APPENDIX 2

Public Hearings

Friday, 5 February 2010
Parliament House, Canberra

Committee Members in attendance:
Senator Helen Polley (Chair)
Senator Scott Ryan (Deputy Chair)
Senator Doug Cameron
Senator Jacinta Collins
Senator Helen Kroger
Senator the Hon George Brandis
Senator Scott Ludlam

Witnesses

Commonwealth Ombudsman
Professor John McMillan AO

The Right to Know Coalition
Mr Michael McKinnon

Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet 
Ms Joan Sheedy, Assistant Secretary, Privacy & FOI Policy Branch
Ms Maia Ablett, Senior Advisor, Privacy & FOI Policy Branch

Law Council of Australia
Mr Mark Robinson, Committee Member
Ms Téa Paris, Policy Lawyer

Monday, 15 February 2010

Victorian Parliamentary Committee Rooms, Melbourne

Committee Members in attendance:
Senator Helen Polley (Chair)
Senator Scott Ryan (Deputy Chair)
Senator Doug Cameron
Senator Helen Kroger
Senator Scott Ludlam (via teleconference)

Witnesses

Associate Professor Moira Paterson

Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University

Mr Peter Timmins, Managing Director, Timmins Consulting (via teleconference)

Australian Press Council
Mr Jack Hermann (via teleconference)

Australian Law Reform Commission
Professor Rosalind Croucher (via teleconference)

Victorian Privacy Commissioner
Ms Helen Versey, Privacy Commissioner
Ms Felicity Wright, Policy and Compliance Officer

Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Ms Elizabeth Simpson, Solicitor (via teleconference)

Liberty Victoria
Professor Zifcak

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