Public hearing - Canberra, Friday, 23 November 2012

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

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