Appendix B – Public Hearings
Friday 27 June 2008 - Canberra
Australian Electoral Commission
Mr Ian Campbell,
Australian Electoral Commissioner
Mr Pablo Carpay,
Assistant Commissioner, Roll Management
Mr Paul Dacey, Deputy
Electoral Commissioner
Mr Tim Evans,
Assistant Commissioner People & Performance
Mr Doug Orr,
Assistant Commissioner, Elections
Mr Tim Pickering,
First Assistant Commissioner, Electoral Operations
Mr Paul Pirani, Chief
Legal Officer
Ms Gail Urbanski, Assistant Commissioner, Communications
& Information Strategy
Wednesday 23 July 2008 - Sydney
Individuals
Mr Antony Green
Mr John Meeves
GetUp!
Mr Sam McLean,
National Mobiliser, Grassroots Campaigner
Mr Brett Solomon, Executive Director
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Mr Graeme Innes, Human Rights & Disability
Discrimination Commissioner
People with Disability
Australia
Mr Dean Price, Senior
Advocate
Public Interest Advocacy
Centre
Ms Brenda Bailey,
Senior Policy Officer
Ms Deirdre Moor,
Manager Policy & Programs
The Greens NSW
Ms Lesa de Leau,
Campaign Director
Mr Chris Maltby,
Registered Officer
Vision Australia
Mr Michael Simpson,
General Manager Policy & Advocacy
Thursday 24 July 2008 - Sydney
Individuals
Mr Ivan Freys
Australian Finance Conference
Ms Helen Gordon,
Corporate Lawyer
Homelessness Australia
Mr Digby Hughes,
Policy and Research Officer
NSW Young Labor
Ms Elizabeth
Larbalestier, Secretary
Mr Christopher
Parkin, President
Parliament of New South Wales
The Hon Donald
Harwin, member of the Legislative Council
Uniting Justice Australia,
Uniting Church of Australia
Rev Elenie Poulos,
National Director
Urban Taskforce Australia
Mr Aaron Gadiel,
Chief Executive Officer
Wednesday 6 August 2008 - Brisbane
Individuals
Emeritus Professor Colin
Hughes
Mr David Kerslake
Mr Darrell Main
Australian Electoral
Commission
Ms Anne Bright, Australian Electoral Officer for Queensland
Mr Tim Pickering,
First Assistant Commissioner Electoral Operations
Monday, 11 August 2008 -
Melbourne
Individuals
Mr Mark Dreyfus QC
MP, Federal Member for Isaacs
Mr Anthony van der
Craats
Dr Sally Young
Australian Electoral
Commission
Mr Daryl Wight,
Australian Electoral Officer, for Victoria
Blind Citizens Australia
Ms Leah Hobson,
National Policy Officer
Hanover Welfare Services
Dr Andrew Hollows, General Manager, Research &
Organisational Development
Mr Tony Keenan, Chief
Executive Officer
Ms Violet Kolar,
Assistant Manager Research
PILCH Homeless Persons' Legal
Clinic
Ms Caroline Adler,
Manager & Principal Lawyer
Ms Amy Barry, Macaulay,
Lawyer
Mr James Farrell,
Secondee & Voluntary Lawyer
Tuesday 12 August 2008 - Melbourne
Individual
Dr Joo-Cheong Tham
Australian Electoral
Commission
Ms Marie Neilson, Australian Electoral Officer for Tasmania
Mr Tim Pickering,
First Assistant Commissioner, Electoral Operations
Registries Limited and
Everyone Counts
Mr Craig Burton,
Chief Technology Officer
Ms Debra Pitman,
Business Manager
The Computing Research &
Education Association of Australasia
Dr Vanessa Teague
The Global Data Company
Mr Edward Sedgley,
Director
Wednesday 20 August 2008 – Adelaide
Individual
Dr Kathy Edwards
Australian Electoral Commission
Dr Christopher Drury, Australian Electoral Officer for
South Australia
Electoral Reform Society of
South Australia
Mr Deane Crabb,
Secretary
FamilyVoice Australia
Dr David Phillips,
National President
Royal Society for the Blind of
South Australia Inc.
Mr Trevor Frost,
Community Educator
Thursday 21 August 2008 - Perth
Individuals
Mr William Bowe
Mr Andrew Murray
Association for the Blind of
Western Australia
Mrs Carol Solosy,
Director, Training, Employment & Information Services
Australian Electoral Commission
Mr Colin Nagle, Australian Electoral Officer for Western
Australia
Mr Ian Stringall,
Director of Operations for Western Australia
Council for the National
Interest WA
Mr Denis O'Sullivan,
Chairman Western Australian Committee
Greens WA
Ms Margo Beilby,
Co-Convener
Ms Diane MacTiernan,
Member of Administrative Working Groups
Monday 1 September 2008 - Canberra
Australia Post
Mr Paul Burke, Acting
Corporate Secretary
Mr Ben Franzi,
Manager, Network Customer Requirements
Mr Christopher Jobling,
Manager, Customer Connections
Mr Don Newman, Acting
Group Manager, National Logistics
Mr Scott Staunton,
Deputy General Counsel, Legal Services
Australian Electoral Commission
Mr Ian Campbell, Australian
Electoral Commissioner
Mr Pablo Carpay, Assistant
Commissioner Roll Management
Mr Doug Orr,
Assistant Commissioner Elections
Mr Tim Pickering,
First Assistant Commissioner Electoral Operations
Monday 22 September 2008 - Canberra
Democratic Audit of Australia
Mr Peter Brent,
Member
Professor Brian
Costar, Co-ordinator
Mr Norman (Norm)
Kelly, Member
Friday 17 October 2008 - Canberra
Australian Electoral
Commission
Ms Judy Birkenhead,
Assistant Director, Electronic Voting
Mr Paul Dacey, Acting
Electoral Commissioner
Ms Barbara Davis,
First Assitant Commissioner, Business Support
Mr Iain Loganathan, Australian Electoral Officer for the
Northern Territory
Ms Kathy Mitchell,
Acting Assistant Commissioner Roll Management
Mr Doug Orr,
Assistant Commissioner, Elections
Mr Tim Pickering,
First Assistant Commissioner, Electoral Operations
Department of Defence
Mr Ross McAllister,
Program Director Common Services - SOE
Mr William Meldrum, Defence Project Director - Electronic
Voting Trial for 2007 Federal Election
Air Commodore Anthony
Needham, Director General Workforce Planning
Group Captain Geoffrey Robinson, Acting Director-General,
Headquarters Joint Operations Command
Software Improvements Pty Ltd
Ms Carol Boughton,
Managing Director
Mr Kevin Cox, Chief
Technical Officer
Tuesday 11 November 2008 - Canberra
Australian Labor Party
Mr Karl Bitar,
National Secretary
Mr Elias Hallaj,
Assistant National Secretary
Mr Nick Martin,
Assistant National Secretary
Tuesday 25 November 2008 - Canberra
Individuals
Hon Fran Bailey MP,
Federal Member for McEwen
Hon Gary Gray AO MP,
Federal Member for Brand
Hon Peter Lindsay MP,
Federal Member for Herbert
Tuesday 2 December 2008 - Canberra
Liberal Party of Australia
Mr Brian Loughnane,
Federal Director
Tuesday 3 February 2009 - Canberra
The Nationals
Mr Brad Henderson,
Federal Director
Tuesday 17 March 2009 - Canberra
Australian Electoral
Commission
Mr Paul Dacey, Deputy
Australian Electoral Commissioner
Mr Ed Killesteyn,
Australian Electoral Commissioner
Mr Paul Pirani, Chief
Legal Officer
Mr Tom Rogers,
Australian Electoral Officer for New South Wales
Thursday 16 April 2009 - Canberra
Individuals
Mr Andrew Murray
Professor George
Williams
Action on Smoking and health
Ms Anne Jones, Chief
Executive Officer
Construction, Forestry, Mining
and Energy Union
Mr John Sutton,
National Secretary
Democratic Audit of Australia
Mr Peter Brent,
Researcher
Professor Brian
Costar, Co-ordinator
Public Interest Advocacy
Centre
Ms Deirdre Moor,
Manager Policy & Programs
The Wilderness Society Inc
Mr Alec Marr,
Executive Director
Dr Gregory Ogle,
Legal Co-ordinator
Monday 11 May 2009 - Canberra
Australian Electoral
Commission
Mr Paul Dacey, Acting Electoral Commissioner
Ms Barbara Davis, Acting
Deputy Electoral Commissioner
Ms Kathy Mitchell, Acting Assistant Commissioner,
Communication & Information Strategy
Mr Tom Rogers, Acting
First Assistant Commissioner
Ms Bronwyn Shelley, Acting Chief Legal Officer