B. Public hearings

B. Public hearings

Tuesday, 8 August 2023

Canberra

Carers Australia

  • Ms Alison Brook, Chief Executive Officer

Carers Australia

  • Ms Sue Elderton, Senior Policy Officer

Individual carers

  • David
  • Helen

Thursday, 24 August 2023

Canberra

Mood Disorders Carers Support Group

  • Mrs Paula Smith, Volunteer

HelpingMinds

  • Mrs Deborah Childs, Chief Executive Officer

Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association

  • Adjunct Associate Professor Rebecca Haddock, Executive Director, Knowledge Exchange
  • Dr Natalie Winter, Deeble Scholar

Private capacity

  • Alex
  • Briana
  • Kylie

Kin Raising Kids Tasmania

  • Mr John Flack, Board Secretary
  • Mrs Jan Savage, Board Member
  • Mr Frank Tyers, Management Committee

Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia

  • Ms Rachel Fishlock, Chief Operations Officer
  • Professor Helen Milroy AM, Chairperson, Gayaa Dhuwi Board

Suicide Prevention Australia

  • Ms Caitlin Bambridge, Policy and Government Relations Manager
  • Ms Tracey Monigatti, Lived Experience Panel Member

Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Canberra

Lived Experience Australia

  • Professor Sharon Lawn, Chair and Executive Director

Dementia Australia

  • Mrs Kylie Miskovski, General Manager Policy and Advocacy
  • Mr Vernon Marshall, Dementia Advocate

Kiind

  • Ms Carrie Clark, Chief Executive Officer
  • Ms RenĂ©e Darbyshir, Systemic Advocacy Lead

Queensland Alliance for Mental Health

  • Ms Jennifer Black, Chief Executive Officer

Arafmi Ltd

  • Ms Irene Clelland, Chief Executive Officer

Carers SA

  • Mr David Militz, Chief Executive Officer
  • Ms Marianne Lewis, Manager Strategic Policy

Carers Tasmania

  • Dr Samantha Fox, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mrs Julie Ryan, Executive Policy Officer

Carers ACT

  • Ms Lisa Kelly, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mrs Kamla Brisbane, Policy and Advocacy Lead

Carers Queensland

  • Ms Sarah Walbank, Manager, Quality and Assurance
  • Ms Louise Houston, Quality and Evaluation Officer

Tuesday, 5 September 2023

Canberra

The Australian Human Rights Commission

  • Ms June Oscar AO, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

GenWest

  • Ms Rosie Goethel, Manager, Evaluation and Policy

Tuesday, 12 September 2023

Canberra

Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria

  • Mr Eddie Micallef, Chairperson
  • Ms Victoria Kyriakopoulos, Acting Chief Executive Officer
  • Ms Hayat Doughan, Ageing Well Project Coordinator

Wednesday, 4 October 2023

Canberra

Little Dreamers Australia

  • Ms Madeleine Buchner OAM, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
  • Mr Hudson Langan-Stark, Young Carer Participant
  • Ms Jacqueline de Mamiel, Young Carer Participant

Roundtable - individual unpaid carers

  • Kathleen Moore
  • Belinda
  • Mrs Marlene McClelland
  • Ms Alyssa Weirman

McCabe Centre For Law & Cancer

  • Ms Megan Varlow, Director, Cancer Control Policy
  • Ms Tarishi Desai, Manager, Treatment and Supportive Care

Carers WA

  • Mr Richard Newman, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mrs Carissa Gautam, Systemic Policy Officer
  • Mr Stuart Jenkinson, Systemic Policy & Strategy Officer

Carers Victoria

  • Ms Judith Abbott, Chief Executive Officer
  • Ms Margaret Boulos, Senior Policy and Research Advisor

Carers NSW

  • Ms Elena Katrakis, Chief Executive Officer
  • Ms Sarah Judd-Lam, Executive Manager, Policy, Development and Research

Women, Work and Policy Research Group and ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, University of Sydney

  • Associate Professor Myra Hamilton, Co-Director, Women Work and Policy Research Group, University of Sydney; and Principal Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, University of Sydney
  • Dr Hugh Bainbridge, Associate Professor, School of Management and Governance, University of New South Wales; and Associate Investigator, Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research

MS Australia

  • Mr Rohan Greenland, Chief Executive Officer
  • Ms Sarah Clifton, Senior Policy Officer

Redkite

  • Mrs Monique Keighery, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mr Tim Rogers, National Advocacy Manager.

Tuesday, 17 October 2023

Canberra

Carers Australia

  • Mrs Jane Bacot-Kilpatrick, Chief Executive Officer
  • Ms Sue Elderton, Senior Policy Officer

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Canberra

Department of Social Services

  • Ms Robyn Shannon, Deputy Secretary, Disability and Carers
  • Ms Kellie Spence, A/g Group Manager, Disability Employment and Carers
  • Ms Anna Lutz, Branch Manager, Disability Employment and Carers