APPENDIX 2
Public Hearings
Thursday, 9 October 2008
The Marque Hotel, Perth
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire Moore
(Chair)
Senator Rachel Siewert
(Deputy Chair)
Senator Mathias Cormann
Witnesses
WACOSS
Ms Sue Ash, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Irina Cattalini, Director, Social
Policy
National Welfare Rights
Network
Ms Kate Beaumont, President
WA Council of State
School Organisations (WACSSO)
Ms Amanda Hill, Policy and Research
Officer
Centrecare Inc
Ms Leanne Strommen, Executive Manager
Communicare Inc
Mr Wayne Stevenson, General Manager
Playgroup WA
Mr David Zarb, Chief Executive
Officer
Ngala
Mrs Rae Walter, Chief Executive
Officer
Aboriginal Legal Service of Western
Australia
Mr Terry Whitby, President
Mr Dennis Eggington, Chief Executive Officer
Miss Kathryn Allingham, Policy
Officer
South Metropolitan Youth Link
(SMYL)
Ms Julie Mitchell, Executive Officer
Uniting Care West
Mr Chris Hall, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Lyn Shirley, Executive Manager
Ms Melissa Del Borrello, Corporate
Projects Officer
Anglicare
Mr Ian Carter, Chief Executive Officer
Mr John Berger, Executive Manager Operations
Monday, 3 November 2008
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire Moore
(Chair)
Senator Rachel Siewert
(Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Catryna Bilyk
Senator Mark Furner
Senator Gary Humphries
Witnesses
ACOSS (via teleconference)
Mr Gregor Macfie, Policy Manager
Ms Jacqueline Philips, Policy Officer
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) (via
videoconference)
Ms Priscilla Collins, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Helen Wodak, Advocacy Manager
Ms Annabel Pengilley, Welfare Rights Solicitor
Ms Liz Turnbull, Welfare Rights
Solicitor
Central
Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (CAALAS) (via videoconference)
Mrs Patricia Miller AO, Director
Mr Mark O’Reilly, Principal Legal Officer
Ms Lauren Walker, Welfare Rights
Lawyer
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations
Mr Graham Carters, Deputy Secretary, Employment and Strategic
Policy
Mr William Goff, Assistant Director, School Enrolment and
Attendance Measure Implementation Team
Mr Stephen Goodwin, Acting Branch Manager, Northern Territory
Taskforce
Mr Geoff Kimber, Principal Government Lawyer
Mr Damien McGrath, Director, National Student Attendance Unit
Ms Teena Parkinson, Director, School
Enrolment and Attendance Measure Implementation Team
Department of Families,
Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Mr Gavin Matthews, Acting Branch
Manager, Welfare Payments Reform Branch
Centrelink
Mr Robert Hall, Business Manager,
School Enrolment and Attendance Project
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