Thursday, 18 June 2020 - Canberra
WASH Reference Group
Mr Tom Muller, Director Policy and Programs, WaterAid Australia
Ms Naomi Francis, Research Fellow, Monash Sustainable Development Institute
UnitingWorld
Dr Sureka Goringe, National Director
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Ms Sarah Power, Anticorruption Officer
Ms Annika Wythes, Regional Anticorruption Adviser, Pacific
RESULTS International Australia
Mr Mark Rice, Director Policy and Advocacy
Caritas Australia
Ms Stephanie Lalor, First Australians Program and Pacific Group Manager
Friday, 19 June 2020 - Canberra
Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
Mr James Batley, Distinguished Policy Fellow
Development Policy Centre, Australian National University
Professor Stephen Howes, Director
Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University
Ms Leanne Smith, Director
Dr Tess Newton Cain, Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
Institute for Regional Security
Mr Chris Gardiner, Chief Executive Officer
Private capacity
Thursday, 3 September 2020 - Canberra
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Ms Danielle Heinecke, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Operations and Development
Mr Gerald Thomson, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Bilateral
Mr John Williams, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Strategy Division
Department of Defence
Mr Hugh Jeffrey, First Assistant Secretary, International Policy
Friday, 4 September 2020 - Canberra
Diplomatic representatives of Pacific Island countries:
Independent State of Samoa
Her Excellency Ms Hinauri Petana, High Commissioner
Ms Rona Meleisea-Chewlit, Deputy High Commissioner
Mr Henry Tunupopo, Vice Consul, Trade
Solomon Islands
His Excellency Mr Robert Sisilo, High Commissioner
Mr Walter Diamana, Deputy High Commissioner
Kingdom of Tonga
Mr Curtis Leonard Tuihalangingie, Deputy Head of Mission
Mr Tasimani Duifken Telefoni, Third Secretary, High Commission
New Caledonia
Dr Yves Lafoy, Counsellor and Official Representative of New Caledonia to Australia
New Zealand
Her Excellency Hon. Dame Annette Faye King, High Commissioner
Ms Abigail Poole, Second Secretary, Political
Captain Shaun Fogarty, New Zealand Defence Adviser
Republic of Vanuatu
His Excellency Mr Samson Vilvil Fare, High Commissioner
Mr Evaristo Chalet, Second Secretary
Kiribati
Mr Teata Terubea, Director, Asia Pacific Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration
Mr Reetaake Takabwere, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kiribati Police Service
Mr John Mote, Officer Commanding Police Maritime, Kiribati Police Service
Mr Ierevita Biriti, Acting Director for Business Promotion Centre, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives
Mrs Donna Tekanene Reiher, Senior Trade Officer, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives
Ms Angoango Fakaua, Trade Officer, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives
Ms Nanoua Tiroi, Desk Officer, Asia Pacific Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration
Papua New Guinea
His Excellency Mr John Ma'o Kali, High Commissioner
Mr Sakias Tameo, Deputy High Commissioner
Colonel Mark Goina, Defence Attache
Thursday, 10 September 2020 - Canberra
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Ms Jo Elsom, Lead, International Development
Mr David Hua, Head, International Strategy
Australia Asia Pacific Media Initiative (AAPMI)
Ms Jemima Garrett, Co-convenor
Ms Annmaree O’Keeffe, AM, Steering Committee Member
Private Capacity
Thursday, 17 September 2020 - Canberra
Micah Australia
Mr Matthew Darvas, Campaign Director
National Council of Churches in Australia
Bishop Philip Huggins, President
Ms Elizabeth Stone, General Secretary
Mr Geoff Robinson, Pacific Program Coordinator, Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, Act for Peace
Mr James Thomson, Senior Policy and Protection Adviser, Act for Peace
Alphacrucis College
Professor Mark Hutchinson, Dean of Education
Mr Nick Jensen, Political Liasion
Pacific Conference of Churches
Reverend James Bhagwan, General Secretary
Thursday, 12 November 2020 - Canberra
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
Professor John Blaxland, International Security and Intelligence Studies
Lowy Institute
Mr Jonathan Pryke, Director, Pacific Islands Program
Mr Shane McLeod, Research Fellow, Australia-Papua New Guinea Network
Thursday, 3 December 2020 - Canberra
Federal Court of Australia
Ms Helen Burrows, Director, International Programs
Free TV Australia
Bridget Fair, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Shane Wood, PacificAus TV Project Manager
Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law University of New South Wales
Professor Jane McAdam, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
Thursday, 21 October 2021 – Canberra
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Mr William Costello, Assistant Secretary, Pacific Labour Branch, Labour and Connectivity Division, Office of the Pacific
Ms Danielle Heinecke, First Assistant Secretary, Labour and Connectivity Division, Office of the Pacific
Ms Carly Partridge, Assistant Secretary, Agriculture Visa Branch, Labour and Connectivity Division, Office of the Pacific
Ms Rachel Jolly, Director, Agriculture Visa Branch, Labour and Connectivity Division, Office of the Pacific
Department of Home Affairs
Mr Dwayne Freeman, Deputy Commissioner, Maritime and Detention, Australian Border Force
Ms Cheryl-anne Moy, Deputy Secretary, Immigration and Settlement Services Group
Mr Michael Willard, First Assistant Secretary, Immigration Programs Division, Immigration and Settlement Services Group
Department of Education, Skills and Employment
Ms Margaret Kidd, First Assistant Secretary, Delivery and Employee Engagement Division
Ms Helen McCormack, Assistant Secretary, Seasonal Work Programs Branch
Ms Jessica Winnall, Acting Assistant Secretary, Access Branch
Ms Eve Wisowaty, Acting Assistant Secretary, Seasonal Work Policy Branch
Dr Carrie Kilpin, Director, Multilateral Policy
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Ms Rosemary Deininger, Deputy Secretary
Ms Joanna Stanion, First Assistant Secretary
Mr Paul McNamara, Assistant Secretary