Military Court of Australia Bill 2012 and Military Court of Australia (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

9.00am - 10.00am

Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) (Submission 5)
The Hon Alan Abadee AM, RFD, QC, RSL representative (via teleconference)
Australia Defence Association (Submission 13)
Mr Neil James, Executive Director

10.00am - 10.40am

Law Council of Australia (Submission 4)
Mr Paul Willee RFD, QC, Chair, Military Justice System Working Group
Mr Ben Salmon RFD, QC, Member, Military Justice System Working Group
Mr Nick Parmeter, Director, Civil Justice Division (via teleconference)
Mr Simon Henderson, Policy Lawyer, Civil Justice Division

10.40am - 10.50am

Break

10.50am - 11.30am

Mr Alexander Street SC (Submission 2)

11.30am - 12.30pm

Professor John Williams (Submission 3)
Associate Professor Alison Duxbury and
Associate Professor Matthew Groves (Submission 6)

12.30pm - 1.20pm

Lunch

1.20pm - 2.20pm

Mr David McLure (Submission 11)
Mr Alister Abadee (Submission 12)

2.20pm - 3.00pm

Mr Geoff Earley AM, Inspector General Australian Defence Force (Submission 8)

3.00pm - 3.10pm

Break

3.10pm - 4.30pm

Attorney-General's Department (no submission)
Mr David Fredericks, Deputy Secretary, Civil Justice and
Legal Services Group
Dr Albin Smrdel, Assistant Secretary, Federal Courts Branch
Ms Margaret Meibusch, Principal Legal Officer, Federal Courts Branch
Ms Loren Cousins, Senior Legal Officer, Federal Courts Branch
Australian Defence Force (Submission 9)
General David Hurley AC, DSC, Chief of the Defence Force;
Air Commodore Paul Cronan AM, Acting Head Defence Legal
Major General the Hon Justice Richard Tracey RFD, Judge Advocate General