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Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee at public hearings

Monday, 25 March 2002 - Canberra

  • Commander Norman Banks
  • Commanding Officer, HMAS Adelaide, Royal Australian Navy
  • Dr Allan Hawke, Secretary, Department of Defence
  • Vice Admiral David Shackleton, Chief of Navy, Royal Australian Navy

Tuesday, 26 March 2002 - Canberra

  • Commander Norman Banks,
  • Commanding Officer, HMAS Adelaide, Royal Australian Navy

Thursday, 4 April 2002 - Canberra

  • Commander Norman Banks,
    Commanding Officer, HMAS Adelaide, Royal Australian Navy
  • Rear Admiral Chris Ritchie, Commander Australian Theatre,
    Royal Australian Navy
  • Brigadier Mike Silverstone, Commander Northern Command,
    Royal Australian Navy
  • Rear Admiral Geoffrey Smith, Maritime Commander,
    Royal Australian Navy

Friday, 5 April 2002 - Canberra

  • Rear Admiral Geoffrey Smith, Maritime Commander,
    Royal Australian Navy

Thursday, 11 April 2002 - Canberra

  • Rear Admiral Geoffrey Smith, Maritime Commander,
    Royal Australian Navy

Friday, 12 April 2002 - Canberra

  • Admiral Christopher Barrie, Chief of the Defence Force, Department of Defence
  • Air Vice Marshal Alan Titheridge, Head Strategic Command, Department of Defence

Tuesday, 16 April 2002 - Canberra

  • Mr William Farmer, Secretary,
    Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
  • Ms Jane Halton, Former Chair, People Smuggling Taskforce, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
  • Mr Robert Illingworth, Assistant Secretary, Onshore Protection,
    Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
  • Mr Edward Killesteyn, Deputy Secretary,
    Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
  • Mr Vincent McMahon, First Assistant Secretary,
    Offshore Centre Management and Infrastructure Division,
    Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
  • Mr Desmond Storer, First Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Legal Division,
    Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

Wednesday, 17 April 2002 - Canberra

  • Mr Tim Bloomfield, Director of Media Liaison, Department of Defence
  • Commander Piers Chatterton, Director of Operations – Navy, Royal Australian Navy
  • Colonel Stephen Day, Deputy Commandant, Australian Defence Force Academy
  • Group Captain Gregory Evans, Chief of Staff to Chief of Defence Force,
    Department of Defence
  • Air Marshal Allan (Angus) Houston, Chief of Air Force, Royal Australian Airforce
  • Mr Brian Humphreys, Director General, Communication Strategies,
    Department of Defence
  • Ms Jennifer McKenry, Head, Public Affairs and Corporate Communication,
    Department of Defence
  • Mr Andrew Stackpool, Public Affairs Officer, Directorate of Media Liaison,
    Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, Department of Defence

Thursday, 18 April 2002 - Canberra

  • Ms Jennifer Bryant, Assistant Secretary, Education and Immigration Branch,
    Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
  • Vice Admiral (Retired) Sir Richard Peek
  • Mr Andrew Podger, Public Service Commissioner,
    Public Service and Merit Protection Commission
  • Associate Professor Hugh Smith, School of Politics,
    Australian Defence Force Academy
  • Ms Anne-Maree Tiernan, Senior Research Assistant, School of Politics,
    Griffith University
  • Dr John Uhr, Senior Fellow, Political Science Program,
    Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
  • Professor Patrick Weller, Deputy Director,
    Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance,
    Griffith University

Wednesday, 1 May 2002 - Canberra

  • Mr Geoffrey Barker, Journalist, Australian Financial Review
  • Mr Clive Davidson, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Maritime Safety Authority
  • Mr Graeme Dobell, Foreign Affairs and Defence Correspondent, Radio Australia
  • Mr James Ensor, Director, Public Policy, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad
  • Ms Susan Harris, National Refugee Team, Amnesty International Australia
  • Mr John Hodges, Chairman, Immigration Detention Advisory Group
    c/- Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
  • Mr Tony Kevin, Private Capacity
  • Mr Ian McPhedran, Bureau Chief, News Ltd
  • Ms Annmaree O’Keeffe, Deputy Director General, Pacific Contracts and Corporate Policy, AusAID
  • Dr John Pace, Expert, Amnesty International Australia
  • Dr Geoff Raby, First Assistant Secretary, International Organisations and Legal Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Mr Malcolm Reid, Manager, Advocacy, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad
  • Mr Charles Tapp, Deputy Director General, PNG and Global Programs, AusAID
  • Dr Graham Thom, Refugee Coordinator, Amnesty International Australia
  • Mr James Wise, First Assistant Secretary, South Pacific, Africa and Middle East Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Thursday, 2 May 2002 - Canberra

  • Commander Stefan King, Deputy Director, Capability Resourcing, Navy Capability,
  • Performance and Plans Branch, Navy Headquarters, Department of Defence
  • Ms Harinder Sidhu, Senior Adviser, Defence, Intelligence and Security Branch, International Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Wednesday, 22 May 2002 – Canberra

  • Rear Admiral Marcus Bonser, Director General, Coastwatch,
    Australian Customs Service
  • Ms Katrina Edwards, Former First Assistant Secretary, Social Policy Division,
    Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
  • Mr Michael James O’Connor, Executive Director, Australia Defence Association
  • Group Captain Steven Walker, Director of Joint Operations, Strategic Command Division, Department of Defence

Thursday, 13 June 2002 – Canberra

  • Dr Brendon Hammer, Former Assistant Secretary, Defence, Intelligence and Security Branch,
    Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
  • Ms Harinder Sidhu, Senior Adviser, Defence, Intelligence and Security Branch,
    Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Thursday, 11 July 2002 – Canberra

  • Mr Clive Davidson, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Maritime Safety Authority
  • Colonel Patrick Gallagher, Commander, Australian Theatre Joint Intelligence Centre
  • Commissioner Michael Keelty, Commissioner, Australian Federal Police
  • Mr Edward Killesteyn, Deputy Secretary, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
  • Federal Agent Brendon McDevitt, General Manager, National,
    Australian Federal Police
  • Mr Vincent McMahon, Acting Deputy Secretary, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
  • Ms Nelly Siegmund, Assistant Secretary, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

Tuesday, 30 July 2002

  • Air Commodore Phillip Byrne, Commander, Maritime Patrol Group,
    Royal Australian Airforce
  • Ms Jane Halton, Former Chair, People Smuggling Taskforce,
    Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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