Public hearings
Melbourne,
Victoria, 2 June 2017
Committee members in attendance: Senators Collins,
Hanson-Young, Marshall and McKenzie.
Witnesses
Professor
Stephen Farish, private capacity
Grattan Institute
Mr Peter Goss, School Education Program Director
Ms Julie
Sonnemann, School Education Fellow
Australian Council of Jewish
Schools
Mr Len Hain, Executive
Director
Lutheran Education Australia
Mr Stephen Rudolph, Executive Director
Mr Stephen Kroker, Business
Manager
Adventist Schools Australia
Dr Daryl Murdoch, National
Director
Christian Schools Australia
Mr Mark
Spencer, Executive Officer, National Policy
Australian Council of State
School Organisations
Mr Phillip Spratt, President
Australian Parents Council
Mrs Shelley Hill, President
Catholic School Parents
Association
Mr Tony O'Byrne, Chair
Mrs Carmel Nash, Deputy Chair
Children and Young People
with Disability Australia
Ms Stephanie Gotlib, Chief Executive
Officer
Australian Education Union
Ms Corenna Haythorpe, Federal President
Mr Maurie Mulheron, Deputy
Federal President
Independent Education Union
of Australia
Mr Anthony Odgers, Assistant Federal Secretary
Parliament House, Canberra, 5 June 2017
Committee members in attendance: Senators Collins, Hanson-Young,
Marshall and McKenzie.
Witnesses
Independent Schools Council of Australia
Ms Colette Colman, Executive Director
Mr Barry Wallett, Deputy
Executive Director
Independent Schools
Queensland
Mr David Robertson, Executive
Director
Association of Independent
Schools of New South Wales
Dr Geoff Newcombe, Chief
Executive
Association of Independent
Schools of Western Australia
Ms Valerie Gould, Executive
Director (via teleconference)
Association of Independent
Schools of the ACT
Mr Andrew Wrigley, Executive
Director
National Catholic Education
Commission
Ms Danielle Cronin, Acting
Executive Director
Queensland Catholic Education
Commission
Dr Lee-Anne Perry AM,
Executive Director
NSW Catholic Education
Commission
Mr Ian Baker, Director,
Policy and Programs
Catholic Education Commission
Victoria
Mr Stephen Elder OAM, Executive Director
Mr Bruce Phillips, Policy
Advisor
Archdiocese of Canberra
Goulburn
Mr Ross Fox, Director of
Catholic Education
Australian Primary Principals
Association (APPA) and Australian Catholic Primary Principals Association
(ACPPA) and Australian Government Primary Principals Association (AGPPA)
Mr Dennis Yarrington, President of APPA
Mr Michael Fay, APPA Board Member and President of AGPPA
Mr Brad Gaynor, APPA Board
Member and Vice President of ACPPA
Australian Secondary
Principals Association
Mr Rob Nairn, Executive
Director
Catholic Secondary Principals
Australia
Ms Loretta Wholley
Mr Angus Tulley
Association of Heads of
Independent Schools of Australia
Mrs Karen Spiller, National Chair
Mr Sholto Bowen OAM , Board Member
Department of Education and
Training
Mr Tony Cook PSM, Associate Secretary, Schools and Youth
Mr John Baker, Branch Manager, Schooling Group
Ms Dannie Edmonds, Acting Branch Manager, Schooling Group
Ms Alex Gordon, Group
Manager, Schooling Group
Australian Bureau of
Statistics
Ms Michelle Marquardt, Program Manager, Education, Crime
& Culture Branch
Mr Paul Jelfs, General Manager, Population & Social
Statistics Division
Australian Special Education Principals Association
Mr Matt Johnson, Vice-President
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