Public Hearing - Canberra, 5 September 2011

Commonwealth Funding and Administration of Mental Health

Public Hearing - Canberra, 5 September 2011

Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra

8.30 am - 7.00 pm

Time Witness

8.30 am - 9.00 am

Butterfly Foundation (Submission 190)
Mrs Christine Morgan, Chief Executive Officer

9.00 am - 10.30 am

Department of Human Services/ Department of Health and Ageing (Submission 199)
Department of Health and Ageing
Ms Rosemary Huxtable, Deputy Secretary
Mr Richard Bartlett, Medical Benefits Division
Ms Georgie Harman, Mental Health and Drug Treatment Division
Mr Alan Singh, Mental Health System Improvement Branch
Ms Fiona Nicholls, Mental Health Service Branch
Ms Phillipa Lowrey, Mental Health Early Intervention and Prevention Branch
Department of Human Services
Mr Doug Fawns, Health and Older Australians
Ms Malisa Golightly, Health and Older Australians

10.30 am - 10.45 am

Break

10.45 am - 11.25 am

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
(Submission 210)
Dr Maria Tomasic, President

11.25 am - 11.50 am

Suspension—Private Meeting

11.50 am - 12.30 pm

Australian General Practice Network (Submission 191)
Ms Leanne Wells, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Jennie Parham, Principal Network Adviser

12.30 pm - 1.15 pm

Lunch

1.15 pm - 1.55 pm

Psychologists Association South Australian Branch (Submission 215)

1.55 pm - 2.35 pm

National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum (Submission 202)

2.35 pm - 3.15 pm

Private Mental Health Consumer Carer Network (Submission 189)
Ms Janne McMahon, Independent Chair

3.15 pm - 3.55 pm

Federation of Ethnic Communities' Council of Australia (Submission 187) VIA TELECONFERENCE
Mr Pino Migliorino, Chair

3.55 pm - 4.10 pm

Break

4.10 pm - 4.50 pm

Professor Patrick McGorry VIA TELECONFERENCE
Professor Ian Hickie VIA TELECONFERENCE

4.50 pm - 5.30 pm

Australian Medical Association (Submission 185)
Dr Steve Hambleton, Federal President
Mr Francis Sullivan, Secretary General

5.30 pm - 6.10 pm

Mental Health Council of Australia (Submission 198)
Mr Frank Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer

6.10 pm - 6.20 pm

Break

6.20 pm - 7.00 pm

Association of Counselling Psychologists (Western Australia) (Submission 214)
Mr Benjamin Mullins, Chair

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Community Affairs References Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3515
Fax: +61 2 6277 5829
Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au