Public Hearings - Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Inquiry into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Bill 2012

Public Hearings - Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Start: 9.30 am

Venue: Macquarie Room, NSW State Library, Sydney

PROGRAM

9.30 am

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (submission 18)
Ms Jody Broun, Co-Chair
Mr Les Malezer, Co-Chair

Reconciliation Australia / Recognise (formerly You Me Unity) (submission 15)
Mr Tim Gartrell, Campaign Director, Recognise
Ms Tanya Hosch, Deputy Campaign Director, Recognise

10.30 am

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (submission 19)
Mr Russell Taylor, Principal
Mr Nick Duff, Senior Project Manager

ANTaR (submission 5)
Ms Jacqueline Phillips, National Director

11.15 am

Morning tea

11.30 am

Gilbert + Tobin Centre for Public Law (UNSW) (submission 2)
Professor George Williams, Foundation Director
Dr Paul Kildea, Director, Referendums Project

Professor Anne Twomey (submission 1)
Professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
(via teleconference)

Law Council of Australia (submission 6)
Mr Nick Parmeter, Manager, Civil Justice Division (via teleconference)
Dr Sarah Pritchard SC, Indigenous Legal Issues Committee

12.15 pm

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (submission 12)
Major-General Dave Chalmers, Group Manager, Indigenous Coordination Group
Ms Mandy Doherty, Branch Manager, Reconciliation and Relationships Branch
Australian Human Rights Commission (submission 20)
Ms Gillian Triggs, President
Mr Darren Dick, Director

1.00 pm

Adjournment

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3544
1800 728 963
Fax: +61 2 6277 5719
Email: jscatsi@aph.gov.au