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Meet the 2026 VIC Division Committee.
Discover the VIC Emerging Planners Network.
Learn more about the VIC Women's Planning Network.
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Jan
2026
12:30 pm
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2026 VIC Full Legal Series
The Legal Series will bring together speakers with recognised expertise in various aspects of the VIC Planning System and provide a platform to educate, inform and provide solutions through short seminars focusing on topics identified by ou....
RSVP Date: 16-December-2026
12
Mar
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
PIA PlanTech Briefing - FULL SERIES
The PIA PlanTech Briefing Series for 2026 connects PIA’s recently launched PIA PlanTech Core Competencies document with real tools and technologies shaping planning practice today. Each session brings together a practitioner grounded in pla....
RSVP Date: 30-November-2026
14
Apr
12:00 pm
2026 Women in Planning SERIES
Join us in this revamped national series, designed to connect, support and elevate women in planning.
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Planning Matters: A DTP Briefing Series
Planning Matters: A DTP Briefing Series brings together Department of Transport and Planning speakers with expertise across planning and building initiatives, providing a practical platform to inform, educate and support the planning profe....
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3 Jun
Planning and Assessment Systems | VIC
PIA is an active contributor as part of the Victorian Government's Planning Regulatory Advisory Committee, giving the profession a direct voice into the most significant reform in decades, and the regulations needed to implement them.
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2 Jun
Awards | National
It was an honour to present John Brockhoff RPIA (Life Fellow) with a Life Fellowship during the 2026 PIA National Awards ceremony at Planning Congress last month, in front of a room filled with planning peers and colleagues from across the country.
29 May
National | On the Advocacy Front
A fortnightly snapshot of our advocacy work on behalf of Australian planners. Week ending 29 May 2026.
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01/06/2026
Planning for Data Centres - A practical guide for Australian planners
28/05/2026
PIA welcomes the Committee’s continued examination of these issues and the opportunity to provide further detail on the role that integrated planning and coordinated long-term growth management must play in improving housing supply, and liveability.
28/04/2026
PIA thanks the Senate Committee for the invitation to make a submission to the inquiry into the management of defence estate assets.
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State Manager: Carmel McCormack State President: Patrick Fensham MPIA (Fellow) Emerging Planner Convenor: Hugh McIntyre MPIA Women's Planning Network Convenor: Catherine Sherwin MPIA (Fellow)