Appendix 2
Public Hearings
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Parliament House, Canberra
Community Affairs Legislation Committee Members in
attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Deputy Chair)
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Mathias
Cormann
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Australian Health Insurance Association
Dr Michael Armitage, Chief Executive
Officer
Australian Private Hospitals
Association
Dr Michael Roth, Executive Director
Dr Barbara Carney, Director, Policy
and Research
Mr Ian McAuley, Fellow, Centre for Research in Public
Sector Management
Dr John Deeble, Private
Capacity
Wednesday, 9 July 2009
St James Court Conference Centre, Melbourne
Community Affairs Legislation Committee Members in
attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel Siewert
(Deputy Chair)
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Australian Unity Health
Limited
Amanda Hagan - Group Executive,
Healthcare
BUPA Australia
Mr Mark Engel, Director Marketing, Product and Corporate
Affairs
Ms Brooke Lord, Head of Industry
Relations
Health Insurance Restricted
Membership of Australia (HIRMAA)
Mr John Rashleigh, President
Mr Ron Wilson, Executive Director
Private Health Insurance
Intermediaries Association
Mr Peter Kerestes, Chief Executive Officer
Friday, 10 July 2009
Parliament House, Canberra
Community Affairs Legislation Committee Members in
attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Deputy Chair)
Senator Mathias
Cormann
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
HBF
Mr Rob Bransby, Managing Director
Mr Andrew Walton, Manager, Public
Affairs
Health Consumers Council of
Western Australia
Mr Timothy Benson, Chairman
Ms Michele Kosky, Executive Director
Australian Medical
Association, Western Australian Branch
Mr Peter Jennings, Deputy Executive
Director
St John of God Health Care
Dr Shane Kelly, Deputy Executive Director
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Parliament House, Canberra
Community Affairs Legislation Committee Members in
attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Carol Brown
Senator Mathias Cormann
Senator Mark Furner
Senate John
Williams
Senator Nick Xenophon
Witnesses
Department of Health and
Ageing
Mr David Learmonth, Deputy Secretary, Departmental Executive
Mr Tony Kingdon, First Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits
Division
Ms Samantha Robertson, Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits
Division, Medicare Benefits Branch
IVF Directors Group
Dr Richard Henshaw, Chairman IVF Directors Group
Dr David Molloy, Deputy Chairman IVF Directors Group and Vice
President NASOG
Dr Hilary Joyce, President National Association of Specialist
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (NASOG)
Dr Andrew Pesce, President,
Australian Medical Association
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