Appendix B – Public Hearings

Friday 27 June 2008 - Canberra

Australian Electoral Commission

            Mr Ian Campbell, Australian Electoral Commissioner

            Mr Pablo Carpay, Assistant Commissioner, Roll Management

            Mr Paul Dacey, Deputy Electoral Commissioner

            Mr Tim Evans, Assistant Commissioner People & Performance

            Mr Doug Orr, Assistant Commissioner, Elections

            Mr Tim Pickering, First Assistant Commissioner, Electoral Operations

            Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer

            Ms Gail Urbanski, Assistant Commissioner, Communications & Information Strategy

 

Wednesday 23 July 2008 - Sydney

Individuals

            Mr Antony Green

            Mr John Meeves

GetUp!

            Mr Sam McLean, National Mobiliser, Grassroots Campaigner

            Mr Brett Solomon, Executive Director

 

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

            Mr Graeme Innes, Human Rights & Disability Discrimination Commissioner

People with Disability Australia

            Mr Dean Price, Senior Advocate

Public Interest Advocacy Centre

            Ms Brenda Bailey, Senior Policy Officer

            Ms Deirdre Moor, Manager Policy & Programs

The Greens NSW

            Ms Lesa de Leau, Campaign Director

            Mr Chris Maltby, Registered Officer

Vision Australia

            Mr Michael Simpson, General Manager Policy & Advocacy

 

Thursday 24 July 2008 - Sydney

Individuals

            Mr Ivan Freys

Australian Finance Conference

            Ms Helen Gordon, Corporate Lawyer

Homelessness Australia

            Mr Digby Hughes, Policy and Research Officer

NSW Young Labor

            Ms Elizabeth Larbalestier, Secretary

            Mr Christopher Parkin, President

Parliament of New South Wales

            The Hon Donald Harwin, member of the Legislative Council

Uniting Justice Australia, Uniting Church of Australia

            Rev Elenie Poulos, National Director

Urban Taskforce Australia

            Mr Aaron Gadiel, Chief Executive Officer

 

Wednesday 6 August 2008 - Brisbane

Individuals

            Emeritus Professor Colin Hughes

            Mr David Kerslake

            Mr Darrell Main

Australian Electoral Commission

            Ms Anne Bright, Australian Electoral Officer for Queensland

            Mr Tim Pickering, First Assistant Commissioner Electoral Operations

 

Monday, 11 August 2008 - Melbourne

Individuals

            Mr Mark Dreyfus QC MP, Federal Member for Isaacs

            Mr Anthony van der Craats

            Dr Sally Young

Australian Electoral Commission

            Mr Daryl Wight, Australian Electoral Officer, for Victoria

Blind Citizens Australia

            Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer

Hanover Welfare Services

            Dr Andrew Hollows, General Manager, Research & Organisational Development

            Mr Tony Keenan, Chief Executive Officer

            Ms Violet Kolar, Assistant Manager Research

PILCH Homeless Persons' Legal Clinic

            Ms Caroline Adler, Manager & Principal Lawyer

            Ms Amy Barry, Macaulay, Lawyer

            Mr James Farrell, Secondee & Voluntary Lawyer

 

Tuesday 12 August 2008 - Melbourne

Individual

            Dr Joo-Cheong Tham

Australian Electoral Commission

            Ms Marie Neilson, Australian Electoral Officer for Tasmania

            Mr Tim Pickering, First Assistant Commissioner, Electoral Operations

Registries Limited and Everyone Counts

            Mr Craig Burton, Chief Technology Officer

            Ms Debra Pitman, Business Manager

The Computing Research & Education Association of Australasia

            Dr Vanessa Teague

The Global Data Company

            Mr Edward Sedgley, Director

 

Wednesday 20 August 2008 – Adelaide

Individual

            Dr Kathy Edwards

Australian Electoral Commission

            Dr Christopher Drury, Australian Electoral Officer for South Australia

Electoral Reform Society of South Australia

            Mr Deane Crabb, Secretary

FamilyVoice Australia

            Dr David Phillips, National President

Royal Society for the Blind of South Australia Inc.

            Mr Trevor Frost, Community Educator

 

Thursday 21 August 2008 - Perth

Individuals

            Mr William Bowe

            Mr Andrew Murray

Association for the Blind of Western Australia

            Mrs Carol Solosy, Director, Training, Employment & Information Services

Australian Electoral Commission

            Mr Colin Nagle, Australian Electoral Officer for Western Australia

            Mr Ian Stringall, Director of Operations for Western Australia

Council for the National Interest WA

            Mr Denis O'Sullivan, Chairman Western Australian Committee

Greens WA

            Ms Margo Beilby, Co-Convener

            Ms Diane MacTiernan, Member of Administrative Working Groups

 

Monday 1 September 2008 - Canberra

Australia Post

            Mr Paul Burke, Acting Corporate Secretary

            Mr Ben Franzi, Manager, Network Customer Requirements

            Mr Christopher Jobling, Manager, Customer Connections

            Mr Don Newman, Acting Group Manager, National Logistics

            Mr Scott Staunton, Deputy General Counsel, Legal Services

Australian Electoral Commission

            Mr Ian Campbell, Australian Electoral Commissioner

            Mr Pablo Carpay, Assistant Commissioner Roll Management

            Mr Doug Orr, Assistant Commissioner Elections

            Mr Tim Pickering, First Assistant Commissioner Electoral Operations

 

Monday 22 September 2008 - Canberra

Democratic Audit of Australia

            Mr Peter Brent, Member

            Professor Brian Costar, Co-ordinator

            Mr Norman (Norm) Kelly, Member

 

Friday 17 October 2008 - Canberra

Australian Electoral Commission

            Ms Judy Birkenhead, Assistant Director, Electronic Voting

            Mr Paul Dacey, Acting Electoral Commissioner

            Ms Barbara Davis, First Assitant Commissioner, Business Support

            Mr Iain Loganathan, Australian Electoral Officer for the Northern Territory

            Ms Kathy Mitchell, Acting Assistant Commissioner Roll Management

            Mr Doug Orr, Assistant Commissioner, Elections

            Mr Tim Pickering, First Assistant Commissioner, Electoral Operations

Department of Defence

            Mr Ross McAllister, Program Director Common Services - SOE

            Mr William Meldrum, Defence Project Director - Electronic Voting Trial for 2007 Federal Election

            Air Commodore Anthony Needham, Director General Workforce Planning

            Group Captain Geoffrey Robinson, Acting Director-General, Headquarters Joint Operations Command

Software Improvements Pty Ltd

            Ms Carol Boughton, Managing Director

            Mr Kevin Cox, Chief Technical Officer

 

Tuesday 11 November 2008 - Canberra

Australian Labor Party

            Mr Karl Bitar, National Secretary

            Mr Elias Hallaj, Assistant National Secretary

            Mr Nick Martin, Assistant National Secretary

 

Tuesday 25 November 2008 - Canberra

Individuals

            Hon Fran Bailey MP, Federal Member for McEwen

            Hon Gary Gray AO MP, Federal Member for Brand

            Hon Peter Lindsay MP, Federal Member for Herbert

 

Tuesday 2 December 2008 - Canberra

Liberal Party of Australia

            Mr Brian Loughnane, Federal Director

 

Tuesday 3 February 2009 - Canberra

The Nationals

            Mr Brad Henderson, Federal Director

 

Tuesday 17 March 2009 - Canberra

Australian Electoral Commission

            Mr Paul Dacey, Deputy Australian Electoral Commissioner

            Mr Ed Killesteyn, Australian Electoral Commissioner

            Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer

            Mr Tom Rogers, Australian Electoral Officer for New South Wales

Thursday 16 April 2009 - Canberra

Individuals

            Mr Andrew Murray

            Professor George Williams

Action on Smoking and health

            Ms Anne Jones, Chief Executive Officer

Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union

            Mr John Sutton, National Secretary

Democratic Audit of Australia

            Mr Peter Brent, Researcher

            Professor Brian Costar, Co-ordinator

Public Interest Advocacy Centre

            Ms Deirdre Moor, Manager Policy & Programs

The Wilderness Society Inc

            Mr Alec Marr, Executive Director

            Dr Gregory Ogle, Legal Co-ordinator

 

Monday 11 May 2009 - Canberra

Australian Electoral Commission

                        Mr Paul Dacey, Acting Electoral Commissioner

            Ms Barbara Davis, Acting Deputy Electoral Commissioner

            Ms Kathy Mitchell, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Communication & Information Strategy

            Mr Tom Rogers, Acting First Assistant Commissioner

            Ms Bronwyn Shelley, Acting Chief Legal Officer