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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