Public hearings
Melbourne VIC, 23 January 2017
Members in attendance: Senators Fawcett, Kitching,
Pratt, Smith
Witnesses
BANKS, Ms Robin, Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Equal
Opportunity Tasmania
BROHIER, Mr Frederick Christopher, Founder, Wilberforce
Foundation
CLARK, Mr Thomas, Director of Law Reform, LGBTI Legal
Service
COOPER, Ms Natalie, Member of Steering Committee, Equal
Voices
COUSINS, Ms Stephanie, Advocacy and External Affairs
Manager, Amnesty International
GARDINER, Mr Jamie, member of LIVout, Law Institute of
Victoria
GOLDNER, Ms Sally, Executive Director, Transgender Victoria
HARRISON, Mrs Dorothy, Chair, Coalition of Celebrant
Associations
KENNEDY, Mr Simon, Research Analyst, Institute for Civil
Society
MARLOWE, Ms Felicity, Convenor, Rainbow Families Victoria
MASCORD, Reverend Dr Keith, Steering Committee Member, Equal
Voices
MAYMAN, Reverend Dr Margaret, National Executive Member,
Uniting Church LGBTIQ Network, Uniting Church in Australia
McLEOD, Ms Fiona SC, President, Law Council of Australia
OH, Mr Benjamin, Chair and Co-Convenor, Rainbow Catholics
InterAgency; Chair of Advisory Board, Australian Catholics for Equality; Chair,
GLBTIQ Interfaith & Intercultural Network
PARK, Mr Dale, Co-Convenor, Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights
Lobby
PFORR, Mrs Liz, Vice-Chair, Coalition of Celebrant
Associations
RICHARDSON, Mr Brian, National President, Australian
Federation of Civil Celebrants
RODRICK, Dr Sharon, Research Analyst, Institute for Civil
SocietyVAN GEND, Dr David, President, Australian Marriage Forum
WAGNER, Ms Leica, Senior Policy and Projects Officer, Equal
Opportunity Tasmania
Sydney NSW, 24 January 2017
Members in attendance: Senators Fawcett, Kitching,
Paterson, Pratt, Smith
Witnesses
ARGENT, Mrs Shelley, National Spokesperson, Parents and
Friends of Lesbians and Gays
BECK, Dr Luke, Private capacity
BROWN, Mrs Judy, President, Parents and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays New South Wales
COMENSOLI, Most Reverend Peter A, Bishop, Australian
Catholic Bishops Conference
CROOME, Mr Rodney, Spokesperson, Just.equal
DANE, Dr Sharon, Private capacity
DAVIS, Ms Michele, Vice President, Parents and Friends of
Lesbians and Gays Perth
DEAGON, Dr Alex, Private capacity
FOSTER, Associate Professor Neil, Private capacity
FOY, Ms Lauren, Co-convenor, New South Wales Gay and Lesbian
Rights Lobby
HINTON-TEOH, Mr Ivan, National Campaigner, Just.equal
HOWELL, Mr John, Legal Section, Australian Human Rights
Commission
KELLAHAN, Reverend Michael, Executive Director, Freedom for
Faith
LYNE, Ms Jacqueline, Legal Officer, Anti-Discrimination
Board of New South Wales
PARKINSON, Prof. Patrick, Private capacity
PORTEOUS, Archbishop Julian, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of
Hobart
PYCROFT, Mr Chris, Co-convenor, New South Wales Gay and
Lesbian Rights Lobby
SANTOW, Mr Edward, Human Rights Commissioner, Australian
Human Rights Commission
SHARPE, the Hon. Penny, MLC, Member, New South Wales
Parliamentary Working Group on Marriage Equality
STEAD, Right Reverend Dr Michael, Chair of the Religious
Freedom Reference Group, and Bishop of South Sydney, Anglican Church Diocese of
Sydney
SWEENEY, Ms Laura, Specialist LGBTI Adviser, Australian
Human Rights Commission
WALSH, Dr Greg, Private capacity
WING, Ms Elizabeth, Acting President, Anti-Discrimination
Board of New South Wales
ZIMMERMANN, Dr Augusto, Private capacity
Canberra ACT, 25 January 2017
Members in attendance: Senators Fawcett, Kitching,
Paterson, Pratt, Smith
Witnesses
BROWN, Ms Anna, Director, Advocacy and Strategic Litigation,
Human Rights Law Centre
CARNIE, Ms Lee, Lawyer, Human Rights Law Centre
CARPENTER, Mr Morgan, Co-Executive Director, Organisation Intersex
International Australia
FOWLER, Mr Mark, Private capacity
GREENWICH, Mr Alex, Co-Chair, Australian Marriage Equality
HARVEY, Ms Tamsyn, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Civil
Justice Policy and Programmes Division, Attorney-General's Department
ILES, Mr Martyn, Director, Human Rights Law Alliance
MANN, Mr Jonathon, Vice-Chairperson, Rainbow Rights WA
MONTAUT Ms Katrina, Secretary, Rainbow Rights WA
PHILLIPS, Dr David, Founder, FamilyVoice Australia
SHARMIN, Ms Sangeeta, ACT Convenor, Australian Lawyers for
Human Rights
SNOW, Mr Tom, Co-Chair, Australians for Equality
SWINBOURNE, Ms Emma, Director, Human Rights Unit, Civil Law
Unit, Attorney-General's Department
WALTER, Mr Andrew, Assistant Secretary, Civil Law Unit,
Attorney-General's Department
WILLIAMS, Ms Kimberley, Principal Legal Officer, Marriage
Law and Celebrant Section, Attorney-General's Department
WYLD, Mr Damian, Chief Executive Officer, Marriage Alliance
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