Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at public hearings
Thursday, 28 September 2006
Stamford
Grand Hotel, Melbourne
Committee Members in
attendance
Senator Humphries
(Chair)
Senator Moore (Deputy Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator McLucas
Senator Patterson
Senator Siewert
Witnesses:
MS Australia
Mr Alan Blackwood, Manager Policy and Community Partnerships
Mr Bushy Laird
Young People in Nursing Homes
National Alliance
Dr Bronwyn Morkham, National Director
Inability Possibility
Ms Megan Atkins, Secretary
Brain Injury Australia
Ms Lyndall Grimshaw, Executive Officer
Ms Merrilee Cox, Executive Officer,
Headway Vic
Gippsland Carers Association
Inc
Mrs Jean Tops, President
South Gippsland Carers Group
Mr Bill Skinner, President
Associate Professor Christine Bigby
Dr Jennifer Torr
Office of the Public Advocate
Mr Julian Gardner, Public Advocate
Dr David Raymond, Manager, Policy and
Education
Victorian Government
Mr Arthur Rogers, Executive Director,
Disability Services Division
Ms Raelene West
Victorian Disability Advocacy
Network
Ms Merrilee Cox
Mr Paul Hume
Tuesday, 3 October 2006
Jubilee
Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Committee Members in
attendance
Senator Humphries
(Chair)
Senator Moore (Deputy Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Bartlett
Senator Carol Brown
Senator McLucas
Senator Patterson
Witnesses:
Jobsupport Inc
Mr Philip Tuckerman, Director
National Ethnic Disability Alliance
Ms Diane Qian, Executive Officer
Motor Neurone Disease
Association of Australia (MNDAA)
Mrs Carol Birks, National Executive Director
Mr Alex Malley, Former National
Executive Director
Association for Children with
a Disability NSW
Ms Sue Griffin, President
National Carers Coalition
Mrs Felicity Maddison, Queensland Liaison Carer
Mrs Nell Brown, New South Wales
Liaison Carer
Council of Social Service of New
South Wales (NCOSS)
Ms Michelle Burrell, Acting Director
Ms Christine Regan, Senior Policy
Officer
NSW Government
The Hon John Della Bosca, MLC, Minister for Disability
Services
Ms Janet Milligan, Executive Director, Strategic Policy and
Planning, New South Wales Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
Ms Carol Mills, Deputy Director General,
New South Wales Department Of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
Australian DeafBlind Council
Mr Seven Topp, President
Mr John Finch, Administrative Officer
People with Disability
Australia Inc
Ms Heidi Forrest, President
Mr Matthew Keely, Senior Legal Officer
Thursday, 5 October 2006
Duxton
Hotel, Perth
Committee Members in
attendance
Senator Humphries
(Chair)
Senator Moore (Deputy Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator McLucas
Senator Patterson
Senator Polley
Senator Siewert
Senator Webber
Witnesses:
Western Australian Government
The Hon Tony McRae, Minister for
Disability Services
National Council on
Intellectual Disability
Ms Sue Harris, Acting Chief Executive Officer
Ms Mary-Louise Allen, Board Member
representing Western Australian
Mr Paul Smale
Brightwater Care Group
Dr Penny Flett, Chief Executive Officer
Mrs Janet Wagland, Manager, Services
for Young People
Independent Living Centre of WA
Inc
Ms Gerri Clay, Chair
Ms Sally Hunter, Manager ILC Tech and Country Services
Cerebral Palsy Australia
Ms Anita Ghose, National Project
Manager and Chair, Scientific Committee and National Editor
Ms Deidre Croft
Development Disability
Council of WA
Ms Su-Hsien Lee, Joint Chief
Executive
Committed About Securing
Accommodation for People with Disabilities (CASA)
Ms Carol Franklin, Cofounder
Ms Amanda Simes
Mr Richard Diermajer
Friday, 6 October 2006
Stamford
Grand Hotel, Glenelg, Adelaide
Committee Members in
attendance
Senator Humphries
(Chair)
Senator Moore (Deputy Chair)
Senator Ferris
Senator McLucas
Senator Patterson
Witnesses:
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO)
Mr Maurice Corcoran, President
Ms Collette O’Neill, National Policy
Officer
South Australian Council on
Intellectual Disability (SACID)
Ms Delphine Stagg, President
Disability Advocacy and
Complaints Services of SA
Ms Monika Baker, Senior Advocate
Aged and Community Services Australia
(ACSA)
Mrs Patricia Sparrow, National Policy
Manager
Royal Society for the Blind
of South Australia
Mr Andrew Daly, Executive Director
Mr Tony Starkey, Future Solutions Officer
Multiple Sclerosis Society of
SA & NT
Ms Meg Lees, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Sharon Barlow, Senior Nurse Educator and Social Worker
Ms Libby Morris, Senior Occupational Therapist
Ms Jan Victory, Social Worker
Friday, 13 October 2006
Parliament
House, Canberra
Committee Members in
attendance
Senator Humphries
(Chair)
Senator Moore (Deputy Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Barlett
Senator McLucas
Senator Patterson
Senator Siewert
Witnesses:
Carers Australia
Ms Joan Hughes, Chief Executive
Officer
Ms Sally Richards
Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia
Mr Bob Buckley, Convenor
Women with Disabilities
Ms Susan Salthouse, Vice-President
ACROD
Dr Ken Baker, Chief Executive Officer
Australian Institute
of Health and Welfare
Dr Penny Allbon, Director
Dr Xing-yan Wen, A/g Joint Head, Functioning and Disability
Unit
Ms Louise York, A/g Joint Head, Functioning and Disability
Unit
Mr Tim Beard, Senior Analyst, Functioning and Disability Unit
Ms Cathy Hales, Senior Analyst,
Ageing and Aged Care Unit
ACT Government
Ms Katy Gallagher MLA, Minister for Disability and Community
Services
Ms Lois Ford, Executive Director
Disability ACT
Client Guardian Forum
Mr John Thorn, President
Ms Christine Smith, Secretary
Mr Glenn Cocking, Committee Member
Australian Government
Mr Stephen Hunter, Deputy Secretary, Department of Families,
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Mr Evan Lewis, A/g Group Manager, Housing and Disability
Group, Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Mr Ben Wallace, Branch Manager, Disability and Carers Branch,
Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Ms Peta Winzar, National Manager, National Disability
Operations, Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Ms Lynne Curran, Group Manager, Specialist Services and Income
Support Group, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Friday, 17 November 2006
Undumbi Room, Parliament
House, Brisbane
Committee Members in
attendance
Senator Humphries
(Chair)
Senator Moore (Deputy Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Barlett
Senator McLucas
Senator Patterson
Senator Siewert
Witnesses:
Queensland Government
Mr Stirling Hinchcliffe MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the
Minister for Communities, Disability Services, Seniors and Youth
Mr Brad Swan, Assistant Director General, Disability Services Queensland
Ms Helen Ferguson, Executive
Director, Strategic Policy Directorate, Disability Services Queensland
Ms Mary Walsh
Toowoomba Intellectual
Disability Support Association
Mr Anthony Lanigan, President
Mercy Disability Services
Mr Kevin Lewis, Director Lifestyle Support
Mr Lawrence Shaw, Financial
Controller
Endeavour Foundation
Ms Page Armstrong, Manager Community
Advocacy Support Unit
Queensland Advocacy
Incorporated
Mr Kevin Cocks, Director
Ms Melinda Ewen, Community Living
Advocate
Ms Valerie Pawagi
Spinal Injuries Australia
Mr John Mayo, Manager, Community Relations
Multiple Sclerosis Society of
Queensland
Dr Wayne Sanderson, Manager, Individual and Family Services
Mr Craig Rowley, Regional Service
Coordination
Parkinsons Australia
Associate Professor George Mellick, President, Parkinsons Queensland
Ms Astrid Firrell, Executive Officer
Mrs Marion
Leggo
Wednesday, 22 November 2006
Parliament House, Hobart
Committee Members in
attendance
Senator Humphries
(Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Barlett
Senator Carol Brown
Senator McLucas
Senator Patterson
Senator Siewert
Witnesses:
Tasmanian Government
Ms Alison Jacob, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and
Human Services
Mr John Nehrmann, Project Management
Office, Disability Services, Department of Health and Human Services
ACROD Tasmania
Ms Margaret Reynolds, Executive Officer
Alderman Mary Guy,
Ministerial Advisory Council
Tasmanians with Disabilities
Professor Christopher Newell
Mr Robin Wilkinson
Mr Philip
Crouch
Mr Patrick Eadington
Anglicare Tasmania
Mr Daryl Lamb, State Manager, Community Service
Ms Mandy Clarke, Manager, Disability Support Services
Ms Teresa Hinton, Research and Policy
Officer, Social Action and Research Centre
Brain Injury Association of Tasmania
Ms Deborah Byrne, Executive Officer
HOPES
Mr David Pearce, President
Mr Matthew Vickers,
Committee Member
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