Public Hearing - Canberra, Thursday 20 September 2007

Inquiry into the cost of living pressures on older Australians

Public Hearing - Canberra, Thursday 20 September 2007

Senate Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
CANBERRA

3.30 pm - 5.00 pm

Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Sub 138)
Mr Geoff Leeper, Deputy Secretary
Ms Robyn McKay, Acting Deputy Secretary
Dr Nicholas Hartland, Assistant Secretary,
Seniors and Means Test Branch

Australian Bureau of Statistics (Sub 43)
Mr Bob McColl, Acting First Assistant Statistician
Ms Merry Branson, Director,
Consumer and House Price Indexes

Department of Health and Ageing
Mr David Kalisch, Deputy Secretary
Mr Charles Maskell-Knight, Principal Adviser,
Acute Care Division
Mr Lou Andreatta, Assistant Secretary,
Primary Care Financing Branch, Primary Care Division
Mr Peter Broadhead, Assistant Secretary, Policy and Evaluation Branch, Ageing and Aged Care Division

Department of the Treasury
Mr John Lonsdale, General Manager,
Personal and Retirement Income Division
Mr Phil Gallagher, Manager,
Retirement Income and Modelling Unit

Department of Veterans Affairs
Ms Jeanette Ricketts, National Manager,
Income Support and Aged Care Policy

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