Appendix 2Public hearings

Monday, 9 October 2023

Committee Room 2S3, Parliament House

Canberra, ACT

Disability Advocacy Network Australia

El Gibbs, Director, Policy and Advocacy - via videoconference

People With Disability Australia

Mx Giancarlo de Vera, Senor Manager, Policy - via videoconference

National Ethnic Disabilities Alliance

Ms Neha Prakash, Director of Strategy

First People Disability Network Australia

Ms Vanamali (Mali) Hermans, Senior Policy Officer - via videoconference

Children and Young People with Disability Australia

Ms Skye Kakoschke-Moore, Chief Executive Officer - via videoconference

Inclusion Australia

Mr Maeve Kennedy, Senior Manager, Policy and Projects - via videoconference

Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

Ms Lauren Henley, Senior Systemic Advocate - via videoconference

Australian Human Rights Commission

Professor Rosalind Croucher, President - via videoconference

Ms Sophia Spada-Rinaldis, Director Disability Rights Team

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights

Ms Natalie Wade, Disability Rights Chair - via videoconference

JPA Purple Orange

Mr James Murphy, Policy and Research Officer - via videoconference

Ms Tracey Wallace, Strategy Leader - via videoconference

NSW Disability Council

Associate Professor Jill Duncan, Acting Chair - via videoconference

Mrs Jodie Hodger, Committee Member - via videoconference

Centre for Disability Research and Policy

Professor Jennifer Smith-Merry, Director - via videoconference

Centre for Disability Studies

Associate Professor Mary-Ann O’Donovan, Executive Director - via videoconference

Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health

Dr Glenda Bishop, Research Fellow - via videoconference

Australian Institute of Family Studies

Ms Liz Neville, Acting Director - via videoconference

Dr Jade McEwen, Research Fellow - via videoconference

Commonwealth Ombudsman

Mr Iain Anderson, Ombudsman

Department of Social Services

Mr Luke Mansfield, Group Manager, Disability Strategy and Commonwealth Disability Royal Commission Task Force

Ms Bronwyn Worswick, Group Manager, Chief Counsel Legal Services