Public Hearing - Melbourne, Friday 4 May 2012

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

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