Public Hearing - Canberra, Thursday 27 April 2006

Inquiry into petrol sniffing in remote Aboriginal communities

Public Hearing - Canberra, Thursday 27 April 2006

Senate Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra

9.00am  - 9.30am

 

Royal Flying Doctor Service, Cairns - Via teleconference
Mr Brodrick Osborne, Psychologist, Team Leader Mental Health Program

9.30am  - 10.30am

 

Dr Maggie Brady (Sub 26)
Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU

Associate Professor Peter D'Abbs
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Science, James Cook University

10.30am  - 11.00am

 

Break

 

11.00am  - 11.30am

 

Dr Brian McCoy (Sub 43) - Via teleconference

Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University

 

11.30am  - 12.00noon

 

Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association (Sub 32) - Via teleconference

Mr Romlie Mokak, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Marshall Watson, Clinician


12.00noon -   1.00pm

 

Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation (Sub 39)
Associate Professor Peter D'Abbs, Director
Ms Anne Mosey, Director

Alcohol and Other Drugs Council Australia (Sub17)
Ms Donna Bull, Chief Executive Officer

  1.00pm  -   2.00pm

 

Lunch

 

  2.00pm  - 2.30pm

 

Dr Randy Spargo - Via teleconference (WA)

Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service and Jigalong Medical Clinic

 

  2.30pm  - 4.00pm

 

Department of Health and Ageing and Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Sub 25)

Ms Lesley Podesta, First Assistant Secretary, Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, DoHA

Ms Rachel Balmanno, Assistant Secretary, Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, DoHA

Mr Wayne Gibbons, Associate Secretary, Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination, FACSIA

Ms Jennifer Bryant, Group Manager, Performance Group, Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination, FACSIA

Mr Gregory Andrews, Assistant Secretary, Communities Engagement Branch, Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination, FACSIA

 

 

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