APPENDIX 2
Public Hearing
Thursday, 17 December
2009
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Homebirth Australia
Ms Justine Caines, Secretary
Australian Private Midwives
Association
Ms Liz Wilkes, National President
Ms Marie Heath, National Vice President
Rural Doctors Association of
Australia
Mr Steve Sant, Chief Executive Office
Australian College of
Midwives
Dr Jenny Gamble, President
Ms Barbara Vernon, Executive Officer
Associate Professor Dr Andrew Bisits, Obstetrician
Australian Nursing and
Midwifery Council
Ms Karen Cook, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Dianna Kidgell, Research and Policy Advisor
Australian Nursing Federation
Ms Lee Thomas, Assistant Federal Secretary
Ms Julianne Bryce, Senior Professional Officer
Australian General Practice
Network
Dr Alison Edwards, Board Director
Ms Rachel Yates, Director of Policy
Maternity Coalition
Mr Bruce Teakle, National Executive Member
Ms Makayla McIntosh, National Vice President
Ms Ann Catchlove, Victorian President
Australian Medical
Association (AMA)
Dr Andrew Pesce, President
Mr Francis Sullivan, Secretary-General
Royal Australian and New
Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Dr Ted Weaver, President
Department of Health and
Ageing
Ms Rosemary Huxtable, Acting Deputy Secretary
Ms Kerry Flanagan, First Assistant Secretary, Health Workforce
Division
Mr Peter Woodley, Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits
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