APPENDIX 2
Public Hearings
Monday, 12 October 2009
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire Moore
(Acting Chair)
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator John
Williams
Witnesses
Department of
Health and Ageing
Ms Mary McDonald,
A/g First Assistant Secretary,
Regulatory Policy
and Governance Division
Ms Teressa Ward,
National Manager Office of Hearing Services
Ms Joy Savage A/g
First Assistant Secretary, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Ms Tarja
Saastamoinen, Assistant Secretary Family Health and Wellbeing Branch
Dr Geetha
Isaac-Toua, Medical Advisor, Public Health Advisory Unit, Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Health
Dr Bernie Towler,
Principal Medical Advisor, Office of Health Protection
Deafness Forum
of Australia
Ms Nicole Lawder,
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Sharan Westcott,
Deputy Chair
ACT Deafness
Resource Centre
Mr John Sykes,
President, Management Committee
Services for
Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH)
Mr Rod Wellington,
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Shaunine Quinn,
Chief Executive Officer, Neurosensory Unit (Queensland)
Canberra Deaf Children's
Association
Ms Wendy McMullen,
Vice President
Mr Rod Pymont
Shepherd Centre
Ms Anthea Green,
Chief Executive Officer
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
New South Wales Parliament House, Sydney
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Acting Chair)
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator John
Williams
Witnesses
Sydney Cochlear
Implant Centre (SCIC)
Mr Chris Rehn,
General Manager
Hearing Aid Manufacturers
and Distributors Association of Australia
Mr David Rundell,
President
Mr Ashley Wilson,
Vice President
Let Us Hear
Mrs Margaret
Colebrook
Ms Noeleen Hiron,
Secretary
Ms Barbara Fisher,
Committee Member
Australian
Hearing
Professor Harvey Dillon,
Director, National Acoustic Laboratory
Ms Margaret
Dewberry, Executive Manager, Indigenous and Multicultural Services
Ms Alison King,
Principal Audiologist Paediatric Services
Mr Alex Jones
Ms Leonie
Jackson
Aussie Deaf Kids
Parents with
Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss
Australian New
Zealand Parents of Deaf Children
Ms Ann Porter,
Chief Executive Officer, Aussie Deaf Kids
Mrs Sue Rayner, on
behalf of Australian New Zealand Parents of Deaf Children
Deaf Society of
NSW
Ms Sheena Walters,
Senior Manager, Services
Ms Kate Nelson,
Program Officer
Royal Institute
for Deaf and Blind Children
National Newborn
Hearing Screening Committee
Professor Greg
Leigh, Chair RIDBC and Chair NNHSC
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Wesley
Conference Centre, Sydney
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel Siewert (Chair)
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Claire Moore
Senator John Williams
Witnesses
Australian Human
Rights Commission
Mr Graeme Innes AM,
Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Ms Alison Aggarwal,
Senior Policy Officer, Social Justice Unit
Ms Cristina Ricci,
Senior Policy Officer, Disability Rights Unit
NSW Hospital
Audiologists and Allied Audiologists
Ms Monica
Wilkinson, Audiologist
Mrs Jenny Rosen,
Audiologist|
Mrs Barbara Nudd, Chief
Audiologist
Mrs Jenelle Cook,
Chief Audiologist
Mr Hans Satyan,
Chief Audiologist
Deaf Australia
(NSW)
Ms Kate Nelson
Mr Donovan Mulligan
SHHH Australia
Inc
Mr Richard Brading,
President
National Ethnic
Disability Alliance
Mr Dinesh Wadiwel, Executive
Officer
Ms Kate Locke
Farmsafe
Australia
Ms Julie Depczynski
Australian
Hearing
Professor Harvey
Dillon, Director, National Acoustics Laboratory
Ms Margaret
Dewberry, Executive Manager, Indigenous and Multicultural Services
Ms Samantha Harkus,
Manager, Indigenous Services
Hearing Care
Industry Association
Ms Donna Staunton,
Chief Executive Officer
Mr John Gimpel,
Director
Mr Peter
Carstensen, Director
Monday, 7 December 2009
Brisbane
Exhibition and Conference Centre, Brisbane
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel Siewert (Chair)
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Claire Moore
Witnesses
Dr Chris Perry
Deaf Australia
Inc
Ms Karen Lloyd,
Executive Officer
Mr Peter Lindley
Attune Hearing
Pty Ltd
Mr Patrick Gallagher,
Executive Chairman
Ms Jenny Stevens,
Clinical Director
Ai Media
Mr Tony Abrahams,
Chief Executive
Hear and Say
Ms Dimity Dornan,
Founder and Managing Director
Reimer, Mr Ray,
Chairman
Ms Jane Black,
Director
Mr Chris McCarthy,
Executive Manager, People, Planning and Strategy
Mr Tim Hughes,
Parents Advisory Committee Member
Australian
Communication Exchange
Mr Alexander
Gilliland, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Tegan Jones,
Director of Strategy and Planning
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
The
University of Melbourne, Melbourne
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel Siewert (Chair)
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Claire Moore
Witnesses
HEARing CRC
Associate Professor
Robert Cowan, Chief Executive Officer
Audiology and
Speech Sciences, University of Melbourne
Professor Richard
Dowell
Better Hearing
Australia
Mrs Jacqueline
O’Callaghan, President
Australian
DeafBlind Council
Mr John Finch
Ms Michelle
Stevens, Member, ADBC
Ms Carla Anderson,
Member, ADBC
Tactile signing was
provided by Dennis Witcome, Sarah Howell, Meredith Bartlett and Kathy Leibick
Meniere's
Australia
Mr John Cook,
President
Ms Lyn Polson,
Honorary CEO/Secretary
Mr Richard Osborn,
Committee Member
Audiology
Australia
Mr Jim Brown,
President
Dr Catherine McMahon,
Vice President
Ms Monica Persson,
Chief Executive Officer
Victorian Deaf
Society
Mr Graham Kelly,
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Louisa
Willoughby, Researcher
Deafness
Foundation
Ms Noeleen Bieske,
Director
A/Professor Brian
Pyman, Board Member
Dr Adrian Thomas,
Board Member
Alliance of Deaf
Children
Ms Marilyn Dann,
Board Member, Taralye
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Perth
Exhibition and Conference Centre, Perth
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel Siewert (Chair)
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Claire Moore
Witnesses
Australian
Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Dr Stuart Miller,
President
Professor Harvey
Coates AO
Senses
Foundation Inc
Ms Debbie
Karasinski, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Elvira Edwards,
Senior Manager
Mr Matthew
Wittorff, Manager, Therapy and Specialist Services
Telethon Speech
and Hearing
Mr Paul
Higginbotham, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Ann Jacobs
Ear Science
Institute Australia
Professor Robert
Eikelboom
Australian
Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Ms Jane Burns,
Senior Research Officer
Western
Australian Department of Health
Dr Robyn Lawrence,
Acting Director General
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Darwin
Convention Centre, Darwin
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel Siewert (Chair)
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Mark Furner
Senator Claire Moore
Witnesses
Northern
Territory Government
Ms Kathy Currie,
Hearing Health Program Leader
Ms Amarjit Anand,
NT Hearing Manager - Principal Audiologist
Mr Derek Moule
Mr Lou
Leidwinger [via teleconference]
Regional
Audiologist, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council
Northern
Territory Department of Education
Ms Denyse
Bainbridge, Coordinator Hearing Team, Student Services Division
Mr Peter White,
Director Disability Services
Menzies School
of Health Research
Assoc Professor
Peter Morris
Ms Anna Stephen,
PhD Student
Ms Felicity Ward,
Project Coordinator
Ms Sandra Nelson
North Australian
Aboriginal Justice Agency
Mrs Dorothy Fox,
Board Director
Mr Jared Sharp,
Manager Advocacy
Ms Elizabeth
Temple, Member
Mr Damien Howard
Mrs Alison
Wunungmurra
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Chifley
Alice Springs Resort, Alice Springs
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Mark Furner
Senator Claire
Moore
Witnesses
Central
Australian Youth Link Up Service
Mr Tristan Ray,
Manager
Mr Blair McFarland,
Co-Manager
Mr Ilan Warchivker,
Consultant, Health Economic and Economic Development
Mrs Rebecca
Allnut
Audiologist
Friday, 19 March 2010
Parliament
House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel Siewert (Chair)
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
Senator Claire Moore
Witnesses
Safe Work
Australia
Wayne Creaser,
Branch Manager, Research and Data Branch
Fleur Champion de
Crespigny, Assistant Director, Research and Evaluation Section
Australian
Hearing
Professor Harvey
Dillon, Director of Research
Ms Gina Mavrias,
Executive Manager, Operations
Ms Samantha Harkus,
Manager, Indigenous Services
NTER Hearing
Assessment – via teleconference
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
Mrs Jo Nixon–
via teleconference
Department of
Health and Ageing
Ms Mary McDonald,
First Assistant Secretary, Regulatory Policy and Governance Division
Ms Teressa Ward,
National Manager, Office of Hearing Services
Ms Tarja
Saastamoinen, Assistant Secretary, Family Health and 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 Bernie Towler,
Principal Medical Advisor, Office of Health Protection
Mr Peter Woodley,
Assistant Secretary, Medicare Financing and Analysis Branch, Medical Benefits
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