Thursday, 20 January 2022
Committee room 2S1,
Parliament House
Canberra
Law Council of Australia (via videoconference)
Ms Katherine Eastman SC, Chair, Law Council of Australia Equal Opportunity Committee
Mr Simeon Beckett, Co-Chair, Human rights Committee, NSW Bar Association
Ms Leonie Campbell, Deputy Director of Policy, Law Council of Australia
Dr Renae Barker (via videoconference)
Dr Alex Deagon (via videoconference)
Professor Nicholas Aroney (via videoconference)
Associate Professor Mark Fowler (via videoconference)
Australian Christian Lobby
Mr Dan Flynn, Deputy Director
Freedom for Faith (via videoconference)
Professor Patrick Parkinson, Director
Institute for Civil Society (via videoconference)
Mr Mark Sneddon, Executive Director
Human Rights Law Alliance
Mr John Steenhof, Principal Lawyer
Mr Lyle Shelton
Australian Association of Christian Schools (via videoconference)
Mr Dylan Turner, Government Relations Advisor
Christian Schools Australia and Adventist Schools Australia
Mr Mark Spencer, Director of Public Policy, Christian Schools Australia
Australian Christian Higher Education Alliance (in person and via videoconference)
Dr Jeannie Trudel, Chair of ACHEA and President of Christian Heritage College
Mr Nick Jensen, Political Liaison
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (via videoconference)
Bishop Mark Edwards OMI, Bishop of Wagga and Member of the Bishops Commission for Catholic Education
Professor Rocque Reynolds, Australian Catholic University
National Catholic Education Commission (via videoconference)
Ms Sally Egan, Acting Executive Director, National Catholic Education Commission
Mr Dallas McInerney, Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Schools New South Wales
Executive Council of Australian Jewry (via videoconference)
Mr Peter Wertheim AM, Co-Chief Executive Officer
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (via videoconference)
Dr Colin Rubenstein, Executive Director
Ms Naomi Levin, Senior Policy Analyst
Australian National Imams Council (via videoconference)
Mr Bilal Rauf, Spokesperson and Adviser
Australian Muslim Advocacy Network (via videoconference)
Ms Rita Jabri Markwell, Legal Advisor
Buddhist Council of NSW (via videoconference)
Mr Gawaine Powell Davies, Chair
Bhante Akaliko, Board Member
Australian Sangha Association (via videoconference)
Venerable Mettaji, Committee Member
Hindu Council of Australia (via videoconference)
Mr Surinder Jain, National Vice President
Public Affairs Commission, Anglican Church of Australia (via videoconference)
Dr Carolyn Tan, Chairperson
Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney
Rt. Rev Dr. Michael Stead, Bishop of South Sydney; Chair of the Religious Freedom Reference Group
Presbyterian Church of Australia
Dr John McLean, Convenor, Church and Nation Committee
Presbyterian Church of Victoria
Rev Christopher Duke, Convenor, Church and Nation Committee
Mrs Moira Deeming, Member, researcher, Church and Nation Committee
Uniting Church in Australia Assembly (via videoconference)
Ms Sharon Hollis, President
Ms Claerwen Little, National Director, UnitingCare Australia
Seventh-day Adventist Church (via videoconference)
Pastor Michael Worker, General Secretary & Director of Public Affairs & Religious Liberty
Australian Christian Churches (via videoconference)
Pastor Mark Llewellyn Edwards OAM, Representative of Australian Christian Churches in the area of Religious Freedom
Friday, 21 January 2022
Committee room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
Public Interest Advocacy Centre (via videoconference)
Mr Jonathon Hunyor, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Alastair Lawrie, Policy Manager
Australian Discrimination Law Experts Group (via videoconference)
Just.Equal Australia (via videoconference)
Mr Rodney Croome AM, National Spokesperson
Mr Brian Greig OAM, WA Spokesperson
Equality Australia (via videoconference)
Mr Ghassan Kassissieh, Legal Director
Unions Tasmania (via videoconference)
Mrs Jessica Munday, Secretary, Unions Tasmania
Mr Dino Ottavi, Organiser, Independent Education Union (Vic Tas, Hobart Office)
Women’s Health Tasmania (via teleconference)
Ms Jo Flanagan, Chief Executive Officer
Equality Tasmania (via videoconference)
Mr Rodney Croome AM, President
Multi-Cultural Council of Tasmania (via videoconference)
Mr Dattaraj Mahambrey, Chair
Disability Voices Tasmania (via videoconference)
Fiona Strahan, Spokesperson on RDA
Youth Pride Network (via videoconference)
Ms Charlotte Glance, Policy and Project Coordinator
Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council (in person and via videoconference)
Mx Giancarlo de Vera, President
Ms Michelle McNamara, Board Member
Mr Carl Gopalkrishnan, AGMC WA Representative and Chair, AGMC Community Safety Working Group
Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (via videoconference)
Mr Heath Paynter, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Diversity Council Australia (via videoconference)
Ms Catherine Brown, Director, Communications and Advocacy
Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (via videoconference)
Mr Luke Rycken, Executive Officer
Equality Rights Alliance
Ms Helen Dalley-Fisher, Convenor
Harmony Alliance (via teleconference)
People With Disability Australia
Mx Giancarlo de Vera, Senior Manager of Policy
Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (via videoconference)
Ms Alexandra Raphael, Director of Policy & Advocacy
Australian Industry Group (via videoconference)
Mr Stephen Smith, Head of National Workplace Relations Policy
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (via videoconference)
Mr Scott Barklamb, Director, Workplace Relations
Mr Simon Farrow, Adviser, Workplace Relations
Australian Education Union (via videoconference)
Ms Susan Hopgood, Federal Secretary
Australian Council of Trade Unions (via videoconference)
Mr Liam O’Brien, Assistant Secretary
Ms Sophie Ismail, Legal and Industrial Officer
Ms Lorri-Anne Sharp, Acting Federal Secretary, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
Dr Micha Peters, National Policy Research Advisor, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
Independent Education Union of Australia (via videoconference)
Mr Anthony Odgers, Assistant Federal Secretary
Australian Human Rights Commission (via videoconference)
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, President
Ms Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner
Mr Graeme Edgerton, Deputy General Counsel
Australian Council of Human Rights Authorities (via videoconference)
Commissioner Ro Allen, Chair
Northern Territory Government (via teleconference)
The Hon. Selena Uibo MLA, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
Attorney-General’s Department
Mr Andrew Walter, A/g Deputy Secretary Integrity and International Group
Mr Stephen Still, Assistant Secretary, Employment Standards Branch
Mr Colin Minihan, A/g Assistant Secretary Human Rights Branch