Public hearing - Canberra, Monday 4 March 2013

Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012

Public hearing - Canberra, Monday 4 March 2013

Time: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra

9.00 am - 9.45 am

Disability Advocacy Network Australia (Submission 516)
Ms Andrea Simmons – Chief Executive Officer
Mr David Owen – Policy Consultant

9.45 am - 10.30 am

ADACAS (Submission 582)
Ms Fiona May – Chief Executive Officer
Ms Leanne Annette
Ms Jane Harriss

Communities@Work (Submission 410)
Ms Lynne Harwood – Chief Executive Officer

10.30 am - 10.45 am

Break

10.45 am - 11.30 am

United Voice (Submission 620)
Ms Sue Lines – Assistant National Secretary
Ms Meg Spalding – Member

Health Services Union (Submission 565)
Ms Leigh Svendsen – National Industrial Officer
Mr Lloyd Williams – Senior National Assistant Secretary
/Acting National Secretary

11.30 am - 12.15 pm

National People With Disabilities and Carer Council (Submission 612)
Dr Rhonda Galbally AO – Chair

12.15 pm - 1.00 pm

Carers Australia (Submission 672)
Ms Ara Cresswell - Chief Executive Officer
Ms Helen Johnson - Member of the Board
Ms Susan Tower - Policy Officer
Parents of Deaf Children (via teleconference) (Submission 579)
Ms Kate Kennedy -Coordinator, Information and Advocacy
Occupational Therapy Australia (Submission 544)
Ms Rachel Norris - Chief Executive Officer
Mr Karl Charikar - National Policy Manager
Dr Rachael McDonald - Member

1.00 pm - 1.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 pm - 2.30 pm

Polio Australia (Submission 637)
Dr John Tierney
Ms Gillian Thomas - Vice-President
Youngcare (Submission 559)
Mr David Conry Chairman
Ms Anna Cox General Manager Strategy and Research
Brain Injury Australia (Submission 528)
Mr Nick Rushworth, Executive Officer
Dr Derek Brookes - Policy Officer

2.30 pm - 3.30 pm

Council for the Ageing ( Submission 617)
Mr Ian Yates AM - Chief Executive
Ms Josephine Root - National Policy Manager
Mrs Pat Sparrow - Director, Aged Care Reform
National Seniors Australia (Submission 616)
Mr Michael O'Neill - Chief Executive Officer
Ms Marie Skinner - Senior Policy Advisor
Macular Disease Foundation Australia (formerly Macular Degeneration Foundation) (Submission 556)
Ms Julie Heraghty - Chief Executive Officer
Mr Rob Cummins
Mr Mark Choo

3.30 pm - 3.45 pm

Break

3.45 pm - 4.30 pm

People with Disability Australia (Submission 557)
Mr Craig Wallace- President

Mr Matthew Bowden - Executive Director
Ms Ngila Bevan - Advocacy Projects Manager
Children with Disabilities Australia (Submission 607)
Ms Stephanie Gotlib - Executive Officer
Mr John Forster - Member

4.30 pm - 5.15 pm

Mental Health Commission of New South Wales (No Submission)
Mr John Feneley, NSW Mental Health Commissioner
VICSERV (Submission 611)
Ms Elizabeth Crowther - President

5.15 pm - 6.00 pm

National Disability Services (Submission 590)
Dr Ken Baker - Chief Executive
Ms Philippa Angley - National Policy Manager

6.00 pm

Adjourn

For further information, contact:

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

Phone: +61 2 6277 3518
Fax: +61 2 6277 5829
Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au