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Senate Select Committee on Mental Health
Media Release -
6 October 2005
Senate Inquiry into Mental Health
Public Hearing in Canberra
The Senate Select Committee on Mental Health will hold a public hearing in Canberra on Friday 7 October 2005.
The Committee will hear from Commonwealth agencies involved in mental health care and policy. They will include representatives of:
- Department of Health and Ageing
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs;
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations; and
- Medicare Australia (formerly the Health Insurance Commission).
The hearing will be held at Parliament House in Committee room 1 R 1, and will be open to the public from 9.15am. The program for the hearing is attached.
Senator Lyn Allison
Committee Chair
Further inquiries to Ian Holland, Committee Secretary, on (02) 6277 3019 or 0411 026 208.
For general information about the hearing or the inquiry contact the Committee Secretariat on (02) 6277 3034.
Email mental.health@aph.gov.au
Internet: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/mentalhealth_ctte/
Senate Select Committee on Mental Health
PUBLIC HEARING - CANBERRA
7 October 2005
9.15am – 4.15pm
Committee Room 1 R 1
Parliament House Canberra
PROGRAM – COMMONWEALTH AGENCIES (SUBMISSION 476)
9:15 – 10:30
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Department of Health and Ageing
- Mr Philip Davis, Acting Secretary
- Prof. John Horvath, Chief Medical Officer
- Ms Margaret Lyons, First Assistant Secretary, Health Services Improvement Division
- Prof. Harvey Whiteford, Mental Health Clinical Adviser
- Mr Bill Buckingham, Mental Health Consultant
- Mr John Primrose, Medical Adviser, Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch
- Ms Rosemary Huxtable, First Assistant Secretary, Medical and Pharmaceutical Services Division
- Mr Charles Maskell-Knight, First Assistant Secretary, Acute Care Division
- Mr David Learmonth, First Assistant Secretary, Primary Care Division
- Ms Lesley Podesta, First Assistant Secretary, OATSIH
- Ms Jenny Hefford, A/g First Assistant Secretary, Population Health Division
- Ms Samantha Robertson, A/g Assistant Secretary, Medicare Benefits Branch
Department of Immigration and Indigenous and Multicultural Affairs
- Ms Lynne O'Connell, First Assistant Secretary, Detention Services Division
- Mr Dermot Casey, Assistant Secretary, Detention Health Services Strategy Branch
- Ms Kate Pope, Assistant Secretary, Settlement Branch
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10:30 – 10:45
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Morning Tea
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10:45 – 12:45
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Department of Health and Ageing continued
Medicare Australia (formerly Health Insurance Commission)
- Dr Janet Mould, General Manager, Program Review Division, Medicare Australia
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12:45 – 1:45
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Lunch
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1:45 – 3:30
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Department of Health and Ageing continued as required
FaCS
- Ms Susan Bozic, Section Manager, Carers Section
- Ms Ellen Wood, Section Manager, Homelessness Policy and Assistance
- Ms Suzanne Bozic, Section Manager, Carers Section
DEWR
- Mr Barry Sandison, A/g Group Manager Working Age Policy
Human Services
- Ms Perry Sperling, First Assistant Secretary, Service Delivery - Policy and Strategy
Centrelink
- Ms Moya Drayton, National Manager, Disabilities Services Branch, Centrelink
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3:30 – 3:45
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Afternoon Tea
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3:45 – 4:15
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Department of Health and Ageing continued as required
Continuation of: DEWR, Human Services, Centrelink |
For further information, contact:
Senior Clerk's Office
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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