Public hearing - Canberra, Friday, 23 November 2012
Committee Room, 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
9.00am - 1.00pm
Migration Amendment (Health Care for Asylum Seekers) Bill 2012 |
9.00am - 10.00am |
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (Submission 1)
Professor Louise Newman, Fellow
Independent Group of Health Experts (Submission 12)
Dr Gillian Singleton, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Fellow; and Detention Health Advisory Group (DeHAG) Community and Public Health Sub-group
Australian Psychological Society (Submission 13)
Ms Heather Gridley, Manager, Public Interest (via teleconference)
Associate Professor Amanda Gordon, Honorary Fellow; and Convener, Refugee Issues and Psychology Interest Group
Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Submission 16)
Associate Professor Karen Zwi, Fellow
Australian Medical Association (Submission 20)
Dr Choong-Siew Yong, Psychiatry Representative, AMA Federal Council; Deputy Chair, Child and Youth Health Committee; and AMA Representative to DeHAG |
10.00am - 10.45am |
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (Submission 2)
Mr Kon Karapanagiotidis OAM, Chief Executive Officer
(via teleconference)
Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project (Submission 10)
Ms Ellisa Scott, Case Worker
Amnesty International Australia (Submission 8)
Ms Tamara Lions, Government Relations Adviser |
10.45am - 11.15am |
Australian Human Rights Commission (Submission 18)
Professor Gillian Triggs, President (via teleconference) |
11.15am - 11.30am |
Break |
11.30am - 12.15pm |
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law (Submission 4)
(via videoconference)
Ms Tania Penovic, Deputy Director
Mr Adam Fletcher, Manager, Accountability Project
Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre (Submission 6)
(via teleconference)
Mr David Manne, Executive Director, Principal Solicitor and Migration Agent
Ms Adrienne Anderson, Policy Officer, Solicitor and Migration Agent |
12.15pm - 1.00pm |
Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Submission 19)
Mr Ken Douglas, First Assistant Secretary, Detention Infrastructure and Services Division
Ms Vicki Parker, First Assistant Secretary, Expert Panel Implementation |
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