Public hearings and
witnesses
Tuesday 19 September 2017–Melbourne
AMAZE
Ms
Fiona Sharkie, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Braedan Hogan, Manager, Public Affairs
and National Disability Insurance Scheme Transition
Children and Young People with
Disability Australia
Ms Stephanie Gotlib, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Fleur Beaupert, Policy Officer
Department of Education and Training
Victoria
Ms Catherine Haire, Deputy Secretary, Early
Childhood and School Education Group
Ms Kim Little, Assistant Deputy Secretary,
Early Childhood Portfolio
Ms Simone Gardner, Senior Business Analyst,
NDIS Reform Branch
Early Childhood Intervention
Australia Victoria/Tasmania Ltd
Mrs Heidi De Paoli, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Sarah Riches, Manager
Kalparrin Early Childhood
Intervention Program Inc.
Mr Mark Baigent, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Teigan Leonard, Team Manager/Psychologist
Noah's
Ark Inc
Dr
Kerry Bull, Senior Manager, Services
Occupational Therapy Australia
Ms Anne Sunners, Occupational Therapist, and
Industry Adviser
Ms Lisa Vale, Occupational Therapist, and
Industry Adviser
Royal Australian College of General
Practitioners
Dr James Best, Member, Specific Interests Child and
Young Person’s Health Network
Royal Children's Hospital
Ms
Rosemary Aisbett, Chief Nursing Officer, and Executive Director, Nursing and
Allied Health
Ms Bernadette O'Connor, Director, Allied
Health
Scope Australia
Dr
Jennifer Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Robert Moore, Government Relations Manager
Speech Pathology Australia
Ms
Gail Mulcair, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Catherine Olsson, National Disability
Adviser
Victorian Autism Specific Early
Learning and Care Centre, La Trobe University
Ms Carolyne Jones, Psychologist
Ms Katherine Pye, Senior Coordinator
Ms Kristy Capes, Early Start Denver Model
Trainer
Vision Australia
Mr Scott Jacobs,
National Disability Insurance Scheme Lead
Occupational Therapy Australia
Ms Anne Sunners, Occupational Therapist, and
Industry Adviser
Ms Lisa Vale, Occupational Therapist, and
Industry Adviser
Tuesday 26 September 2017- Brisbane
Australian Psychological Society
Dr
Jessica Paynter, Member
Autism CRC
Professor
Andrew Whitehouse, Chief Research Officer
Connect and Relate for Autism Inc
Ms
Prudence Watson, President
Deaf Services Queensland
Mr
Brett Casey, Chief Executive Officer
Hear and Say
Mrs
Amanda Mather, Director of Sustainability and Strategic Relations
Mrs Emma Rushbrooke, Clinical Director
University of Queensland
Professor
Matthew Sanders, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director, Parenting and
Family Support Centre
Associate
Professor Kate Sofronoff, Researcher, Parenting and Family Support Centre
Wednesday
27 September 2017–Adelaide
Can:Do Group
Ms
Heidi Limareff, Deputy Chief Executive
Ms
Jena Mayne, General Manager, Group Service Development
First
Voice
Mr
Michael Forwood, Chair
Dr
Jim Hungerford
JFA
Purple Orange
Mr
Robbi Williams, Chief Executive Officer
Ms
Jackie Hayes, Leader, Social Policy and Initiatives
Ms
Maria Vnuk, Project Officer
Siblings
Australia
Ms
Kate Strohm, Founder and Director
Ms
Ruby Gates, Chair
Tuesday 3 October 2017–Sydney
ASPECT Therapy
Ms
Rachel Kerslake, National Manager
Mrs
Maryanne Pease, Southern Regional Manager
Australian Association Developmental Disability Medicine
Dr
Jaqueline Small, President
Early Childhood Intervention Australia Inc.
Ms
Margie O'Tarpey, Chief Executive Officer
Ms
Trish Hanna, President
Early Links Inclusion Support Service
Mrs
Sue French, General Manager,
Lifestart
Ms
Suzanne Becker, Chief Executive Officer
Ms
Vanessa Robinson, Executive Project Manager
Ms
Jennifer Kemp, General Manager, Client Services
Private Capacity
Mrs
Tina Skapetis
Royal
Australasian College of Physicians
Dr
Jacqueline Small, Chair, Paediatric Policy and Advocacy Committee
Dr Robert Leitner, Member, NDIS Working Group
Royal
Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
Professor
Greg Leigh, Director, Renwick Centre
Mr
Bart Cavalletto, Director, Services
SDN Children's Services
Ms
Kay Turner, Chief Executive Officer
The Shepherd Centre
Dr
Jim Hungerford, Chief Executive Officer
Friday
20 October 2017–Canberra
Carers
Australia
Ms
Ara Cresswell, Chief Executive Officer
Ms
Sue Elderton, National Policy Officer
National
Disability Services
Dr
Ken Baker, Chief Executive
Ms
Philippa Angley, Executive Officer to the Chief Executive
Wednesday 8 November 2017– Melbourne
Department of Social Services
Mr
John Riley, Branch Manager, Market Oversight and Program Transition
National
Disability Insurance Agency
Ms
Stephanie Gunn, Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Mrs
Christine McClelland, Director, ECEI National Office Team
Mr
Peter de Natris, Special Adviser, Early Childhood Early Intervention
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