D. Public hearings

Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Attorney-General's Department
Ms Sarah Chidgey, Deputy Secretary, National Security and Criminal Justice Group
Ms Tara Inverarity, First Assistant Secretary, International and Security Cooperation Division
Ms Lucinda Atkinson, Assistant Secretary, Fraud Prevention and Anti-Corruption Branch
Australian Federal Police
Mr Ian McCartney, Acting Commissioner
Mr Jason Kennedy, Commander, Professional Standards
Mr Christopher Woods, Commander, Economic, Corporate Crime and Corruption
Human Rights Law Centre (by videoconference)
Mr Kieran Pender, Senior Lawyer
The Australia Institute's National Integrity Committee (by videoconference)
The Hon David Harper AM KC, Member
The Centre for Public Integrity (by videoconference)
Mr Stephen Charles AO KC, Board Member
Mr Michael Barker, Committee Member
Accountability Round Table (by videoconference)
Professor Spencer Zifcak, Chair
Mr Stuart Hamilton AO, Director
Ms Fiona McLeod AO SC, Chair
Transparency International Australia
Professor AJ Brown, (Griffith University), Board Member
Mr Clancy Moore, Chief Executive Officer (by videoconference)
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (by videoconference)
The Hon John Hatzistergos AM, Chief Commissioner
Victorian Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (by videoconference)
The Hon Robert Redlich AM KC, Commissioner
Independent Commission Against Corruption South Australia
The Hon Ann Vanstone KC, Commissioner
Victorian Inspectorate (by videoconference)
Ms Cathy Cato, Executive Director, Legal and Integrity
Mr John Hoitink, Former Chief Executive Officer, ACT Integrity Commission (by videoconference)
Corruption and Crime Commission Western Australia (by videoconference)
The Hon John McKechnie KC, Commissioner
Queensland Law Society (by videoconference)
Mr Matt Dunn, General Manager, Advocacy
Ms Binari De Saram, Manager and Solicitor, Legal Policy
Dr Brooke Thompson, Policy Solicitor
Civil Liberties Australia
Dr Kristine Klugman, President
Mr Bill Rowlings, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary
Dr William Stoltz, Private capacity
Australian Psychological Society (by videoconference)
Dr Catriona Davis-McCabe, President-elect
South Australian Bar Association (by videoconference)
Mrs Marie Shaw KC
Mr Frank Pangallo, Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Australia, Private capacity (by videoconference)
Thursday, 20 October 2022
Community and Public Sector Union (by videoconference)
Mr Osmond Chiu, Senior Policy and Research Officer
Ms Arundhati Tandel, Senior Industrial Officer
Australian Federal Police Association
Mr Alex Caruana, President
Mr Giles Snedker, Acting Manager, Legal and Industrial
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (by videoconference)
Mr Adam Portelli, Deputy Chief Executive
Australia's Right to Know
Mr Grant McAvaney, Head of Litigation, News Corp Australia; and Member Representative, Australia's Right to Know
International PEN Melbourne Centre (by videoconference)
Ms Christine McKenzie, President
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (by videoconference)
Ms Jo Puccini, Head of Investigative Journalism and Current Affairs

Free TV Australia (by videoconference)
Ms Bridget Fair, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Natasha Eves, Regulatory Affairs Manager
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman (by videoconference)
Mr Iain Anderson, Commonwealth Ombudsman
Ms Penny McKay, Deputy Ombudsman
Ms Carmen Miragaya, Acting Senior Assistant Ombudsman, Strategy Branch
Professor Colleen Lewis, Private capacity (by audio link)
Rule of Law Institute of Australia (by audio link)
Mr Chris Merritt, Vice-President
Mr Greg Melick AO SC, Private capacity (by videoconference)
Law Council of Australia (by videoconference)
Mr Ian Bloemendal, Chair, Privileges and Immunities Committee (by audio link)
Ms Leonie Campbell, Director of Policy
Mr Tass Liveris, President
Dr David Neal, SC, Co-Chair, National Criminal Law Committee
Mr Bruce McClintock SC, Private capacity
Australian Human Rights Commission (by videoconference)
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, President
Ms Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner
Mr Llewellyn Spink, Senior Lawyer
Huis voor Klokkenluiders (Whistleblowing House in the Netherlands) (by videoconference)
Ms Petra Melis, Legal Adviser
Ms Kristien Verbraeken, Senior Policy Adviser
Friday, 21 October 2022
Australian Public Service Commission
Ms Rina Bruinsma, A/g Deputy Commissioner
Ms Clare McLean, A/g Assistant Commissioner, Integrity, Performance and Employment Policy
Australian National Audit Office
Mr Grant Hehir, Auditor-General
Ms Rona Mellor PSM, Deputy Auditor General
Dr Tom Ioannou, Group Executive Director, Performance Audit Services
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
Ms Jaala Hinchcliffe, Integrity Commissioner
Ms Petra Gartmann, Deputy Integrity Commissioner
Mr Peter Ratcliffe, Executive Director, Operations Southern
The Hon Peter Hall KC, Former Chief Commissioner, New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption, Private capacity
The Hon Dennis Cowdroy AO KC, Former ACT Integrity Commissioner, Private capacity (by videoconference)
Attorney-General's Department
Ms Sarah Chidgey, Deputy Secretary, National Security and Criminal Justice Group
Ms Tara Inverarity, First Assistant Secretary, International and Security Cooperation Division
Ms Lucinda Atkinson, Assistant Secretary, Fraud Prevention and Anti-Corruption Branch

 |  Contents  | 

About this inquiry

The Committee was established on 28 September 2022 to inquire into and report on the provisions of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2022.



Past Public Hearings

21 Oct 2022: Canberra
20 Oct 2022: Canberra
19 Oct 2022: Canberra