Public hearing - Canberra, Monday, 16 July 2007

Inquiry into the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007

Public hearing - Canberra, Monday, 16 July 2007

Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
CANBERRA 

9.00am - 9.40am

Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (submission 51)
Ms Voula Messimeri-Kianidis, Chair
Mr Mark Kulasingham, Director
Mr Charles Njora, Policy and Liaison Officer

Canberra Multicultural Community Forum (submission 46)
Mr Sam Wong, Chair

9.40am - 10.20am

Australian Christian Lobby (submission 47)
Mr David Yates, National Chief of Staff
Ms Beth Micklethwaite, Senior Research Officer

10.20am - 10.30am

Break

10.30am - 11.10am

Professor Kim Rubenstein (submission 18)
Director, Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law

11.10am - 11.50am

Australian Council of TESOL Associations (submission 34)
Ms Misty Antoniou, President

11.50am - 12.50pm

Department of Immigration and Citizenship (submission 30)
Mr Andrew Metcalfe, Secretary
Mr Peter Hughes, Deputy Secretary
Mr Peter Vardos, First Assistant Secretary, Citizenship Test and Values Statements Taskforce
Ms Renelle Forster, Assistant Secretary, Citizenship Test and Values Statements Taskforce
Mrs Mary-Anne Ellis, Assistant Secretary, Citizenship Branch, Citizenship, Settlement & Multicultural Affairs Division
Ms Vicki Parker, Assistant Secretary, Legal Framework

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3560
Fax: +61 2 6277 5794
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au