Appendix 2

Public Hearings

Thursday, 4 November 2021
Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Dr Karen Price, President
Dr Michael Clements, Rural Chair
Australian Medical Association
Dr Chris Moy, Vice President
Associate Professor Peter Macguire, Council of Rural Doctors
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
Dr Sarah Chalmers, President
Dr Ewen McPhee, Past President
Rural Doctors Association of Australia
Dr Megan Belot, President
Dr John Hall, President
National Rural Health Alliance
Ms Gabrielle O'Kane, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Clare Fitzmaurice, Policy and Data Analytics Officer
Rural Workforce Agency Network
Mr Chris Mitchell, Chair
Mr Edward Swan, Executive Officer, Representation and Engagement
James Cook University
Professor Richard Murray, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Division of Tropical Health and Medicine
Associate Professor Peta Anne Teague, Associate Dean, Strategy and Engagement, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine
Professor Sabrina Knight AM, Director, Murtupuni Center for Rural and Remote Health
Associate Professor Catrina Felton-Busch, Remote Indigenous Health and Workforce
Mr Kane Langdon, James Cook University 6th Year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Student
Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Mr Simon Blacker, ACT Branch President and Chair of Community Pharmacies for Rural and Indigenous Australia Sub-committee
Ms Claire Bekema, Senior Pharmacist Clinical Governance and Workforce
Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner
Professor Ruth Stewart, National Rural Health Commissioner
Primary Health Network Cooperative
Mr Matt Jones, Chief Executive Officer
Department of Health
Ms Penny Shakespeare, Deputy Secretary, Health Resourcing Group
Mr Matthew Williams, First Assistant Secretary, Health Workforce Division
Dr Susan Wearne, Medical Advisor, Health Workforce Division
Mr Martin Rocks, Assistant Secretary, Health Training Branch
Ms Louise Clarke, Assistant Secretary, Rural Access Branch
Mr Nick Pascual, Assistant Secretary, Bonded Taskforce
Ms Teresa Gorondi, Assistant Secretary, Health Workforce Reform Branch
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Frank Edwards Room
Erina Leagues Club
18 Ilya Avenue
Erina
Dr Shamila Beattie, Private capacity
Dr Bradley Cranney, Private capacity
Dr Gordon Reid, Private capacity
Dr Aniello Iannuzzi, Private capacity
Central Coast Community Women's Health Centre
Ms Robyn Moore, Board Chair
Central Coast General Practice Association
Dr Con Mafohla, Founder
Dr Ameeta Patel, Member
Mrs Claudine Restom, Member
Dr Adam Moody, Member
Central Coast Skin Cancer Clinic
Ms Jillian Power, Practice Manager
Australasian College of Paramedicine
Mr John Bruning, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Michelle Murphy, Advocacy and Government Relations Lead
Rural and Remote Medical Services
Mr Mark Burdack, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Richard Anicich AM, Board Chair
NSW Rural Doctors Network
Mr Richard Colbran, Chief Executive Officer
Associate Professor John Kramer OAM, Board Chair
Monday, 24 January 2022
Hotel Grand Chancellor
Chancellor room 6
Launceston
Dr Emil Djakic, Private capacity
Launceston Medical Centre
Dr Jerome Muir Wilson, Practice Principal
Deloraine & Westbury Medical Centre
Dr Johannes Schonborn, Medical Director
Mr Goran Mujkic, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Tanya Barrett, Practice Manager
Derwent Valley Council
Mr Dean Griggs, General Manager
Women's Health Tasmania
Ms Jo Flanagan, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Lucy Shannon, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Health Consumers Tasmania
Professor Judi Walker, Board Chair
General Practice Training Tasmania
Ms Judy Dew, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Paul Viney, Board Chair
HR+ Tasmania
Mr Peter Barns, Chief Executive Officer
Ochre Health
Dr Hamish Meldrum, Director and Founder
Mr Matthew Chudley, National GP Recruitment & Engagement Manager
Professor Neil Spike AM
Director of Medical Education & Training, Eastern Victoria GP Training
Dr Toby Gardner
Lecturer General Practice and Community Care School of Medicine, University of Tasmania
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
The Conference Room
The Alexander Motel
Whyalla
GPEx
Dr Tony Sherbon, Chairman
Ms Stephanie Clota, Chief Executive Officer
Nganampa Health Council
Dr Martin Kelly, Senior Medical Officer
Streaky Bay Medical Clinic
Mr Jonas Woolford, Chair
Novita
Ms Cathryn Blight, General Manager Regional Services
Dr Gerard Quigley
Principal, Lower Eyre Family Practice
Regional Council of Goyder
Mr David Stevenson, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Peter Mattey OAM, Mayor
District Council of Kimba
Mrs Debra Larwood, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Dean Johnson, Mayor
District Council of Streaky Bay
Mr Travis Barber, Mayor
Australia Health Alliance
Mr John McMahon, Director
Ms Gemma Gough, Senior Operations Manager
Northern Eyre Peninsula Health Alliance
Mr Shane Gill, Board Member
Mr Dean Johnson, Board Member
Dr Amanda Bethell
Chairperson, Flinders and Far North Doctors Association
Rural Doctors Association of South Australia
Dr Peter Rischbieth, President
Dr Gerry Considine, Vice President
Dr Phil Tideman, Vice President
Dr Dianna Carr, Vice President
Rural Doctors Workforce Agency - South Australia
Ms Lyn Poole, Chief Executive Officer
Flinders University
Professor Robyn Aitken, Dean, Rural and Remote Health South Australia
Professor Alison Jones, Dean, Education, College of Medicine and Health
Associate Professor Christine Dennis, Rural and Remote Health South Australia
University of Adelaide - Adelaide Rural Clinic School
Professor Lucie Walters, Director
University of South Australia - Department of Rural Health
Associate Professor Martin Jones, Director
Monday, 7 March 2022
The Peninsula Room
Frankston Arts Centre
Melbourne
Wallan Family Practice
Dr Dennis Holland, Principal GP
Ms Julie Briggs, Practice Manager
Mediq Wallan Medical Clinic
Dr Selim Shubbar, Clinic Director
Mrs Manar Shubbar, Practice Manager
Langwarrin Medical Clinic
Ms Tegan Whatley, Practice Manager
Co-Health
Dr Kim Webber, Executive Lead, Strategy, Impact and Development
Ms Caroline Radowski, Network Director, Clinical and Practice Excellence
Dr Nicole Allard, General Practitioner
Total Care Medical Clinic
Ms Lucina Wilk, Director
Hall Road Medical Centre
Dr Ahmed Tilly, Practice Principal
Ms Mandy Williams, Practice Manager
Balnarring Medical Centre
Mr Simon Spalding, Nurse, Administration
ForHealth (including Young St Medical Clinics)
Mr Andrew Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, ForHealth
Mr Andrew Crow, Director, ForHealth Victoria
Dr Carolyn Roesler, Regional Clinical Director, South Australia
MyHealth Bayside
Dr Ravi Ravoori, Practice Principal
Ballarto Road and St Mary's Medical Centre
Mrs Rachael Hatzopoulos, Operations Manager
Dr Ehab Mostokly, Principal GP
Dr Awad William Ghattas, Principal GP
Dr Li Yan, Principal GP
Dr Jaspreet Gill, Former Employee of Ballarto Road and St Mary's Medical Centre
Allied Health Professions Australia
Mrs Claire Hewat, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Chris Atmore, Manager, Policy and Advocacy
Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association and Australian College of Nurse Practitioners
Mr Ken Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association
Ms Leanne Boase, President, Australian College of Nurse Practitioners
Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association
Mr Slade Carter, Director of Policy
Dr Julian Adler, President
Mr Chris Kane, Chief Executive Officer
Alecto Australia
Ms Martina Stanley, Director
Ms Megan Lewis, Registration Manager
Westgate Community Health
Ms Liz Hunter, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Stephen O'Shea, Doctor
Dr Kay Whitfield
Australian Medical Student Association
Ms Jasmine Davis, President
Monash University
Professor Michelle Leech, Deputy Dean, Medicine
Professor Danielle Mazza, Head, Department of General Practice
Associate Professor Michael Nowotny, Director of Gippsland Regional Training Hub, Monash Rural Health
Dr Cylie Williams, School of Primary and Allied Health Care
The University of Melbourne
Professor Lena Sanci, Chair of General Practice, Melbourne Medical School
Dr Steve Bismire, Deputy Director, Medical Education Rural Clinical School
Professor Steve Trumble, GP and Head, Department of Medical Education
Professor Lisa Bourke, Director, Department of Rural Health
Deakin University
Professor Gary Rogers, Dean of Medicine
Associate Professor Lara Fuller, Director, Rural Community Clinical School
Dr Eldon Lyon, Senior Lecturer, Rural Medicine Education General Practice
Department of Health
Dr Brendan Murphy, Secretary
Ms Penny Shakespeare, Deputy Secretary, Health Financing
Mr Matthew Williams, First Secretary, Health Workforce
Mr Martin Rocks, Assistant Secretary, Health Training
Ms Louise Clarke, Assistant Secretary, Rural Access
Mr Pat Janek, Acting Assistant Secretary, Health Workforce Surge Taskforce
Ms Teresa Gorondi, Assistant Secretary, Health Workforce Reform Branch
Dr Susan Wearne, Medical Officer
Ms Maureen McCarty, Director
Department of Education, Skills, and Employment
Mr Dom English, First Assistant Secretary, Higher Education Division
Ms Kate Chipperfield, Assistant Secretary, Funding and Students Branch
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Mayfair Ridge Tavern
7/11 Mayfair Drive
Emerald, QLD
Dr Ewan McPhee, Private capacity
Dr John Denness, Private capacity
Nhulundu Health Service
Mr Matthew Cooke, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Jennifer Kerr, Clinical Practice Manager
Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council
Councillor Joshua Weazel, Mayor
Headspace
Ms Hayley Mattson-Finger, Manager of Children, Youth and Families
Australian Medical Association
Dr Marco Giuseppin, Chair, Council of Rural Doctors
Dr John Saul, Tasmania Vice President and GP Council Representative
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health
Ms Catherine Maloney, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Lisa Baker, Board Director
Mr Allan Groth, Director of Policy and Strategy
Central Queensland Rural Division of General Practice
Ms Sandra Corfield, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Margo Purcell, Board Chair
Ms Kristy Briggs, Provisional Psychologist
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Mr Frank Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Lauren Gale, Director, Programs and Policy
Rural Doctors Association of Queensland
Dr Matt Masel, President-Elect
Isaac Regional Council
Councillor Anne Baker, Mayor
Gladstone Regional Council
Councillor Matt Burnett, Mayor
Central Highlands Community Services
Mr Blake Repine, Chief Executive Officer
Moura MPHS Community Advisory Group
Ms Debbie Elliott, Chair
Ms Nancy Rowe, Secretary
ZONTA Club of Biloela
Ms Angela Fredericks, Club Member
Ms Genevieve Dippel, Club Member
Central Highlands Development Corporation
Mr Arjan Bloemer, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Peter Dowling, Manager, Business and Investment Attraction
Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service
Dr David Molhoek, Acting Director of Medical Services
Central Queensland University
Professor Michelle Bellingan, Dean, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
James Cook University
Professor Richard Murray, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine
Professor Sabina Knight, Director, Central Queensland Centre for Rural and Remote Health
Ms Emma-Lee May, Student
Associate Professor Catrina Felton-Busch, Director, Murtupuni Centre for Rural and Remote Health
Dr Mitchell Christensen, Graduate
General Practice Training Queensland
Ms Kathie Sadler, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Eleanor Chew, Chair

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