House of Representatives Committees

Appendix B – Public Hearings

Friday, 23 March 2007 - Canberra

Individuals

Mr David Walsh

Attorney General's Department

Mr Peter Arnaudo, Assistant Secretary, Family Law Branch

Ms Amanda Davies, Assistant Secretary, Classification Policy Branch

Ms Katherine Jones, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Indigenous Justice and Legal Assistance Division

Ms Philippa Lynch, First Assistant Secretary, Information Law and Human Rights Division

Ms Gabrielle Mackey, Acting Assistant Secretary, Human Rights Branch, Information Law and Human Rights Division

Australian Institute of Criminology

Dr Toni Makkai, Director

Dr Russell Smith, Program Manager, Global, Electronic and Economic Crime Program

Australian Medical Association (AMA)

Mr John O'Dea, Director

Dr Mark Yates, Federal Councillor/President AMA Victoria

Centrelink

Ms Aurora Andruska, Deputy CEO, Stakeholder Relationships

Mr Paul Cowan, National Manager, Seniors, Carers and Means Test Branch

Mr Brendan Jacomb, National Manager, Legal Services Branch

Department of Health and Ageing

Ms Melinda Bromley, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office for an Ageing Australia, Ageing and Aged Care Division

Mr Malcolm Gibson, Director, User Rights and Complaints

Ms Carolyn Scheetz, Assistant Secretary, Compliance Branch

Ms Carolyn Smith, First Assistant Secretary, Office of Aged Care Quality and Compliance

Mr Andrew Stuart, First Assistant Secretary, Ageing and Aged Care Division

Family Services Australia

Ms Jennifer Hannan, Vice Chairperson

Ms Samantha Jane Page, Chief Executive Officer

Financial Literacy Foundation

Mr Peter McCray, General Manager

Ms Linda Rosser, Manger, Strategic Planning Unit

Monday, 14 May 2007 - Sydney

Individuals

Mrs Maureen Cahill

Mr Jack Georginis

Mr Jeremy Holderness

Ms Margaret A Jones

Mr John Mayger

Ms Dawn Moss

Mrs Lynette Parkes

Consumer Credit Legal Centre (NSW) Inc

Ms Karen Cox, Coordinator

Ms Katherine Lane, Principal Solicitor

Legal Aid Commission of NSW

Ms Annmarie Lumsden, Executive Officer to CEO

Mr Stephen O'Connor, Deputy CEO - Legal

Public Trustee NSW

Ms Ruth Pollard, Principal Legal Officer

Redfern Legal Centre

Ms Helen Campbell, Executive Officer

The Aged Care Rights Service

Mr Stephen Newell, Principal Solicitor

Ms Janna Taylor, Executive Officer

The Benevolent Society

Mrs Barbara Squires, Director, Centre on Ageing

The Oppressed People of Australia Inc

Mr Michael Vescio, OPA National President, and President, The Alternative Guardian

Trustee Corporations Association of Australia

Mr Ross Ellis, Executive Director

Tuesday, 15 May 2007 - Sydney

Individuals

Dr Norma Jean Duncan

Mrs Elizabeth Edmiston

Mr Robert Harvie

Mrs Irene Kaposi

Dr Allan Martin

Mrs Lynette Parkes

Mr Richard Richards

Mrs Patricia Witts

Christian Science Australia

Ms Margaret Clark, Federal Representative

Country Women's Association of NSW

Mrs Patricia Shergis, Chair, Social Issues Committee

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Ms Allison Corkery, Assistant to the President

Ms Cassandra Goldie, Director, Sex/Age Discrimination Unit

Mr Jonathon Hunyor, Acting Director, Legal Services

Mr John von Doussa QC, President

NSW Guardianship Tribunal

Ms Diane Robinson, President

NSW Ministerial Advisory Committee on Ageing

Mrs Felicity Barr, Chair

Ms Angela Chan, Committee Member

Ms Megan Nicholson, Senior Policy and Projects Officer

Ms Geetha Varughese, Policy and Projects Officer

The Oppressed People of Australia Inc

Mr Michael Vescio, OPA National President, and President, The Alternative Guardian

Tuesday, 22 May 2007 - Canberra

ACT Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing

Mr Kanti Jinna, Member

Mr Brendon Kelly, Member

Ms Gayle Sweaney, Member

Carers Australia

Mrs Joan Hughes, Chief Executive Officer

Ms Colleen Sheen, Senior Policy Advisor

National Seniors Association

Mr Peter Brady, National Policy Manager

Ms Alice Ruxton, Policy Officer

Monday, 4 June 2007 - Melbourne

Individuals

Mr Frank J Graf

Mr Ernst F Kriesner

Mr Richard Manthorpe

Mr Frank Reed

Ms Julie Van Dort

Mrs Janne van Wulfften Palthe

Aged Care Crisis Team

Ms Lynda Saltarelli, Media Liaison Officer

Ms Linda Sparrow, Community Affairs Coordinator

Mr Barrie Woollacott, Legal Adviser

ANZ Trustees

Mr Robert Muir, Manager, Estate Services

Association of Independent Retirees Limited

Ms Susan Jackson, Secretary, Melbourne Bayside Branch

Mr Richard Morgan, President, Melbourne Bayside Branch

Ms Patricia Turner, Committee Member, Melbourne Bayside Branch

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Mr Mark Pearson, Executive General Manager, Enforcement and Compliance Division

Mr Nigel Ridgway, General Manager, Compliance Strategies Branch

Elder Abuse Prevention Association

Ms Lillian Jeter, Executive Director

Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic) Inc

Ms Jeni Lee, Southport Community Legal Centre

Ms Sally Smith, Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre

Housing for the Aged Action Group Inc

Mr Jeff Fiedler, Tenancy Advice Worker

Law Institute of Victoria

Ms Elissa Campbell, Elder Law Committee Solicitor

Mr Bill O'Shea, Co-Chair, Elder Law Committee

Older Women's Network - Melbourne

Ms Maureen Pearl, Committee Member

Outlaw Poverty

Mr John Murray, Owner

Respecting Patient Choices Program

Mr Julian Gardner, Member, National Reference Group

Dr William Silvester, Director

State Trustee Limited

Mr Alistair Craig, Senior Corporate Lawyer

Mr Anthony Fitzgerald, Managing Director

Tuesday, 5 June 2007 - Hobart

Individuals

Mr Clifford Grosse

Advocacy Tasmania

Ms Mechthild Neumann, Advocate

Catholic Women's League Australia Inc

Mrs Colleen Cowen

Ms Jennifer Hawkes

Mrs Betty Roberts, National Social Issues Convenor (CWLA)

Migrant Resource Centre (Southern Tasmania) Inc

Ms Suzanne Feike, Project Officer, Community Partners Program

National Legal Aid

Mr Norman Reaburn, Director, Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania

Ms Louise Smith, Executive Officer

National Seniors Association

Mrs Jean Grosse, Member

Tasmanian Council of Social Service

Ms Pauline Marsh, Project Officer

The Australian Guardianship and Administration Committee

Ms Anita Smith, AGAC Chair, and President, Guardianship and Administration Board, Tasmania

Monday, 16 July 2007 - Brisbane
Individuals

Mr Edward Atkinson

Ms Ida Bailey

Mr Colin Donkin

Mr Lynton Freeman

Mr Chris Jenkinson

Mrs Prue Leggoe

Mr Neal Lucas

Mrs Noreen Rintoul

Mrs Helen Sava

Ms Josephine Smyth

Assets & Ageing Research Team, University of Queensland

Dr Anne-Louise McCawley, Project Manager

Dr Cheryl Tilse, Director, Post Graduate Research Studies

Prof Jill Wilson, Head of School

Australian Justice and Reform Inc

Mrs Dorothy Lyons, Secretary/Treasurer

Australian Pensioners and Superannuants' League Qld Inc

Mr Raymond Ferguson, Policy Coordinator

Carers Queensland

Ms Toni Cannon, Senior Policy Officer

Mr Brendan Horne, Manager, Regional Services

Mr Graham Schlecht, Executive Director

Carne Reidy Herd Lawyers

Mr Brian Herd

Caxton Legal Centre Inc

Mrs Amanda Hess, Coordinator, Seniors Legal and Support Service

Mr Scott McDougall, Director

Ms Rosalind Williams, Solicitor, General Legal Program

Christian Science Churches in QLD

Dr Richard Phillipps, Christian Science Committee on Publication for QLD

Elder Abuse Prevention Unit

Miss Claudia Ferrante, Senior Project Officer

Older People Speak Out (OPSO)

Maida Lilley, Vice President

Self Litigants Association

Ms Joyce Baker, Associate

Ms Lillian Geddes, Manager

Mr John Howard, Member

Superannuated Commonwealth Officers (SCOA)

Mr Garnet Foley, President Qld Branch

Tuesday, 17 July 2007 - Buderim

Individuals

Mr Jack Backer

Mr John Bright

Ms Lucy Cradduck

Dr Peter Keogh

Mrs Esther Morrish

Ms Elizabeth Noakes

Mr John Sullivan

Association of Independent Retirees Limited

Mrs Helen Sava, Company Secretary, Deputy President

Association of Residents of Queensland Retirement Villages Inc

Mr Philip Phillips, President

Christian Science Church Nambour

Mrs Meg McCaulay, Member

Manufactured Home Owners Association Inc

Mr David Paton, Central Area Coordinator and Consultant

Sunshine Coast Crime Prevention Group

Mr Graham Keir, President

Superannuated Commonwealth Offices Association (SCOA)

Mr David Bywaters, Representative

Monday, 30 July 2007 - Perth

Individuals

Mr Clement Allsworth

Mr Malcolm Burton

Mr Joseph Dignan

Mr Terry Izzard

Mr Peter Neil

Mrs Anne Robinson

Advocare Incorporated

Mrs Maureen Sellick, Manager, Policy and Support

Alliance for the Prevention of Elder Abuse: Western Australia

Dr Barbara Black, Executive Officer

Government of Western Australia

Mr Stephen Boylen, Director, Planning and Policy, Office for Seniors Interests and Volunteering

Public Advocate of Western Australia

Ms Michelle Scott, Public Advocate

Public Trustee WA

Ms Kate Malcovic, Executive Officer

Retirement Village Association Ltd

Mr Adrian Pagett, Associate Member

Tuesday, 31 July 2007 - Adelaide

Individuals

Mr John Maschmedt

Aged Rights Advocacy Service Inc

Ms Marilyn Crabtree, Chief Executive Officer

Mrs Susan Lyons, Team Leader

Alzheimer's Australia

Dr Ronald Sinclair, Chairman, National Consumers Committee

Law Society of South Australia

Ms Margaret Kelly, President

Ms Marilyn Lennon, Member and Immediate Past President, Justice Access Committee

Ms Paula Stirling, Chair, Justice Access Committee

Older Women's Advisory Committee

Mrs Helen Storer, President

Public Advocate of South Australia

Mr John Harley, Public Advocate

Victim Support Service Inc

Mr Michael Dawson, Chief Executive

Friday, 17 August 2007 - Canberra

Individuals

Mr Rodney Lewis

ACT Disability Aged and Carer Advocacy Service Inc

Ms Andrea Simmons, Manager

Alzheimer's Australia

Ms Margaret Brown, Consultant

Ms Anne Eayrs, National Policy Officer

Mr Alan Oakey, family carer

Mr Glenn Rees, National Executive Director

Attorney General's Department

Mr Peter Arnaudo, Assistant Secretary, Human Rights Branch

Mr Matthew Osborne, Acting Assistant Secretary, Family Law Branch

Dr Albin Smrdel, Acting Assistant Secretary, Legal Assistant Branch

Mr David Syme, Acting Assistant Secretary, Family Pathways Branch

Australian Bankers Association Inc

Mr Ian Gilbert, Director, Retail Regulatory Policy

Ms Diane Tate, Director, Corporate and Consumer Policy

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Ms Delia Rickard, Deputy Executive Director, Consumer Protection

Mr Gregory Tanzer, Executive Director, Consumer Protection

Centrelink

Mr Dom Bilbie, Acting National Manager, Legal Services

Mr Roy Chell, Business Manager

Mr Paul Cowan, National Manager, Seniors, Carers and Means Test Branch

Ms Carla Harvey, Business Manager, Debt Management Branch

Council on the Ageing (COTA) Over 50s National Office, and COTA South Australia

Dr Geoffrey Bird, Executive Director, Policy, COTA Over 50s

Ms Jane Fisher, Policy Manager, COTA South Australia

Ms Patricia Reeve, Policy consultant, COTA Over 50s

University of Western Sydney

Ms Susan Field, Public Trustee NSW Fellow in Elder Law


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