House of Representatives Committees

House Standing Committee on Family and Human Services

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

The winnable war on drugs
The impact of illicit drug use on families

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Appendix F – List of exhibits

Public hearings

Wednesday, 7 February 2007 - Canberra

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Dr Penny Allbon, Director

Mr Mark Cooper-Stanbury, Head, Population Health Unit

Ms Susan Killion, Senior Executive, Health and Functioning Group

Ms Chrysanthe Psychogios, Project Manager and Senior Analyst

Dr Christopher Stevenson, Head, Functioning and Disability Unit

Wednesday, 14 February 2007 - Canberra

Australian Customs Service

Mr John Valastro, National Manager, Border Targeting

Mr Demetrio Veteri, National Manager, Law Enforcement Strategy

Australian Federal Police

Mr Michael Keelty, Commissioner

Wednesday, 28 February 2007 - Canberra

Department of Health and Ageing

Ms Jennifer Bryant, First Assistant Secretary, Population Health Division

Ms Virginia Hart, Assistant Secretary, Drug Strategy Branch

Mr David Learmonth, Deputy Secretary

Ms Laurie Van Veen, Assistant Secretary, Communications Branch

Wednesday, 7 March 2007 - Gold Coast (Roundtable)

Alcohol and Drug Foundation, Queensland

Ms Laura Lynch, Manager, Logan House

Gold Coast Drug Council Inc.

Ms Mary Alcorn, Executive Director

Ms Sue Koningen, Family Support Worker

Goldbridge Rehabilitation Services

Mr Charles Blatch, Chief Executive Officer

Grandparents Assisting Grandkids Support, Gold Coast Region

Ms Maree Newman, Chairperson

Kinkare

Mrs Maree Lubach, Chairperson

Palm Beach Currumbin Clinic

Mrs Joanna Burnett, Social WorkerM

Dr Gregory Pearson, Director of Psychiatry

Youth Enterprise Trust

Ms Glenda Feasey, Community Liaison Officer

Community statements

Four individuals

Wednesday, 14 March 2007 - Perth

Government of Western Australia

Mr Terry Murphy, Executive Director, Drug and Alcohol Office

King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women

Dr Dale Hamilton

Mrs Celine Harrison, Head of Department, Social Work Department

Mrs Claire Henderson, Chemical Dependency Service

National Drug Research Institute

Associate Professor Simon Lenton, Deputy Director

Professor Edward (Ted) Wilkes

Parent Drug Information Service

Mrs Judith Alcock, Parent/Volunteer

Ms Sandra Harris, Parent/Volunteer

Mrs Lee-Anne Raeside, Coordinator

WA Coalition Against Drugs & Drug Free Australia

Mrs Wendy Herbert, Spokeswoman and Fellow

Ms Geraldine Mullins, Founding Member, Adviser and Spokesperson

Kerry Thelma

Women’s Health Services

Ms Jo-Anne Hodson, Manager, Pregnancy, Early Parenting Illicit Substance Use Mums and Children’s Program

Ms Fiona Reid, Outreach Counsellor, Pregnancy, Early Parenting Illicit Substance Use Mums and Children’s Program

Wednesday, 21 March 2007 - Canberra

University of Western Australia

Professor Gary Hulse, Professor of Addiction Medicine

Wednesday, 28 March 2007 - Canberra

Families Australia Inc

Mr Brian Babington, Chief Executive Officer

Monday, 2 April 2007 - Western Sydney (Roundtable)

Blacktown Alcohol and Other Drugs Family Services Inc.

Mrs Sylvia Belsey, Counsellor

Ms Tirrania Suhood, Manager

Open Family Australia

Mr Luat Van Nguyen, Operation Manager, Sydney

UnitingCare Burnside-Cabramatta Centre

Mr Voraveth Siackhasone, Intensive Family Support Worker

UnitingCare Burnside-Cabramatta Multicultural Family Centre

Mr Vuong Van Nguyen, Coordinator, Moving Forward Program

Community statements

Three individuals

Tuesday, 3 April 2007 - Sydney

Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation

Dr Alexander Wodak, President

ONE80TC, Teen Challenge New South Wales

Mr Ryan Betts, Graduate Student

Mr Rhett Morris, Chief Executive Officer

Toughlove Inc

Mrs Jennifer Sher, Trainer

Mrs Louise Smith, Representative

Individuals

Dr Bronwyn Gould

Dr Albert (Stuart) Reece

Community statements

Three individuals

Wednesday, 9 May 2007 - Canberra

Australian Federal Police

Ms Meredith Bassett, Team Leader, Organisational Performance Team

Assistant Commissioner Michael Phelan, Assistant Commissioner

Commander Julian Slater, Manager, Performance and Planning

Wednesday, 23 May 2007 - Canberra

Recovered Drug Users League

Mr Ryan Hidden, Spokesperson

Individual

Hon Ann Bressington MLC (SA)

Monday, 28 May 2007 - Canberra

Australian National Council on Drugs

Dr John Herron, Chairman

Mr Gino Vumbaca, Executive Officer

Canberra Mothercraft Society Inc

Ms Emma Baldock, Client Counsellor & Community Development Officer

Drug Free Australia

Ms Josephine Baxter, Executive Officer

Mr Gary Christian, Board Member

Mrs Carol Russ, Parent

Mr Craig Thompson, Chair

Wednesday, 30 May 2007 - Canberra

Individuals

Mrs Hazel McMenamin

Mr Ian Mercer

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Canberra

Griffith University

Professor Sharon Dawe, School of Psychology

Professor Ross Homel, Director, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance

Tuesday, 19 June 2007 - Canberra

Australian Institute of Family Studies

Dr Matthew Gray, Deputy Director Research

Professor Alan Hayes, Director

Dr Daryl Higgins, General Manager Research

Wednesday, 20 June 2007 - Canberra

Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Mr David Hazlehurst, Group Manager, Families

Ms Gwenda Prince, Branch Manager, Youth Bureau

Ms Vicki Rundle, Branch Manager, Child Care and Children’s Policy, Children’s Group

Ms Michelle Wilson, Section Manager, Youth and Family Services Youth Bureau

Wednesday, 8 August 2007 - Canberra

Family Drug Support

Mr Michael Gardiner, Volunteer

Ms Jessica Lloyd, Volunteer

Mr Tony Trimingham, Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Ms Catherine Wolff, Volunteer

Ms Linda Cheetham

Wednesday, 15 August 2007 - Canberra

Individual

Mrs Lorraine Rowe

Site inspection

Wednesday, 7 March 2007 – Gold Coast

Mirikai House

Ms Mary Alcorn, Executive Director, Gold Coast Drug Council

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