Appendix 2
Witnesses who appeared before the committee at public hearings
Thursday 13 and Friday 14 November 2008
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator
Adams
Senator
Crossin
Senator
Johnston
Senator
Moore
Senator
Scullion
Witnesses
National
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission
Mr Graeme Mundine, Executive Secretary
Ms Gabrielle Russell-Mundine, Project Officer
Minerals Council
of Australia
Ms Melanie Stutsel, Environment and Social Policy
Ms Sarah Fuller, Assistant Director, Social Policy
National Rural
Health Alliance
Mr Gordon Gregory, Executive
Director
Mr Andrew Robert Phillips,
Policy Advisor
Professor Jon
Altman
Department of
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Mr Bernie Yates, Deputy Secretary
Ms Amanda Cattermole, Group Manager, Indigenous Remote
Service Delivery Group
Ms Donna Moody, Group Manager, Program Performance
Group
Mr Matthew James, Branch Manager, Performance and
Evaluation Branch, Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
Mr Gavin Matthews, Welfare Payments Reform Branch,
Families Group
Wednesday 4 March
2009
Town Hall, Adelaide
(Held in conjunction with Senate
Standing Committee on Community Affairs)
Committee Members in attendance
Senator
Bilyk
Senator
Boyce
Senator
Humphries
Senator
Johnston
Senator
Moore
Senator
Scullion
Senator
Siewert
Witnesses
UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide
Ms Sue
Park, Chief Executive
Mr
Jonathan Nicholls, Senior Policy Officer
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol Council SA
Mr Scott
Wilson, Director
Mr
Christopher Perry, Project Office, Making Tracks
BP
Australia
Mr Gavin
Jackman, Director, Government Affairs
Mr Chris
McKenzie, Fuels Marketing Programme Manager
South
Australian government
Ms Nerida
Saunders, Executive Director, Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division,
Department for The Premier and Cabinet
Ms Kim
Petersen, Director Remote Communities, Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation
Division, Department for The Premier and Cabinet
Women's
Legal Service SA Inc
Ms
Marilyn Wright, Senior solicitor/co-ordinator
Ms Zeta
Ngor, solicitor in Port Augusta
Mrs Grace
Miller, Aboriginal Women’s Community Worker
National
Centre for Education and Training on Addiction
Professor
Ann Roche, Director
School
of Medicine, Flinders University
Associate
Professor Dennis McDermott, Indigenous Health
Friday 1 May 2009
Voyages Resort,
Alice Springs
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Adams
Senator Crossin
Senator Moore
Senator Scullion
Senator Siewert
Witnesses
Central Australian Youth Link Up Service
Mr Blair McFarland, Coordinator
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress NT
Ms Stephanie Bell, Director
Ms Helen Kantawara, Chairperson
Ms Betty Carter, Congress Committee
Dr John Boffa, Public Health and Medical Officer
NT Chamber of Commerce (Alice Springs Branch)
Ms Kay Eade,
Executive Officer
Ms Julie Ross, Chairperson
Alice
Springs Woman's Shelter
Ms Dale Wakefield,
Coordinator
Tangentyere
Council Inc
Mr William
Tilmouth, Executive Director
Mr John Adams,
Manager, Family and Youth Services
Miss Barbara
Shaw, Mount Nancy town camp resident
Ngaanyatjarra
Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPY) Women's Council
Ms Margaret Smith,
Chairperson
Ms Julie Anderson,
Director
Ms Vicki
Gillick, Coordinator
Ms Leonie
Cameron
Mental
Health Association of Central Australia
Ms Claudia
Manu-Preston, General Manager
Ms Christine Kipps,
Clinical Psychologist
Ms Laurencia Grant,
Life Promotion Program Manager
Central
Australian Mental Health Service
Dr Anne Noonan,
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Marcus Tabart,
Consultant Psychiatrist
Wednesday 20 May
2009
Katherine Town Council Chambers, Katherine
Committee Members
in attendance
Senator
Adams
Senator
Moore
Senator
Scullion
Witnesses
Victoria Daly Shire Council
Councillor Donald Wegener, Mayor
Mr Gregory Arnott, Director, Corporate and Community
Services
Katherine Town Council
Councillor Anne Shepherd, Mayor
Mr Geoff Brooks, Chief Executive Officer
Mimi Arts and Crafts Aboriginal Corporation
Mrs Barbara Ambjerg Pedersen, Manager/Coordinator
Ms Marilyn Nakamarra, Art worker
Mr Jim Croker, Art worker
Sunrise Health Service
Ms Suzi Demos, Projects and Communications Officer
Ms Irene Fisher, Chief Executive Officer
Roper Gulf Shire Council
Councillor Tony Jack, Mayor
Mr Michael Berto, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Barry Robinson, Chairperson, Barunga Community
Mungoorbada Aboriginal Corporation
Mr Tony Jack, Councillor
Mr William South, Chief Executive Officer
Rivers Region Youth Development Services
Mr William Daw, Board Member, Rivers Region Youth
Development Services; and Alderman
Ms Haidee McKittrick, Remote Project Officer
Mr Barrie Goedecke
Kalano Community Association Incorporated
Ms Carol Dowling, President
Mrs Danelle Batchler, Manager, Expanded Money
Management Services
Mr Rodney Hoffman, CDEP Manager
Ms Andrea McDonald, Manager, Expanded Money Management
Services
Mrs Rosslyn Weetra, Team Leader, Expanded Money
Management Services
Charles Darwin University, Katherine Campus
Mr Paul Francis Fitzsimons, Director, Regional and
Remote
Professor Steven Raymond, Larkin Pro Vice Chancellor,
Indigenous Leadership
Mr Timothy Biggs, Team Leader, Agriculture and Rural
Operations Studies
Wardaman Aboriginal Corporation
Mrs May Rosas, Chair
Ms Marie Allen, Member
Miss Helena Raymond, Administration
Mr Damien Sing, Treasurer
Thursday
21 May 2009
Northern Territory Parliament House
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Adams
Senator Crossin
Senator Moore
Senator Scullion
Senator Siewert
Witnesses
NT Shelter
Ms Toni Vine-Bromley, Executive Officer
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA)
& Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (CAALAS)
Ms Priscilla Collins, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Glen Dooley, Principal Legal Officer
Mr Julian Johnson, Managing Civil Solicitor
Mr Mark O’Reilly, Principal Legal Officer
Ms Annabel Pengilley
Ms Hannah Roe, Board Member
Ms Helen Wodak, Advocacy Manager
Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission
Ms Suzan Cox, QC, Director
Ms Fiona Hussin, Coordinator, Policy and Projects
Laynhapuy Homelands Association Incorporated
Mr Barayuwa Mununggurr, Chair
Ms Yananymul Mununggurr, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Richard Norton, General Manager
Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce
Mr Christopher Young, Chief Executive
Outback Stores
Mr John Kop, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Danyelle Bodaghi, New Business Manager
Northern Territory Police
Assistant Commissioner Grahame Kelly
Acting Commander Wayne Harris
Batchelor Institute for Indigenous Tertiary Education
Professor Peter Mark Stephenson, Pro Vice-Chancellor,
Research
Mr Patrick John Anderson, Senior Adviser, Community
Engagement
Dr Lyn Fasoli, Associate Professor, Research Division
Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation
Ms Ilana Eldridge, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Catherine Holmes, Principal Researcher
Acacia Larrakia Aboriginal Corporation
Mr Martin Ferguson
Mr Joseph Jeffrey, Community Member
Ms Kathleen Jeffrey, Community Member
Friday 22 May 2009
Northern Territory Parliament House
Committee
Members in attendance
Senator
Adams
Senator
Moore
Senator
Scullion
Senator
Siewert
Witnesses
Mr John
Greatorex
Mr Yingiya
Guyula
Lecturer, Yolngu Studies, School of
Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Charles Darwin University
Anglicare
NT
Ms Coralie Nichols, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Gavin Coehn, Program Manager
Mrs Leanna Haynes, Program Manager
Ms Ann Buxton,
Executive Manager, Youth, Family and Remote
Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition
Mr Maurie Japarta Ryan, Private capacity; and Darwin
Aboriginal Rights Coalition
Mr David Suttle, Consultant
Mr Ronnie Agnew, Knuckey Lagoon Community
Ms Joy White
NTER Operational Command
Mr Michael Zissler, Commander,
NTER Operations Centre, and Group Manager, Department of
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Ms Laura Toyne, Director,
Community Stores, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs
Northern Territory Government
Mr Kenneth
Davies, Deputy Chief Executive, Department of the Chief Minister
Dr Kevin
Gillan, Deputy Chief Executive, Department of Education and Training
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