Appendix B: List of public hearings and inspections
Tuesday, 22 April 2008 — Sydney
Site
inspection of Villawood Immigration Detention Facility and immigration
residential housing
Wednesday, 7 May 2008 —
Sydney
Individuals
Ms Linda Jaivin
Mr Morteza Poorvadi
A Just Australia
Ms Kate Gauthier, National Coordinator
Amnesty
International Australia
Dr Graham Thom
Asylum
Seekers Centre
Ms Tamara Domicelj, Director
Australian
Red Cross
Mr Noel Clement, General Manager, Domestic Operations
Ms Annie Harvey, Manager, ITRASS
Balmain for Refugees
Mrs Deborah Nicholls
House of
Welcome
Father James Carty, Coordinator
Mercy
Refugee Service
Sister
Lorraine Phelan, On-Shore Programmes Manager, Mercy Works Inc
Monday, 7 July 2008 —
Darwin
Visit to Headquarters Northern
Command, Larrakeyah Barracks
Site inspection of hotel
facilities
Site inspection of the Northern
Immigration Detention Centre, Defence Establishment Berrimah
Tuesday, 8 July 2008 — Christmas
Island
Site inspection of the Phosphate
Hill immigration detention facility and adjacent construction camp
Site inspection of the Christmas
Island Immigration Detention and Reception Centre, North-West Point
Wednesday, 3 September
2008 — Canberra
Immigration
Detention Advisory Group
Air Marshal Ray Funnell AC (Rtd), Member
Hon John Hodges, Chair
Wednesday, 10 September
2008 — Melbourne
Site inspection of Maribyrnong
Immigration Detention Centre
Site inspection of Melbourne
Immigration Transit Accommodation
Visit to the Asylum Seekers
Resource Centre, West Melbourne
Thursday, 11 September
2008 — Melbourne
Individuals
Mr Guy Coffey
Australian
Red Cross
Mr Noel Clement, General Manager, Domestic Operations
Brotherhood
of St Laurence
Ms Serena Lillywhite, Manager, Sustainable Business
Castan
Centre for Human Rights Law
Dr Susan Kneebone, Deputy Director
Detention
Health Advisory Group
Assoc
Professor Harry Minas, Chair
Dr Tim Lightfoot, Member
Dr Gillian Singleton, Member
Hotham
Mission Asylum Seeker Project
Ms Caz Coleman, Project Director
Ms Stephanie Mendis, Casework Team Leader
Law
Institute of Victoria
Ms Joanne Knight, Chairperson, Refugee Law Reform Committee
Ms Jessie Taylor, Convenor - Immigration Detention Working Group, The Justice Project and Liberty Victoria
Liberty Victoria
Mr Julian Burnside QC, President
Refugee
and Immigration Legal Centre Inc
Mr
David Manne, Coordinator/Principal Solicitor
The
Justice Project Inc
Mr Kurt Esser, Chair
Wednesday,
17 September 2008 — Canberra
Office of
the Commonwealth Ombudsman
Prof John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman
Mrs Helen Fleming , Senior Assistant Ombudsman
Mr George Masri, Senior Assistant Ombudsman
Dr Vivienne Thom, Deputy Ombudsman
Wednesday, 24 September
2008 — Canberra
Department
of Immigration and Citizenship
Mr Dermot Casey, Ag First Assistant Secretary
Mr Bob Correll, Deputy Secretary
Ms Arja Keski-Nummi, First Assistant Secretary, Refugee Humanitarian and International Division
Mr Andrew Metcalfe, Secretary
Ms Lyn O'Connell, First Assistant Secretary
Wednesday, 8 October 2008—Perth
Site inspection of Perth
Immigration Detention Centre and immigration residential housing
Meeting with Ms G, community
detention client
Thursday, 9 October 2008—Perth
Individuals
Mr Stephen Khan
Dr Anne Pedersen
Centre for
Human Rights Education, Curtin University of Technology
Professor Linda Briskman
Centrecare Inc
Mr Nigel Calver, Executive Manager
Mr Anthony Pietropiccolo, Director
Project
SafeCom Inc
Mr Jack Smit, Executive Director / Project Coordinator
Southern
Community Advocacy Legal and Educational Services
Community Legal Centre
Ms Anna Copeland, Acting Director (Southern Community Advocacy Legal and Educational Services)
Ms Mary Anne Kenny, Solicitor/ Migration agent
Mrs Vanessa Moss, Solicitor/ Migration agent
The
Uniting Church in Australia
Ms Rosemary Hudson Miller, Associate General Secretary, Justice and Mission
Uniting
Church in Australia - Western Australia
Mr Mark Cox, Solicitor
Wednesday, 15 October 2008 — Canberra
Australian
Security Intelligence Organisation
Mr Paul O'Sullivan, Director-General
United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Mr Richard Towle, Regional Representative
Friday, 24 October 2008 — Sydney
Individuals
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM
A Just Australia
Ms Kate Gauthier, National Coordinator
Asylum
Seeker Resource Centre
Mr Kon Karapanagiotidis, Chief
Executive Officer
Ms Pamela Curr, Campaign
Coordinator
Ms Maria Psihogios-Billington, Principal Solicitor
Asylum
Seekers Centre
Ms Tamara Domicelj, Director
Australian
Human Rights Commission
Mr Graeme Innes, Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Ms Catherine Maywald, Policy Officer, Human Rights Unit
Balmain for Refugees
Ms Frances Milne
Mr Shane Prince, Counsel
Get Up!
Mr Edward Coper, Campaigns Director
Ms Anna Saulwick, Rights, Justice and Democracy Campaigner
Human
Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Ms Susan Newell, Acting Director, Human Rights Unit
Legal Aid
NSW
Ms Elizabeth Biok, Solicitor
Mr Bill Georgiannis, Solicitor
Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture
and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)
Ms Deborah Gould, Clinical Psychologist
Ms Gordana Hol-Radicic, Clinical
Psychologist, Acting Clinical Services and Research Coordinator
Participants
in roundtable of community detention clients
Ms
K
Mr
U
Mrs Z
Mr W
Ms L
Mr K
Miss Z
Thursday,
22 January 2009 — Melbourne
Asylum
Seeker Resource Centre
Ms Pamela Curr, Campaign Coordinator
Ms Maria Psihogios-Billington, Principal Solicitor
Australian
Red Cross
Ms Melissa Bencik, Caseworker
International Coalition on the Detention of Refugees,
Asylum Seekers and Migrants
Mr Grant Mitchell, Director
Participants
in roundtable of bridging visa clients
Ms G D
Ms
W D
Mrs F G
Mr H G
Mr S H
Ms
S I
Ms
L I
Mr Q L
Mr P Q
Mr G S
Friday, 23
January 2009 — Brisbane
Individuals
Ms Kerrie Woodrow
Bric
Housing
Mr Tofiq Al Qady, Tenant/Caretaker
Ms Margaret Gleeson, Housing Worker
Ethnic
Communities Council of Queensland
Mr Andrew Bartlett, Policy and Advocacy Advisor
Metropolitan
Association Towards Community Housing
Mrs Carolyn Doherty, Chief Executive Officer
Multicultural
Development Association
Ms Karen Lee, Executive Manager
Refugee
and Immigration Legal Service
Ms Sonia Caton, Director
Refugee
Claimants Support Centre
Miss Bess Hopgood, Joint Coordinator
Romero Centre
Mr Abdul Ghaznawi, Client
Mr Hassan Ghulam, Community Wellbeing Worker
Ms Kathi McCulloch, Coordinator
Ms Frederika Steen, Information Officer
Wednesday,
4 February 2009 — Canberra
Refugee
Council of Australia
Mr Chris Nash, National Policy Director
Mr Paul Power, Chief Executive Officer
Monday, 23 February 2009 —
Canberra
Site inspection of the Alexander
McConachie Centre
Wednesday,
25 February 2009 — Canberra
Griffith University
Professor Howard Adelman,
Research Professor, Detention Research Group, Key Centre for Ethics, Law,
Justice and Governance.
Wednesday,
18 March 2009 — Canberra
Department
of Immigration and Citizenship
Mr Bob Correll, Deputy Secretary
Ms Lynne Gillam, Assistant Secretary, Compliance Resolution
Mr Peter Hughes, Deputy Secretary
Ms Arja Keski-Nummi, First Assistant Secretary, Refugee Humanitarian and International Division
Ms Alison Larkins, First Assistant Secretary, Compliance and Case Resolution Division
Mr Andrew Metcalfe, Secretary
Mr Peter Richards. Assistant Secretary, Compliance and Integrity Support Branch
Ms Jackie Wilson, First Assistant Secretary, Community and Detention Services Division