Appendix 2
Public hearings and witnesses since the SECOND report
CANBERRA, 29 AUGUST 1997
National Legal Aid
Mr Christopher Staniforth, Chair
Ms Kay Barralet, Executive Officer
Attorney-General's Department
Mr Stephen Bourke, Assistant Secretary
Mr Garry Burlingham, Director, Legal Aid Commission Section
Mr Norman Reaburn, Deputy Secretary
CANBERRA, 3 FEBRUARY 1998
Law Council of Australia
Mr Bret Walker SC, President
Mr Brian Withers, Chairman
Attorney-General's Department
Mr Garry Burlingham, Acting Assistant Secretary
Mr Norman Reaburn, Acting Secretary
Australian Taxation Office
Mr Thomas Meredith, Assistant Commissioner
SYDNEY 4 FEBRUARY 1998
Office of the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions
Mr Nicholas Cowdery QC, Director
Mr Craig Smith, Deputy Solicitor
Environmental Defender's Office NSW
Mr James Johnson, Director
Campbelltown Legal Centre
Ms Karen Cox, Community Legal Educator
Mr Simon Moran, Solicitor
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Mr Bruce Barbour, Senior Member
Ms Kay Ransome, Registrar
University of Newcastle Faculty of Law
Mr John Boersig, Senior Lecturer & Assistant Dean
MELBOURNE, 12 FEBRUARY 1998
Victoria Legal Aid
Mr Robert Cornall, Managing Director
Ms Jane MacDonnell, General Manager
Ms Kay Robertson, General Manager
Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia
Mr Peter Liefman, National Solicitor & National Treasurer
Mr John Printz, National Advocate & Victorian State President
Villamanta Legal Service
Mr Philip Grano, Policy Law Reform Worker
Older Persons Action Centre
Ms Sue Healy, Chairperson
Australian Pensioners' & Superannuants' Federation
Mrs Edith Morgan, President
Federation of Community Legal Centres
Mr Bradley Holmes, Volunteer Researcher
Ms Pauline Spencer, Legal Policy Worker
National Association of Community Legal Centres
Mr Greg Smith, National Policy Representative
Women's Legal Resource Group
Ms Helen Barraclough, Coordinator
Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre
Ms Jennifer Nunn, Community Legal Worker
Victorian Bar Council
Mr Jonathan Morrow, Assistant to the Chairman
Mr Robert Redlich QC, Bar Council Member
PERTH, 19 FEBRUARY 1998
Law Society of Western Australia
Mr Richard Bayly, Member
Ms Julie Wager, Member
Ministry of Justice
Mr Leslie Smith, Consultant
Legal Aid Western Australia
Mr Bevan Warner, General Manager
Ms Maureen Kavanagh, Solicitor
Women's Legal Services/Federation of Community Legal Centres (WA)
Ms Elizabeth Hamilton, Principal Solicitor
Youth Legal Services (WA)/Federation of Community Legal Centres (WA)
Mr James McDougall, Coordinator
Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre Inc.
Ms Karen Merrin, Coordinator
Rural Community Legal Service Inc.
Mr Kevin Hogg, Solicitor
Welfare Rights and Advocacy Service
Ms Jann McFarlane, Coordinator
West Australian Association for Mental Health Inc.
Ms Helen Lynes, Executive Officer
Mental Health Law Centre
Ms Kerry Marshall, Solicitor
ADELAIDE, 20 FEBRUARY 1998
Chapman and Associates
Ms Vickie Chapman, Principal
Law Society of South Australia
Dr Barry Fitzgerald, Executive Director
Mr John Harley, President
Mr Simon Lane, Chairman
Ms Belinda Powell QC, President Elect
Legal Services Commission of South Australia
Mr Peter Haskett, Deputy Director
Ms Katherine O'Neill, Client Relations Coordinator
Mr Graham Russell, Manager
Ms Helen Wighton, Acting Policy and Research Officer
Mr Brian Withers, Chairman
National Council for Single Mothers and their Children
Ms Kay Buckley, Co-executive Officer
Ms Elspeth McInnes, Co-executive Officer
CANBERRA, 27 FEBRUARY 1998
Family Court of Australia
Ms Margaret Harrison, Senior Legal Adviser
Chief Justice the Hon Alastar Nicholson
National Legal Aid
Mr Richard Coates, Chairman
Ms Jennifer Hardy, Executive Officer
MELBOURNE, 6 MARCH 1998
Social Security Appeals Tribunal
Mr Peter Alexander, National Convener
Springvale Community Legal Service
Ms Catherine Caruana, Community Development Lawyer
SYDNEY, 17 MARCH 1998
Insurance Council of Australia
Mr Paul Baker, Member, Taxation Committee
Mr Colin Dickings, Assistant Technical Manager
Mr Neil Wilson, Member, Taxation Committee
The Aged-care Rights Service
Ms Wendy Fisher, Principal Solicitor
Kingsford Legal Centre
Mr John Godwin, Solicitor/Adjunct Lecturer
Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales
Mr Michael Cramsie, Chief Executive
Mr Terence Murphy, General Manager
Private Citizen
Sir Laurence Street
BRISBANE, 18 MARCH 1998
Legal Aid Queensland
Mr Michael Baumann, Chairperson
Ms Denise Doust, Manager, Client Service Centre
Mr John Hodgins, Chief Executive Officer
Private Citizen
Mr Jeffrey Giddings, Griffith University, Law Faculty
Family Law Practitioners Association
Mr Bruce Doyle, Secretary
Queensland Law Society
Mr Patrick Mullins, Chair, Access to Justice Committee
Bar Association of Queensland
Mr William Westbrook, Representative
CANBERRA, 26 MARCH 1998
Australian Law Reform Commission
Mr Alan Rose, President
Attorney-General's Department
Dr Margaret Browne, First Assistant Secretary
Mr Garry Burlingham, Director, Legal Aid Commission Section
Mr Norman Reaburn, Deputy Secretary