Public Hearing - Canberra, Friday, 19 March 2010

Inquiry into Hearing Health in Australia

Public Hearing - Canberra, Friday, 19 March 2010

9:00am – 12.30pm
Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House, CANBERRA

9.00 am -

9.30 am

Safe Work Australia (Sub 5)
Wayne Creaser, Branch Manager, Research and Data Branch
Fleur Champion de Crespigny, Assistant Director, Research and Evaluation Section

9.30 am -

10.15 am

Australian Hearing (Sub 38)
Professor Harvey Dillon, Director of Research, NAL
Ms Gina Mavrias, Executive Manager, Operations
Ms Samantha Harkus, Manager, Indigenous Services

10.15 am -

10.30 am

Break

10.30 am -

11.00 am

NTER Hearing Assessment – via teleconference from Darwin
Ms Kathie Currie, Hearing Health Program Leader, NT Department of Health and Families
Ms Kacy Kohn, East Arnhem Regionalisation Coordinator, NT Department of Health and Families

11.00 am -

11.30 am

Mrs Jo Nixonvia teleconference from Alice Springs

11.30 am -

12.30 pm

Department of Health and Ageing (Sub 54)
Ms Mary McDonald, First Assistant Secretary, Regulatory Policy & Governance Division
Ms Teressa Ward, National Manager Office of Hearing Services
Ms Tarja Saastamoinen, Assistant Secretary, Family Health & Wellbeing Branch,Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Mr Craig Ritchie, Assistant Secretary, Remote Health Service Development Branch, Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Dr Geetha Isaac-Toua, Medical Advisor, Public Health Advisory Unit, Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Dr Bernie Towler, Principal Medical Advisor, Office of Health Protection
Ms Penny Shakespeare, Assistant Secretary, Private Health Insurance Branch, Acute Care Division
Mr Peter Woodley, Assistant Secretary, Medicare Financing and Analysis Branch, Medical Benefits Division
Ms Virginia Hart, Assistant Secretary, Mental Health Reform Branch, Mental Health and Chronic Disease Division

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3515
Fax: +61 2 6277 5829
Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au