Appendix 2

Monday, 28 July 2008

Parliament House, Canberra

Committee Members in attendance

Senator Claire Moore (Chair)

Senator Gary Humphries (Deputy Chair)

Senator Judith Adams

Senator Sue Boyce

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck

Senator Scott Ryan

Witnesses

Australian Medical Association

Mr Francis Sullivan, Secretary General

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Professor Shane Carney, Chair, College Physicians Expert Advisory Group

Ms Mary Osborn, Senior Policy Officer

Pharmacy Guild of Australia

Mr John Dowling, Chairman, Health Economics

Dr Michael Tatchell, Director, Health Economics and Business Development

Mr Stephen Armstrong, Divisional Manager, Economic Analysis and e-Health

Associate Professor Thomas Faunce

Professor Allan McLean

Palliative Care Australia

Ms Donna Daniell, Chief Executive Officer

Professor Peter Ravenscroft, Specialist in Palliative Medicine

Mr Bruce Shaw, National Policy Director

Medicines Australia

Mr Will Delaat, Chairman

Mr Ian Chalmers, Chief Executive Officer

Dr Brendan Shaw, Executive Director, Health Policy and Research

Department of Health and Ageing

Mr David Learmonth, Deputy Secretary

Mr Stephen Dellar, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Benefits

Mrs Diana Macdonald, Acting Assistant Secretary