Appendix 2Public hearings
Monday, 30 January 2023
Rydges Bankstown
Stirling & Typhoon Room, Cnr Hume Highway and Strickland Street
Bass Hill
Sport Medicine Australia
Mr Jamie Crain, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Kerry Peek, NSW State Chair, Physiotherapist and Sports Injury Prevention Researcher
Dr Reidar Lystad, Member of Scientific Advisory Committee
Dr Paul Bloomfield, NSW State Councilor, Sport and Exercise Physician, Club Doctor Manly Sea Eagles
Dementia Australia
Mrs Maree McCabe AM, Chief Executive Officer
Headsafe
Dr Adrian Cohen, Chief Executive Officer
Macquarie University
Dr Rowena Mobbs, Neurologist and Senior Lecturer
Rugby League Players Association
Mr Jamie Buhrer, Player Operations Manager
Professional Footballers Australia
Mr Beau Busch, Co-Chief Executive
Mrs Kathryn Gill, Co-Chief Executive
Abbott Australasia
Dr Beth McQuiston, Abbott Diagnostics
Dr Chris Davlantes, Abbott Point of Care
Mr Paul Davies, Director, Government Affairs
Mrs Kathy & Mr Michael Strong, Private capacity
Ms Enid Taylor and Mrs Jennifer Masters, Private capacity
Ms Sandra and Ms Megan King, Private capacity
Mr James Graham, Private capacity
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Royal on the Park Brisbane
Dehavilland Room
152 Alice St
Brisbane City
Dr Annette Greenhow, Private capacity
Dr Eric Windholz, Private capacity
Shine Lawyers
Ms Jamie Shine, General Manager of Head trauma
University of Queensland
Professor Pankaj Sah, Director, Queensland Brain Institute
Associate Professor Fatimah Nasrallah, Group Leader, Queensland Brain Institute
Professor Karen Barlow, Research Director, Child Health Research Centre
Dr Stephen Townsend, School of Human Movement and Nutrition
Concussion Australia
Mr Brendan Swan, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Benjamin Chen, Private capacity
Dr Tim Butson, Private capacity
Mrs Aleksandra Ballingall, Private capacity
Ms Catherine de Hollander, Private capacity
Miss Lydia Pingel, Private capacity
Ms Kirby Sefo, Private capacity
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
Parliament House
Committee Room 2S1
Canberra
Mrs Hayley Shaw, Private capacity
National Rugby League
Dr Sharron Flahive, Chief Medical Officer
Rugby Australia
Dr Warren McDonald, Chief Medical Officer
Football Australia
Mr Mark Falvo, Chief Operating Officer & Deputy General Secretary
Professor Rob Duffield, Head of Research & Development
Boxing Australia
Ms Dinah Glykidis, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Peter Stickler, Medical Committee Member
HITIQ
Mr Michael Vegar, Founder and Managing Director
Rugby Union Players Association
Mr Justin Harrison, Chief Executive Officer
Mission for Traumatic Brain Injury
Professor Melinda Fitzgerald, Chair, Expert Working Group
National Health and Medical Research Council
Mr Alan Singh, Executive Director, Research Translation Branch
MindMirror
Mr Matthew Lingard, Regional Director
Professor Paul Middleton
Dr Will Davies
Department of Health and Aged Care
Professor Brendan Murphy AC, Secretary
Mr Travis Haslam PSM, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Office for Sport
Dr Masha Somi, Chief Executive Officer, National Health and Medical Research Office
Dr Andrew Singer AM, Principal Medical Advisor
National Sports Tribunal
Mr John Boultbee, Chief Executive Officer
Australian Sports Commission
Mr Kieren Perkins OAM, Chief Executive Officer
Dr David Hughes, Chief Medical Officer
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Jasper Hotel
489 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne
Australian Football League
Mr Andrew Dillon, Executive General Manager Football Operations, Legal & Integrity
Dr Michael Makdissi, Chief Medical Officer
Mr Stephen Meade, General Manager Legal & Regulatory
AFL Players' Association
Mr Paul Marsh, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Megan Comerford, General Manager - Legal
Cricket Australia
Mr Alex Kountouris, Head of Sports Science and Sports Medicine
Dr John Ochard, Chief Medical Officer
AusCycling
Mr Kipp Kaufmann, Executive General Manager
Dr Kevyn Hernandez, Chief Medical Officer
NeuralDx Ltd
Dr Roger Edwards, Chief Executive Officer
Levin Health
Dr James Stewart, Medical Advisory Board
Young People in Nursing Homes National Alliance
Mr Alan Blackwood, Policy Director
Margalit Injury Lawyers
Ms Michel Margalit, Managing Principal
Mr Nicholas Boag, Senior Associate
Griffins Lawyers
Mr Greg Griffin, Principal
Ms Katherine Barreto, Associate
Australasian Injury Prevention Network
Dr Lauren Fortington, Treasurer
Public Health Association of Australia
Professor Terry Slevin, Chief Executive Officer
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Professor Mark Morgan, Chair of Expert Committee for Quality Care
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Dr Vicki Anderson, Theme Director, Clinical Sciences Research
Professor Alan Pearce, Private capacity
Community Concussion Research Foundation
Mr Peter Jess, Chief Executive Officer
Mr John Hennessy, Private capacity
Mrs Anita Frawley, Private capacity
Ms Renee Tuck, Private capacity
Ms Annitta Siliato, Executive Director, Concussion Legacy Foundation Australia
Mr Peter (Wombat) Maguire, Private capacity
Mr Joseph Didulica, Private capacity
Ms Aisha Stewart, Private capacity