Public Hearings - Sydney, Thursday 24 January 2013

Public Hearings - Sydney, Thursday 24 January 2013

Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm

Venue: Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament House, Sydney

Exposure Draft – Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012

9:00am–9:45am

Organisation Intersex International (Submission 12)
Gina Wilson, President
Morgan Carpenter, Secretary
NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (Submission 387)
Dr Justin Koonin, Co-convenor
Mr Jed Horner, Policy and Project Officer

9:45am–10:30am

Public Interest Advocacy Centre (Submission 421)
Mr Edward Santow, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Camilla Pandolfini, Senior Solicitor
Ms Michelle Cohen, Senior Solicitor
National Association of Community Legal Centres (Submission 334)
Associate Professor Anna Cody, Director, Kingsford Legal Centre
Ms Joanna Shulman, Chief Executive Officer, Redfern Legal Centre
Ms Frieda Lee, Project and Policy Officer, National Association of Community Legal Centres

10:30am–11:15am

Freedom 4 Faith (Submission 447)
Mrs Chelsea Pietsch, Executive Officer
Bishop Robert Forsyth, Member of Campaign Committee

11:15am–11:30am

Morning tea break

11:30am–12:15pm

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (Submission 360)
via teleconference

Reverend Brian Lucas, General Secretary

12:15pm–12:45pm

HammondCare (Submission 388)
Miss Tara Michaels, Legal Counsel
Mr Dominic Cudmore, Legal Adviser

12:45pm–1:30pm

Lunch break

1:30pm-2:00pm Associate Professor Mark Hughes (Submission 428) via teleconference
2:00pm-2:45pm

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (Submission 238)
Mr Les Malezer, Co-Chair
Ms Jody Broun, Co-Chair
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service   (Submission 255) via teleconference
Ms Rachel O'Brien, National Legal Secretariat Officer

2:45pm-3:00pm Afternoon tea break
3:00pm-3:45pm

Law Council of Australia (Submission 435)
Mr Nicholas Cowdery QC, Human Rights Advisor
Ms Sarah Moulds, Senior Policy Lawyer
Discrimination Law Experts Group (Submission 207)
Professor Simon Rice OAM, Chair of Law Reform and Social Justice, Australian National University
Dr Belinda Smith, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
Dr Elizabeth Dickson, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University
of Technology

3:45pm-4:30pm

Australian Human Rights Commission (Submission 9)
Professor Gillian Triggs, President
Mr David Mason, Principal Adviser, Human Rights Scrutiny
Mr Darren Dick, Director, Policy and Programs
Ms Julie O'Brien, Director, Legal Services
Ms Tracey Raymond, Director, Investigation and Conciliation Section

4:30pm Adjournment

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
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