Inquiry into National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for
Doctors and Other Health Workers
Public hearing - Canberra, Thursday 7 May 2009
9:00am – 4:00pm
Senate Committee Room 2S3, Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Time |
Witness |
9:00am – 10:00am |
Dr Louise Morauta
Project Director, National Registration and Accreditation Implementation Project |
10:00am – 10:45am |
Australian Osteopathic Association (Sub 6)
Dr B J Field, National President
Mr Antony Nicholas, Executive Director
Mr George Brownbill, Consultant |
10:45am – 11:00am |
Break |
11:00am – 11:45am |
Australian Physiotherapy Association (Sub 62)
Mr Patrick Maher, President
Jonathon Kruger, Manager, Policy and Communications Division
Australian Physiotherapy Council
Professor Tony Wright, Chair
Ms Margaret Grant, Chief Executive Officer |
11:45am – 12:30pm |
Australian Peak Nursing and Midwifery Forum (Sub 38)
Ms Karen Cook, CEO, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council
Ms Lee Thomas, Assistant Federal Secretary, Australian Nursing Federation
Ms Debra Cerasa, Chief Executive Officer, Royal College of Nursing Australia
Dr Barbara Vernon, Executive Officer, Australian College Of Midwives |
12:30pm – 1:30pm |
Lunch |
1:30pm – 2:15pm |
Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges (Sub 15)
Professor Russell Stitz AM RFD, Chair
Dr Glenda Wood, Chair-elect; and President, Australasian College of Dermatologists
Professor Geoffrey Metz AM, President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
2:15pm – 3:00pm |
Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand (Sub 19)
Professor Alan Carmichael, President
Professor Peter Smith, Member Executive |
3:00pm – 3:15pm |
Break |
3:15pm – 4:00pm |
National Coalition of Public Pathology (Sub 14)
Associate Professor Roger Wilson, President
Ms Penny Rogers, Chief Executive Officer
Professor Leslie Burnett, Director and Chief Executive, Pathology North, NSW Health
Dr Tony Badrick, Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist, Sullivan & Nicolaides; and Chair, Pathology Associations CouncilWorkforce Committee |
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia