Appendix C – Hearings and witnesses
Thursday 24 March 2011, Canberra
Centre for Youth Mental Health
n Associate Professor
Eoin Killackey, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne.
Wednesday 13 April 2011, Melbourne
Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria
n Ms Laura Lee
Collister, General Manager, Rehabilitation Services;
Orygen Youth Health
n Miss A, Ex-client;
n Ms Gina Chinnery,
Youth Employment Consultant; and
n Associate Professor
Eoin Killackey, Director, Psychosocial Research.
Sane Australia
n Ms Barbara Hocking,
Director
Ostara Australia
n Mr Nicholas Bolto,
Chief Executive Officer
Friday 13 May 2011, Canberra
International Society for Research on Internet Interventions
n Professor Helen
Christensen, President
Mental Health Community Coalition ACT
n Ms Brooke McKail,
Executive Officer
Vista Vocational Services
n Ms Bernette Louise
Redwood, Executive Officer
Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University
n Associate Professor
Peter Butterworth, NHMRC Principle Research Fellow.
Monday 6 June 2011, Whyalla
UnitingCare Wesley, Port Adelaide
n Mrs Marie Kuchel,
Program Manager; and
n Mr Harry Marks,
Business Supervisor, Wesley Social Enterprises.
Career Employment Group
n Mr Kevin Rogan,
Chair, Regional Skills Formation Network, Whyalla office
Interwork Limited
n Mr Garry Velt,
General Manager; and
n Ms Tracy Wilson,
Employment Consultant.
Spencer Gulf Rural Health School, University of South Australia
n Ms Rose Hillman,
Project Coordinator, Aboriginal Health; and
n Mr Kym Thomas,
Coordinator, Aboriginal Health.
Tuesday 7 June 2011, Adelaide
Mental Illness Fellowship of South Australia
n Mr Deiniol Griffith,
Team Leader, Peer Work Project;
n Ms Fiona Johnson,
Team Leader, PHaMS West Program;
n Ms Natasha Miliotis,
Chief Executive Officer;
n Ms Sarah Reece,
Participant, PHaMs West Program; and
n Ms Lisa Thiele,
Sessional Education Worker.
Private Mental Health Consumer Carer Network (Australia)
n Mr John Francis
Kincaid, State Coordinator, South Australia; and
n Ms Janne Christine
McMahon, Independent Chair and Executive Officer.
Southern Mental Health, Adelaide Health Service, South Australia Health
n Mr Todd Bamford, Team
Leader, Transitional Care and Early Psychosis, and Noarlunga Emergency Mental
Health Services; and
n Mr John Strachan,
Acting Outer South Sector Manager.
Friday 17 June 2011, Sydney
Black Dog Institute
n Dr Caryl Barnes,
Consultant Psychiatrist;
n Professor Vijayaa
Manicavasagar, Director of Psychological Services;
n Mr Michael Hendrick
Sluis, Community Programs Manager; and
n Ms Jacqui Wallace,
Strategic Programs Manager.
Multicultural Mental Health Australia and Transcultural Mental Health
Macquarie University
n Mr Stephen Bailey,
private capacity
Wesley Mission
n Mr Andrew Mitchell,
Director of Mental Health, Employment and Counselling; and
n Mr Damien Munt,
Operations Manager, Employment Services.
Carers NSW
n Ms Elena Katrakis,
Chief Executive Officer;
n Ms Alison Parkinson,
Policy Officer; and
n Ms Dianne Ross,
private capacity.
NSW Consumer Advisory Group – Mental Health Inc.
n Mr Chris Hartley,
Senior Policy Officer; and
n Ms Julie
Hourigan-Ruse, Chief Executive Officer.
Monday 8 August, Gold Coast
Bio-Balance Health
n Mrs Judy Nicol,
President; and
n Dr Richard Stuckey,
Medical Representative.
Bond University
n Associate Professor
Vicki Bitsika, Behaviour Management and Psychology, Associate Dean for Teaching
and Learning, Faculty of Humanities.
Gold Coast Employment Support Service
n Mrs Melissa Williams,
Manager.
FSG Australia en Vision Programs
n Miss Kerrie Banks,
Service Manager; and
n Mr Daniel Menhennet,
Intention Peer Support Worker.
Complex Needs Panel
n Mr Tawanda
Machingura, Assistant Director of Occupational Therapy, Gold Coast Health
Service; Division of Mental Health and ATODS, Queensland Health;
n Ms Phyllis Quensier,
Service Integration Coordinator, Gold Coast Health Service District, Queensland
Health;
n Mr Grant Robin,
Program Director, Gold Coast Drug Council and Queensland Drug and Alcohol
Council; and
n Ms Christine Shaw,
Acting Coordinator, Mental Health Recovery Program, Ozcare.
Tuesday 9 August 2011, Brisbane
Queensland Government
n Dr Aaron Robert
Groves, Executive Director, Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Directorate;
Queensland Health; and
n Mr Adam Stevenson,
General Manager, Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and
Innovation.
Queensland Centre for Mental Health
n Dr Geoffrey Waghorn
RM, Head, Social Inclusion and Translational Research.
Queensland Alliance for Mental Health
n Mr Jeff Cheverton,
Chief Executive Officer; and
n Ms Catherine O’Toole,
President, State Council, and Chief Executive Officer, Advance Employment.
Welfare Rights Centre Inc.
n Ms Gail Middleton,
Executive Director; and
n Ms Georgina Lawson,
Project and Research Officer.
BoysTown
n Ms Tracy Adams, Chief
Executive Officer;
n Mr John Dalgleish,
Manager, Strategy and Research; and
n Mrs Anne McEachen,
National Job Services Manager.
Abigroup Limited
n Ms Sarah Marshall,
National Environmental and Sustainability Manager; and
n Mr Rhett Jayson,
General Foreman, Queensland Children’s Hospital Site.
19 August 2011, Melbourne
beyondblue
n Mr Brian Graetz,
Program Director, Education and Early Childhood;
n Ms Therese
Fitzpatrick, National Workplace Program Manager; and
n Mr Nicholas
Arvanatis, Program Manager, Employment and Workforce.
National Employment Services Association Ltd.
n Ms Sally Sinclair,
Chief Executive Officer.
Lantern
n Ms Janet Evelyn
Bromley, Manager, Services; and
n Ms Elaine Patricia
Gibbs, consumer.
Occupational Therapy Australia Ltd.
n Mr Chris Kennedy,
Senior Policy Advisor; and
n Mr Geoff Lau,
Chairperson, Queensland Division.
Social Firms Australia
n Ms Caroline Anne
Crosse, Executive Director; and
n Ms Dea Coleen
Morgain, Manager.
Australian Psychological Society
n Mr Bo Li, Senior
Policy Advisor, Professional Practice; and
n Dr Rebecca Mathews,
Manager, Practice Standards and Resources.
Tuesday 30 August 2011, Gosford
Fairhaven Services
n Ms Carlene
Brzozowski, Learning and Development Officer; and
n Mr Jim Buultjens,
Chief Executive Officer.
Employment and Training Australia
n Ms Petrina March,
Business Development Manager; and
n Mr Tony Mylan, Chief
Executive Officer.
The ORS Group
n Mrs Michelle Kathleen
Bell, Assistant General Manager; and
n Mrs Anthea Smith,
National Allied Health Manager.
Youth Connections
n Mr Ashley McGeorge,
Transitions Manager;
n Ms Meredith Milne,
Youth Transitions Executive Officer; and
n Ms Linda Thomas, Team
Leader YC Program.
Thursday 22 September 2011, Canberra
Mission Australia
n Ms Kylee Bates,
General Manager, Employment Solutions
Thursday 13 October 2011, Canberra
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
n Ms Fiona Buffinton,
Group Manager, Specialist Employment Services Group;
n Mr Graham Harman,
Director, Disability Employment Service Performance Section, Disadvantaged Job
Seekers Branch, Specialist Employment Services Group; and
n Ms Sharon Stuart,
Branch Manager, Disadvantaged Job Seekers Branch, Specialist Employment
Services Group.
Disability Employment Australia
n Mrs Donna Maree
Faulkner, Chairperson of Board of Directors, and Executive Director, Work
Solutions Gippsland;
n Ms Cherie Jolly,
Delegate of member organisation UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaide;
n Ms Margaret Liddell,
Delegate of member organisation, UnitingCare Wesley Mission;
n Mr Keith Mahar,
Ambassador; and
n Ms Lynette May, Chief
Executive Officer.
Friday 14 October 2011, Canberra
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Department of
Health and Ageing and Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs
n Ms Fiona Buffinton,
Group Manager, Specialist Employment Services Group, Department of Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations;
n Mrs Jill Farrelly,
Branch Manager, Mental Health Branch, Department of Families, Housing, Community
Services and Indigenous Affairs;
n Mr Evan Lewis, Group
Manager, Disability and Carers, Department of Families, Housing, Community
Services and Indigenous Affairs;
n Ms Phillipa Lowrey,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing;
n Ms Fiona Nicholls,
Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing;
n Ms Sharon Rose,
Branch Manager, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs;
n Mr Alan Singh,
Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing; and
n Ms Sharon Stuart,
Branch Manager, Disadvantaged Job Seekers Branch, Specialist Employment
Services Group;
Department of Human Services
n Ms Malisa Golightly,
Deputy Secretary, Health and Older Australians’
n Ms Dianne Fletcher,
General Manager, Rehabilitation and Assessment Services; and
n Ms Melissa Lond,
National Manager, Mental Health, Disability and Carers.
Department of Defence
n Mr David Morton,
Director General, Mental Health, Psychology and Rehabilitation;
n Major General Gerrard
Fogarty, Head, People Capability; and
n Mr Neville Tomkins,
First Assistant Secretary, Defence People Solutions.
Commonwealth Ombudsman
n Ms Emma Cotterill,
Acting Director, Social Support;
n Mr Peter Edwards,
Director, Adelaide/Perth; and
n Mr Adam Stankevicius,
Senior Assistant Ombudsman.
Comcare
n Ms Christine Bolger,
Director, Work Health; and
n Mr Neil Quarmby,
General Manager, Work Health and Safety Group.
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
n Mr Stephen Bolton,
Senior Advisor, Employment, Education and Training; and
n Ms Jennifer Lambert, Director,
Employment, Education and Training.
Monday 17 October 2011, Darwin
Equity Services, Charles Darwin University
n Mrs Judith Mary
Austin, Coordinator;
n Ms Kerrie Coulter,
Disability Liaison Officer;
n Ms Edwina Jane Grose,
Director;
n Mr David Munro, student;
and
n Mrs Jean Packham,
Student Counsellor Facilitator.
Carers NT
n Mr Garry Halliday,
Chief Executive Officer;
n Mrs Hiltrud Kivelitz,
Mental Health Coordinator; and
n Mrs X, Carer.
TEAMHealth Top End Association for Mental Health
n Mr Dale Campbell,
Chief Executive Officer; and
n Ms Melissa Heywood,
Director, Client Services.
Northern Territory Government
n Mr Richard Francis
Ashburner, Senior Policy Officer, Mental Health Branch, Department of Health;
n Mr Rodney Cryer,
Manager, Training Operations, Department of Education and Training;
n Ms Bronwyn Hendry,
Director, Mental Health Services, Department of Health; and
n Ms Jenny Stephensen,
Director, Strategic Workforce Planning and Development, Office of the
Commissioner for Public Employment.
Tuesday 18 October 2011, Perth
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia
n Ms Marcia Helen
Kuhne, Manager, Industrial Relations Policy
Rio Tinto and Dampier Salt
n Mrs Denise Carole
Goldsworthy, Managing Director, Dampier Salt; and
n Dr Andrew Porteous,
Manager, Corporate Health and Safety, Rio Tinto.
WorkFocus Group
n Mr Michael Kolomyjec,
Divisional Manager; and
n Ms Nicola Tuckwell,
Divisional Manager.
Edge Employment Solutions
n Miss Nicole Cox,
National Disability Coordination Officer;
n Ms Susan Kaye
Robertson, Managing Director;
n Ms Rebecca Turpin,
Job Coordinator; and
n Mr Gary Wanstall, private
capacity.
Friday 4 November 2011, Hobart
Workskills Inc.
n Ms Rebecca Hanslow,
Case Manager;
n Ms Helen Hudson,
Senior Case Manager;
n Mr Lucas Mackey,
Senior Case Manager; and
n Mr William (Bill)
Parsell, Case Manager.
Tasmanian Polytechnic
n Mr Colin Baldwell,
Student Counsellor;
n Ms Linda Glover,
Disability Liaison Officer; and
n Mr Ciaran (Paul)
Murphy, General Manager.
Department of Human Services
n Mr Peter Ball,
Service Leader;
n Mr Alistair Bissland,
Social Worker;
n Ms Desley Hargreaves,
National Manager, Social Work Services;
n Ms Patricia McAlpine,
Acting National Manager, Rehabilitation and Assessment Services; and
n Mr Niko Milic, Social
Worker.
CRS Australia
n Ms Denise Frederick,
Divisional Manager, Victoria/Tasmania;
n Ms Patricia McAlpine,
Acting National Manager, Rehabilitation and Assessment Services; and
n Ms Alison McCann,
National Manager.
Statewide and Mental Health Services, Department of Health and Human
Services, Tasmanian Government
n Ms Jane Austin,
Principal Policy Officer,
n Mrs Vicki Polanowski,
Team Leader, Adult Community Mental Health East.
WISE Employment
n Mr Richard Anthony
Kane, Policy Advisor;
n Ms Alexandra Newton,
Program Manager;
n Mr Robert Priest,
private capacity; and
n Ms Lois Webster, Case
Manager.
Thursday 24 November 2011, Canberra
Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health Queensland
n Dr Jennifer Bowers,
Chief Executive Officer