Start 9.00 am
Venue Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House, Canberra
| 9.00 am |
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Dr Wendy Southern PSM, Deputy Secretary, Policy and Program Management Group
Ms Vicki Parker, First Assistant Secretary, Expert Panel Implementation
Ms Kate Pope PSM, First Assistant Secretary, Community Programs and Children
Mr Ken Douglas, First Assistant Secretary, Detention Infrastructure and Services |
| 10.00 am |
Members of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers
Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFC (Ret'd)
Mr Paris Aristotle AM
Professor Michael L'Estrange AO |
| 11.00 am |
Morning tea |
| 11.15 am |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Mr Richard Towle, Regional Representative for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific |
| 12.00 pm |
Professor Mary Crock
Miss Hannah Martin |
| 12.45 pm |
Lunch |
| 1.45 pm |
Law Council of Australia
Ms Rosemary Budavari, Co-Director, Criminal Law and Human Rights
Ms Sarah Moulds, Senior Policy Lawyer, Criminal Law and Human Rights |
| 2.30 pm |
Father Frank Brennan SJ AO |
| 3.15 pm |
Refugee Council of Australia (by videoconference)
Ms Lucy Morgan, Information and Policy Officer |
| 4.00 pm |
Afternoon tea |
| 4.15 pm |
Salvation Army
Witnesses to be confirmed |
| 5.00 pm |
Adjournment |
Detailed information on the scope of the committee's examination of the package of legislation.