Public hearing - Melbourne, 6 July 2005

Public hearing - Melbourne, 6 July 2005

9.00am – 4.40pm 
St James Court Centre
12 Batman Street
(Cnr King and Batman Sts)
West Melbourne

9:00 – 9:40

Dr Georgina Phillips (Submission 255)

9:40 – 10:20

Eastern Hume Dual Diagnosis Services (Submission 374)
Mr Gary Croton, Clinical Nurse Consultant
Dr Tim Rolfe, Consultant Psychiatrist

10:20 – 10:35

Morning Tea

10:35 – 11:15

Mental Health Legal Centre (Submission 314)
Ms Vivian Topp, Lawyer, Policy
Mr Kier Saltmarsh, Chair, Committee of Management
Ms Merinda Epstein, Policy Worker

11:15 – 11:55

Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Submission 306)
Mr Michael Burt, Chief Executive Officer
Professor Paul Mullen, Clinical Director  

11:55 – 12:35

Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Submission 434)
Professor Graham Burrows AO KCSJ
Ms Megan McQueenie, Executive Director

12:35 – 1:35

Lunch

1:35 – 2.15

Centre for Psychiatric Nursing Research & Practice (CPNRP) (Submission 217)
Dr. Brenda Happell - Director
Mr Brian Jackson - Senior Nurse Advisor and Chairperson of CPNRP Executive
Ms Silvana Sgro, Policy Analyst
Ms Cath Roper - Consumer Academic – CPNRP

2:15 – 3:05

City of Port Phillip (Submission 326)
Ms Kate Incerti, Housing Information and Support Worker

Hume City Council (Submission 298)
Ms Nicole Mahony, Director City Communities
Ms Denise Shearer, Manager, Social Development

3:05 – 3.20

Afternoon tea

3:20 – 4:00

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)(Submission 323)
Dr Julian Freidin, President
Dr Johanna Lammersma, Hon. Secretary
Mr Harry Lovelock, Director of Policy

4:00 – 4:40

Clinical Psychologists (Submission 401)
Mr Raymond Rudd, Clinical Psychologist
Professor Henry Jackson, Clinical Psychologist, Head of the School of Behavioural Science, (Department of Psychology), University of Melbourne.

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