Public hearing - Canberra, 10 August 2007

Inquiry into the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007 & Related Bills

Public hearing - Canberra, 10 August 2007

Main Committee Room
Parliament House
CANBERRA

8.00am – 4.30pm

8:00am - 9:00am

Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Department of Education, Science and Training

Department of Health and Ageing (TBC)

9:00am - 9:20am

Tangentyere Council (by teleconference)
Mr William Tilmouth

9:20am - 9:40am

NPY Womens Council (by teleconference)
Ms Vicki Gillick

9:40am - 10:10am

Combined Aboriginal Organisations of the NT

10:10am - 10:40am

National Indigenous Council

10:40am - 10:50am

Morning tea

10:50am - 11:20am

HREOC
Mr John von Doussa, President
Mr Tom Calma, Commissioner

11:20am - 11:50am

Mayor of Alice Springs (by teleconference)
Mrs Fran Kilgarith

Mayor of Katherine (by teleconference)
Mrs Anne Shepherd

11:50am - 12:30pm

Northern Land Council
Mr John Daly, Chair
Mr Norman Fry, CEO
Mr Ron Levy, Principal Solicitor
Mr John Sheldon, Principal Policy Officer

Central Land Council
Mr Lindsay Bookie, Chair
Mr David Ross, Director
Mr Jeremy Dawe, Lawyer

12:30pm - 1:00pm

Northern Territory Government
The Hon Marion Scrymgour, Minister for Family and Community Services

1:00pm - 1:40pm

Lunch

1:40pm - 2:10pm

ACOSS
Ms Lyn Hatfield-Dodds

2:10pm - 2:40pm

Law Council of Australia
Mr Peter Webb QC, Secretary-General
Ms Raelene Webb QC (by teleconference)
Mr Nick Parmeter (by teleconference)

2:40pm - 2:50pm

Afternoon tea

2:50pm - 3:30pm

Members of Northern Territory Emergency Task Force Leadership Group
Dr Sue Gordon
Major-General Dave Chalmers

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Professor Jon Altman

Oxfam (TBC)

4.00 pm - 4.30 pm

Mr John Cleary

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