Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee
Port Augusta, Tuesday 11 November 2003
National
Council of Single Mothers and Their Children
Dr Elspeth McInnes,
Convenor
Ms Yvonne Parry, Executive Officer
Ms Marie Hume, Volunteer
Legal Services Commission of South Australia
Mr Hamish Gilmore,
Director
Ms Gabrielle Canny,
Policy and Research Officer
Mr Peter Duffy,
Regional Manager (Whyalla)
Aboriginal
Legal Rights Movement Inc.
Mr Neil Gillespie, CEO
Mr Chris Charles, General Manager
Australian
Network of Environmental Defenders Offices
Mr Mark Parnell, Solicitor, EDO, South
Australia
Westside
Community Lawyers
Mr David Bulloch,
Managing Lawyer
Warndu
Watlhilli Carri Ngura
Aboriginal
Family Violence Legal Service
Mr Mark Forth, Senior Solicitor
Ms June Lennon, Chairperson
Womens
Legal Service SA Inc
Ms Marilyn Wright,
Acting Coordinator/Solicitor
Ms Zita Adut Ngor,
Solicitor, Rural Womens Outreach Program Port Augusta
Roma
Mitchell Community Legal Centre Inc
Mr Patrick Byrt, Convenor of volunteers
Mr Tom Trevorrow,
Volunteer and Chair, Ngarrindjeri Land and Progress Association
Rev Sid Graham,
Archbishops Chaplain to Nungar Ministry
Melbourne, Wednesday 12 November 2003
Public
Interest Law Clearinghouse
Homeless
Persons Legal Clinic
Ms Paula OBrien,
Co-Executive Director
Ms Samantha
Burchell, Co-Executive Director
Mr Phil Lynch,
Homeless Persons Legal Clinic
Castan
Centre for Human Rights Law
Associate Professor Beth Gaze
Ms Carola Schmidt, Research Assistant
Law
Institute of Victoria
Mr David Farram, Former President
Mr Mark Woods, Council Member
Victorian
Government/Victoria Legal Aid
Mr John Lynch, Department of Justice
Mr Tony Parsons, Managing Director, Victoria
Legal Aid
Federation
of Community Legal Centres (Vic) Inc
Ms Sally Smith, Project Worker, FCLC
Fitzroy
Legal Service
Mr Sam Biondo,
Community Development Worker, Fitzroy Legal Service
Community
Legal Centres Association (WA) Inc
Ms Naomi Brown, CLCA
(WA) Inc
Womens Legal Service Vic
Ms Kate Seear,
Solicitor
Ms Sarah Vessali,
Principal Lawyer
Ms Joanna Fletcher,
Law reform and Policy Lawyer
Ms Libby Eltringham,
Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre
National Network of Indigenous Womens Legal Services
Ms Leanne Miller, Board
Member
Ms Winsome Matthews,
Spokesperson
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
Mr Frank Guivarra,
CEO
Ms Kate Hairsine,
Research Officer
National Legal Aid
Mr Norman Reaburn,
Chairperson
Victoria
Law Foundation
Mr Richard Coverdale, Director of Publishing
Ms Aileen Duke, Project Manager
Sydney, Thursday 13 November 2003
Legal Aid Commission of NSW
Mr Bill Grant, CEO
Ms Judith Walker,
a/g Director Family Law
Australian Law Reform Commission
Professor David
Weisbrot, President
National
Association of Community Legal Centres
Ms Julie Bishop, Director
Ms Liz OBrien, National Convenor
Ms Lea Anderson, Manager, Womens Law Centre
WA
Combined Community Legal Centres Group NSW
Ms Polly Porteous,
Advocacy & Human Rights Officer
Mr Simon Moran, Board Member
Coalition of Aboriginal Legal Services NSW
Mr John Boersig, Coordinator
Law
Society of NSW
Mr Robert Benjamin, President
Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Womens Legal
Centre
Ms Trisha
Frail-Gibbs, Coordinator
Welfare
Rights Centre
Ms Linda Forbes,
Casework Coordinator
Ms Jacqueline
Finlay, Principal Solicitor
National
Pro Bono Resource Centre
Ms Jill Anderson,
A/g Director
Ms Jenny Lovrich,
Project Officer
Professor Paul
Redmond, Board Member
Freehills
Ms Annette Bain, National Pro Bono Coordinator
Blake Dawson Waldron
Ms Anne Cregan, National Pro Bono Coordinator
Refugee
Advice & Casework Service
Ms Louise Boon-Kuo, Coordinator
Immigration Rights & Advice Centre
Ms Suhad Kamand,
Director/Principal Solicitor
Marrackville
Community Legal Centre
Ms Janet Loughman, Principal Solicitor
Blue Mountains CLC
Mr Michael Crozier,
Principal Solicitor
Canberra, Monday 9 February 2004
Liberty Victoria Victorian Council for
Civil Liberties
Mr Greg Connellan,
President
Attorney-Generals Department
Ms Philippa Lynch,
First Assistant Secretary,
Family Law & Legal
Assistance Division
Ms Sue Pidgeon,
Assistant Secretary, Family Pathways Branch
Aboriginal
& Torres Strait Islander Commission/
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
Services
Mr Lionel
Quartermaine, Acting Chairman, ATSIC
Mr Cliff Foley,
Commissioner NSW, ATSIC
Mr Rodney Dillon,
Commissioner Tas, ATSIC
Mr Darren Farmer,
Commissioner WA, ATSIC
Mr Bernie Yates,
Acting CEO, ATSIS
Mr Les Turner,
Acting Group Manager, Culture Rights & Justice Group, ATSIS
Law Council of Australia
Mr Brian Withers, Chair, Access to Justice Committee
Mr John North, Member, Law Council Executive
Northern
Territory Legal Aid Commission
Ms Susan Cox,
Director
Ms Jenny Hardy,
Business and Policy Manager
Canberra, Wednesday 10 March 2004
Family Court of Australia
The Hon Justice
Alastair Nicholson, Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
National
Network of Women's Legal Services
Ms Zoe Rathus,
Co-ordinator
Queensland
Association of Independent Legal Services
Mr Bill Mitchell,
Convenor
Petrie
Legal Service
Mr David McKinnon,
Administration Manager