Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote
Indigenous Communities
Public hearing - Darwin, Thursday 21 May and Friday 22 May 2009
Litchfield Room, Northern Territory Parliament House
Mitchell St,
Darwin NT
Thursday, 21 May 2009
9:00am – 5:45pm
Time |
Witness |
9:00am – 9:45am |
NT Shelter (Sub No. 78)
Ms Toni Bromley, Executive Officer |
9:45am – 10:30am |
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) & Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (CAALAS) (Sub No. 24)
Ms Priscilla Collins, CEO (NAAJA)
Mr Mark O’Reilly, Principal Legal Officer (CAALAS)
Mr Glen Dooley, Principal Legal Officer (NAAJA)
Ms Helen Wodak, Advocacy Manager (NAAJA)
Mr Julian Johnson, Managing Civil Solicitor (NAAJA)
Ms Hannah Roe, Director (NAAJA) |
10:30am – 10:45am |
Morning tea break |
10:45am – 11:30am |
Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission (Sub No. 22)
Ms Suzan Cox QC, Director
Ms Fiona Hussin, Coordinator, Policy and Projects
Mr Michael Petterson, Indigenous Community Liaison Officer |
11:30am – 12:15pm |
Laynhapuy Homelands Association Incorporated (Sub No. 28)
Mr Barayuwa Mununggurr, Chairperson
Ms Yananymul Mununggurr, CEO
Mr Ric Norton, General Manager |
12:15pm – 1:15pm |
Lunch Break |
1:15pm – 2:00pm |
Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce
Mr Chris Young, Chief Executive Officer |
2:00pm – 2:45pm |
Outback Stores
Mr John Kop, Chief Executive Officer |
2:45pm – 3:00pm |
Afternoon Tea Break |
3:00pm – 3:45pm |
Northern Territory Police
Assistant Commissioner Grahame Kelly
Acting Commander Wayne Harris |
3:45pm – 4:30pm |
Batchelor Institute for Indigenous Tertiary Education
Witnesses TBC |
4:30pm – 5:15pm |
Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation
Ms Ilana Eldridge, CEO
Dr Catherine Holmes, Principal Researcher |
5:15pm – 5:45pm |
Acacia Larrakia Aboriginal Corporation
Witnesses TBC |
Friday, 22 May 2009
8:45am – 1:00pm
Time |
Witness |
8:45am – 9:25am |
School of Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Charles Darwin University (Sub No. 79)
Mr John Greatorex, Yolngu Studies Lecturer
Mr Yingiya Guyula, Yolngu Studies Lecturer |
9:25am – 10:10am |
Anglicare NT
Ms Coralie Nichols, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Ann Buxton, Executive Manager |
10:10am – 10:20am |
Morning tea break |
10:20am – 11:00am |
Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition (Sub no. 5)
Witnesses TBC |
11:00am – 12:00pm |
NTER Operational Command
Mr Michael Zissler, Commander
Mr Brian Aarons, Chief of Staff |
12:00pm – 1:00pm |
Northern Territory Government
Mr Ken Davies, Deputy Chief Executive, Chief Minister’s Department |
For further information, contact:
Senior Clerk's Office
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia