Friday, 28 July 2006 – Alice Springs (school visits)

Centralian Senior Secondary College and Anzac Hill School

Mr Eddie Fabijan, Assistant Principal, Centralian Senior Secondary College

Mr Ian Sharp, Teacher, Centralian Senior Secondary College

Ms Anne Channing, Teacher, Anzac Hill School

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Sadadeen Campus

Dr Tony Mordini, Head of Sadadeen Campus

Mr Bill Pendlebury, Senior Teacher, English and Humanities

Monday, 7 August 2006 – Canberra

Department of Education, Science and Training

Mr Noel Simpson, Branch Manager, Quality Schooling Branch

Dr Declan O'Connell, A/g Director, Australian History, Quality Schooling Branch

Department of the Senate

Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate

Mr Cleaver Elliott, Clerk Assistant, Procedure

Mr Chris Reid, Director, Parliamentary Education Office

Department of the House of Representatives

Mr Ian Harris, Clerk of the House

Ms Robyn Webber, Clerk Assistant, Committees

Ms Claressa Surtees, Deputy Serjeant at Arms

Mr Andres Lomp, Director, Liaison and Projects

Australian Electoral Commission

Mr Ian Campbell, Electoral Commissioner

Mr Paul Dacey, Deputy Electoral Commissioner

Mr Timothy Pickering, First Assistant Commissioner Electoral Operations

Ms Barbara Davis, First Assistant Commissioner Business Support

Mr Brien Hallett, Assistant Commissioner, Communications

Ms Gail Urbanski, Assistant Commissioner, Strategic Policy

Youth Electoral Study

Dr Murray Print, Centre for Research & Teaching in Civics, University of Sydney

Dr Lawrence Saha, Reader in Sociology, Australian National University

Constitution Education Fund – Australia

Mr Noel Hadjimichael, Deputy Executive Director

Miss Mariam Hussein, Research Scholar

Friday, 11 August 2006 – Canberra

National Capital Educational Tourism Project

Mr Garry Watson, Project Leader

Civil Liberties Australia

Dr Kristine Klugman, President

Mr Bill Rowlings, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

Mr John Harvey, Member

ACT Electoral Commission

Mr Phil Green, ACT Electoral Commissioner

Ms Alison Purvis, Deputy Electoral Commissioner

Dr Bede Harris, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Canberra

Democratic Audit of Australia, Australian National University

Professor Marian Sawer, Leader

Mr Norm Kelly, Member

Mr Peter Brent, Member

ACT Legislative Assembly

The Hon Wayne Berry, Speaker

Mr Max Kiermaier, A/g Clerk

Ms Margaret Jones, A/g Manager, Strategy and Parliamentary Education Office

Monday, 21 August 2006 – Melbourne

Victorian Electoral Commission

Mr Steven Tully, Electoral Commissioner

Ms Elizabeth Williams, Deputy Electoral Commissioner

Ms Susan Lang, Manager, Communication, Education and Research

Department of Education and Training, Victoria

Ms Pat Hincks, Curriculum Manager, Humanities, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Ms Karen Dowling, Senior Policy Officer, Office of Learning and Teaching

Australian Education Union

Mr Pat Byrne, Federal President

Mr Roy Martin, Federal Research Officer

National Union of Students

Ms Rose Jackson, National President

Dr Lucas Walsh, Research Fellow, Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights, Deakin University

Australian Children's Television Foundation

Mr Tim Phillips, Legal and Business Affairs Manager

Proportional Representation Society of Australia (Victoria–Tasmania) Inc.

Mr Geoffrey Goode, President

Dr Lee Naish, Vice-President

Mr Geoffrey Powell, Member and former President

Ms Yvonne Goudie, Civics and Citizenship Education and Electoral Education Consultant

Tuesday, 22 August 2006 – Melbourne (school visits)

Monbulk Primary School

Mr Ray Yates, Principal

Ms Gina Silis, Assistant Principal and Year 6 Teacher

Mr Ray Martin, Year 4/5 Teacher

Ms Sue Graham, Teacher and Librarian

Melbourne High School

Mr Jeremy Ludowyke, Principal

Dr Janet Prideaux, Assistant Principal and Director of Curriculum

Mr David Smyth, Assistant Principal, with responsibility for resources and student leadership

Mr Colin Axup, Registrar, with responsibility for student leadership

Mr Todd Asensio, Teacher

Mr George Maroutous, Teacher

Mr Ray Pask, Teacher, with responsibility for political content of curriculum

Ms Linda Wilson, Teacher, with responsibility for political content of curriculum

Thursday, 31 August 2006 – Hobart (including a school visit)

United Nations Youth Association of Tasmania

Mr Patrick McConville, President

Mr Michael Cordover, Education Officer

Tasmanian Youth Government Association

Mr Stephen Monk, President

Mr Michael Cordover, Treasurer

Multicultural Council of Tasmania

Mr Albert Schluter, Chairperson

Mrs Sajini Sumar, Vice Chair

Ms Elida Meadows, Office Administrator

Rosetta Primary School

Mr Bill Linton, Principal

Mr Tony Poynter, Advanced Skills Teacher

Ms Shelley Millhouse, Teacher

Thursday, 21 September 2006 – Perth

Western Australian Electoral Commission

Mr Warwick Gately, Electoral Commissioner

Mr Brian Gordon, Policy and Strategy Coordinator

Ms Vanessa Beckingham, Policy Officer

Mr Brian Moore

The Hon Shelley Archer MLC, Member for Mining and Pastoral Region, Western Australia

Dr Harry Phillips, Parliamentary Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Edith Cowan University

Ms Jane Gray, parliamentary education officer

Office of Multicultural Interests, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Western Australia

Mr Ellis Griffiths, A/g Executive Director

Mr Ben Harvey, Manager, Policy

Friday, 22 September 2006 – Adelaide

Association of Independent Schools of SA

Mr Garry Le Duff, Executive Director

Mrs Joan Worth, Director of Curriculum Development, Concordia College

Mr Lester Saegenschnitter, Principal, Concordia College

Mr Igor Plisko, Senior Secondary Teacher of Politics and History, University Senior College

Department of Education and Children's Services

Ms Maureen Cochram, Superintendent Middle Years and Learning Areas, Office of Primary, Middle and Senior Secondary Services

Mr David Butler, Policy and Program Officer Society and Environment, Office of Primary, Middle and Secondary Service

Local Government Association of South Australia

Ms Wendy Campana, Executive Director

Ms Jane Hyatt, Marketing and Communications Officer

Friday, 22 September 2006 – Adelaide school forum

Friday, 29 September 2006 – Sydney (school visits)

Sir Joseph Banks High School

Ms Julie Parker, Deputy Principal

Ms Sarah Hawke, Teacher

Mr Keith Mealey, Teacher

Ms Cynthia Mikel, Teacher

Ms Michelle Rushton, Teacher

Ms Amarjit Walia, Teacher

Al Zahra College

Haj Ahmad Mokachar, Chairman

Ms Angela Iliadis, Teacher

Ms Sarah Jane Lynham, Teacher

Ms Lisa Sadruddin, Teacher

Friday, 13 October 2006 – Sydney

Parliamentary Education and Community Relations Section, Parliament of NSW

Mr Graham Spindler, Manager, Education and Community Relations

Ms Daniela Giorgi, Education Officer

The Australian Centre for Educational Studies, Macquarie University

Dr Davis Saltmarsh, Lecturer

Mr Rod Lane, Lecturer in Education HSIE

Roundtable of ethnic media

Ms Amber Sierek

The Parliamentary Club

Mr Don Perna, Teacher, St Joseph’s Schoo, Albion

Mr Euan Brown, Student, St Joseph’s School, Albion

Mr James Arblaster, Student, St Joseph’s School, Albion

Thursday, 19 October 2006 – Canberra school forum

Monday, 23 October 2006 – Brisbane

Queensland Teachers’ Union

Ms Lesley McFarlane, Assistant Secretary, Research

Local Government Association of Queensland

Ms Lyndelle Drew, Community Relations Project Officer

Ms Rachael Uhr, Youth Policy Officer

Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (and New South Wales Commission for Children and Young People and Commissioner for Children, Tasmania )

Dr Tim Reddel, Executive Director, Policy, Research and Employment Screening

Ms Lone Keast, Manager Policy, Strategic Policy and Research

Mrs Adrienne Schneider, Senior Policy Officer

Mrs Melissa Rasmussen

Mr Stephen Paul, Principal, John Paul College

Tuesday, 24 October 2006 – Cairns and Townsville (school visits)

Hambledon State School

Mrs Mali Te Loo, Year 7 Teacher

Ms Liz Jorgensen, Librarian

Mr Tony Anderson, Divisional Returning Officer for Leichhardt

Heatley Secondary College

Mr Simon Boevink, Head of the Department of Health and Physical Education and Social Science

Mr Bill Sperring, Principal

Mr Craig Beinssen, Teacher

Mr Greg Boyd, Teacher

Ms Rebecca Brown, Teacher

Ms Tracy Camillieri, Teacher

Ms Janine Cooke, Teacher

Mr Jamie Gardner, Teacher

Ms Erica Gavan, Teacher

Ms Joan George, Teacher

Mr Chester Nathan, Teacher

Ms Jill Staunton, Teacher

Monday, 20 November 2006 – Darwin

Northern Territory Electoral Commission

Mr William Shepheard, Electoral Commissioner

Local Government Association of the Northern Territory

Mr Tony Tapsell, Chief Executive Officer

Roundtable of civics and electoral educators

Monday, 27 November 2006 – Canberra

Southern Cross Group (via teleconference to Brussels, Belgium)

Ms Anne MacGregor, Co-founder

Monday, 4 December 2006 – Canberra

Australian Electoral Commission

Mr Ian Campbell, Electoral Commissioner

Ms Barbara Davis, First Assistant Commissioner Business Support

Ms Gail Urbanski, Assistant Commissioner, Strategic Policy

Dr Chris Drury, Australian Electoral Officer, State Manager for SA

Department of Education Science and Training

Mr Noel Simpson, Branch Manager

Dr Declan O'Connell, A/g Director, Australian History, Quality Schooling Branch

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Mr Peter Vardos, First Assistant Secretary, Citizenship, Settlement and Multicultural Affairs

Ms Mary-Anne Ellis, Assistant Secretary, Citizenship and Language Service Branch

Australian Federation of Societies for Studies of Society and Environment

Ms Sandra Kenman, Executive Officer

Student Vote

Mr Taylor Gunn, Chief Election Officer

The Hon. Teresa Gambaro MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs