Appendix 2 - Public hearings

Tuesday, 6 May 2008
St James Court Conference Centre, Melbourne

Committee Members in attendance

Senator Claire Moore (Chair)
Senator Gary Humphries (Deputy Chair)
Senator Simon Birmingham
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Carol Brown
Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck
Senator Steve Fielding
Senator Rachel Siewert

Witnesses

VicHealth – Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
Mr Todd Harper, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Brian Vandenberg, Senior Program Advisor, Tobacco Control & Alcohol Harm Reduction

Australian Drug Foundation
Mr John Rogerson, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Geoff Munro, Director, Community Alcohol Action Network

Public Health Association of Australia
Mr Michael Moore, Chief Executive Officer  (via teleconference)
Professor Helen Keleher, Board Member and President, Victorian Branch

Alcohol and Other Drugs Council (ADCA)
Mr David Templeman, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Ken Pidd, Board Member
Mr Mark Buckingham, Board Member

Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code (ABAC)
Mr Gordon Broderick, Chairman
Professor Michael Lavarch, Chief Adjudicator
Ms Victoria Rubensohn AM, Pre-vetting Adjudicator
Mr Dominic Nolan, Member

Australasian Associated Brewers (AAB)
Mr Stephen Swift, Executive Director
Ms Natalie Toohey, Representative

Winemakers' Federation of Australia
Mr Stephen Strachan, Chief Executive
Mr Dominic Nolan, General Manager

Distilled Spirits Industry Council of Australia
Ms Eleanor Craig, Chair
Mr Gordon Broderick, Executive Director
Mr Stephen Riden, Manager, Information and Research
Mr Warwick Ryan, Adviser

Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
Dr Steven Skov, Policy and Advocacy Committee (via teleconference)

National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
Professor Steve Allsop, Director (via teleconference)
Dr Tanya Chikritzhs, Senior Research Fellow

Commissioner for Children, Tasmania
Mr Paul Mason, Commissioner (via teleconference)

 

Thursday, 15 May 2008
Parliament House, Canberra

Committee Members in attendance

Senator Claire Moore (Chair)
Senator Gary Humphries (Deputy Chair)
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Simon Birmingham
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck
Senator Steve Fielding
Senator Rachel Siewert

Witnesses

Professor Sandra Jones, Director, Centre for Health Initiatives, University of Wollongong

Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Fund
Mr Daryl Smeaton, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Scott Wilson, Deputy Chair

Free TV Australia
Mr Wayne Goss, Chair
Ms Julie Flynn, Chief Executive Officer

Commercial Radio Australia
Ms Joan Warner, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Sarah Herbert, Manager Legal and Regulatory

Department of Health and Ageing
Mr David Learmonth, Deputy Secretary
Ms Jenny Bryant, First Assistant Secretary, Population Health Branch
Ms Virginia Hart, Assistant Secretary, Drug Strategy Branch

Food Standards Australia and New Zealand
Mr John Fladun, General Counsel

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