Appendix 2
Public Hearing
Thursday, 6 August 2009
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Carol Brown
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Steve Fielding
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Australian Medical
Association (AMA)
Dr Andrew Pesce, President
Mr Steven Hambleton, Vice President
Homebirth Australia
Ms Justine Caines, Secretary
Maternity Coalition
Ms Makayla McIntosh, Acting Vice President
Mr Bruce Teakle - via
teleconference
Australian College of
Midwives
Ms Barbara Vernon, Executive Officer
Prof Sally Tracy
Prof Hannah Dahlen, Secretary,
Australian College of Midwives NSW
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council
Ms Dianna Kidgell, Research and
Policy Advisor
Australian Nursing Federation
Ms Lee Thomas, Assistant Federal
Secretary
Ms Julianne Bryce, Senior
Professional Officer
Homebirth Access Sydney
Ms Jo Tilly, Coordinator
Ms Danielle Townsend, Information
Officer
Dr Kathryn Dwan, private capacity
Rural Doctors Association of
Australia
Mr Steve Sant, Chief Executive
Officer
Medical Indemnity Industry
Association of Australia
Mr Peter Forbes, Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer, MDA National - via video conference
Mr David Nathan, Board Member
Australian Private Midwives
Association
Mrs Elizabeth Wilkes, National
President
Department of Health and
Ageing
Mr Richard Eccles, Acting Deputy Secretary
Ms Rosemary Huxtable, Acting Deputy Secretary
Professor Rosemary Calder, First Assistant Secretary, Acute
Care Division
Ms Kerry Flanagan, First Assistant Secretary, Health Workforce
Division
Mr Peter Woodley, Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits Division
Mr Allan Groth, Assistant Secretary, Nursing, Allied and
Indigenous Workforce Branch
Ms Natasha Cole, Assistant Secretary, Health Workforce Division
Ms Veronica Hancock, Assistant Secretary, Acute Care Division
Ms Judy Daniel, Assistant Secretary,
Policy Development Branch, Primary and Ambulatory Care Division
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