B. Witnesses appearing at public hearings

B. Witnesses appearing at public hearings

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Committee Room 1R0, Parliament House, Canberra

Department of Home Affairs

  • Ms Clare Sharp, Head of Immigration
  • Mr Andrew Warnes, First Assistant Secretary, Criminal Justice Division
  • Ms Brooke Hartigan, Deputy Secretary Legal

Attorney-General's Department

  • Ms Sarah Chidgey PSM, Deputy Secretary, Integrity and Security Group
  • Ms Sara Samios, First Assistant Secretary of the Integrity and Criminal Law Division
  • Mr Luke Muffett, Assistant Secretary, National Security & Criminal Law Branch

Australian Federal Police

  • Commissioner Krissy Barrett
  • Katherine Van Gurp, Chief Operating Officer
  • Hilda Sirec, a/Deputy Commissioner National Security
  • Matthew Gale, a/Assistant Commissioner Counter Terrorism and Special Investigations

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

  • Mr Mike Burgess, Director-General
  • Mr Gus Gilmore, Deputy Director-General, Vetting Service Delivery

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

  • Mrs Heather Cook, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mr Adam Meyer, Acting Deputy CEO, Intelligence Group

Australian Institute of Criminology

  • Dr Rick Brown, Deputy Director

Wednesday 14 January 2026

Committee Room 1R0, Parliament House, Canberra

Executive Council of Australian Jewry (by videoconference)

  • Mr Peter Wertheim AM, co-Chief Executive Officer
  • Ms Simone Abel, Head of Legal

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism (by videoconference)

  • Ms Annita Stucken, Assistant Director, Legal

Australian Human Rights Commission (by videoconference)

  • Mr Hugh de Kretser, President
  • Dr Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner
  • Mr Giridharan Sivaraman, Race Discrimination Commissioner

Mr Michael Pezzullo, Private capacity

The Rule of Law Institute of Australia (by videoconference)

  • Mr Chris Merritt, Vice President

Centre for Independent Studies (by videoconference)

  • Mr Peter Kurti, Senior Research Fellow

Alannah & Madeline Foundation (by videoconference)

  • Ms Sarah Davies AM, CEO
  • Mr Stephen Bendle, Senior Advocacy Adviser

Gun Control Australia (by videoconference)

  • Tim Quinn, President
  • Roland Browne, Vice President

Equality Australia (by videoconference)

  • Ms Heather Corkhill, Legal Director
  • Mr Sanjay Alapakkam, Legal Policy Advisor

Cattle Australia

  • Dr Chris Parker, Senior Adviser

National Farmers Federation

  • Mr Chris Groves, Chair, Farming Systems Committee

Australian National Imams Council (by videoconference)

  • Imam Shadi Alsuleiman, President

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (by videoconference)

  • Mr Will Redmond, Assistant Director, Public Policy

National Council of Churches in Australia (by videoconference)

  • Ms Elizabeth Stone, General Secretary

Bishop Michael Stead, Private capacity (by videoconference)

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