C. Hearings and Witnesses

Tuesday, 29 January 2019 – Perth

University of Western Australia
Professor Peter Eastwood, Director, Centre for Sleep Science; Director, West Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study
Professor Romola Bucks, Head of School of Psychological Science, and Professor
Dr Ian Dunican, Director/Principal Consultant, Melius Consulting
Sleep Matters
Dr Melissa Ree, Director
Absolute Sleep
Dr Christopher Pantin, Principal Dentist
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Professor Bhajan Singh, Head of Department, Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine; and Director, West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute
Dr David Hillman, Sleep Physician, Sleep Health Foundation
Professor Adams, Professor Wittert and Dr Appleton
Professor Robert Adams, Professor of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Flinders University
Professor Gary Wittert, Director, Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health, University of Adelaide
Dr Sarah Appleton, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide

Tuesday, 5 February 2019 – Sydney

SleepFit
Ms Melissa Webster, Chief Executive Officer
Australasian Sleep Technologists Association
Dr Kerri Melehan, President
Sleep Management Group
Mr Robert Leslie, Founder and Director
Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
Dr Peter Cistulli, Professor of Sleep Medicine; and Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital
Dr Kate Sutherland, Research Fellow
Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
Dr Christopher Gordon, Associate Professor, Sydney Nursing School, and Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Dr Nathaniel Marshall, Associate Professor, Sydney Nursing School, and Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), University of New South Wales
Professor Danny Eckert, Director, Sleep Research Program; and Matthew Flinders Fellow, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health
Australasian Epidemiological Association
Professor Julie Byles, Member
Dr Yu Sun Bin, Member
Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University
Professor R Doug McEvoy, Professor of Sleep Medicine, Director
Professor Danny Eckert, Mathew Flinders Fellow
Professor Robert Adams, Professor of Sleep Medicine
Dr Andrew Vakulin, NHMRC Career Development Fellow
Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator
Ms Sue McCarrey, Chief Executive
Ms Julie Bullas, Executive Director Policy, Reform and Stakeholder Engagement

Wednesday, 6 February 2019 – Melbourne

Australian Dental Association
Ms Eithne Irving, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Mr Andrew Gikas, Member
Australian Psychological Society
Ms Ros Knight, President
Reconnexion
Ms Janet Shaw, Manager
Dr Jane Anderson-Wurf, Program Support Coordinator
Austin Health and Institute for Breathing and Sleep
Professor Christine McDonald, Director, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
Associate Professor Mark Howard, Director, Victorian Respiratory Support Service
Associate Professor Fergal O’Donoghue, Respiratory and Sleep Physician, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
Parenting Research Centre
Dr Julie Green, Director
Mr Derek McCormick, Principal Specialist
Department of Paediatrics, Monash University
Professor Rosemary Horne, Senior Principal Research Fellow
Dr David Armstrong, Respiratory and Sleep Paediatrician, Monash Children’s Hospital
Dr Gillian Nixon, Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Physician, Monash Children’s Hospital
Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre
Dr David Cunnington, Sleep Physician and Director
Dr John Swieca, Medical Director
Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
Professor Bruce Thompson, Director/President Elect
Dr Denise O’Driscoll, Board Director
Red Nose
Ms Keren Ludski, Chief Executive Officer
Mrs Jane Wiggill, Manager, Health and Advocacy

Monday, 11 February 2019 – Canberra

Australasian Sleep Association
Professor Peter Eastwood, President
Dr Maree Barnes, Immediate Past President
Canberra Sleep Clinic
Dr Stuart Miller, Director
Mrs Sharon Moore, Speech Pathologist; Well Spoken
Carers Australia
Tammy Wolffs, Senior Policy Officer
CRC for Alertness, Safety and Productivity
Mr Anthony Williams, Chief Executive Officer
Department of Health
Dr Jane Cook, First Assistant Secretary, Medicines Regulation Division
Mr David Weiss, Assistant Secretary, Preventive Health Policy Branch
Mr Michael Ryan, Director, Medical Benefits Division
Let Sleep Happen
Ms Rosemary Clancy, Director
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Mr Robert Buckham, Manager, Strategic Policy
Public Health Association of Australia
Mr Malcolm Baalman, Senior Policy Officer
Dr Yu Sun Bin, Member
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Associate Professor Garun Hamilton
Safe Work Australia
Ms Bianca Wellington, Acting Branch Manager, Legal and Workplace Health and Safety Strategy Branch
Ms Pamela Binnington, Director, Strategic Work Health and Safety Policy
Sleep Disorders Australia
Mrs Michelle Chadwick, Director
Sleep Health Foundation
Emeritus Professor Dorothy Bruck, Chair
Professor David Hillman, Deputy Chair
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Professor Ronald Grunstein, Head, Sleep and Circadian Research Group; Central Clinical School, University of Sydney
Mrs Pamela Bird, Private Capacity

Ms Monica Kurth, Private Capacity
Ms Fiona Mobbs, Private Capacity

Ms Laura Thompson, Private Capacity

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