Submissions received by the Committee

Inquiry into the administration of health practitioner registration by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

Submissions received by the Committee

Sub No.

1 Mr Dechawut Boontun, RN (PDF 80KB) 
2 Mr James Hill, RN (PDF 35KB) 
3 Australian College of Nurse Practitioners (PDF 216KB) 
4 Confidential
5 Consumers Health Forum of Australia (PDF 1163KB) 
6 The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (PDF 130KB) 
7 Name Withheld (PDF 42KB) 
8 Name Withheld (PDF 9KB) 
9 Name Withheld (PDF 16KB) 
10 Australian Psychological Society Family Law and Psychology Interest Group (PDF 39KB) 
11 Institute of Private Practising Psychologists  (PDF 129KB) 
12 Avant Mutual Group Limited (PDF 3406KB) 
13 Australian Medical Council (PDF 383KB) 
14 Australian Psychological Society College of Clinical Psychologists (PDF 290KB) 
15 The Australian College of Specialist Psychologists (PDF 211KB) 
16 Homebirth Access Sydney (PDF 82KB) 
17 Confidential
18 Victorian Association of Maternal and Child Health Nurses (PDF 138KB) 
19 Australian College of Midwives (PDF 24KB) 
20 MDA National Insurance (PDF 761KB) 
21 Australian Private Midwives Association and Midwives in Private Practice (PDF 985KB) 
22 The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (PDF 34KB) 
23 Australian Medical Association  (PDF 145KB) 
24 The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia  (PDF 39KB) 
25 Northern Territory Government (PDF 748KB) 
26 Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) (PDF 1313KB) 
27 Chairs of the ten national health profession boards in the National Scheme (PDF 168KB) 
28 Melbourne Medical Deputising Service (MMDS) (PDF 779KB) 
29 Chiropractors' Association of Australia (PDF 65KB) 
30 Albury Wodonga Regional GP Network (PDF 1253KB) 
31 Association of Counselling Psychology (PDF 243KB) 
32 Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand (PDF 60KB) 
33 Homebirth Australia (PDF 69KB) 
34 Australian Dental Association Inc. (PDF 231KB) 
35 Ramsay Health Care Australia (PDF 252KB) 
36 The Australian Psychological Society Ltd (PDF 184KB) 
37 Optometrists Association Australia (PDF 53KB) 
38 Australian Dental Industry Association (PDF 184KB) 
39 Australian Sonographers Association (PDF 427KB) Attachment 1(PDF 276KB) Attachment 2(PDF 134KB) 
40 Maternity Coalition Inc (PDF 281KB) 
41 Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PDF 269KB) 
42 Forum of Australian Health Professions Councils (PDF 121KB) 
43 Australian and New Zealand Association of Physicians in Nuclear Medicine (PDF 94KB) 
44 Catholic Health Australia (PDF 394KB) 
45 The Australian Society of Independent Midwives (PDF 158KB) 
46 The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (PDF 71KB) 
47 CRANAplus (PDF 149KB) 
48 Confidential
49 Rural Health Workforce Australia (PDF 285KB) 
50 Rural Workforce Agency Victoria (PDF 197KB) 
51 AMA NSW (PDF 20KB) 
52 Australian Doctors' Fund (PDF 151KB) 
53 The Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PDF 182KB) Attachment 1(PDF 295KB) 
54 Australian Physiotherapy Association (PDF 83KB) 
55 Confidential
56 Australian Osteopathic Association (PDF 1238KB) 
57 Australian Nursing Federation (PDF 55KB) 
58 Australian College of Mental Health Nurses  (PDF 381KB) 
59 Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (PDF 111KB) 
60 Australian Association of Psychologists inc (PDF 170KB) Attachment 1(PDF 108KB) Attachment 2(PDF 34KB) Attachment 3(PDF 128KB) Attachment 4(PDF 123KB) Attachment 5(PDF 56KB) 
61 Specsavers (PDF 3768KB) 
62 Royal College of Nursing Australia (PDF 1708KB) 
63 Australian Doctors Trained Overseas Association (PDF 95KB) 
64 Name Withheld (PDF 38KB) 
65 Name Withheld (PDF 15KB) 
66 Name Withheld (PDF 39KB) 
67 Name Withheld (PDF 15KB) 
68 Name Withheld (PDF 37KB) 
69 Dr Mukesh Haikerwal (PDF 90KB) Attachment 1(PDF 137KB) Attachment 2(PDF 145KB) Attachment 3(PDF 647KB) Attachment 4(PDF 408KB) 
70 Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council (AHWMC) (PDF 691KB) Attachment 1(PDF 162KB) Attachment 2(PDF 28KB) Attachment 3(PDF 16KB) 
71 Mr. Gordon Blair (PDF 38KB) 
72 Name Withheld (PDF 212KB) 
73 Name Withheld (PDF 40KB) 
74 Ms Christine Symington (PDF 10KB) 
75 Mr Jamie Johnstone (PDF 19KB) 
76 Name Withheld (PDF 67KB) 
77 Ms Therese Smeal (PDF 42KB) 
78 Mr Anthony Lawler (PDF 42KB) 
79 Mr Renier Erasmus (PDF 47KB) 
80 Name Withheld (PDF 32KB) 
81 Dr Michael Free (PDF 463KB) 
82 Ms Maria Polymeneas (PDF 330KB) 
83 Name Withheld (PDF 8KB) 
84 Ms Fiona Stevens (PDF 60KB) 
85 Name Withheld (PDF 101KB) 
86 Ms Brigitte Kupfer (PDF 67KB) 
87 Name Withheld (PDF 41KB) 
88 Mr Adam Criddle (PDF 79KB) 
89 Australian College of Psychologists (ACP) (PDF 77KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 81KB) 
90 Ms Karyn Matotek (PDF 71KB) 
91 Joyous Birth, the Australian Homebirth Network (PDF 25KB) 
92 Name Withheld (PDF 54KB) 
93 Name Withheld (PDF 11KB) 
94 Name Withheld (PDF 63KB) 
95 Name Withheld (PDF 55KB) 
96 Name Withheld (PDF 39KB) 
97 Name Withheld (PDF 9KB) 
98 Name Withheld (PDF 42KB) 
99 Name Withheld (PDF 214KB) 
100 Mrs Donna O'Brien (PDF 392KB) 
101 Dr John Jacmon (PDF 76KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 81KB) 
102 Ms Jenny Corran (PDF 19KB) 
103 Name Withheld (PDF 66KB) 
104 Dr Lindsay Duncan (PDF 74KB) 
105 Name Withheld (PDF 131KB) 
106 Name Withheld (PDF 13KB) 
107 Ms Ratjiraporn Harnroongroj (PDF 570KB) 
108 Name Withheld (PDF 16KB) 
109 Name Withheld (PDF 44KB) 
110 Mr Luciano Guglielmin (PDF 40KB) 
111 Dr Luciana Lanza (PDF 17KB) 
112 Dr Neil Gilbert (PDF 7KB) 
113 Name Withheld (PDF 32KB) 
114 Name Withheld (PDF 18KB) 
115 Confidential
116 Confidential
117 Confidential
118 Confidential
119 Confidential
120 Confidential
121 Confidential
122 Confidential
123 Confidential
124 Confidential
125 Confidential
126 Confidential
127 Confidential
128 Confidential
129 Confidential
130 Confidential
131 Confidential
132 Confidential
133 Confidential
134 Confidential
135 Confidential
136 Confidential
137 Mrs Chrissy Grainger (PDF 16KB) 
138 Ms Tass Holmes (PDF 50KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 53KB) 
139 Name Withheld (PDF 112KB) 
140 Ms Kathryn Bown (PDF 13KB) 
141 Name Withheld (PDF 9KB) 
142 Ms Diana Condylas (PDF 183KB) 
143 Mrs Gabrielle Mutton (PDF 28KB) 
144 Ms Clare Shamier (PDF 48KB) 
145 Mrs Claire Johnston-Hall (PDF 30KB) 
146 Ms Carolyn Hastie (PDF 34KB) 
147 Name Withheld (PDF 9KB) 
148 Mrs Fiona Clarke (PDF 32KB) 
149 Ms Helen Smith (PDF 3KB) 
150 Ms Karen Arthur (PDF 34KB) 
151 Mr Mark Oakley (PDF 2KB) 
152 Ms Nicola Dutton (PDF 3KB) 
153 Mrs Amy Mann (PDF 32KB) 
154 Ms Anne Regan (PDF 34KB) 
155 Ms Zoe Gordon (PDF 21KB) 
156 Miss Patricia Stratton (PDF 17KB) 
157 Ms Alicia Davey (PDF 24KB) 
158 Dr Brett Hill (PDF 13KB) 
159 Ms Melody Bourne (PDF 56KB) 
160 Ms Michelle Zimmerman (PDF 18KB) 
161 Ms Jaia Baer (PDF 12KB) 
162 Home Midwifery Association (PDF 12KB) 
163 Ms Milica Fraser (PDF 30KB) 
164 Ms Laura Russo (PDF 26KB) 
165 Ms Rebecca Jolly (PDF 6KB) 
166 Ms Kathryn Williams (PDF 34KB) 
167 Ms Pria Holmes (PDF 3KB) 
168 Mrs Michelle McRitchie (PDF 6KB) 
169 Ms Annshar Wolfs (PDF 37KB) 
170 Name Withheld (PDF 34KB) 
171 Name Withheld (PDF 30KB) 
172 Name Withheld (PDF 37KB) 
173 Name Withheld (PDF 11KB) 
174 Name Withheld (PDF 8KB) 
175 Name Withheld (PDF 9KB) 
176 Name Withheld (PDF 33KB) 
177 Ms Amanda Vella (PDF 7KB) 
178 Ms Cate Finch (PDF 47KB) 
179 Ms Chloe Coulthard (PDF 7KB) 
180 Ms Elizabeth Isaacs (PDF 8KB) 
181 Ms Heidi Hibberd (PDF 34KB) 
182 Ms Jacinta Cross (PDF 48KB) 
183 Ms Jo Hunter (PDF 13KB) 
184 Ms Melanie Jackson (PDF 224KB) 
185 Ms Binky Henderson (PDF 34KB) 
186 Ms Esther James (PDF 43KB) 
187 Ms Victoria Meadth (PDF 87KB) 
188 Dr Christine Sharp (PDF 14KB) 
189 Ms Gail Robertson (PDF 20131KB) 
190 Dr Anne Etchells (PDF 267KB) 
191 Ms Anna Wiederroth (PDF 19KB) 
192 Dr Brendan Lloyd (PDF 75KB) 
193 Ms Dianne Veitch (PDF 56KB) 
194 Ms Angela Elia (PDF 59KB) 
195 Mr Henry Briffa (PDF 13KB) 
196 Dr Merrilly Watson (PDF 77KB) 
197 Ms Mimi Wellisch (PDF 25KB) 
198 Name Withheld (PDF 27KB) 
199 Ms Patricia Ryan (PDF 11KB) 
200 Dr Paul Campbell (PDF 25KB) 
201 Ms Penny Fox (PDF 8KB) 
202 Dr John Girardi (PDF 31KB) 
203 Dr Harry Mayr (PDF 48KB) 
204 Dr Timothy Hill (PDF 15KB) 
205 Dr David Hoffman (PDF 42KB) 
206 Dr Dianne Perrett-Abrahams (PDF 14KB) 
207 Mr Shayne Hanks (PDF 23KB) 
208 Mr Jeff Coucill (PDF 9KB) 
209 Dr Carin Swaddling (PDF 2353KB) 
210 Dr Sandra Gaffney (PDF 35KB) 
211 Dr Marion Yeadon (PDF 28KB) 
212 Mr Robert Armstrong (PDF 500KB) 
213 Mr Patrick Barry and Mr Craig Darling (PDF 3385KB) 
214 Name Withheld (PDF 230KB) 
215 Available on request
216 Confidential
217 Confidential
218 Confidential
219 Confidential
220 Confidential
221 Confidential
222 Confidential
223 Confidential
224 Confidential
225 Confidential
226 Confidential
227 Confidential
228 Confidential
229 Confidential
230 Confidential
231 Confidential
232 Confidential
233 Confidential
234 Confidential
235 Confidential
236 Confidential
237 Confidential
238 Confidential
239 Mrs Hollie Singleton (PDF 37KB) 
240 Ms Robyn Thompson (PDF 37KB) 
241 Ms Robyn Burgess (PDF 27KB) 
242 Ms Shayla Razga (PDF 10KB) 
243 Mr Steven Stanley (PDF 29KB) 
244 Ms Sue Martin (PDF 24KB) 
245 Ms Suzanne Ingleton (PDF 7KB) 
246 Ms Vanessa Winter (PDF 55KB) 
247 Ms Gillian Hall (PDF 13KB) 
248 Ms Kirsten Adams (PDF 8KB) 
249 Ms Elizabeth Sheppard (PDF 32KB) 
250 Ms Naomi Waldron (PDF 8KB) 
251 Ms Rachel Pilgrim (PDF 36KB) 
252 Ms Lyned Isaac (PDF 60KB) 
253 Name Withheld (PDF 46KB) 
254 Name Withheld (PDF 32KB) 
255 Name Withheld (PDF 32KB) 
256 Confidential
257 Name Withheld (PDF 130KB) 
258 Name Withheld (PDF 103KB) 
259 Name Withheld (PDF 109KB) 
260 Confidential
261 Name Withheld (PDF 24KB) 
262 Name Withheld (PDF 967KB) 
263 Name Withheld (PDF 64KB) 
264 Name Withheld (PDF 37KB) 
265 Name Withheld (PDF 789KB) 
266 Name Withheld (PDF 84KB) 
267 Name Withheld (PDF 70KB) 
268 Name Withheld (PDF 165KB) 
269 Name Withheld (PDF 64KB) 
270 Confidential
271 Name Withheld (PDF 66KB) 
272 Name Withheld (PDF 25KB) 
273 Name Withheld (PDF 535KB) Attachment 1(PDF 435KB) Attachment 2(PDF 204KB) 
274 Name Withheld (PDF 85KB) 
275 Name Withheld (PDF 14KB) 
276 Name Withheld (PDF 18KB) 
277 Name Withheld (PDF 12KB) 
278 Name Withheld (PDF 13KB) 
279 Name Withheld (PDF 13KB) 
280 Name Withheld (PDF 37KB) 
281 Mr Phill Newlyn (PDF 72KB) 
282 Name Withheld (PDF 15KB) 
283 Confidential
284 Name Withheld (PDF 73KB) 


Form Letters Received

1 Form letter 1, received from 245 individuals(PDF 8KB) 
2 Form letter 1 with variations, received from 133 individuals(PDF 18KB) 
3 Form letter 2 with variations, received from 16 individuals(PDF 65KB) 

Additional Information Received

1 Document tabled by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia at public hearing, 4 May 2011(PDF 186KB) 
2 Document tabled by the Australian Psychological Society at public hearing, 4 May 2011(PDF 147KB) 
3 Document tabled by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency at public hearing, 5 May 2011(PDF 46KB) 
4 Clarification to evidence given at public hearing on 5 May 2011, by Ms Malisa Golightly, Medicare Australia(PDF 61KB) 

Answers to Questions on Notice

1 Answers to Questions on Notice from AHPRA, taken at the public hearing on 5 May 2011, provided on 20 May 2011(PDF 205KB) 
2 Answers to Questions on Notice from Australian Nursing Federation, taken at the public hearing on 5 May 2011, provided on 20 May 2011(PDF 55KB) 
3 Answers to Questions on Notice from Department of Health and Ageing, taken at the public hearing on 5 May 2011, provided on 23 May 2011(PDF 60KB) 
4 Answer to Question on Notice from Department of Human Services, taken at the public hearing on 5 May 2011, provided on 23 May 2011(PDF 28KB) 

For further information, contact:

Senate Finance and Public Administration Committees
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3439
Fax: +61 2 6277 5809
Email: fpa.sen@aph.gov.au