House of Representatives Committees

Appendix B– Public Hearings

Monday, 4 July 2005 Canberra1

Attorney General’s Department

Mr Kym Duggan , Assistant Secretary, Family Law Branch

Ms Sue Pidgeon , Assistant Secretary, Family Pathways Branch

Ms Alison Playford , Principal Legal Officer, Family Law Branch

Ms Susan Noad , Acting Senior Legal Officer, Family Law Branch

Ms Michelle Warner , Senior Legal Officer , Family Pathways Branch

Wednesday 20 July 2005 , Melbourne

Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia

Mr Ian Kennedy AM, Chair, Family Law Section

Mr Martin Bartfeld QC, Immediate past Chair, Family Law Section.

Professor Lawrence Moloney, Representative, Children in Focus, School of Public Health , La Trobe University
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Cooperative and the Elizabeth Hoffman House Aboriginal Women’s Services Inc

Mr Robin Inglis , Research Officer, VALSC

Ms Greta Jubb , Research Officer, VALSC

Ms Rose Solomon , Chief Executive Officer, Elizabeth Hoffman House

Ms Eva Hudson , Outreach Worker, Elizabeth Hoffman House.

National Council of Single Mothers and their Children and the National Abuse Free Contact Campaign

Dr Elspeth McInnes , Convenor, NCSMTC

Ms Marie Hume , Representative, NAFCC

Australian Children’s Contact Services Association

Ms Barbara Hanson , Convenor

Thursday 21 July 2005 , Sydney

Law Society of New South Wales

Dr Tom Altobelli , Member, Family Issues Committee

Ms Maryanne Plastiras , Responsible Legal Officer, Family Issues Committee

Relationships Australia

Ms Mary Mertin-Ryan , National Director

Ms Anne Hollonds , Chief Executive Officer

Mr Tony Gee, Family and Child Mediator

National Network of Indigenous Women’s Legal Service

Ms Denese Griffin , Coordinator

Ms Cleonie Quayle , Member

National Association of Community Legal Centres and the National Network of Women’s Legal Services

Ms Joanna Fletcher , Law Reform Coordinator

Ms Katrina Finn , Policy Officer

Ms Suzanne Dowey
Women’s Legal Service (NSW) and the Indigenous Women’s Program

Ms Karen Mifsud , Supervising Solicitor, Domestic Violence Advocacy Service

Ms Dianne Hamey, Supervising Solicitor

Ms Rene Adams , Coordinator, Indigenous Women’s Program Unit

Ms Jennifer Wong , Supervising Solicitor, Walgett Violence Prevention Unit

Monday 25 July 2005 , Canberra

Catholic Welfare Australia

Mr Frank Quinlan, Executive Director

Mrs Margaret Roots, Director, Membership and Network Support

Family Law Practitioners Association of Queensland Inc

Mr Donald Leembruggen, Member

Shared Parenting Council of Australia

Mr Michael Green QC, President

Mr Geoffrey Greene, Founder and immediate past President

Mr Wayne Butler, Executive Secretary

Lone Fathers Association of Australia Inc

Mr Barry Williams, National President and Founder

Mr James Carter, Adviser

Family Services Australia

Mrs Sarah Lees, National Manager

Ms Jennifer Hannan, Vice President

Mr Tony O’Hare, Treasurer

Family Law Council

Mrs Nicola Davies, Member

Tuesday 26 July 2005 , Canberra

Family Court of Australia

Chief Justice Diana Bryant

Justice Stephen O’Ryan, Judge

Hon Richard Chisholm, Honorary consultant and retired Judge

Dads in Distress

Mr Tony Miller, Founder and Director

Attorney-General’s Department

Mr Kym Duggan , Assistant Secretary, Family Law Branch

Ms Sue Pidgeon , Assistant Secretary, Family Pathways Branch

Ms Susan Noad , Acting Senior Legal Officer, Family Law Branch

Ms Michelle Warner , Senior Legal Officer , Family Pathways Branch

Mr David Syme , Family Relationships Centres Development Section



Footnotes

1 This meeting was originally a private briefing for the Committee on the details of the exposure draft. The Committee subsequently resolved to make the transcript publicly available. Back

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