Public hearing - Sydney, Tuesday, 17 July 2007

Inquiry into the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007

Public hearing - Sydney, Tuesday, 17 July 2007

Jubilee Room
NSW Parliament House
Macquarie Street  

9.00am - 9.40am

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (submission 41)
Mr Tom Calma , Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner/Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Ms Margaret Donaldson , Director, Race Discrimination Unit
Mr Brook Hely, Legal Officer

9.40am - 10.20am

Refugee Council of Australia (submission 49)
Mr Paul Power , Chief Executive Officer
Ms Anna Samson , National Policy Director

10.20am - 10.30am

Break

10.30am - 11.10am

NSW Council for Civil Liberties (submission 32)
Dr Martin Bibby, Assistant Secretary

 

11.10am - 11.50am

Refugee Advice and Casework Service(submission 39)
Ms Zoe Anderson , Solicitor/Migration Agent
Ms Katie Wrigley , Solicitor/Migration Agent

 

Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Coalition (submission 20) (via teleconference)
Ms Depika Sherchan, Convenor, Policy Working Group

 

11.50am - 12.30pm

Festival of Light (submission 4)
Dr Stephen Chavura , Spokesman

 

 

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3560
Fax: +61 2 6277 5794
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au