Public Hearing - Canberra, Thursday 7 August 2008

Public Hearing - Canberra, Thursday 7 August 2008

Start: 9.00am
Venue: Committee Room 2S1
Address: Parliament House Canberra

Inquiry into the Evidence Amendment Bill 2008

9.00am – 9.45am

Australian Law Reform Commission (Submission 7)
Professor Les McCrimmon

9.45am – 10.45am

Attorney-General's Department
Ms Catherine Fitch, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administrative Law and Civil Procedure Branch
Ms Kimberley Williams, Senior Legal Officer, Administrative Law and Civil Procedure Branch

10.45am – 11.00am

Break



Inquiry into the Family Law Amendment ( De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [Provisions]

11.00am – 11.45am

Women's Legal Services Australia (Submission 9)
Ms Heidi Yates, Committee Member

Ms Natascha Rohr

11.45am – 12.45pm

Attorney-General's Department
Mr Kym Duggan, Assistant Secretary, Family Law Branch
Mr Peter Meibusch, Principal Legal Officer, Family Law Branch

12.45pm – 1.30pm

Lunch



Inquiry into the Same-Sex Relationship (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-Superannuation) Bill 2008

1.30pm – 2.15pm

Superannuated Commonwealth Officers Association (Submission 27)
Ms Marita Linkson
Dr John Challis, Gay Rights Advisor

2.15pm – 3.00pm

Australian Christian Lobby (Submission 11)
Mr Lyle Shelton, Chief of Staff

Mr Jim Wallace AM, Managing Director

3.00pm – 3.15pm

Break

3.15pm – 4.15pm

Attorney-General's Department (Submission 38)
Mr Peter Thompson, Principal Legal Officer, Age and Sex Discrimination Section, Human Rights Branch
Mr Peter Arnaudo, Assistant Secretary, Human Rights Branch

Department of Finance and Deregulation

Ms Kathryn Campbell, Department Secretary

Mr George Sotiropoulos, Assistant Secretary, Superannuation Branch

 

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