APPENDIX 2

Public Hearing

Monday, 15 November 2010

Parliament House, Canberra

Committee Members in attendance:

Senator Claire Moore (Chair)

Senator Rachel Siewert (Deputy Chair)

Senator Judith Adams

Senator Sue Boyce

Senator Mitch Fifield

Senator Mark Furner

Witnesses

National Ethnic Disability Alliance

Ms Sibylle Kaczorek, Executive Officer

Mr Hugh Borrowman

National Welfare Rights Network

Ms Kate Beaumont, Vice President

Mr Gerard Thomas, Policy Officer

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Ms Michalina Stawyskyj, Branch Manager, International Branch

Mr Philip Moufarrige, Section Manager, International Policy

Mr Andrew Hatch, Section Manager, DSP Policy and Review