to the Victorian Information Commissioner.

Media reporting

Learn more about what you can report in the media and how to obtain information about a case.

Professional Engineers Registration Act 2019

VCAT can review certain decisions made by the Business Licensing Authority, who is responsible for managing engineering licences in Victoria.