Appendix 2 - Hearings and
witnesses
Monday, 14 November 2005
- Department of Employment and
Workplace Relations
Mr Finn Pratt, Deputy
Secretary
Mr James Smythe, Chief
Counsel, Workplace Relations Legal Group
Mr
Les Andrews, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Wages and Conditions Policy Branch
Mr David Bohn, Assistant
Secretary, Legislation Reform Branch
Mr Peter Cully, Assistant
Secretary, Legislation Reform Branch, Workplace Relations Legal Group
Mr David De Silva, Assistant
Secretary, Legislation Policy Branch
Mr John Kovacic, Group
Manager, Workplace Relations Policy Group
Ms Louise McDonough, Assistant
Secretary, Wages and Conditions Policy Branch
Ms Dianne Merryfull, Assistant
Secretary, Legislation Reform Branch
- States and Territories
Ministers
Hon
Thomas Barton MLA, Minister for
Employment, Training and Industrial Relations, Queensland Government
Dr
Chris Burns MLA, Ministger for Public
Employent, Northern Territory Government
Hon
John Della Bosca MLC, Minister for
Industrial Relations, New South Wales Government
Ms
Katy Gallagher MLA, Minister for
Industrial Relations, Australia Capital Territory Government
Hon
Rob Hulls MLA, Minister for Industrial
Relations, Victorian Government
Mr
Anthony McRae MLA, Parliamentary
Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry, Western Australian Government
(representing the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection)
Ms
Lin Thorp, Member of the Legislative
Council, Tasmanian Government (representing the Minister for Industrial
Relations)
Hon
Michael Wright MHA, Minister for Industrial
Relations, South Australia
- Australian Industry Group
Ms
Heather Ridout, Chief Exective
Mr
Stephen Smith, Director, National
Industrial Relations
Mr
Ron Baragry, Legal Counsel, Workplace
Relations
- Enerprise Initiatives
Mr
Rob Thompson, Founding Director
- Uniting Church in Australia
Reverend Dr
Rodney Drayton, President, National
Assembly
Reverend Dr Ann Wansbrough, Senior
Policy Analyst, UnitingCare, New South Wales and the Australian Capital
Territory
Tuesday, 15 November 2005
- Restaurant and Catering Australia
Mr John Hart, Chief Executive Officer
- Housing Industry Association
Mr Scott Lambert, Executive Director, Industrial Relations and
Legal Services
Ms Elisabeth
Greenwood, Assistant Director, Business
Tax and Legal
Ms Marie Brown, Assistant Director Industrial Relations and
Legal Services
- Association of Professional Engineers,
Scientists and Managers, Australia
Mr Geoff Fary, Acting Chief Executive, Industrial Relations
Mr Eric Edwards, Workplace representative, CASA
Mr Russell Noud, Director
- National Farmers Federation
Mr Peter Corish, President
Mrs Denita Wawn, Workplace Relations
Manager and Industrial
Advocate
- Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Peter Hendy, Chief Executive
Mr Scott Barklamb, Assistant Director,
Workplace Relations
Mr Chris Harris, Senior Adviser,
Workplace Relations
- Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Ms Leyla Yilmaz, Manager, Industrial and Employee Relations
- Finance Sector Union
Mr Paul Schroder, National Secretary
Mr Rod Masson, National Campaign Officer
Ms Ingrid Geli, Union Representative
Mr Andrew Casidy, General Secretary,
Finsec
- Australian Services Union
Ms Linda White, Assistant National Secretary
Ms Vivien Voss, NSW Services Branch
Mr Neville Pearson, Member
Mr Ben Kruse, Manager, Legal and
Industrial, United Services Union
Ms Tanya Barton, Delegate, United
Services Union
Wednesday, 16 November 2005
- Australian Council of Trade Unions
Ms Sharan Burrow, President
Ms Cath
Bowtell, Industrial Officer
- Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees'
Association (SDA)
Mr Joe de Bruyn, National-Treasurer Secretary
Mr John Ryan, National
Industrial Officer
Ms Nicole Kim
- ACROD
Dr Ken Baker, Chief Executive
- Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
Mr Robert Altamore, Vice President
Ms Collette O’Neill, National Policy
Officer
- Job Futures
Ms Sheridan Dudley, Chief Executive
- Australian Nursing Federation
Ms Coral Levett, Federal President
Mr Nicholas Blake, Federal Industrial Officer
Ms Clare McGinness, Victorian Branch President
Ms Katrina Milbourne, Member
- COSBOA
Mr Tony Stephen, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Bob Stanton, Chair
- Small Business Union
Mr Graeme Haycroft, General Secretary
- FairWear
Ms Debbie Carstens, Chairperson, NSW
Ms Annie Delaney, Campaign Co-ordinator,
Vic
Ms Bich Thuy Pham, Vietnamese Community
Worker and Interpreter
Ms Hui Juan Liu, Chinese Interpreter
Ms Lillian Nguyen, Member
Ms Helena Chong, Member
Ms Kathryn Fawcett, Member FairWear
and National Industrial Officer, Textile Clothing and Footwear Union
Thursday, 17 November 2005
- Australian Workers Union
Mr
Bill Ludwig, National President
Mr Bill Shorten, National Secretary
Mr Andew Herbert, Legal
Adviser
- Human
Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Ms Pru Goward, Sex Discrimination
Commissioner
Ms Sally Moyle, Director, Sex Discrimination Unit
Ms Jo Tilly, Senior Policy Officer, Sex Discrimination Unit
Mr Jonathon Hunyor, Senior Legal
Officer
- Transport
Workers Union
Mr John Allan, Federal Secretary
Mr Linton Duffin, Federal Legal
Officer
Mr Mark Crosdale, Newcastle and
Northern Sub-branch Secretary
- Professor
David
Peetz, Head,
Department of Industrial Relations, Griffith University
- Dr Barbara Pocock, Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
- Professor
Andrew Stewart, School
of Law, Flinders University
- Ms
Robyn May, Research Fellow, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- Australian
Catholic Commission on Employment Relations
Mr John Ryan, Executive Officer
Mr Michael McDonald, Acting Chair
- Master
Builders Association of Australia
Mr Wilhelm Harnisch, Chief Executive
Officer
Mr Richard Calver, National Director,
Industrial Relations and Legal Counsel
- Recruitment
and Consulting Services
Association
Mr Charles Cameron, Policy Adviser
Mr Chris Burrell, Member, Workplace
Relations Committee
Friday, 18 November 2005
- Australian Mining and Metals Association
Mr Christopher Platt, National Industry
Manager
- University of Melbourne Law School
Dr Sean Cooney, Senior Lecturer
Ms Anna Chapman, Senior Lecturer
Dr Jill Murray, School of Law and Management, La Trobe University
Mr Glenn Patmore, Law School, University
of Melbourne
- Department of Employment and Workplace
Relations
Mr Finn Pratt, Deputy Secretary,
Workplace Relations
Mr James Smythe, Chief Counsel,
Workplace Relations Legal Group
Mr John Kovacic, Group Manager,
Workplace Relations Policy Group
Ms Natalie James, Assistant
Secretary, Legislation Reform Branch
Mr David Bohn, Assistant Secretary,
Legislation Reform Branch
Ms Diane Merryfull, Assistant
Secretary, Legislation Reform Branch
Mr Peter Cully, Assistant Secretary,
Legislation Reform Branch
Mr David De Silva, Assistant
Secretary, Legislation Policy Branch
Ms Louise McDonough, Assistant
Secretary, Workplace Relations Policy Group
Mr Les Andrews, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Wages and Conditions Policy Branch, Workplace Relations Policy Group
Ms Lucy Keogh, Director, Legislation
Reform Branch, Workplace Relations Legal Group
Ms Liesl Centenera, Director,
Legislation Reform Branch, Workplace Relations Legal Group
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