Public hearing - Canberra, Friday 13 March 2009

Inquiry into residential and community aged care in Australia

Public hearing - Canberra, Friday 13 March 2009

8:30am – 3:45pm
Committee Room 2R1, Parliment House
Canberra ACT 2600

Time

Witness

8:30am – 9:15am

Catholic Health Australia – Sub 75
Mr Martin Laverty, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Nick Mersiades, Policy Consultant

9:15am – 10:15am

Australian Medical Association – Sub 14
Mr Francis Sullivan, Secretary General
Dr Peter Ford, Chair, AMA Committee for Healthy Ageing

Australian General Practice Network – Sub 68
Dr Annette Carruthers, Chair, Aged Care Taskforce
Ms Liesel Wett, Deputy Chief Executive Officer

10:15am – 11:00am

Uniting Care Australia – Sub 76
Ms Lin Hatfield Dodds, National Director
Ms Robyn Batten, Chair, Uniting Care Aged Care Network

11:00am – 11:15am

Break

11:15am – 11:45am

COTA Over 50s Ltd – Sub 93
Mr Ian Yates AM, Chief Executive, COTA Seniors Voice

11:45am – 12:30pm

Aged Care Association Australia – Sub 92
Mr Bryan Dorman, President
Mr Francis Cook, Vice President
Mr Rod Young, Chief Executive Officer

12:30pm – 1:15pm

Lunch

1:15pm – 2:00pm

Anglicare Aged Care South Australia – Sub 105
(see also Anglicare – Sub 67)
Dr Lynn Arnold AO, Chief Executive
Mr Peter Wright, Executive Manager Aged Care

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Alzheimer's Australia – Sub 87
Mr Glenn Rees, National Executive Director
Ms Michelle McGrath, Executive Director, ACT
Mrs Kaye Pritchard, Carer
Mr Harold Milham, Carer

2:30pm - 3:45pm

Department of Health and Ageing – Sub 114
Mr Andrew Stuart, First Assistant Secretary, Ageing and Aged Care Division
Ms Carolyn Smith, First Assistant Secretary, Office of Aged Care Quality and Compliance
Dr David Cullen, Assistant Secretary, Policy and Evaluation Branch

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Finance and Public Administration
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3439
Fax: +61 2 6277 5809
Email: fpa.sen@aph.gov.au