Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at public hearings

Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at public hearings

Thursday, 23 August 2007
St James Centre Conference Room, Melbourne

Committee Members in attendance

Senator Gary Humphries (Chair)
Senator Claire Moore (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Steve Hutchins
Senator the Hon Kay Patterson
Senator Helen Polley
Senator Rachel Siewert
Senator Ursula Stephens

Witnesses

Australian Seniors Finance
Mr John Thomas, Managing Director
Mr David Deans, Consultant to ASF

National Institute of Accountants
Ms Vicki Stylianou, Senior Policy Advisor

Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory
Captain Robyn Fernihough, Consultant Territorial Social Policy & Resource Unit
Ms Livia Carusi, Territorial Social Policy & Resource Unit

Brotherhood of St Laurence
Professor Gerard Naughtin, Senior Manager, Social Policy and Ageing
Ms Sandra Hills, General Manager, Aged and Community Care

Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria
Mr Peter van Vliet, Executive Officer
Ms Voula Messimeri-Kianidis, Deputy Chair

Women's Action Alliance (Australia)
Mrs Isobelle Schofield

Association of Independent Retirees
Mrs Eileen Muir, Vice President
Dr Clyde Scaife, Branch President, Hamilton and Member, National Policy Committee

COTA over 50s
Ms Patricia Reeve, Policy Consultant
Mr John Wise, Director

Aged and Community Services Australia
Mr Greg Mundy, Chief Executive Officer

 

Thursday, 20 September 2007
Parliament House, Canberra

Committee Members in attendance

Senator Gary Humphries (Chair)
Senator Claire Moore (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator the Hon Kay Patterson
Senator Helen Polley
Senator Rachel Siewert

Witnesses

Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Dr Geoff Leeper, Deputy Secretary
Ms Robyn Mckay, Acting Deputy Secretary
Dr Nicholas Hartland, Branch Manager

Department of Health and Ageing
Mr David Kalisch, Deputy Secretary
Mr Peter Broadhead, Assistant Secretary

Department of the Treasury
Mr John Lonsdale, General Manager

Department of Veterans' Affairs
Ms Jeanette Ricketts, National Manager

Australian Bureau of Statistics
Ms Meredith Branson, Director

 

Friday, 8 February 2008
Royal on the Park Hotel, Brisbane

Committee Members in attendance

Senator Gary Humphries (Chair)
Senator Claire Moore (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Carol Brown
Senator Rachel Siewert
Senator Ursula Stephens
Senator Ruth Webber

Witnesses

Dr Paul Henman

Superannuated Commonwealth Officers' Association
Mr John Coleman, Indexation Manager

KinKare
Ms Maree Lubach, Chair

Older People Speak Out
Ms Maida Lilley, Vice President

Queensland Shelter
Ms Tracey Douglas, Policy Officer

Catholic Social Services Australia
Mr Frank Quinlan, Executive Director

National Seniors Association
Mr Michael O'Neill, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Peter Brady, National Policy Manager

St Vincent de Paul Society National Council
Dr John Falzon, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Gavin Dufty, Social Justice Committee
Mr Jonathan Campton, Research Officer

Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) (retired members' division)
Mr Andrew Dettmer, AMWU Qld State Secretary
Mr William Flemming, Secretary Qld retired members division

National Union of Retired Workers
Mr Jim Lawler, Secretary

Mr Robert Shortridge

Ms Virginia Boskovic

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