Australia’s agreement with Malaysia in relation to asylum seekers

9:30am-10:15am

Commonwealth Ombudsman (Submission 29)
Mr Allan Asher, Commonwealth Ombudsman
Mr Rohan Anderson, Director of Immigration Complaints, Monitoring and Analysis Team
Mr Rodney Walsh, Senior Assistant Ombudsman
Refugee Council of Australia (Submission 17) (via teleconference)
Mr Paul Power, Chief Executive Officer

10:15am-11:00am

Australian Refugee Law Academics (Submission 25)
Professor Jane McAdam
Professor Ben Saul (via teleconference)

11:00am-11:15am

Morning tea break

11:15am-12:00pm

Coalition for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Detainees (Submission 11) (via teleconference)
Dr Judyth Watson, Executive Secretary
Mr Andrew Bartlett and Ms Marianne van Galen-Dickie (Submission 19)

12:00pm-1:00pm

Lunch break

1:00pm-1:45pm

International Commission of Jurists (Australia) (Submission 4)
The Hon John Dowd AO QC, President (via teleconference)
Liberty Victoria (Submission 15)
Mr Julian Burnside AO QC, Liberty Victoria Policy Committee

1:45pm-3:15pm

Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Submission 31)
Dr Wendy Southern, Deputy Secretary, Policy and Program Management
Mr Garry Fleming, First Assistant Secretary,  Border Security, Refugee and International Policy Division
Ms Vicki Parker, Principal Advisor, Border and Humanitarian Strategies
Mr Stephen Allen, First Assistant Secretary, Offshore Initiatives
Mr Steve Biddle, Assistant Secretary, Financial Strategy and Budgets Branch
Mr Stephen Sheehan, Chief Financial Officer