Snowtown serial killer James Vlassakis has appeared at a hearing to set a date for a review of a decision to release him on parole.

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But Parole Administrative Review Commissioner Michael David KC has ruled the review hearing will be closed to the media.

Vlassakis, who is aged in his mid-40s, appeared via videolink on Friday at a directions hearing in Adelaide.

South Australian Attorney-General Kyam Maher has requested a review of the SA Parole Board's decision in August to grant parole to Vlassakis, who pleaded guilty to four of the 11 murders

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