Appendix C – Witnesses

Tuesday, 29 March 2011 - Melbourne

Brotherhood of St Laurence

              Ms Sarina Greco, General Manager Community Services

              Dr Zoe Morrison, Senior Manager Research & Policy Centre

              Ms Kelsey Wilson, Acting Manager Ecumenical Migration Centre

Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria Inc.

              Mr Ross Barnett, Director

              Miss Marion Lau OAM, JP

Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

              Professor Nikos Papastergiadis, Member of Cultural Subcommittee

Islamic Women's Welfare Council of Victoria

              Ms Asha Bidal, Research and Development

              Ms Joumanah El Matrah, Executive Director

National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA)

              Ms Sibylle Kaczorek, Executive Officer

Professor Joseph Camilleri

              Professor and Director, Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University

Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre (formerly Northern MRC)

              Ms Rosemary Kelada, Chief Executive Officer

The African Think Tank

              Dr Berhan Ahmed

Wednesday, 15 June 2011 - Canberra

Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia

              Mr Pino Migliorino, Chair

Friday, 17 June 2011 - Sydney

Australian Federation of Islamic Councils

              Ms Heba Ibrahim, Assistant Secretary, Executive Committee

              Mr Ikebal Patel, President

Australian Human Rights Commission

              Mr Darren Dick, Director, Policy and Program

              Mr Priyanga Hettiarachi, Director, Race Discrimination Team

              Ms Padma Raman, Executive Director

Settlement Council of Australia

              Ms Ricci Bartels, Deputy Chair

              Ms Sky de Jersey, Executive Officer

Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS)

              Mr Bruce Meagher, Director

Wednesday, 22 June 2011 - Canberra

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

              Mrs Helen McDevitt, Office of Work and Families, Social Inclusion
Unit-Office for the Not for Profit Sector

              Mr Paul Ronalds, First Assistant Secretary, Office of Work and Families

Wednesday, 6 July 2011 - Canberra

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

              Mrs Borka Buseska, Director, Language, Literacy and Numeracy

              Ms Jan Febey, Branch Manager, Trades Recognition Australia Branch

              Mr Darren Hooper, Branch Manager, Population and Migration Policy Branch

              Ms Jane Press, Director, Population and Migration Section, Population and Migration Policy Branch

              Ms Margaret Proctor, Director, Australian Education International—National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition, International Co-operation Branch, International Group

              Dr Tony Smith, Director, Job Seeker Operations

              Mr Stuart Watson, Branch Manager, Stream Services Branch

Monday, 11 July 2011 - Brisbane

Employment Action for Cultural Diversity

              Mr Omar Al-Saloom, Representative, Employment Action for Cultural Diversity (EACD)

              Mr Michael Krafft, Member, EACD, Director, Economic Participation and Development, ACCES Services Inc.

              Ms Penny Neller, Chair, EACD, Senior Advocacy Officer, Advocacy and Social Policy Unit, Multicultural Development Association

              Ms Irma (Kenny) Vico, Member, EACD, Training Co-ordinator, ACCES Services Inc.

              Ms Taphath (Tay) Winchester, Member, EACD, and Acting Manager, Multicultural Development Association

Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland Inc.

              Ms Fiona Caniglia, Policy and Advocacy Officer

Federation of Indian Communities of Queensland

              Dr Naidu Bodapati, Treasurer

              Mr Surendra Prasad OAM, President

Multicultural Development Association

              Ms Kerrin Benson, Chief Executive Officer

              Ms Jamila Trad-Padhee, Executive Manager, Client Services

              Ms Penny Neller, Senior Advocacy Officer, Advocacy and Social Policy Unit

Queensland Shelter

              Ms Kate Cowmeadow, Operations Manager

Thursday, 28 July 2011 - Adelaide

Attorney-General's Department

              Mr Roger Lean, Acting Director, Multicultural South Australia

Cultural Diversity Services Pty Ltd

              Mr Robert Bean, Managing Director

Dr Clemence Due

              School of Psychology, the University of Adelaide

Ethnic Schools Association of South Australia Inc.

              Mrs Inta Rumpe, Administrative Officer

Dr Danielle Every

              School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia

Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia

              Mr Phil Allan, Senior Project Officer

              Mr Sidique Bah

              Mr Max Fofo Folly

              Mr Ron Tan, President

Presbyterian Church of Australia

              Reverend Stefan Slucki, Convener, Church and Nation Committee

Friday, 29 July 2011 - Mount Gambier

Congolese Community

              Mr Teddy Mwamba

Mt Gambier North R-7 School

              Ms Kerrie McDonald, Assistant Principal, New Arrivals Program

              Ms Jane Turner, Principal

Department of Human Services

              Mrs Elke Unger, Community Service Adviser, Centrelink

Limestone Coast Migrant Resource Centre

              Mrs Kyi Kyi Htike, Settlement Officer

              Mrs Heather Muirhead, Manager

Limestone Coast Multicultural Network Inc.

              Mr Danny Aye, Spokesperson, Karen community

              Mr Valentine Bope, Volunteer

              Mr John Bueti, Board Member

              Mrs Christine Wilson, Secretary

AC.Care

              Ms Ute Herrmann-Bullock, Director, Organisational Development

Regional Development Australia Limestone Coast (RDALC)

              Ms Linda Polomka, Migration and Workforce Development Officer

SAPOL (South Australian Police)

              Sergeant Ricky Grimes, Crime Prevention Supervisor, Limestone Coast Local Service Area

South Australian Parliament

              Mr Don Pegler MP, Member for Mount Gambier

South East Regional Community Health Service

              Mrs Lynne Pearce, Manager, Restorative Care, Country Health South Australia, Mount Gambier

TAFE SA, Mount Gambier Campus

              Ms Noelene Moore, Lecturer, TAFESTART

Wednesday, 17 August 2011 - Canberra

Skills Australia

              Ms Sue Beitz, Head of Secretariat

              Mr Robin Shreeve, Chief Executive Officer

Wednesday, 24 August 2011 - Canberra

Australian National University College of Law

              Mr Andrew Bartlett, Research Fellow, Migration Law Program

              Mrs Marianne Dickie, Subdean, Migration Law Program

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 - Canberra

Dr James Jupp AM

              Director, Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies, Research School of Social Sciences ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences

Wednesday, 21 September 2011 - Canberra

Department of Human Services

              Mr Sam Campisi, National Manager, Multicultural Services Branch, Indigenous, Regional and Remote Services Division

              Mr Barry Sandison, Deputy Secretary, Strategy Group

Wednesday, 12 October 2011 - Canberra

Australian Immigrant and Refugee Women Alliance

              Ms Vivi Germanos-Koutsoundis, Chair

              Ms Anastasia Kaldi, Project Manager

              Ms Sela Taufa, Treasurer, National Council, Network of Immigrant and Refugee Women of Australia

Canberra Multicultural Community Forum Inc.

              Mrs Chin K Wong, Secretary

              Mr Sam Wong AM, Chair

Monday, 24 October 2011 - Parramatta, Sydney

Angels of Mercy Welfare Services Inc.

              Ms Antoinette Abdelseed, Founder, Co-ordinator

Diversity Health Institute - Western Sydney Local Health District -

Ms Maria Cassaniti, Centre Manager, Transcultural Mental Health Centre

Ms Maria-Lujza Edwards, Manager, Multicultural Problem Gambling Service for NSW

Ms Clarissa Mulas, Director, Multicultural Health Network, and Deputy Director, Diversity Health Institute

Fairfield City Council

              Mrs Amanda Bray, Manager, Policy and Community Development

Fairfield Migrant Interagency and Fairfield Migrant Resource Centre

              Ms Ricci Bartels, Co-Convener, Fairfield Migrant Interagency and Fairfield MRC

              Ms Deena Yako, Iraqi Settlement Worker, Fairfield MRC

Kfarsaroun Charity Association

              Mr Elie Nassif, President

              Mr Ronnie Nassif, Committee member

Parramatta City Council

              Ms Debbie Killian, Manager, Community Library and Social Services

The Hills Holroyd Parramatta Migrant Resource Centre

              Mrs Melissa Monteiro, Manager, Hills Holroyd Parramatta MRC

              Mrs Juliana Nkrumah, Founder, African Women Australia

              Mr Victor Saw, Board Member, Karen Youth Organisation

The NSW Spanish and Latin American Association for Social Assistance

              Mr Carlos Encina, Manager

United Indian Associations Inc.

              Mr Amarinder Bajwa, President

Tuesday, 25 October 2011 - Dandenong

Monash City Council

              Mr Stephen Dimopoulos, Councillor

              Ms Eugenia Grammatikakis, Community Development Officer

South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance Inc.

              Mr Paul Dowling, Executive Officer

South Eastern Migration Advice Service

              Ms Renuka Senanayake, Solicitor, Registered Migration Agent, Springvale Monash Legal Service

              Ms Helen Yandell, Director, Springvale Monash Legal Service

South Eastern Region Migrant Resource Centre

              Ms Jenny Semple, Chief Executive Officer

Wednesday, 26 October 2011 - Melbourne

Australia / Israel and Jewish Affairs Council

              Dr Colin Rubenstein AM, Executive Director

Chaldean Community

              Mr Louie Josef, Representative, Iraqi Chaldean Community

National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters' Council

              Mr Russell Anderson, Executive Officer, NEMBC

Mr George Zangalis, Secretary, Radio 3ZZZ, Honorary Executive Director NEMBC

R.I.S.E (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees)

              Mr Dominic Hong Duc Golding, Art Projects Co-ordinator

              Miss Shiyavanthi Johnpillai, Education Project Officer

The Royal Women’s Hospital

              Ms Maureen Johnson, Manager, Women’s Consumer Health Information

              Dr Sarah White, Director, Communications and Foundation

The Social Studio

              Ms Grace McQuilten, Chief Executive Officer

              Ms Nyadol Nyuon, Social Studio Ambassador

Wednesday, 23 November 2011 - Canberra

Australian Trade Commission

              Mr Laurie Smith, Executive Director, International Operations

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

              Mr Bassim Blazey, Assistant Secretary, South-East Asia Division

              Mr Simon Merrifield, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Media Branch

              Mr Jeremy Newman, First Assistant Secretary, Europe Division

              Mr Mark Pierce, Assistant Secretary, South and Central Asia Branch, South and West Asia and Middle East Division

              Mr Patrick Suckling, First Assistant Secretary, Consular, Public Diplomacy and Parliamentary Affairs

 

Friday, 3 February 2012 - Melbourne

Australian Migrant Education Service

              Ms Jenni Blencowe, Manager, Policy and Research

              Ms Catherine Scarth, Chief Executive Officer

Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma

              Ms Rebecca Cole, National Co-ordinator

Jesuit Social Services

              Ms Julie Edwards, Chief Executive Officer

              Ms Pamela Webb, Director, Just Leadership

Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network

              Ms Nadine Liddy, National Co-ordinator and Service Policy Co-ordinator, Centre for Multicultural Youth

Municipal Association of Victoria

              Ms Clare Hargreaves, Manager, Social Policy

              Mr Con Pagonis, Multicultural Policy Adviser

Refugee Council of Australia

              Mr Paul Power, Chief Executive Officer

The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc.

              Mr Josef Szwarc, Manager, Policy and Research

Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture

              Mr Paris Aristotle, Director

Wednesday, 8 February 2012 - Canberra

Australia India Business Council

              Professor Arun Sharma, National Chairman

              Mr Mohit Sharma, National Treasurer

Thursday, 23 February 2012 - Sydney

Australian Human Rights Commission

              Dr Helen Szoke, Race Discrimination Commissioner

CO.AS.IT

              Mr Thomas Camporeale, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Community Service Manager

Community Relations Commission New South Wales

              Mr Stepan Kerkyasharian, Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer

              Ms Steffanie von Helle, Director, Government Relations

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney

              Professor Andrew Jakubowicz, Co-Director,

              Professor Jock Collins, Co-Director

              Dr Christina Ho, Member

Migration Institute of Australia Ltd

              Ms Angela Chan, NSW/ACT State President, National Vice-President

              Ms Maurene Horder, Chief Executive Officer

Multicultural Communities Council Illawarra

              Ms Terrie Leoleos, Manager

Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care

              Ms Melise Bourne, Education and Policy Officer

Wednesday, 29 February 2012 - Canberra

Australian Muslim Women's Centre for Human Rights

              Ms Joumanah El Matrah, Executive Director

Friday, 9 March 2012 - Hobart

Individual

              Ms Yabbo Thompson

Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts, Tasmanian Government

              Ms Hiroko Kunimoto, Manager, Business and Skilled Migration

Department of Premier and Cabinet, Tasmanian Government

              Ms Wanda Buza, Deputy Director, Community Development Division

              Mr Nick Evans, Director, Community Development Division

Migrant Resource Centre - Southern Tasmania Inc.

              Ms Kate Dostalek, Policy and Development Officer

              Mr Cedric Manen, General Manager

Multicultural Council of Tasmania Inc.

              Mr David Kuel, Former Vice-Chair

              Ms Aloysiane Misumba, Member, Management Committee

              Ms Tiiu Reet Raabus, Chairperson

Wednesday, 14 March 2012 - Canberra

Attorney-General's Department

              Ms Jamie Lowe, Assistant Secretary, National Security and Policy Programs Branch

Wednesday, 21 March 2012 - Canberra

Bluestar Intercultural Centre

              Mr Abdul Celil Gelim, Executive Director

              Ms Diana Rahman, Member, Bluestar Advisory Board

              Mr Muhammad Sahu Khan

              Mr Ahmed Yousef, Member, Bluestar Advisory Board

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

              Mr Garry Fleming, First Assistant Secretary, Citizenship, Settlement and Multicultural Affairs Division

              Mr Warren Pearson, Assistant Secretary, Multicultural Affairs Branch, Citizenship, Settlement and Multicultural Affairs Division

              Dr Wendy Southern, Deputy Secretary, Policy and Program Management Group

Monday, 2 April 2012 - Adelaide

Professor Graeme Hugo

              Director, Australian Population and Migration Research Centre, University of Adelaide

Wednesday, 9 May 2012 - Canberra

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

              Mr Mark Cully, Chief Economist

              Mr Garry Fleming, First Assistant Secretary, Citizenship, Settlement and Multicultural Affairs Division

              Mr Kruno Kukoc, First Assistant Secretary, Migration and Visa Policy Division

              Mr Warren Pearson, Assistant Secretary, Multicultural Affairs Branch, Citizenship, Settlement and Multicultural Affairs Division

              Dr Wendy Southern, Deputy Secretary, Policy and Program Management Group

Friday, 8 June 2012 - Melbourne

Australian Defence League

              Mr Julian de Ross, Spokesperson

              Mr Paul Green, Private capacity

Community Languages Australia

              Mr Tassos Douvartzides, Chair

              Mr Stefan Romaniw OAM, Executive Director

Endeavour Forum Inc.

              Mrs Margaret Butts, Victorian Co-ordinator

              Mrs Babette Francis, National & Overseas Co-ordinator

Family Council of Victoria

              Mrs Vickie Janson, Council Member

              Dr Bernard Power, Consultant

Q Society of Australia Inc.

              Mrs Susan Horwood, Treasurer

              Mr Andrew Horwood, Media Representative

              Mrs Deborah Robinson, Deputy President

              Mr Ralf Schumann, Secretary

Salt Shakers Inc.

              Mrs Jenny Stokes, Research Director

              Mr Peter Stokes, Chief Executive Officer

Women's Health in the North

              Ms Toni Bentley, Health Promotion Worker

              Ms Helen Riseborough, Executive Director

South Pacific Islander Forum

Individuals

Ms Audrey Dropsy

Mr Alesio Mulipola

Cook Islanders Welfare Association Inc.

              Ms Tongiariki Turaki, President

New Zealand Maori Club Inc.

              Mrs Mereana Taurima, Vice Chairperson

Samoan Community and Church Leader

              Mr Ape Leulumoega Sofara

Three Seas Inc.

              Pastor David Jonassen, Chairman

              Ms Vivian Joanne Urzua, Open Family Australia

United Voice of the Pacific

              Reverend Atapana Poe

              Ms Rebecca Rewi, Member

              Mrs Kui Taylor

Victoria Samoan Advisory Council

              Mr Anthony Leaufaamulia Sofe, Youth Representative

              Mr Papaliltele Bill Purcell, Secretary/ Public Officer