Public hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 6 May 2009

Inquiry into Compliance Audits on Medicare Benefits

Public hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 6 May 2009

9:00am – 5:00pm
Senate Committee Room 2S3, Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Time Witness

9:00am – 9:30am

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (Sub 22)
Dr Karen Flegg, Fellow of the College
Ms Lauren Cordwell, Acting Manager, General Practice Advocacy and Support

9:30am – 10:00am

Civil Liberties Australia (Sub 9) (via teleconference)
Mr Bill Rowlings, Chief Executive Officer

10:00am – 10:30am

Break (emergency evacuation exercise)

10:30am – 11:30am

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (Sub 13)
Dr Maria Tomasic, Honorary Secretary
Australian Psychological Society (Sub 8)
Mr David Stokes, Senior Manager, Professional Practice

11:30am – 12:15pm

Public Interest Advocacy Centre Ltd (Sub 19) (via teleconference)
Mr Peter Dodd, Solicitor, Health Policy and Advocacy

12:15pm – 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm – 2:15pm

Australian Privacy Foundation (Sub 3)
Dr Roger Clarke, Chair
Dr Juanita Fernando, Chair, Health Sub Committee

2:15pm – 2:45pm

Medical Indemnity Industry Association of Australia (Sub 4) (via teleconference)
Ms Ellen Edmonds-Wilson, Chief Executive Officer

2:45pm – 3:30pm

Australian Medical Association (Sub 11)
Dr Rosanna Capolingua, President
Mr Francis Sullivan, Secretary General

3:30pm – 3:45pm

Break

3:45pm – 5:00pm

Medicare Australia (Sub 16)
Ms Philippa Godwin, Acting Chief Executive Officer
Mr Mark Jackson, Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Mr Colin Bridge, General Manager Program Review Division
Department of Health and Ageing (Sub 21)
Mr David Learmonth, Deputy Secretary
Mr Tony Kingdon, First Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits Division
Ms Samantha Robertson, Assistant Secretary, Medicare Benefits Branch

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