Public hearing - Canberra, Monday 24 October 2011

Consumer Credit and Corporations Legislation Amendment (Enhancements) Bill 2011 (Corporations and Financial Services Committee)

Public hearing - Canberra, Monday 24 October 2011

Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra

9.00 am - 5.00 pm

Time Witness

9:00 – 9:30 am

Australian Senior Finance
Ms Julie Campbell, National Sales and Operations Manager

9:30 – 10:00 am

SEQUAL
Mr Kevin Conlon, Chief Executive

10:00 – 10:30 am

Australian Bankers' Association (by telephone)
Mr Ian Gilbert, Policy Director
Ms Jade Clarke, Senior Policy Analyst

10:30 – 10:45 am

Adjournment for morning tea

10:45 – 11:30 am

Money 3
Mr Robert Bryant, Chief Executive Officer
Money Plus Pty Ltd
Mr David Prosser, Chief Executive Officer
Cash Doctors
Mr Gregory Ellis, Co-chief Executive Officer
Mr  Sean Teahan, Co-chief Executive Officer
Financiers' Association Australia/Industry/ Smiles Turner Delegation
Mr Phillip Smiles, Consultant

11:30 am– 12:00 pm

Credit Ombudsman Service
Mr Raj Venga, Chief Executive Officer and Ombudsman

12:00  – 12:30 pm

Consumer Action Law Centre
Ms Catriona Lowe, Co-Chief Executive Officer
Mr Gerard Brody, Director of Policy and Campaigns

12:30 – 1:00 pm

National Legal Aid
Ms Catherine Uhr, Consumer Advocate, Legal Aid Queensland
Mr Andrew Crockett, Chair

1:00 – 1:45 pm

Adjournment for lunch

PTO for afternoon session

1:45 – 2:30 pm

Cash Converters
Mr Ian Day, General Manager
Mr Peter Cumins, Managing Director
First Stop Money
Mr Tim Dean, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Lucy Auchincloss, Commercial Director
National Financial Services Federation
Mr Philip Johns, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Mark Redmond, Chairman
Mr Stephen  Burns, Director & Board Member

2:30 – 3:15 pm

Dollars Direct
Mr Daniel Shteyn, Managing Director

3:15 – 4:00 pm

Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services
Ms Tanya Corrie, Senior Project Worker-Social Policy and Research
Anglicare Sydney (by telephone)
Ms Felicia Andersen, Community Care Sustainable Living Coordinator
Anglicare Victoria (by telephone)
Mr Paul McDonald, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Shungu Patsika, Financial Counsellor

4:00  – 5:00 pm

Treasury
Mr Christian Mikula, Manager, Consumer Credit Unit
Ms Sue Vroombout, Gen Manager, Retail Investor Division, Markets Group
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs
Representatives to be advised

5:00 pm

CLOSE

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Committee Secretary
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3583
Fax: +61 2 6277 5719
Email: corporations.joint@aph.gov.au