Appendix 2
Witnesses who appeared before the committee at public hearings
Monday 24 August
2009
Karrayili Adult Education Centre, Fitzroy Crossing WA
Committee
Members in attendance
Senator Scullion
(Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Siewert
Senator Moore
Witnesses
Fitzroy Futures Governing Committee
Mr Joe Ross
Western Australia Country Health Service
Mr Bert Dorgelo
Ms Genevieve Hawkes
Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, Mobile Playgroup
Unit
Ms Helen Fitzgerald
Ms Christine Gray
Kurungal Council
Ms Rhonda Wilcomes
Mr Gerrard Lawford
Shire of Derby/West Kimberley
Ms Elsia Archer
Mr Shane Burge
Ms Annette Kogolo
Mr Andrew Twaddle
Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services
Mr Patrick Davies
Ms Trish Muir
Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre
Ms Christine Gray
Ms Olive Knight
Marra Worra Worra Inc.
Mr Harry Yungabun
Karrayili Adult Education Centre
Ms Carolyn Davey
Ms Irene Jimbidie
Mr William Shaw
Ms Tamela Vestergaard
Mr Philip Hams (private capacity)
Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre
Mr Joe Brown
Mr Neil Carter
Mr Matt Dawson
Mr Wes Morris
Leedal Pty Ltd
Mr Patrick Green
Mr John Rodrigues
Tuesday 25 August
2009
Halls Creek Recreation Centre, Halls Creek WA
Committee
Members in attendance
Senator Scullion
(Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Siewert
Senator Moore
Witnesses
Shire of Halls Creek
Mr Warren Olsen
Warmun Community (Turkey Creek) Inc.
Mr Chris Clare
Kimberley Language Resource Centre
Mrs Patsy Bedford
Ms Vikki Butters
Ms Siobhan Casson
Ms Olive Knight
Mr Stewart Morton
Yarliyil Art Centre
Ms Bonnie Deegan
Ms Thelma McGinty
Ms Lulu Trancollino
Ms Jane Butters (private capacity)
Halls Creek People's Church
Mr Henry Ahchoo
Mr Jamie Elliot
Mrs Kathleen Bates
Pastor Jonathan Bates
Ms Laura Florisson
Mr Robert Reichel
Halls Creek Aboriginal Corporation
Ms Mildred Hills
Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council
Ms Valma Banks
Ms Eva Johnson
Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Services
Mr Chris Loessl
Ms Virginia O'Neil
Mr Franky Sampi
Dr David Shepherd (private capacity)
Taylor's Store
Mr Stephen Barnes
Ngaringga Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation Safehouse
Ms Joan Bedford
Mrs Dale Reichel
Wednesday 26
August 2009
Nirrumbuk Skills Centre, Broome WA
Committee
Members in attendance
Senator Scullion
(Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Siewert
Senator Moore
Witnesses
Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia
Mr Dominic Brunello
Mr Peter Collins
Kimberley Land Council
Mr Tom Birch
Mr Nolan Hunter
Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council
Ms Maxine Armstrong
Ms Lynette Masuda
Nirrumbuk Skills Centre
Mr William Clements
Mr Bob Mahony
Ms Tehani Mahony
Mamabulanjin Aboriginal Corporation
Mr Neil Gower
Mr Thomas King
Shire of Broome
Mr Graeme Campbell
Mr Kenneth Donohoe
Catholic Diocese of Broome
Father Matthew Digges
Lombadina Aboriginal Corporation
Ms Caroline Sibosado
Western Australia Police
Inspector Garry Annetts
Inspector James Cave
Thursday
8 October 2009
Narrogin Town Hall, Narrogin WA
Committee Members in attendance
Senator
Johnston (Acting Chair)
Senator
Pratt (Acting Deputy Chair)
Senator
Siewert
Senator
Adams
Witnesses
WA Country Health Service
Mr Sean Conlan, Acting Director of Wheatbelt Population
Health
Mr Tim Free, Regional Director
Mr Paul Seats, Operations Manager Southern Wheatbelt
Ms Alison Woods, Acting Manager, Wheatbelt Aboriginal
Health Service
Ms Dee Hollett, Acting Manager, Southern Wheatbelt Primary
Health Service
Ms Meredith Freebairn, Team Leader, Great Southern Mental Health
Service
South West Aboriginal Medical Service
Mr Quenten Jackson, Health Service Manager
Mr Paul Snellgrove, Social Worker
Mr Darryl Kickett (private capacity)
Associate Professor Ted Wilkes (private capacity)
Mr Darrell Henry (private capacity)
Narrogin Police
Senior Sergeant Martin Voyez
Inspector David Picton-King
Wheatbelt Development Commission
Mr Grant Arthur
Mr Graham Ellis-Smith
Narrogin Aboriginal Reference Group
Ms Priscilla Kickett
Mr Basil Kickett
Narrogin Elders Group
Mr Les Eades, Elders Group
Mrs Murrel Bolton, Elders Group
Kooraminning Aboriginal Corporation
Mr Murray Riley
Mr Dean Colbung
District Education Office
Ms Erica McGuire
Friday 9 October
2009
Legislative Council Committee
Office, Perth WA
Committee Members in attendance
Senator
Johnston (Acting Chair)
Senator
Pratt (Acting Deputy Chair)
Senator
Siewert
Senator
Adams
Witnesses
Legal Aid WA
Mr Lex Payne, Director Regional
Ms Anna O'Connor, Lawyer, Acting Solicitor in Charge of the
Goldfields Regional Office
Mr Malcolm Bradshaw, Director Business Services
WAITCH project
Ms Kadambii Barnao
Mr Vasudeva Barnao
Elder Ken Colbung Nundjan Djiridjakin
Mr Dennis Simmons Kaiber
Ms Tracy Gilbert
Mr Shannon Kearing
Commissioner for Children and Young People
Ms Michelle Scott, Commissioner
Liquor Commission
Mr Jim Fremantle, Chairman
Department for Child Protection
Mr Terrence Murphy, Director General
Mr Ross Councillor, Manager Consulting Services
Desert Knowledge Australia
The Hon Fred Chaney AO, Chair
Department of Corrective Services
Mr Neil Fong, Assistant Commissioner
Ms Jacqueline Tang, Deputy Commissioner, Offender
Management and Professional Development
Department of the Attorney General
Mr Andrew Marshall, Manager, Research and Analysis
Department of Indigenous Affairs
Mr Patrick Walker, Director General
Ms Noela Taylor, Executive Director, Policy and Reform
Mr Duncan Ord, Executive Director, North
WA Police
Acting Commander Darryl Gaunt
Mr Robert Skesteris, Executive
Manager of Indigenous and Community Diversity Unit
Detective Inspector Steve George
Detective Inspector Darren Seivwright
Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA)
Mr Bill Mitchell, President
Ms Jody Holbrook, Policy Manager Community
Thursday 15
October 2009
Masonic Centre,
Sydney NSW
Committee Members in attendance
Senator
Scullion (Chair)
Senator
Moore (Acting Deputy Chair)
Senator
Adams
Senator
Payne
Witnesses
Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (NSW)
Ms Sylvia Ghaly, Manager of Policy and Membership
Women's Legal Service NSW
Ms Donna Hensen, Coordinator of the Indigenous Women's
Program
Ms Natascha Rohr, Acting Supervisor, Solicitor of Women's
Legal Resource Centre
NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Dr Don Weatherburn, Director
Mission Australia (NSW)
Ms Anne Hampshire, National Manager, Research & Social
Policy
Mr Phillip Leslie, State Director for the NT
TAFE NSW (NSW)
Ms Kathy Rankin, General Manager, Training and Education
Support
Mr Paul Callaghan, Institute Director, New England
Institute of TAFE
Mr Tony Dreise, Director Aboriginal Learning Partnerships,
North Coast Institute,
UnitingCare Children, Young People & Families Services
(NSW)
Ms Jane Woodruff, Direct of Uniting Care Children, Young
People and Families
Ms Rita Perkons, Director of Social Justice, partnerships
and communication
Ms Liz Price, Acting Manager of Orana Far West Area
Ms Servena McIntyre, Manager of Child Family Team
NSW Department of Corrective Services (NSW)
Mr Luke Grant, Assistant Commissioner, Offender Services
and Programs
Ms Rhonda Booby, Executive Director, Offender Services and
Programs
Ms Susan Wojciechowski, Senior Project Officer
Department of Aboriginal Affairs
Ms Jody Broun, Director-General
Housing NSW
Mr Mike Allen, Chief Executive
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