Overview
- Attorney-General Kyam Maher has referred the parole decision for review, and Commissioner Michael David KC confirmed an appeal has been lodged.
- A directions hearing is expected in the coming weeks, setting the timetable for the administrative review.
- The Parole Board granted release after 26 years, with chair Frances Nelson KC citing genuine remorse and imposing strict conditions that included exclusion zones.
- Vlassakis pleaded guilty to four murders and cooperated with authorities, helping secure convictions of ringleaders John Bunting and Robert Wagner, who are jailed for life without parole.
- His identity remains under suppression because he testified, and victims’ families expressed strong opposition to his release, according to the Commissioner for Victims’ Rights.