Public Hearing - Melbourne, Friday 4 May 2012
Swanston Hall, Melbourne Town Hall
Swanston St
Melbourne
9.30am - 4.15pm
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010 |
9.30am-10.10am |
Professor Margaret Somerville AM (Submission 65)
(via teleconference) |
10.10am-10.55am |
University of Adelaide Law School (Submission 151)
Professor John Williams, Dean of Law
Ms Gabrielle Appleby, Senior Lecturer
Lawyers and academics from Deakin University School of Law (Submission 189)
Dr Dan Meagher, Associate Professor
Mr James Farrell, Lecturer |
10.55am-11.00am |
Break |
11.00am-11.30am |
National Marriage Coalition (Submission 134)
Mr Bill Muehlenberg, Co-Founder and Melbourne Spokesman
Mr Ron Brookman, Advisor and Spokesman |
11.30am-12.30pm |
Australian Christian Lobby (Submission 147)
Mr Jim Wallace AM, Managing Director
Mr Daniel Simon, Research Officer
Australian Marriage Forum (Submission 199)
Dr David van Gend, Chairman |
12.30pm-1.15pm |
Lunch |
1.15pm-2.00pm |
Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (Submission 188)
Ms Anna Brown, Co-Convenor
Mr Jamie Gardiner, Member
Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association - Members for Equality (Submission 354)
Mr Duncan Hart, National Convenor
Mr Stefan Tegelj, Melbourne Convenor
Rainbow Tasmania (Submission 2)
Ms Sophia Alex-Bailey, Co-Chair, Greater Hobart Coming Out Proud Committee |
2.00pm-2.45pm |
The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory (Submission 235)
Major Brad Halse, Director, Government Relations
Major Graeme Rigley, Divisional Commander, Melbourne Central Division / Chairman, Moral and Social Issues Commission
Doctors for the Family (Submission 229)
Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Convenor |
2.45pm-2.50pm |
Break |
2.50pm-3.30pm |
Professor Thomas Frame (Submission 355) |
3.30pm-4.15pm |
Psychologists for Marriage Equality (Submission 201)
Mr Ben Callegari, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Fiona Barlow, Lecturer/Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Queensland, School of Psychology
Australian Psychological Society (Submission 261)
Professor Lynne Hillier, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex Health and Society
Ms Heather Gridley, Manager, Public Interest |
Chair: Senator Trish Crossin; Deputy Chair: Senator Gary Humphries; Secretary: Julie Dennett
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia