A public hearing was held on the Bills on 7 March 1997 in Senate
Committee Room 2S3.
ACROD
Ms Sue Taylor, Deputy Executive Director
Ms Amanda Calwell Smith, Board Member
Community & Public Sector Union
Mr Doug Lilly, Acting Joint National Secretary
Ms Vivienne Colmer, Secretary, Employment, Education, Training and
Youth Affairs Section
Mr Mark Gepp, Secretary, Social Security Section
Welfare Rights Centre
Ms Carla Mullins, Policy Projects Co-ordinator
Australian Council of Social Service
Ms Merle Mitchell, Policy Adviser (Social Security)
Mr David Thompson, Policy Adviser (Employment, Education and Training)
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Ms Helen MacDonald, Research and Policy Officer
Department of Social Security
Mr Tony Blunn, Secretary
Mr Ross Divett, Deputy Secretary Corporate
Mr Michael Sassella, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Services
Mr John Powlay, Assistant Secretary, Labour Market Programs
Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Mr Wayne Gibbons, Deputy Secretary
Mr Ian Campbell, First Assistant Secretary, Employment and Purchasing
Division
Mr Brian McMillan, First Assistant Secretary, Legal and Review Division
Mr Phil Potterton, Assistant Secretary, Evaluation and Monitoring
Ms Leslie Riggs, Assistant Secretary, Resources and Analysis
Department of Health & Family Services
Ms Mary Murnane, Deputy Secretary
Health Insurance Commission