Appendix 2
Public hearings
29 October 2008 – Parliament House, Canberra
Catholic Health Australia
Mr Martin Laverty,
Chief Executive Officer
Department of Health and Ageing
Mr Michael Ryan,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Medicare Benefits Branch
Dr Bronwen Harvey,
Medical Adviser, Population Health Division
Mr Tony Kingdon,
First Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits Division
Dr Brian Richards, Executive Manager,
Health Technology and Medical Services Group
Medicare Australia
Ms Jenny Benjamin, Acting General
Manager, Medicare and Associated Government Programs
Mr Colin Bridge,
General Manager, Program Review Division
Family Planning New South
Wales
Ms Ann Brassil, Chief
Executive Officer
Dr Edith Weisberg,
Director of Research
SHine SA (Sexual Health Information Networking
and Education)
Ms Anne Nixon, Manager
World Federation of Doctors Who
Respect Human Life
Dr David van Gend,
State Secretary, Queensland Branch
Medicine with Morality
Dr Lachlan Dunjey,
Convenor
Dr Thomas McEniery, Private
capacity (via teleconference)
Australian Reproductive Health Alliance
Ms Kelsey Powell,
Director
Mrs Rita Joseph, Private capacity
Australian Christian Lobby
Mr Lyle Shelton,
Chief of Staff
National Association of Specialist Obstetricians
and Gynaecologists
Dr Andrew Pesce, Chair (and
representative of the Australian Medical Association)
Women’s Hospitals Australasia
Professor David Ellwood,
President
30 October 2008 – Parliament House, Canberra
Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Catholic Archdiocese
of Sydney
Mr Christopher Meney,
Director
Rural Doctors Association of Australia
Dr Peter Rischbieth,
Immediate Past President (via teleconference)
Ms Susan Stratigos,
Policy Adviser
Associate Professor Lachlan
de Crespigny, Private capacity
Right to Life Australia
Mrs Margaret Tighe,
President
FamilyVoice Australia
Mr Richard Egan,
National Policy Officer
Dr Sally Cockburn, Private capacity
National Foundation for Australian
Women
Mrs Marie Coleman, Chair,
Social Policy Committee
Dr Janet Mould,
Representative
Dr David Knight,
Private capacity
Dr David Baartz,
Private capacity
Royal Australian and New
Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Dr Christine Tippett,
President
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