Appendix 2List of witnesses
Friday, 12 May 2023
Senate Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
ACT Human Rights Commission
Dr Helen Watchirs, President and Human Rights Commissioner
Ms Naomi Reiner Gould, Senior Director, Human Rights Law & Policy
Attorney-General's Department
Ms Anne Sheehan, First Assistant Secretary, International Law and Human Rights Division
Ms Victoria Bennett, A/g Assistant Secretary
Attorney-General's Department (cont'd)
Australian Human Rights Commission
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher, President
Mr Graeme Edgerton, Deputy General Counsel
Mr Darren Dick, Senior Policy Executive
ACT Minister for Human Rights
Ms Tara Cheyne MLA, Minister for Human Rights
Mr Daniel Ng, A/g Executive Group Manager, Legislation, Policy and Programs Division, Justice and Community Safety Directorate ACT
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Hyatt Regency Brisbane
33 Burnett Ln
Brisbane
Queensland Human Rights Commission
Mr Scott McDougall, Commissioner
Mr Sean Costello, Principal Lawyer
Queensland Family and Child Commission
Ms Natalie Lewis, Commissioner
Queensland Nurses and Midwives' Union
Ms Kate Veach, Secretary
Dr Belinda Barnett, Research and Policy Officer
Mr Sye Hodgman, First Nations Strategy, Policy and Research Officer
Queensland Council for Civil Liberties
Mr Michael Cope, Special Counsel
Ms Lucy Johnston, Intern
Multicultural Australia
Ms Rose Dash, Chief Client Officer
Ms Kalpalata Iyer, Research and Advocacy Manager
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland
Mr Elijah Buol OAM, Chairperson
Ms Anna Rolandsen, Manager, Community Development, Policy and Advocacy
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action
Mr Les Malezer, Chairperson
Queensland Youth Policy Collective
Ms Catherine Bugler, Founder
Ms Morgan Lynch, Founding Member
Ms Sienna McInnes-Smith, Member
Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion
Matilda Alexander, Chief Executive Officer
Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia
Mr Geoff Rowe, Chief Executive Officer (via teleconference)
Ms Karen Williams, Principal Solicitor
Professor Sarah Joseph (via teleconference), Private capacity
Australian Muslim Advocacy Network
Ms Rita Jabri Markwell, Advisor
Professor Tamara Walsh and Associate Professor Dominique Allen
Friday, 25 August 2023
Hotel Grand Chancellor
131 Lonsdale St
Melbourne
Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
Commissioner Ro Allen, Commissioner
Ms Lauren Matthews, Director Programs
Ms Emily Yates, Head of Policy
Ms Aimee Cooper, Head of Legal
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Professor Melissa Castan, Director
Associate Professor Ronli Sifris, Deputy Director (Education)
Mr Scott Walker, Research Fellow
Human Rights Law Centre
Ms Caitlin Reiger, CEO
Ms Alice Drury, Senior Lawyer
Mr Daney Faddoul, Campaign Manager
Liberty Victoria
Mr Michael Stanton, President
Professor Spencer Zifcak, Past President
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Ms Rachel Saravanamuthu, Legal Policy Lead
Refugee Legal (Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre)
Mr David Manne, Executive Director and Principal Solicitor
Dr Adrienne Anderson, Senior Policy Lawyer
Save the Children and 54 reasons
Mr Simon Henderson, Head of Policy (via teleconference)
Mr Aram Hosie, Group Executive Director, Strategy & Public Affairs
Mx Dante Casanova, Youth Advisor
SNAICC - National Voice for our Children
Mr John Burton, Director of Policy and Research
Ms Rachel Atkinson, Board Member
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
Mr Alex Walters, Principal Managing Lawyer, Civil Law and Human Rights Practice
Australian Conservation Foundation
Mr Adam Beeson, General Counsel
Environmental Justice Australia
Ms Ally McAlpine, Senior Lawyer
Ms Elke Nicholson, Lawyer
Disability Discrimination Legal Service
Ms Julie Phillips, Manager
Deafblind Australia
Mr Ben McAtamney, National Policy and Advocacy Officer
Australian Association of Social Workers
Ms Angela Scarfe, Senior Policy Adviser
Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand
Ms Phoebe Nagorcka-Smith, Head of Social Policy
Ms Pip Coulthurst, Family Services Team Leader
Ms Livia La Rocca, General Manager, Safety & Resilience
The Hon Pamela Tate AM KC, Private capacity
Dr Julie Debeljak, Private capacity
Dr Bruce Chen, Private capacity
Ms Kylie Evans, Private capacity
Ms Catherine Dixon, Private capacity
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Sydney Masonic Centre
66 Goulburn St
Sydney
Amnesty International Australia
Ms Nikita White, Campaigner
Human Rights Watch
Ms Daniela Gavshon, Australia Director
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
Dr Tania Penovic, Senior Chair, Women and Girls' Rights
Australian Lawyers Alliance
Mr Shaun Marcus, National President
Dr Louis Schetzer, Spokesperson
ANTAR
Mr Paul Wright, National Director
NSW Aboriginal Women's Advisory Network
Ms Dixie Link-Gordon, Program Co-ordinator
Ms Bianca Tini Brunozzi, Policy and Advocacy Officer
Economic Justice Australia
Ms Linda Forbes, Law Reform Officer
Australian Council of Social Service
Dr Cassandra Goldie, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Paula-Rose Bassett, Policy Intern
Older Persons Advocacy Network
Mr Craig Gear, Chief Executive Officer
Rights of Older Persons Australia
Professor Catherine Renshaw, Member, Organising Committee
Dr Susan Cochrane, Member, Organising Committee
People with Disability Australia
Giancarlo de Vera, Senior Manager of Policy
Mrs Lisa Ira, Senior Policy Officer
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
Mr Ross Joyce, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Lauren Henley, Senior Systemic Advocate
Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney
Emeritus Professor Andrew Byrnes, Emeritus Professor of International Law and Human Rights and Research Associate
Ms Gillian Moon, Senior Visiting Fellow and Research Associate (via teleconference)
Women's Legal Service NSW
Ms Liz Snell, Law Reform and Policy Co-ordinator
Ms Anna Blacket, Solicitor
Full Stop Australia
Ms Emily Dale, Head of Advocacy
knowmore
Mr Simon Bruck, Principal Lawyer
Sean Bowes, Law Reform and Advocacy Officer
Australian Human Rights Commission
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, President
Mr Graeme Edgerton, Deputy General Counsel
Mr Darren Dick, Senior Policy Executive
Thursday, 28 September 2023
Sydney Masonic Centre
66 Goulburn St
Sydney
Australian Association of Christian Schools
Mrs Vanessa Cheng, Executive Officer
Freedom for Faith
The Rt Rev Dr Michael Stead, Chair
Mr Mike Southon, Executive Director
National Catholic Education Commission
Mr Robert Tonkli, Director of Missions & Operations
Mr Dallas McInerney, Chief Executive Officer
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
Bishop Daniel Meagher, Member
Ms Monica Doumit, Director of Public Affairs and Engagement, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
Just.Equal Australia Inc
Mr Rodney Croome AM, Spokesperson (via teleconference)
LGBTIQ+ Health Australia
Mr James Zanotto, Director Policy, Research and Communications
Equality Australia
Anna Brown OAM, Chief Executive Officer
Danielle Yung, Legal Policy Adviser
Kingsford Legal Centre
Ms Emma Golledge, Director
Australian Community Futures Planning
Dr Bronwyn Kelly, Founder and Director
Environmental Defenders Office
Ms Rachel Walmsley, Head of Policy & Law Reform
Mr Joshua Paveley, Senior Solicitor, Healthy Environment and Justice Program, ACT
Ms Frances Bradshaw, Senior Solicitor (via teleconference)
Wilderness Society
Mr Sam Szoke-Burke, Biodiversity Policy and Campaign Manager
National Legal Aid
Mr Derek Schild, Head of Practice, Civil Justice Legal Practice, Legal Aid ACT
Mr Anthony Levin, Manager & Senior Solicitor, Human Rights Team, Legal Aid NSW
Grata Fund
Ms Courtney Law, Senior Solicitor (Strategic Litigation)
Mr Mohammad Zaki Omar, Acting General Counsel
Professor George Williams AO, Private capacity
Ms Kate Eastman AM SC, Private capacity
Friday, 20 October 2023
Senate Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) Network (Australia & Aotearoa/New Zealand)
Professor Beth Goldblatt, Co-Convenor (via videoconference)
Dr Genevieve Wilkinson, Co-Convenor (via videoconference)
Law Council of Australia
Dr Adam Fletcher, Senior Policy Lawyer (via videoconference)
Ms Jacinta Lewin, Member, Law Council's National Human Rights Committee (via videoconference)
Mr Stephen Keim, Member, Law Council's National Human Rights Committee (via videoconference)
Civil Liberties Australia
Dr Kristine Klugman OAM, President
Mr Bill Rowlings OAM, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Chris Stamford, National HR Act Campaign Manager
Australian Christian Lobby
Human Rights Law Alliance
Mr Daniel Simon, Solicitor, Human Rights Law Alliance; Legal Representative, Australian Christian Lobby
Associate Professor Mark Fowler (via videoconference), Private capacity
Australia's National Preventive Mechanism
Commonwealth Ombudsman
Mr Iain Anderson, Commonwealth Ombudsman, National Preventive Mechanism Coordinator
Ms Julia Galluccio, Senior Assistant Ombudsman, Policy and Assurance Branch
Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA)
Ms Mary Ann Baquero Geronimo, Chief Executive Officer (via videoconference)
National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum
Ms Rosalyn Havard, Deputy Carer Co-Chair
Jordan Frith, Deputy Consumer Co-Chair
Mr Ebenezer Swan, Senior Policy and Project Officer, Psychosocial Disability
Rule of Law Institute of Australia
Mr Chris Merritt, Vice-President (via videoconference)
Professor Kim Rubenstein, Private capacity
Associate Professor Laura Grenfell and Dr Sarah Moulds (via videoconference)
Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Ltd
Ms Chloe Wood, Managing Lawyer, Civil Law and Human Rights Unit; Co-Convenor, Western Australia for a Human Rights Act (via videoconference)
Mr Wayne Nannup, Chief Executive Officer (via videoconference)
Western Australia for a Human Rights Act
Mr Zubayr Abrahams, Co-Convenor (via videoconference)
Attorney-General's Department
Ms Anne Sheehan, First Assistant Secretary, International Law and Human Rights Division
Ms Petra Gartmann, Assistant Secretary, Human Rights Branch
Mr Colin Minihan, Director, Human Rights Branch