Appendix 2 - Public Hearing

A public hearing was held on the Bill on 14 November 2002 in Senate Committee Room 2S1.

Committee Members in attendance

Senator Sue Knowles (Chairman)
Senator Guy Barnett
Senator Kay Denman
Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan
Senator Claire Moore

Witnesses

National Welfare Rights Network & ACOSS
Ms Linda Forbes
Ms Genevieve Bolton

Refugee Council of Australia
Ms Margaret Piper, Executive Director

UnitingCare & National Social Responsibility and Justice
Ms Lin Hatfield Dodds, National Director, UnitingCare
Rev Elenie Poulos, National Director, National Social Responsibility and Justice

Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Ms Robyn Bicket, Assistant Secretary, Humanitarian Branch
Mr Robert Illingworth, Assistant Secretary, On Shore Protection

Department of Family and Community Services
Ms Frances Davies, Assistant Secretary, Labour and Parenting Programs Branch
Mr Neil Mahoney, Director, Parenting and Special Payments Section, Labour Market and Parenting Branch

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Mr Michael Manthorpe, Assistant Secretary, Work Experience Branch

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