HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT BILL (NO
2) 1996
APPENDIX 2 - DETAILS OF MEETINGS
Private meetings
Public hearings
Ministerial representation
Public hearing Thursday, 7 November 1996
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Sue Knowles (Chairman)
Senator Meg Lees (Deputy Chair)
Senator Helen Coonan
Senator Kay Denman
Senator Alan Eggleston
Senator Belinda Neal
Witnesses
The Royal Australasian College of Radiologists
Dr Turab Chakera, President
Dr Ross Glasson, Member of Task Force
Dr George Klempfner, Immediate Past President/Task Force Chairman
Mr Peter Geary, College Advisor
Australian and New Zealand Association of Physicians in Nuclear
Medicine
Dr Michael Kitchener, President
Ms Janine Sargeant, Executive Officer
Dr Fred Khafagi, Immediate Past President
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Dr Peter Joseph, President
Dr Michael Bollen, Secretary General
Australian Medical Students' Association
Mr David Tickell, National Coordinator
Public hearing Monday, 18 November 1996
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Sue Knowles (Chairman)
Senator Meg Lees (Deputy Chair)
Senator Helen Coonan
Senator Kay Denman
Senator Alan Eggleston
Senator Belinda Neal
Senator Sue West
Witnesses
Department of Health and Family Services
Mr Ian McNeil, First Assistant Secretary, Health Benefits Division
Ms Gail Batman, Assistant Secretary, Medicare Benefits Branch
Mr Bob Wells, A/g Principal Adviser, State Financing Group, Health
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