APPENDIX 2
WITNESSES WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AT PUBLIC
HEARINGS
Monday, 8 November 2010
Parliament House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
National Disability Services
BAKER, Dr Ken,
Chief Executive
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs
BEDFORD, Ms Helen,
Branch Manager, Disability and Carers Policy,
ROSE, Ms Sharon,
Acting Group Manager, Disability and Carers
WALSH, Ms Donna,
Assistant Section Manager, Disability and Carers Payments
WINKLER, Ms
Deborah, Mental Health and Autism Branch Manager
DAINTON, Miss Amelia, Private
capacity
DAINTON,
Mr Ben, Private capacity
DAINTON,
Mr Bruce James, Private capacity
DAINTON,
Mr Edgar John (John), Private capacity
DAINTON,
Mr Mark, Private capacity
DAINTON, Mrs Rae, Private capacity
Government and Sector Relations, Bedford Group
FARROW, Mr Phillip
John, General Manager
HECKENDORF, Mr David, Private
capacity
Carers Australia
HUGHES, Mrs Joan,
Chief Executive Officer
WALKER, Mrs Marita,
Chief Executive Officer, Perth Home Care Services Inc
Perth Home Care Services Inc.
YOUNG, Mrs Melissa,
Manager, Systems and Business Development
Monday, 29 November 2010
St James Court Conference Centre, Melbourne
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Carol Brown
Senator Mark Furner
Witnesses
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
HOBSON, Ms Leah,
National Policy Officer
BIGBY, Professor Christine,
Private capacity
Women with Disabilities Australia
COOPER, Ms
Margaret, Member
Carers Victoria
BAKER, Ms Lesley
Joy, Parent Representative
COLLIN, Ms Emma,
Executive Manager, Marketing, Strategy and Policy, Education and Research
PIERCE, Ms Gill, Program Manager, Policy and Research
National Ethnic Disability Alliance
KACZOREK, Ms
Sibylle, Executive Officer
WILLIAMS, Mrs
Christine Anna, Consumer Representative
Scope
HAGILIASSIS, Dr
Nick, Acting Head of Research
HEGGIE, Ms Diana,
Chief Executive Officer
WILSON, Ms Jacqui,
Project Adviser, People and Culture
JacksonRyan Partners
JACKSON, Mr Maxwell
John, Partner
RYAN, Ms Margaret
Anne, Partner
Life in Supported Accommodation
TREGALE, Mr Anthony
David (Tony), Coordinator, Secretary and Public Officer
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Christie
Conference Centres, Sydney
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Sue Boyce
Senator Carol Brown
Witnesses
Down Syndrome NSW
CLARKE, Mr Stephen George,
Chief Executive Officer
O’CONNOR, Mrs Jill,
Information Officer
Life without Barriers
BIRT, Mr Edward
Oliver Ross, National Disability Practitioner
Futures Alliance
HAGGETT, Ms Rachael
Mary, Parent Advocate
HAYHOE, Ms Nicola,
Research Officer
HEWITT, Ms Jo-Anne,
Chairperson
Mai-Wel Group
CRAWFORD, Mrs Lucy,
Executive Manager
HASKAL, Mrs
Margaret, Executive Manager
McCall Gardens Community Ltd
BLASZCZYK, Mr
Michael John, Chief Executive Officer
People with a Disability Australia
BARNES, Ms Sue,
Manager, Individual Advocacy
BLEASDALE, Mr
Michael Peter, Executive Director, Leadership Team
Family Advocacy
EPSTEIN-FRISCH, Ms Belinda
Ruth, Systemic Advocate
Dare to Care
BELLCHAMBERS, Mrs
Joyce, Secretary
NSW Department of Human Services
McALPINE, Ms Ethel,
Deputy Director-General, Ageing, Disability and Home Care Agency
PATH – Penrith Association for People with Disabilities,
their Carers, Families and Friends
CRADDOCK, Mrs
Marie, Manager
NOLAN, Ms Joan
Estelle, Member, Management Committee
UnitingCare Ageing NSW ACT
McNAMARA, Mr
Edward, Manager, Planning and Government Relations
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Burke
and Wills Hotel, Toowoomba
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Clare Moore
(Deputy Chair)
Senator Sue Boyce
Witnesses
Endeavour Foundation
ROWE, Mr Geoffrey
Francis, General Manager, Policy Research, Planning and Strategy
Mr Mike Horan MP, Member for
Toowoomba South, Queensland Parliament
Pave the Way, Mamre Association
RAJU, Mrs Catherine
Patricia, Manager
WARD, Mr Jeremy,
Consultant
Mrs Fay and Mr Peter Mckenzie,
Private Capacity
Toowoomba Intellectual Disability Support Association
LANIGAN, Mr Anthony
John, President
Breakaway Toowoomba
DEVINE, Mr Paul,
Chairperson
Alzheimer's Association
SLOMAN, Mrs Rosemary
Joan, Volunteer and Carer
Warwick and District Disability Support Group
STACY, Mr Peter
Brian, Chairman
BEAZLEY, Mrs Anita, Private
capacity
COOMBES, Miss Carol, Private capacity
COOMBES, Mrs Darcy, Private
capacity
DIETZ, Mrs Pattie, Private
capacity
GERRARD, Mrs Annette, Private
capacity
MORRIS, Ms Karin, Private capacity
PESCH, Mrs Donatella, Private
capacity
WALLACE, Ms Veronica, Private
capacity
WEIR, Mr Robert Arthur, Private
capacity
WILSON, Mrs Pamela Jean, Private
capacity
Friday, 18 February 2011
Parliament
House, Canberra
Committee Members in attendance
Senator Rachel
Siewert (Chair)
Senator Sue Boyce
Witnesses
Mental Health Council of Australia
ROSIE, Ms Linda,
Manager, Carer Engagement Project
TATZ, Mr Simon,
Director of Communications and Marketing
Vision Australia
AH TONG-PEREIRA, Mr
Brandon, Policy Officer
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs
BEDFORD, Ms Helen,
Branch Head, Disability and Carers Policy
HARTLAND, Dr Nick,
Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group
HARTLAND, Dr Nick,
Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group
Department of Health and Ageing
BALMANNO, Ms Rachel
Ann, Assistant Secretary, Home and Community Care Reform Branch
MACKEY, Mrs Tracy,
Assistant Secretary, Community Programs and Carers Branch
SMITH, Mrs Carolyn,
First Assistant Secretary, Ageing and Aged Care Division
Western Australian Aboriginal Educational and Training
Council
ALBERT, Mr Stephen
Michael, West Kimberley Member
Disability Services Commission, Western Australia
CHALMERS, Dr Ron,
Director General
Planned Individual Networks
HITT, Mrs Lorraine
Margaret, Chairpersons
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