Monday, 6 September 2021
Committee room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
Panel of Individual Witnesses
Australian Council of Social Services
Ms Casandra Goldie, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Charmaine Crowe, Senior Advisor, Social Security
Ms Kath Sutherland, Lived Experience
Anglicare Australia
Mr Eddy Bourke, National Policy and Research Advisor
Ms Kasy Chambers, Executive Director
Economic Justice Australia
Mr Dermott Williams, Community Lawyer, DSP Help Project
Ms Linda Forbes, Law Reform, Policy and Communications Officer
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
Mr Patrick McGee, National Manager, Policy, Advocacy and Research
Ms Natalie Wade, Chief Executive Officer (Equality Lawyers)
Ms Brianna Lee, Systematic Advocacy and Projects Manager (PWdWA)
Children and Young People with Disability Australia
Ms Mary Sayers, Chief Executive Officer
People with Disability Australia
Mx Giancarlo de Vera, Senior Manager of Policy
Mr Jay Coonan, Research and Policy, Antipoverty Centre
Ms Kristin O'Connell, Research and Policy, Antipoverty Centre
Women with Disabilities Australia
Ms Heidi La Paglia, Director of Policy and Programs
Ms Vanamali Hermans, Policy and Project Officer
Cancer Council and Oncology Social Work Australia and New Zealand
Ms Megan Varlow, Director, Cancer Control Policy at Cancer Council Australia
Ms Kim Hobbs, Clinical Specialist Social Worker, Gynecological Cancer at Westmead Hospital
Council of the Ageing
Mr Corey Irlam, Deputy Chief Executive
Inclusion Australia
Ms Catherine McAlpine, Chief Executive Officer
Mental Health Australia
Dr Leanne Beagley, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Ingrid Hatfield, Senior Policy and Projects Officer
Australian Association of Psychologists
Ms Tegan Carrison, Executive Director
Ms Karen Donnelly, Vice-President
Mrs Amanda Curran, Chief Services officer
Office of the Public Advocate, Queensland
Dr John Chesterman, Public Advocate
Monday, 11 October 2021
Committee 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra
Advocacy Law Alliance
Ms Kylie Hyde, Senior Solicitor, Disability, Mid North Coast Legal
Ms Amanda Brickwood, Manager, Disability Advocacy
Financial Counselling Victoria
Ms Elizabeth Stary, Senior Financial Counsellor
Ms Georgia Robenstone, Campaigns and Advocacy Manager
Victoria Legal Aid
Ms Rowan McRae, Executive Director, Civil Justice, Access and Equity
Ms Alina Leikin, Managing Lawyer, Economic and Social Rights Program
Mr Doug Reidy, Lived Experience
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
Dr John Boffa, Chief Medical Officer, Public Health
Dr Colin Marchant, Deputy Medical Director
First Peoples Disability Network Australia
Mr Damien Griffis, Chief Executive Officer
Ms June Reimer, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Ms Patricia Turner, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Jess Styles, Director - Programs
Professor Alex Collie
Professor and Director of Insurance Work and Health Group, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
The Salvation Army Australia
Ms Jennifer Kirkaldy, General Manager of Policy and Advocacy
Ms Kristen Hartnett, Regional Manager of Moneycare
Springvale Monash Legal Service Inc.
Ms Korina Leoncio, Managing Solicitor
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
Mr Patrick McGee, National Manager, Policy, Advocacy and Research
Ms Jody Barney, AFDO First Nations Disability Consultant
Ms Natasha Thomson, AFDO Social Security Consultant
Associate Professor Karen Soldatic
Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Dr Dina Bowman, Principal Research Fellow, Work and Economic Security
Deaf First Nations Experience
Mr Lesley Footscray, Lived Experience
Ms Sue Frank, Cultural Support to Lesley Footscray
Mrs Alma Smith, Lived Experience
Mr Peter Smith, Spousal support for Alma Smith/ Lived Experience
Ms Jody Barney, ADFO Cultural Communications Consultant
Dr Darren O'Donovan
Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University
The Whitlam Institute
Mr John Della Bosca AM, Whitlam Institute Fellow
Department of Education, Skills and Employment
Mr Kraig Lowes, Assistant Secretary, Job Seeker Participation and Compliance Branch
Ms Miranda Lauman, Acting First Assistant, Employment Programs and Activation Division
Ms Benedikte Jensen, First Assistant Secretary, Labour Market and Workforce Policy Division
Ms Carmel O'Regan, Assistant Secretary, Labour Market Policy Branch
Department of Social Services
Mr Matt Flavel, Deputy Secretary Social Security
Mr Troy Sloan, Group Manager - Pensions, Housing, and Homelessness Group
Mr Andrew Seebach, Branch Manager - Carer and Disability Payments
Mr Tarja Saastamoinen, Acting Group Manager - Disability Employment and Carers
Services Australia
Mr Brendan Moon, General Manager - Working Age Programmes
Ms Catherine Stephenson, National Manager - Programme Management and Assurance Branch
National Disability Insurance Agency
Ms Lisa Studdart, Deputy Chief Executive Officer - Markets, Governments and Engagement Group
Ms Liz Neville, General Manager - Government Division
Monday, 1 November 2021
Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
Good Shepherd Australia and New Zealand
Professor Roslyn Russell, Director, Research and System Impact
National Council of Single Mothers and their Children
Ms Therese Edwards, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Aradia Sayner, NCSMC Board Member and Founder of Women in Poverty
Ms Sarah Saker, Lived experience
Council of Single Mothers and their Children
Ms Jenny Davidson, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Suzanne Baker, Delegate with lived experience
Carers Australia
Ms Sue Elderton, Director, Aged Care Policy
Cystic Fibrosis Community Care
Ms Karin Knoester, Chief Executive
MS Australia
Mr Andrew Giles, National Policy Manager
ME/CFS Australia Ltd
Mr Geoffrey Hallman, Chair
Ms Penelope McMillan, Director and Chair of ME/CFS South Australia
Australian National Audit Office
Ms Peta Martyn, Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group
Ms Carla Jago, Group Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group
Australian Human Rights Commission
Dr Ben Gauntlett, Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Office of Commonwealth Ombudsman
Ms Penny McKay, Acting Commonwealth Ombudsman
Ms Louise MacLeod, Acting Deputy Ombudsman
Mr David Fintan, Senior Assistant Ombudsman
Ms Emma Cotterill, Senior Assistant Ombudsman
South East Community Links
Mr Peter McNamara, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Kay Dilger, Manager, Community and Financial Wellbeing
Ethnic Disability Advocacy Centre
Dr Siyat Abdi, Systemic Advocate
Ms Christine Grace, Advocacy Services Manager
National Ethnic Disability Alliance
Mr Dwayne Cranfield, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Blanca Ramirez, Senior Research and Policy Officer
Department of Social Services
Mr Matt Flavel, Deputy Secretary, Social Security
Mr Troy Sloan, Group Manager, Pensions, Housing, and homelessness Group
Ms Tarja Saastamoinen, Acting Group Manager, Disability Employment and Carers
Mr Andrew Seebach, Branch Manager, Pensions, Housing and Homelessness
Services Australia
Mr Brendan Moon, General Manager, Working Age Programmes
Ms Catherine Stephenson, National Manager, Programme Management and Assurance Branch
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra
Lived Experience Panel
Ricki Spencer, Lived Experience
Mr Max Primmer, Lived Experience
Ms Dini Liyanarachchi, Support and Advocacy Lead, Housing for Aged Action Group
Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Mr Thomas Chailloux, Policy Officer
Housing for the Aged Action Group Inc.
Ms Fiona York, Executive Officer
Ms Dini Liyanarachchi, Advocacy Lead, Housing for the Aged Action Group
Darwin Community Legal Service
Ms Judy Harrison, A/g Principal Solicitor
Legal Aid NSW
Rachelle Johnston, Solicitor, NDIS and Social Security Team
Queensland Advocacy Inc.
Ms Matilda Alexander, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Sophie Wiggans, Systems Advocate
Blind Citizens Australia
Ms Jane Britt, Policy and Advocacy Team Leader
Ms Emma Bennison, Chief Executive Officer
Spinal Cord Injuries Australia
Ms Megan Bingham, Policy and Advocacy Officer
Ms Diana Pedersoli, Advocate
Physical Disability Council of NSW
Ms Serena Ovens, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Hayley Stone, Policy Manager
Department of Social Services
Mr Matt Flavel, Deputy Secretary Social Security
Mr Troy Sloan, Group Manager Pensions, Housing and Homelessness Group
Ms Tarja Saastamoinen, A/g Group Manager, Disability Employment and Carers
Mr Andrew Seebach, Branch Manager Carer and Disability Payments
Services Australia
Mr Brendan Moon, General Manager Working Age Programmes
Ms Catherine Stephenson, National Manager Programme Management and Assurance Branch