B. Witnesses

Thursday 23 October 2025

Committee Room 2R1, Parliament House, Canberra and online

Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

• Ms Carita Davis, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Health Security Emergency Management Division
• Ms Anthea Raven, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Health Systems Strategy Division
• Mr David Ness, Assistant Secretary, Health Emergency Management Branch
• Mr Richard Fairbrother, Director, Health Emergency Management Branch

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• Mr Sean Starmer, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Centre for Health Security, Global Health Division
• Ms Alexandra Perry, Treaties Manager

Australian Medical Professionals Society

• Dr Duncan Syme, President

Australians for Science and Freedom

• Dr Gigi Foster, Co-Director
• Dr David Richards, Chairman

Australian Institute for Infectious Diseases

• Associate Professor Suman Majumdar, Chief Health Officer, Burnet Institute; and Australian Institute for Infectious Disease
• Associate Professor Jonathan Liberman, Associate Professor in Law and Global Health, University of Melbourne; and Australian Institute for Infectious Disease