Appendix 2
Hearings and Witnesses
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane,
27 January 2009
Australian Mines and Metals Association
Mr Christopher Platt, General Manager, Workplace Policy
Ms Minna Knight, Director, Membership, Communications and
Media
Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Queensland
Mr Stephen Nance, State Manager, WR Services
Ms Margaret Darwin, Senior WR Advisor
Australian Local Government Association, QLD Branch
Mr Steve Cooney, CEO
Mr Anthony Goode, Director, Workforce and Organisational
Service
Queensland Council of Unions
Mr Ron Monaghan, General Secretary
Ms Deborah Ralston, Advocate
Ms Julie Bignell, ASU;
Mr Phillip Hodge, LHMU
Electrical Trades Union (Queensland)
Mr Peter Simpson, Assistant Secretary
Ms Kerry Inglis, Industrial Officer
Ms Patricia Carol,
Industrial Officer, Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union
Queensland Workplace Rights Ombudsman
Commissioner Don Brown
Ms Wendy Ussher, Investigating Officer
Professor David Peetz
Griffith University Business School
Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide,
28 January 2009
Professor Andrew Stewart
University of Adelaide
Business SA
Mr David Frith, Director of Policy
Mr Michael Sheehan, Senior Consultant
Mr Henrik Wallgren, Business Advisor
Master Builders Australia
Mr Wilhelm Harnisch, CEO
Mr Richard Calver, National Director Industrial Relations
Yum! Restaurants Australia
Mr Richard Wallis, Employee Relations Director
Mr Tim McDonald, Partner, Sparke Helmore
Perth Convention and Exhibition
Centre, Perth, 29 January 2009
Employment Law Centre of WA
Ms Toni Emmanuel, Principal Solicitor
Ms Sara Kane, Manager
Mr Michael Geelhoed , Paralegal & Volunteer
WA Government
Hon Troy Buswell MLA, Minister for Commerce
Ms Cara Breuder, Manager – Legal and Legislation
Mr Robert Horstman, Acting Executive Director, Labour
Relations Division, Department of Commerce, Western Australian Government
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, WA
Ms Marcia Kuhne, Manager, Workplace Relations Policy
Mr Daniel Lee, General Manager, Employee Relations
Mr Geoff Blyth, Group Workplace Relations Manager,
Compass Group (Australia) Pty Ltd
Mr Michael Borlase, Group Industrial Relations Manager, Clough
National Aquaculture Council
Mr Brian Jeffriess, CEO, Australian Southern Bluefish
Tuna Industry Association
Mr Brett McCallum, Pearl Producers Association
Unions WA
Mr Dave Robinson, Secretary
Ms Simone McGurk, Assistant Secretary
Ms Lolita Lamberto, Member
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, 16 February 2009
FairWear
Ms Liz Thompson, Co-ordinator
Ms Shelley Marshall, Committee Member
Ms Nguyet Nguyen, Clothing Outworker
Maritime Union of Australia (MUA)
Mr Paddy Crumlin, National Secretary
Mr Rod Pickette, Policy Executive Officer
Mr Bill McNally, Partner - W. G. McNally
Jones Staff, Lawyers
CPSU
Mr Stephen Jones, National Secretary
Ms Melissa Donnelly, Senior Legal Officer
Australian Retailers Association
Mr Richard Evans, Executive Director
Mr Toby Halls, Employment Relations Specialist
Australian Hotels Association
Mr Bill Healey, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Ross Clarke, Director, Industrial Relations
Australian Nurses Federation
Mr Nick Blake, National Industrial Officer
Mr Steve Ross, Industrial officer, Queensland
Branch
Ms Lisa Fitzpatrick, Member
Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union
Ms Michele O’Neil, National Secretary
Ms Bev Myers, National Industrial Officer
Ms Beth Macpherson, Officer
Stooke Consulting Group
Mr Warren Stooke
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, 17 February 2009
Shop, Distributive and Allied Employee's Association
Mr Joe DeBruyn, National
Secretary
Mr Ian Blandthorn, National
Assistant Secretary
Mr John Ryan, National Industrial Officer
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Peter Anderson, CEO
Mr Scott Barklamb, Acting Director Workplace
Policy
Mr Daniel Mammone, Manager, Workplace Relations and Legal
Affairs
Australian Business Industrial - NSW Business Chamber
Ms Leah Brown, Senior Workplace Policy Advisor
Mr Greg Pattison, GM, Workplace Solutions
Australian Services Union
Ms Linda White, Assistant National Secretary
Ms Ingrid Stitt, Secretary, Victorian Branch
Ms Lisa Darmanin, Assistant Secretary, Victorian Authorities
and Services Branch
Ms Clair Corbett, Association of Neighbourhood Houses and
Learning Centres
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Ms Sharan Burrow, President
Ms Cath Bowtell, Senior Industrial Officer
Mr Joel Fetter, Industrial Officer
Mr Jeff Lawrence, Secretary
Civil Contractors Federation
Mr Phil Marsh, President
Mr Rob Batchelor, Chair, WR Committee
Mr Chris White, Chief executive Officer
Ms Julie Abramson, National Policy Director
Australian Education Union
Mr Rob Durbridge, Federal Industrial Officer
Mr David Colley, Industrial Officer, Victorian Branch
Victorian Trades Hall Council
Mr Brian Boyd, Secretary
Mr Adam Bandt, Barrister
Mr Geoff Borenstein, In-House lawyer, Electrical Trades Union
Mr Peter Marshall, National Secretary, United
Firefighters Union
Ms Suzanne Hammond, Representative, Victorian Branch, Community
& Public Sector Union- State Public
Services Federation
Ms Bronwyn Halfpenny
Mr Dinh Nguyen, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
Ms Maria Scarfi, Toll Dnata
Cliftons Conference and Training
Facilities, Sydney, 18 February 2009
Australian Industry Group (AiG)
Ms Heather Ridout, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Stephen Smith, Director - National Workplace
Relations
Australian Workers' Union (AWU)
Mr Paul Howes, National Secretary
Mr Ben Swan, Assistant National Secretary
Mr Andrew Herbert, Counsel
Mr Marc De Carne, AWU
National Legal Officer
Cochlear Australia
Dr Chris Roberts, CEO
Mr Dig Howitt, Senior Vice-President,
Manufacturing and Logistics
Mr Joydeep Hor, Counsel, Harmers Lawyers
Asian Women at Work
Ms Lucy Fu - Member of Asian
Women at Work Action Group
Ms Angela Zhang - Chinese
Community Worker
Ms Hanh Le - Vietnamese
Community Worker
Ms Qi Fen Huang - Chinese
Community Worker
Ms Debbie Carstens - Development Officer
Dr John Buchanan*
Director, Workplace Research Centre, University
of Sydney
Investment and Financial Services Association
Mr Richard Gilbert, CEO
Mr Daniel Caruso, Senior Policy Manager
Mr Nicolette Rubinsztein, Convener of the IFSA Fees and
Charges WG
Financial Planning Association of Australia
Ms Jo-Anne Bloch, CEO
United Services Union
Mr Ben Kruse, General Secretary
Unions
NSW
Mr Mark Lennon, Secretary
Ms Alisha Wilde, Industrial Officer
Ms Sally McManus, Secretary, Australian Services Union of
NSW
Parliament House, Canberra, 19 February 2009
National Farmers Federation
Ms Denita Wawn, General Manager Workplace and Corporate
Relations
Minerals Council of Australia
Mr Mitchell Hooke, Chief Executive Officer
CEPU
Mr Peter Tighe, National Secretary
Mr Ed Husic, National President
Mr Lindsay Benfell, Senior National Industrial
Officer
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
(AMWU)
Mr Dave Oliver, National Secretary
Ms Lily Yin, NSW Branch
Mr Tim Chapman, NSW Branch
National Union of Workers
Mr Craig Shannon, Industrial Officer
Mr Derek Belan, NSW Branch Secretary
Mr John Cosgrove, QLD Branch Secretary
Mr Nick Threadgold, SA Branch Secretary
Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union
Mr Tim Ferrari, Assistant National Secretary
Police Federation of Australia
Mr Mark Burgess, CEO
Mr Chris Steele, AFPA
Mr Chris Kennedy, VPA
Mr Giuseppe Carabetta, University of Sydney
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Mr John Kovacic, Deputy
Secretary Workplace Relations
Ms Sandra Parker,
Group Manager, Workplace Relations Policy
Ms Natalie James,
Chief Counsel, Workplace Relations Legal
Ms Colette Shelley, Branch Manager, Workplace Relations
Policy Group
Ms Louise McDonough, Branch Manager, Workplace Relations
Policy Group
Mr Mark Roddam, Branch Manager, Workplace Relations
Policy Group
Mr Peter Cully, Branch Manager, Workplace Relations Legal
Group
Mr David Bohn, Branch Manager, Workplace Relations Legal
Group
Mr David De Silva, Branch Manager, Workplace Relations
Legal Group
Ms Elen Perdikogiannis, Branch Manager, Workplace
Relations Legal Group
Mr Henry Lis, Branch Manager, Workplace Relations Legal
Group
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