B. Witnesses appearing at public hearings

Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Castlereagh Boutique Hotel and NSW Masonic Club
Conference Centre Level 3
169 Castlereagh Street
Sydney
Australia's Right to Know coalition of media companies
Mr David Anderson, Managing Director, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Mr Hugh Marks, Chief Executive Officer, Nine Entertainment
Ms Clare Gill, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Spectrum Strategy, Nine Entertainment
Mr James Chessell, Group Executive Editor, Australian Metro Publishing
Ms Bridget Fair, Chief Executive Officer, Free TV Australia
Ms Sarah Waladan, Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, FreeTV Australia
Mr Michael Miller, Executive Chairman, News Corp Australasia
Mr Campbell Reid, Group Director, Corporate Affairs, Policy and Government Relations, News Corp Australia
Ms Georgia-Kate Schubert, Head of Policy and Government Affairs, News Corp Australia
Mr Paul Murphy, Chief Executive, Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance
Ms Sarah Kruger, Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Commercial Radio Australia
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Mr Gaven Morris, Director News, Analysis and Investigations
Ms Connie Carnabuci, General Counsel
Mr David Anderson, Managing Director
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
Mr Paul Murphy, Chief Executive
Mr Matthew Chesher, Director, Legal and Policy
Centre for Media Transition, University of Technology Sydney
Mr Richard Coleman, private capacity
Professor Derek Wilding, Co-Director
Professor Peter Fray, Co-Director
Alliance for Journalists' Freedom
Mr Peter Wilkinson, Chair
Mr Peter Greste, Director and Spokesperson
Mr Chris Flynn, Director
Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia
Dr Alexandra Wake, President
Dr Andrew Dodd, Director, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Ms Angelene Falk, Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner
Ms Elizabeth Hampton, Deputy Commissioner
Ms Rocelle Ago, Principal Director, Freedom of Information
Human Rights Law Centre
Ms Alice Drury, Lawyer
Ms Emily Howie, Legal Director
Dr Keiran Hardy and Professor George John Williams, Private capacity
Australian Human Rights Commission
Mr Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner
Mr Matthew Nelson, Policy and Research Officer, Human Rights & Scrutiny
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Committee Room 2R1
Parliament House
Canberra
Australian Federal Police
Mr Andrew Colvin, Commissioner
Mr Neil Gaughan, Deputy Commissioner Operations
Mr Stefan Jerga, Chief Counsel
Department of Home Affairs
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary
Mr Marc Ablong, Deputy Secretary, Policy Group
Mr Hamish Hansford, First Assistant Secretary, National Security & Law Enforcement Policy Division
Attorney-Generals' Department
Ms Sarah Chidgey, Deputy Secretary, Integrity and International Group
Mr Andrew Walter, First Assistant Secretary, Integrity and Security Division
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Ms Heather Cook, Deputy Director-General, Operations & Assessments Group
Ms Wendy Southern, Deputy Director-General, Strategic Enterprise Management Group
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
The Hon. Margaret Stone, AO, FAAL, Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
Mr Stephen McFarlane, Assistant Inspector-General
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
Mr Michael Manthorpe, Commonwealth Ombudsman
Ms Jaala Hinchcliffe, Deputy Ombudsman
Ms Emma Cotterill, Acting Senior Assistant Ombudsman, Assurance Branch
Law Council of Australia
Dr Natasha Molt, Director of Policy, Policy Division
Mr Stephen Odgers, Member, National Criminal Law Committee
Ms Pauline Wright, Treasurer
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Committee Room 2R1
Parliament House
Canberra
Professor Rory Medcalf, Ms Katherine Mansted and Ms Jacinta Carroll, Private capacity
Evidence from Ms Carroll was taken via teleconference
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Mr Michael Shoebridge, Director, Defence Strategy and National Security
Friday, 20 September 2019
Committee Room 2R1
Parliament House
Canberra
Australian Federal Police
Mr Karl Kent, Acting Commissioner
Mr Neil Gaughan, Deputy Commissioner Operations
Mr Stefan Jerga, Acting Chief Counsel
Australian Lawyers Alliance
Mr Greg Barns, National Spokesman
Department of Home Affairs
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary
Mr Hamish Hansford, First Assistant Secretary, National Security and Law Enforcement Policy Division
Mr Andrew Warnes, Assistant Secretary, National Security Policy Branch
Department of Defence and the Australian Signals Directorate
Mr Greg Moriarty, Secretary
Ms Rebecca Skinner, Associate Secretary
LTGEN John Frewen, Acting Director-General
Ms Kylie Scholten, First Assistant Secretary, Security & Vetting Service
Mr Adrian D'Amico, Head of Defence Legal
Australia's Right to Know Coalition
Mr Paul Murphy, Chief Executive, Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance
Mr Mark Willacy, Investigative Journalist, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Mr Mark Maley, Manager Editorial Policies, ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Ms Bridget Fair, Chief Executive Officer, Free TV Australia
Mr Campbell Reid, Group Executive - Corporate Affairs, Policy and Government Relations, News Corp Australia
Ms Clare Gill, Group Director, Regulatory Affairs & Spectrum Strategy, Nine Entertainment
Mr Chris Janz, Managing Director, Publishing, Nine Entertainment
Law Council of Australia
Mr Arthur Moses SC, President

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About this inquiry

This inquiry was referred on 4 July 2019 by the Attorney-General pursuant to subparagraph 29(1)(b)(ia) of the Intelligence Services Act 2001. The inquiry is to report on the impact of the exercise of law enforcement and intelligence powers on the freedom of the press.



Past Public Hearings

20 Sep 2019: Canberra
19 Sep 2019: Canberra
14 Aug 2019: Canberra