9.00 am  -

10.15 am

UnitingCare Australia (sub 57)

Ms Lin Hatfield Dodds, National Director

Australian Nursing Homes and Extended Care Association Limited (ANHECA) (sub 74)

Mr Rod Young, Chief Executive Officer

Catholic Health Australia (sub 166)

Mr Francis Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer

Mr Richard Gray, Director, Aged Care Services

Ms Margaret Deerain, Manager Policy and Research

10.15 am

10.30 am

Break

10.30 am  -

11.15 am

Australian Medical Association Limited (AMA) (sub 129)

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, Vice President & Chair Committee on Care of Older People

Mr Bruce Shaw, Senior Policy Adviser, Aged Care

Mr John O'Dea, Director, Medical Practice

11.15 am  -

12.15 pm

Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) (sub 201)

Ms Jill Iliffe, Federal Secretary

Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) (sub 71)

Ms Elizabeth Foley, Director, Policy

Ms Kaye Hogan, Consultant

12.15 pm  -

 1.00 pm

Lunch

 1.00 pm  -

 2.00 pm

ACROD (sub 26)

Dr Ken Baker, Chief Executive

Carers Australia (sub 111)

Ms Julie Austin, Senior Policy Adviser

 2.00 pm  -

 3.00 pm

ACT Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Service (ADACAS)  (sub 167)

Mr Michael Woodhead, Acting Manager

National Rural Health Alliance  (sub 208)

Mr Gordon Gregory, Executive Director

 3.00 pm

 4.30 pm

Department of Health and Ageing  (sub 191)

Mr Nick Mersiades, First Assistant Secretary,

Ageing and Aged Care Division

Mr Warwick Bruen, Assistant Secretary, Community Care Branch

Ms Gail Finlay, Assistant Secretary, Quality Outcomes Branch

Ms Alice Creelman, A/g Assistant Secretary, Policy and Evaluation Branch

Mr Stephen Dellar, Assistant Secretary, Residential Programs Management Branch

Department of Family and Community Services  (sub 168)

Mr Roger Barson, Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability