Public Hearing - Canberra, Friday, 28 October 2005

Public Hearing - Canberra, Friday, 28 October 2005

Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House Canberra

8:45 – 9:30

Commonwealth Ombudsman (No submission)
Professor John McMillan, Ombudsman

9:30 – 10:15

Private Health Insurance Industry Ombudsman (No submission)
Mr John Powlay, Ombudsman

10:15 – 11:00

Medicines Australia (Submission 389)
Dr Brendan Shaw, Senior Manager, Policy and Research
Mr David Grainger, Chair, Health Policy Development Strategic Committee (also a director at Ely Lilly Pharmaceuticals)

11:00 – 11:15

Morning Tea

11.15 – 12:00

Australian College of Psychological Medicine (Submission 411)
Dr Carole Castles, President

12:00 – 12:45

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (Submission 311)
Dr Leanne Rowe, Member, RACGP Council

12:45 – 1:45

Lunch

1:45 – 2:30

Probation and Community Corrections Officers' Association Incorporated (PACCOA) (Submission 503)
Ms Dale Kift, Member, State Executive
Mr Brian Norman, Member, State Executive, immediate past President

2:30 – 3.15

Mr Douglas McIver and Mrs Janice McIver (Submission 317)

3:15 – 3:30

Afternoon tea

3:30 – 4:30

Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) (Submission 262)
Mr John Mendoza, Chief Executive Officer
The Hon Mr Keith Wilson, MHCA Chair
Professor Ian Hickie, Director of the Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) and Clinical Advisor to the MHCA
Ms Ingrid Ozols, Consumer and MHCA Board Executive Member
Mr Sebastian Rosenberg, Deputy Chief Executive Officer

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