APPENDIX 2

Public Hearing

Thursday, 21 February 2013

Mantra Hotel, 222 Russell Street, Melbourne

Witnesses

Professor Stephen Duckett

Australian Nurses Federation (Victorian Branch)

Mr Paul Gilbert, Assistant Secretary

NSW Department of Health

Dr Mary Foley, Director-General

Dr Rohan Hammett, Deputy Director-General, Strategy and Resources

Catholic Health Australia

Mr Martin Laverty, Chief Executive Officer

Queensland Government (via teleconference)

The Hon. Lawrence Springborg, MP, Minister for Health

Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association

Mr Andrew McAuliffe, Senior Director, Policy and Networks

Victorian Healthcare Association

Mr Trevor Carr, Chief Executive Officer

Mr Tom Symondson, Research and Policy Manager

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Ms Gemma Van Halderen, First Assistant Statistician, Population, Education and Data Integration Division, Population, Labour and Statistics Group

Mr Bjorn Jarvis, Director, Demography

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Mr David Kalisch, Director and Chief Executive Officer

Victorian Government

The Hon. David Davis, MLC, Minister for Health

Dr Philip Pradeep, Secretary, Department of Health

Mr Peter Fitzgerald, Executive Director, Strategy and Policy, Department of Health

Dr John Deeble

Department of Health and Ageing

Ms Jane Halton, Secretary

Ms Kerry Flanagan, Deputy Secretary

Treasury

Mr Peter Robinson, General Manager, Commonwealth-State Relations Division

Independent Hospitals Pricing Authority

Dr Tony Sherbon, Chief Executive Officer

Mr James Downie, Executive Director, Activity Based Funding