B. Public Hearings

B. Public Hearings

Friday, 14 April 2023

Canberra

Panel: The Uluru Statements from the Heart

  • Professor Megan Davis
  • Aunty Pat Anderson AO

Panel: Indigenous Voice Co-design Process

  • Professor Tom Calma AO
  • Professor Marcia Langton AO

Panel: Legal Witnesses

  • Ms Louise Clegg
  • Professor Greg Craven AO
  • Hon Kenneth Hayne AC KC
  • Professor Anne Twomey AO
  • Mr Bret Walker AO SC
  • Professor George Williams AO

Private Capacity

  • Mr Thomas Mayo
  • Mr Kerry O'Brien
  • Hon Robert French AC

Monday, 17 April 2023

Orange

Orange City Council

  • Mr Gerald Power, Deputy Mayor
  • Mr Jeff Whitton, Councillor

Orange Aboriginal Medical Service

  • Mr Jamie Newman, Chief Executive Officer

Uluru Youth Dialogue

  • Ms Alisha Agland

Mingaan Wiradjuri Aboriginal Corporation

  • Ms Helen Riley, Wiradjuri Elder
  • Ms Sharon Riley

Private Capacity

  • Ms Annette Steel
  • Mr Roy Ah-See
  • Ms Kim Whitely
  • Mr Bill Allen

Wednesday, 19 April 2023

Cairns

Torres Strait Island Councils

  • Mayor Yen Loban
  • Dalassa Yorkston, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mayor Phillemon Mosby
  • James Williams, Chief Executive Officer
  • Deputy Mayor Getano Lui
  • Mayor Patricia Yusia

Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council

  • Mayor Ross Andrews

Traditional Owners Groups - Cape York and Torres Strait

  • Mr Lul Ned David, Chairperson
  • Mr Richard Ah Mat, Chairperson

Cape York Partnerships

  • Ms Kirstyne Davis, Chief Executive Officer
  • Ms Fiona Jose, Chief Executive Officer

Private Capacity

Mr Jack Wilkie-Jans

Dr Shireen Morris

Friday, 28 April 2023

Perth

NoongarPanel

  • Mr Daniel Morrison, Chief Executive Officer, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
  • Mr Joseph Collard

Reconciliation WA

  • Ms Jody Nunn, Chief Executive Officer

Regional Panel

  • Mr Anthony Watson, Chairman, Kimberley Land Council
  • Mr Daniel Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Nyamal Aboriginal Corporation
  • Ms Kyra Galante, First Nations Participation Director, Worley Resources

WA Aboriginal Advisory Council

  • Mr Marty Sibosado

Community Representatives Panel:

  • Professor Fiona Stanley AC, Epidemiologist and Public Health Expert

Private capacity:

  • The Hon Ken Wyatt AM
  • The Hon Fred Chaney AO
  • Adjunct Professor Victoria Grieves Williams

Monday, 1 May 2023

Canberra

Panel: Existing Voice Bodies

  • Mr Dale Agius, Commissioner First Nations Voice, South Australia
  • Aunty Geraldine Atkinson

Uphold and Recognise

  • Dr Damien Freeman, Founder and Director
  • Mr Sean Gordon, Chairman
  • Ms Kerry Pinkstone, Executive Director

Empowered Communities

  • Mr Ian Trust, Chair

Private Capacity

  • Father Frank Brennan SJ AO
  • The Hon Tony Abbott AC
  • Nyunggai Warren Mundine
  • Mr Noel Pearson
  • Mr Julian Leeser MP

Law Council of Australia

  • Professor Cheryl Saunders AO, Member of the Voice Referendum Working Group
  • Mr Luke Murphy, President
  • Mr Greg McIntyre SC, President-Elect, and Co-Chair of the Voice Referendum Working Group
  • Ms Fiona McLeod SC, Former President
  • Ms Leonie Campbell, Director of Policy
  • Ms Gabrielle Bashir SC, President

Attorney-General's Department

  • Ms Katherine Jones PSM, Secretary
  • Ms Tamsyn Harvey, Deputy Secretary, Justice and Communities
  • Mr David Lewis, General Counsel (Constitutional), Office of Constitutional Law

National Indigenous Australians Agency

  • Ms Jody Broun, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mr Simon Gordon, Acting Group Manager, Empowerment and Recognition
  • Ms Julie-Ann Guivarra, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Policy and Programs