APPENDIX 2
Public hearings
Friday, 1 April 2011
- Perth
Witnesses:
Ms Judith Hendriksen - Private capacity
Ms Anita Welsh - Private capacity
Adoption Jigsaw
Ms Ann Allpike, Administrator and Researcher
Ms Isabel Andrews, Coordinator/Counsellor
Adoption Research and Counselling Service
Mrs Jennifer Newbould, Counsellor/Manager
Mrs Lisa McDonald, Committee Member
Apology Alliance
Ms Christine Cole, Convenor
Ms Suzanne MacDonald - Private capacity
Association Representing Mothers Separated from their
Children by Adoption WA
Ms Shirley Moulds, Founding Coordinator
Ms Carmel Ipock, Coordinator
Ms Lynne Devine, Secretary
Wednesday, 20 April 2011 – Melbourne
Witnesses:
VANISH Inc
Mr Leigh Hubbard, Chair
Mr Ian Coles, Manager
Origins Victoria
Mrs Jean Argus, Secretary
Mrs Elizabeth Edwards, Convenor
Mrs Patricia Gall, Committee Member
Ms Lynette Kinghorn, Treasurer
Apology Alliance
Mrs Barbara Maison, Member
June Smith – Private capacity
Mrs Mary Wood – Private capacity
Mr Michael O'Meara – Private capacity
Care Leavers Australia Network
Mr Michael Bamfield, Member
Monash University
Professor Denise Cuthbert, Professor of Sociology
Professor Marian Quartly – Private capacity
History of Adoption Project
Professor Shurlee Swain, Chief Investigator
MacKillop Family Services
Ms Jenny Glare, Manager, Heritage and Information Service
Ms Brenda Coughlan – Private capacity
Women's Electoral Lobby Australia
Dr Kathleen MacDermott, Member, Victoria Executive
Forum
Ms Lily Arthur, Coordinator, Origins Inc.
Ms Alexandra Bird, Private capacity
Ms Spring Blossom, Private capacity
Ms Susan Bryce, Private capacity
Ms Isabell Collins, Private capacity
Ms Leonie Horin, Private capacity
Mrs Dorothy Kowalski, Treasurer, ARMS (VIC) Inc
Mr Roy Legro, Private capacity
Ms Kim Menta, Private capacity
Mrs Pru Murphy, Private capacity
Mrs Marilyn Murphy/Webse, Private capacity
Ms Lynnette Newington, Private capacity
Mrs Catherine O'Dwyer, Convenor, ARMS (VIC) Inc.
Ms Charlotte Smith, Private capacity
Wednesday, 27 April 2012 – Brisbane
Witnesses:
Ms Kathryn Rendell – Private capacity
Mrs Bernadette Wallman – Private capacity
Link-Up, Queensland
Dr Melisah Feeney, Chief Executive Officer
Miss Ruth Link, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Counsellor
Mrs Rosemary Rennie, Family Research Officer
Stolen Generations Alliance Inc
Ms Gillian Brannigan, National Coordinator
Mrs Rosemary Baird, Executive Secretary
Ms Leonie Pope, Convenor, SGA Adoption Subcommittee
Ms Heather Shearer, South Australian Aboriginal Delegate
Adoption Loss Adult Support (ALAS)
Miss Patricia Large, Co-Founder and Coordinator
Mrs Margaret Hamilton, Member
Mrs Therese Hawken, Member
White Australian Stolen Heritage
Ms Kerri Saint, Chair
Origins Queensland Inc
Ms Linda Bryant, Coordinator
Mr Matthew Cotterell – Private capacity
Ms Susan Treweek – Private capacity
Jigsaw Queensland Inc
Dr Trevor Jordan, President
Forum
Ms Angela Barra, Private capacity
Mrs Rhonda Grant, Private capacity
Ms Susan Kelly, Manager, Post Adoption Support, Queensland
Miss Patricia Large, Co-Founder and Coordinator, Adoption Loss
Adult Support
Ms Julie Morgan-Thomas, Member, Origins
Mr William North, Private capacity
Ms Susan Treweek, Private capacity
Ms Aleisa Woodward, Private capacity
Friday, 29 April 2011 – Sydney
Witnesses:
Mr Erik Spinney – Private capacity
Mrs Gabrielle McGuire – Private capacity
International Social Service Australia
Mr Damon Martin, Manager, New South Wales Office
The Benevolent Society
Ms Maree Walk, General Manager, Operations
Ms Sarah Fogg, Senior Policy Manager
Ms Janet Henegan, Team Leader, Post Adoption Resource Centre
Origins Inc
Mrs Lily Arthur, Coordinator
Mrs Lizzy Brew, Member
Ms Valerie Linow, Committee Member
DES Action Australia, New South Wales
Mrs Carol Devine, Coordinator
Apology Alliance
Ms Christine Cole, Convenor
Ms Cassandra Cooke, Secretary, Stolen White Generation
Ms Robin Turner, Member
Family Inclusion Network, New South Wales (FIN NSW)
Dr Frank Ainsworth, President
Dr Patricia Hanse, Secretary
Ms Meryanne Bonnici, Parent Member
Forum
Ms Kellie Beuganey, Private capacity
Mrs Allison Bosley, Private capacity
Ms Jennie Burrows, Private capacity
Mrs Louise Greenup, Private capacity
Mrs Christine Hamilton, Private capacity
Mrs Carol Helmrich, Member, Origins
Ms Hanet Henegan, Team leader, Post Adoption Resource Centre,
The Benevolent Society
Ms Kate Howarth, Private capacity
Mrs Irene Knight, Private capacity
Ms Vikki Lewis, Private capacity
Ms Maureen Melville, Private capacity
Miss Gabrielle Mittermayer, Private capacity
Ms Heather Painter-Williams, Private capacity
Ms Therese Pearson, Member, Origins Newcastle
Mr Erik Spinney, Private capacity
Ms Kim Taylor, Private capacity
Ms Pamella Vernon, State Ward Representative, Origins, New
South Wales Stae Representative, Alliance for Forgotten Australians
Thursday, 22 September 2011 – Canberra
Witnesses:
Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs
Ms Cate McKenzie, Group Manager
Ms Helen Bedford, Branch Manager, Children's Policy
Ms Karen Wilson, Former Branch Manager, Children's Policy
Tuesday, 27 September 2011 – Canberra
Witnesses:
Ms Marie Coleman PSM – Private capacity
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 – Canberra
Witnesses:
Attorney-General's Department
Dr Albin Smrdel, First Assistant Secretary, Access to Justice
Division
Ms Kerri-Ann Smith, Acting Assistant Secretary, Marriage and
Intercountry Adoption Branch
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Dr Daryl Higgins, Deputy Director, Research
Dr Thomas Graham – Private capacity
Department of Social Work, James Cook University
Dr Susan Gair
Department of Health and Ageing
Mr Shane Porter, Assistant Secretary, Medicare Financing and
Analysis Branch
Mr Alan Singh, Assistant Secretary Mental Health System
Development Branch
National Archives of Australia
Dr Stephen Ellis, Acting Director-General
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Ms Joan Sheedy, Assistant Secretary, Privacy and FOI Policy
Branch
Mrs Janice Kashin – Private capacity
Catholic Health Australia
Mr Martin Laverty, Chief Executive Officer
Forum
Mrs Lily Arthur, Coordinator, Origins Inc
Ms Gillian Brannigan, National Coordinator, Stolen Generation
Alliance
Mrs Lizzy Brew, Secretary, Origins Inc
Ms Jennie Burrows, Private capacity
Ms Christine Cole, Private capacity
Ms Judith McPherson, Private capacity
Ms Robin Turner, Private capacity
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 – Adelaide
Witnesses:
Family Voice Australia
Mr David D'Lima, State Officer
Mrs Roslyn Phillips, National Research Officer
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Ms Marsha Milliken, Group Manager, Income Support Group
Ms Christen Coralive – Private capacity
Ms Evelyn Robinson – Private capacity
National Council for Single Mothers and Their Children
Ms Terese Edwards, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Elspeth McInnes, Policy Advisor
Ms Kathryn Rendell, Member, Advisory Committee
Mrs Lorraine Hassett – Private capacity
Stolen Generations Alliance
Ms Heather Shearer, South Australian Aboriginal Delegate
Thursday, 15 December 2011 – Sydney
Witnesses:
Dr Denise Nisbet Wallis – Private capacity
Forum
Ms Lily Arthur, Private capacity
Mrs Lizzy Brew, Private capacity
Ms Jennie Burrows, Private capacity
Ms Christine Cole, Private capacity
Ms Pauline Egan, Private capacity
Ms Jennifer Harman, Private capacity
Mr Mark Hartley, Private capacity
Ms Monica Jones, Private capacity
Mrs Gabrielle McGuire, Private capacity
Mr Michael O'Meara, Private capacity
Ms Loma Pincham, Private capacity
Ms Orla Shield, Private capacity
Mr Erik Spinney, Private capacity
Ms Robin Turner, Private capacity
Friday, 16 December 2011 – Hobart
Witnesses:
Australian Association of Social Workers
Ms Carol Dorgelo, President
Salvation Army
Major Graeme McClimont, Divisional Commander, Tasmanian
Division
Centacare Tasmania
Mrs Georgina McLagan, Principal Officer, Catholic Private
Adoption Agency
Forum
Ms Cherry Blaskett, Private capacity
Mrs Robyn Cohen, Private capacity
Mrs Barbara Pendrey, Private capacity
Mrs Virginia Perry, Private capacity
Ms Margaret Singline, Private capacity
The Hon. Frances Bladel – Private capacity
Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services
Mr Timothy Vaatstra, Manager, Adoption and Permanency Services
Ms Jane Monaghan, Coordinator, Adoption Information Service
Forum
Mrs Christine Burke, Private capacity
Mr Murray Legro, Private capacity
Ms Jane Lunt, Psychologist, Relationships Australia
Miss Carolyn McGrath, Private capacity
Mrs Patricia MacPherson, Private capacity
Ms Isabel Morris, Private capacity
Ms Evelyn Mundy, Private capacity
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