APPENDIX 2
Public Hearings
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Trish
Crossin
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs
Mr Rob Heferen,
Deputy Secretary
Mr Barry Sandison,
Acting Deputy Secretary
Mr Anthony Field,
Group Manager, Legal and Compliance
Ms Cath Halbert,
Group Manager, Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
Dr Bruce Smith,
Branch Manager, Indigenous Policy
Mr Gavin Matthews,
Branch Manager, Welfare Payments Reform
Mr John Litchfield,
Branch Manager, Land Reform
Attorney-General's
Department
Ms Helen Daniels,
Assistant Secretary, Copyright and Classifications Policy Branch
Ms Sarah Chidgey,
Assistant Secretary, Criminal Law and Law Enforcement Branch
Thursday, 11 February
2010
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Deputy Chair)
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Trish
Crossin
Senator Mitch
Fifield
Senator Mark Furner
Senator Gary
Humphries
Senator Kate Lundy
Witnesses
Amnesty
International Australia
Mr Mark Burness,
Government Relations Manager
Dr Robyn Seth-Purdie,
Government Relations Advisor
Mr Lucas Jordan,
Research Officer
Ms Monica Morgan,
Campaign Officer
Mr Gregory Marks,
Consultant
Monday, 15 February 2010
Darwin Convention Centre, Northern Territory
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Trish
Crossin
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Northern
Territory Government Agencies
Mr Ken Davies,
Chief Executive
Department of
Housing, Local Government and Regional Services
Ms Clare
Gardiner-Barnes, Acting Executive Director, NT Families and Children,
Department of
Health and Families
Mr Alan Green,
Executive, Department of Education and Training
Mr Robert Kendrik,
A/g Assistant Commissioner, Operations Services, NT Police
Miss Elizabeth
Morris, Deputy CEO, Policy Coordination, Department of Justice
Mr Doug Phillips,
Executive Director, Business Support,
Department of
Business and Employment
North Australian
Aboriginal Justice Agency
Ms Ruby Walker,
Board Director for the Katherine Region
Mr Vernon Patullo,
Board Director
Ms Hannah Roe,
Board Director
Ms Annabel
Pengilley, Welfare Rights Solicitor (Darwin)
Mr Jared Sharp,
Advocay Manager
Ms Nadia Rosenman,
Welfare Rights Solicitor (Katherine)
Northern Territory
Legal Aid Commission
Ms Suzan Cox QC,
Director
Law Society of
the Northern Territory
Ms Barbara
Bradshaw, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Barbie
McDermott, Project Officer, Research and Policy
Larrakia Nation
Aboriginal Corporation
Ms Alana Eldridge,
Chief Executive Officer
Aboriginal
Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory
Mr John Paterson,
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Chips
Mackinolty, Manager of Policy and Stretegy
Fred Hollows
Foundation
Ms Joy Mclaughlin,
Manager, Indigenous Programs
Outback Stores
Mr Warren Bretag,
Business Development Manager
Ms Megan Ferguson,
Health and Wellbeing Manager
Northern Land
Council
Mr Kim Hill, Chief
Executive Officer
Mr Wali
Wunungmurra, Chairman
Mr Samuel
Bush-Blenasi, Deputy Chairman
Wednesday, 17 February
2010
Chifley Alice Springs Resort, Alice Springs
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Trish
Crossin
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Central Land
Council
Mr David
Ross,Director
Ms Jane Weepers,
Senior Policy Officer
Mr Daniel Kelly,
Senior Solicitor
Mr David Avery,
Lawyer
Tangentyere
Council and Central Australian Youth Link Up Service
Mr Tristan Ray,
Manager
Mr Blair McFarland
Mr Harry Nelson
Ms Barbara Shaw
Ms Elaine
Peckham
Mr Richard Downs
Mrs Valerie
Martin
Mrs Raelene
Silverton
Central
Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service
Ms Patricia Miller,
CEO
Ms Emily Webster
Ms Lauren Walker
Ms Elise Rivett
Northern
Territory Council of Social Services
Ms Wendy Morton,
Executive Director
Ms Jonathan
Pilbrow, Central Australian Policy Officer
Ngaanyatjarra
Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council
Ms Vicki Gillick,
Coordinator
Monday, 22 February 2010
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Trish
Crossin
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Western
Australian Department for Child Protection
Ms Fiona Lander,
Executive Director
Ms Susan Diamond, A/g
Director Child Protection
Western
Australian Council of Social Services
Ms Sue Ash, Chief
Executive Officer
Ms Lorilee
Beecroft, Senior Policy Officer
UnitingCare West
Mr Chris Hall,
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Melissa Del
Borrello, Corporate Projects Officer
Thursday, 25 February
2010
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Trish
Crossin
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
National Welfare
Rights Network
Ms Katherine
Beaumont, President
Ms Genevieve
Bolton, NWRN Delegate
Mr Gerard Thomas,
NWRN Delegate
Ms Liz Turnbull,
NWRN Delegate
Law Council of
Australia
Mr Nick Parmeter
Dr Sarah Pritchard
Dr Peter
Billings
Dr Anthony
Cassimatis
ANU College of
Law and ANU National Centre for Indigenous Studies
Adjunct Professor
Peter Bailey, Adjunct Professor
Ms Jo-Anne Weinman,
Research Associate, National Centre for Indigenous Studies
Mr Ernst Willheim,
Visiting Fellow
Friday, 26 February 2010
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Chair)
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Trish
Crossin
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Brotherhood of
St Laurence
Professor Paul
Smythe, General Manager, Research and Policy Centre
Ms Amy Stockwell,
Head, Government Relations
ANGLICARE
Australia
Ms Kasy Chambers,
Executive Director
St Vincent de
Paul
Dr John Falzon,
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Jonathan Campton,
Research Officer
Salvation Army
Major David
Eldridge, Territorial Social Program Director
Ms Wilma Gallet,
Strategic Adviser
UnitngCare
Australia
Ms Karen Bevan,
Director of Social Justice
Ms Susan Helyar,
Acting National Director
Australian Council
of Social Services
Hon Clare Martin,
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Peter Davidson,
Senior Policy Officer
Ms Jacqueline
Phillips, Policy Officer
Human Rights
Commission
Mr Mick Gooda,
Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Mr Graeme Innes,
Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner
Mr Darren Dick,
Acting Director, Policy and Programs
Ms Christine
Fougere, Deputy Director, Legal Services
Professor John
Altman
Jumbunna
Indigenous House of Learning (Research Unit), University of Technology, Sydney
Ms Alison Vivian
Combined
Pensioners and Superannuants Association of New South Wales Inc.
Ms Charmaine Crowe
Department of
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Mr Rob Heferen,
Deputy Secretary
Mr Barry Sandison,
Acting Deputy Secretary
Mr Anthony Field,
Group Manager
Mr John Litchfield,
Group Manager, Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
Ms Cath Halbert,
Group Manger, Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
Mr Gavin Matthews,
Branch Manager, Welfare Payments Reform
Dr Bruce Smith,
Branch Manager
Ms Elizabeth Stehr,
Branch Manager, Money Management
Attorney-General's
Department
Ms Sarah Chidgey,
Assistant Secretary
Ms Helen Daniels,
Assistant Secretary
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