APPENDIX 2
WITNESSES WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE AT PUBLIC HEARINGS
Monday, 1 March 2010
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Claire
Moore
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Judith
Adams
Witnesses
Lifeline Australia
Ms Dawn O'Neil,
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Susan Beaton,
National Advisor Suicide Prevention
Mr Alan Woodward,
General Manager, Social Policy, Innovation, Research and Evaluation
Ms Brenda Barber,
Lifeline Telephone Counsellor
Ms Madelin Fisher,
Suicide Bereavement Support Facilitator
Mental Health Council of Australia
Mr David Crosbie,
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Rachelle Irving,
Director
Mr Simon Tatz,
Director, Communications
Suicide Prevention Australia
Dr Michael Dudley,
Chairperson
Mr Ryan
McGlaughlin, Executive Officer
Ms Sara Maxwell,
Research and Policy Development Coordinator
Ms Jo Riley, Board Member
Inspire Foundation
Ms Kerry Graham,
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Cheryl Mangan,
Research and Policy Manager
OzHelp Foundation
Mr Keith Todd,
Executive Director
Mr Glenn Baird,
Manager
Brain and Mind Research Institute
Professor Ian
Hickie, Executive Director
Mr Sebastian
Rosenberg, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Policy
Department of Health and Ageing
Professor Jim
Bishop, Chief Medical Officer
Ms Georgie Harman,
First Assistant Secretary, Mental Health and Chronic Disease Division
Ms Collen Krestensen,
Assistant Secretary, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs
Ms Deborah Winkler,
Branch Manager, Mental Health and Autism
Adjunct Professor John Mendoza
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Queensland Parliament, Brisbane
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Claire
Moore
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Boystown
Mr John Dalgleish,
Manager
Mr Dean Brunker,
Program Manager, Employment, Education and Training
Queensland Alliance, Peak Body for the Mental Health
Community Sector
Mr Jeff Cheverton,
Executive Director
Ms Georgina Lawson,
Sector Development Worker
Ms Jude Bugeja,
State Councillor
Mr Jorgen
Gullestrup, Queensland OzHelp
White Wreath Association
Ms Fanita Clark,
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Peter Neame,
Research Officer
Community Action for the Prevention of Suicide Inc (CAPS)
Ms Carla Pearse,
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Peter Annand,
President
SOS Survivors of Suicide Bereavement Support Association
Inc.
Ms Myvanwyn Camp,
President
Mr Darrin Larney,
Executive Officer
Dr Edward Koch
Foundation
Ms Dulcie Bird,
Executive Officer
Anti-Depression Association of Australia
Mr David
Cameron-Hands
Ms Carol McLoughlin
Commission for Children and Young People and Child
Guardian, Queensland
Ms Angela Ritchie,
Manager Child Death Review
Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association
Ms Leda Barnett,
Psychologist
Mr Clinton Schultz,
Psychologist
Professor Graham Martin
Queensland Health
Dr Aaron Groves,
Executive Director, Mental Health Directorate
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
New South Wales Parliament, Sydney
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Claire
Moore
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Mark Furner
Senator Catryna Bilyk
Senator the Hon
Helen Coonan
Witnesses
Mental Health Coordinating Council
Ms Jenna Bateman,
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Corinne
Henderson, Senior Policy Officer
NSW Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health
Professor Brian
Kelly
Wesley Mission
Rev Dr Keith
Garner, CEO Wesley Mission
Ms Penny Mayson,
Operations Manager, Suicide Prevention Services
The Richmond
Fellowship of NSW
Ms Pamela Rutledge
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Andrew Campbell,
Chair
NSW Consumer Advisory Group – Mental Health Inc
Ms Karen Oakley,
Executive Officer
Ms Rebecca Doyle,
Senior Policy Officer
Mrs Dianne Gaddin
Mrs Janine Rod
National LGBT Health Alliance
Ms Gabi
Rosenstreich, Executive Director
Mr Atari Metcalf
(LGBT Member Representative), Evaluation Manager, Inspire Foundation
Australian Men's Shed Association
Mr Mort Shearer,
National President
Mrs Kathleen Hawdon
Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Mr Peter Dodd,
Solicitor – Health Policy and Advocacy
NSW Health
Assoc. Professor
John Allan, Chief Psychiatrist, Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Programs
Thursday, 4 March 2010
St James Court Conference Centre, West Melbourne
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Claire
Moore
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Mark Furner
Senator Catryna Bilyk
Witnesses
Australian Suicide Prevention Foundation
Clinical Associate
Professor David Horgan, Chairman
Mr John Hardy,
Chief Executive Officer
Victoria Mental
Health Carers Network
Mr Warren Jenkins,
Member
beyondblue
Ms Leonie Young,
Chief Executive Officer
The Hon Mr Jeff
Kennett, Chair
Integrated Primary Mental Health Service of North East
Victoria
Ms Jennifer Ahrens,
Manager
Ms Laura Parisotto,
Early Motherhood Service
National Coroners Information System
Professor Joan
Ozanne-Smith, Director
Ms Jessica Pearse,
Manager
Associate Professor
David Ranson, Deputy Director, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
The Salvation Army
Mr Allan Staines,
Director, Suicide Prevention – Bereavement Support Services
Ms Wilma Gallet,
Project Manager
Ms Cindy Mills
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
(RANZCP)
Dr Darryl Watson,
Executive Officer
Dr Mirco Kabat,
Director
Orygen Youth Health
Professor Patrick
McGorry, Executive Officer
Ms Jo Robinson,
Research Fellow
Victorian Section of the College of Clinical Psychologists
Professor Nick
Allen, Member
Australian Psychological Society
Professor Lyn
Littlefield, Executive Director
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Claire
Moore
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Gavin
Marshall
Witnesses
Australian College of Mental Health Nurses
Ms Kim Ryan, Chief
Executive Officer
Ms Anne Buck,
Policy Officer
Rural Doctors Association of Australia
Mr Steve Sant,
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Professor Alan
Hayes, Director
Ms Elly Robinson,
Research Fellow
Council on the Ageing National
Mr Ian Yates, Chief
Executive Officer
Ms Jo Root,
National Policy Officer
SANE Australia
Ms Barbara Hocking,
Executive Director
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Claire
Moore
Senator Gary
Humphries
Witnesses
Mr Jim Snow
Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia
Associate Professor
Ione Lewis, Vice-President
Crisis Support Services
Ms Alyson Miller,
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Laura Kennan,
General Manager, Clinical Support
ACT Government
Dr Len Lambeth,
Chief Psychiatrist
Mr Richard
Bromhead, Manager, Mental Health Policy Unit
Peer Support Australia (via teleconference)
Ms Sharlene
Chadwick, Training and Development Manager
Australian
General Practice Network (AGPN)
Ms Leanne Wells,
Executive Director, Policy Development
Ms Katrina
Delamothe, Service Manager/Clinical Psychologist, Mental Health Programs, GP
Access
Australian Medical Association
Dr Bill Pring,
Chair, Public Health Committee
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Western Australian Parliament, Perth
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Claire
Moore
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia
Mr Craig
Somerville, Chief Executive Officer
Mission Australia WA
Mr Ross Kyrwood,
State Director
The Richmond Fellowship of Western Australia
Mr Joe Calleja,
Chief Executive Officer
Hearing Voices Network Australia
Ms Lyn Mahboub,
Consultant
Noongar Health Council
Mr Darryl Kickett,
Chief Executive Officer
Active Response Bereavement Outreach (ARBOR)
Ms Sharon Hillman,
Manager
Ms Josephine
Hudson, Chair, ARBOR Reference Group
Mrs Margaret Doust,
Volunteer Peer Supporter
Wednesday, 31 March
2010
Western Australian Parliament, Perth
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Claire
Moore
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Western Australian Ministerial Council for Suicide
Prevention
Professor Robert
Donovan, Deputy Chair
Mr Shawn Phillips,
Executive Officer
Youth Focus
Ms Jenny Allen,
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Nicole Marshall,
Acting Youth and Family Services Manager
Ethnic Communities Council of Western Australia
Mr Suresh Rajan,
Executive Officer
Indigenous Team of the National Drug Research Institute
Dr Julia Butt,
Senior Research Fellow
Ms Anna Stearne,
Research Associate
Commission for Children and Young People in Western Australia
Ms Michelle Scott,
Commissioner
Coroner's Court of Western Australia
Mr Alastair Hope,
State Coroner
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
South Australian Parliament, Adelaide
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Claire
Moore
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Dana
Wortley
Witnesses
Mr Mark Johns, South Australian State Coroner
Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men's Health
Dr Kate
Fairweather-Schmidt, Research Fellow
Kentish Regional Clinic
Mr Mark
Sheldon-Stemm, Chair/President
Associate Professor James Harrison
Mind Matters
Ms Jill Pearman,
National Coordinator
Ms Tracy Zilm,
National Training Coordinator
Ms Lindsay Cowper,
Assistant Principal, Victor Harbor High School
Professor Ian Webster
Relationships Australia
Ms Claire Ralfs,
Director of Services
Ms Mergho Ray,
Senior Manager, Primary Health Services, Training and Education
South Australian Government
Dr Tony Sherbon,
Chief Executive, SA Health
Dr Margaret
Honeyman, Director Mental Health Policy, Chief Advisor in Psychiatry, Mental
Health Unit
Monday, 17 May 2010
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Darwin
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel Siewert
(Chair)
Senator Claire
Moore
Senator Judith
Adams
Witnesses
Mental Health Association of Central Australia (via teleconference)
Ms Laurencia Grant,
Coordinator
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (via teleconference)
Mr Gerard
Waterford, Coordinator
General Practice Network NT
Ms Alison Faigniez,
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Sue Korner,
Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Manager Health Services (via teleconference)
Ms Kath Harradine,
Mental Health Program Manager (North)
Mr Matt Davis, Aboriginal
Mental Health Worker Program Team Leader
Northern Territory Government
Ms Bronwyn Hendry,
Chair, NT Suicide Prevention Coordinating Committee
Professor Robert
Parker, Director of Psychiatry, Top End Mental Health Services
Ms Sarah O’Regan,
NT Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Mental Health Program
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Claire
Moore
Senator Judith Adams
Witnesses
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Mr Garth Bode,
First Assistant Statistician, Social Statistics Group,
Ms Anneke Schmider,
Director, Social and Demographic Statistics Branch
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention
Professor Diego De
Leo, Director (Professor of Psychiatry)
Dr Kairi Kõlves,
Acting Director (Senior Research Fellow)
Mrs Jacinta
Hawgood, Senior Researcher and Course Lecturer
Department of Health and Ageing
Ms Rosemary
Huxtable, Deputy Secretary
Ms Georgie Harman,
First Assistant Secretary, Mental Health and Chronic Disease Division
Ms Colleen
Krestensen, Assistant Secretary, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Programs
Branch
Ms Tarja
Saastamoinen, Assistant Secretary, Family Health and Wellbeing Branch, Office
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Dr Andrew Singer,
Acting Chief Medical Officer
Ms Virginia Hart,
Assistant Secretary, Mental Health Reform Branch
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs
Ms Deborah Winkler,
Branch Manager, Mental Health and Autism
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Mr Shane Carmody,
Deputy President, Repatriation Commission
Mr Wayne Penniall,
National Manager, Veterans' and Veterans Families' Counselling Service
Professor Robert Goldney (via teleconference)
Mr Michael Barnes, Queensland State Coroner (via
teleconference)
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Tasmanian Parliament, Hobart
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Claire
Moore (Acting Chair)
Senator Judith
Adams
Senator Carol Brown
Senator Catryna
Bilyk
Witnesses
Time Out Project – Youth Suicide Action Group
Ms Verity
Tunevitsch, President
Mrs Diane Hayes,
Coordinator and Committee member
Tasmanian Council for Sexual & Gender Diverse People
Inc
Mr Julian Punch,
State Coordinator, Coming Out Proud Program
Mr Scott Ryan,
State Coordinator for Outright Youth
Mental Health Council of Tasmania
Ms Michelle
Swallow, Executive Officer
Lifeline Hobart
Mr Christopher
John, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Alan Woodward,
General Manager, Social Policy, Innovation, Research and Evaluation
Department of Health & Human Services
Dr John Crawshaw,
Chief Executive Officer, Statewide and Mental Health Services
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