Public hearing - Sydney, Monday, 14 November 2005

Public hearing - Sydney, Monday, 14 November 2005

9:00am – 4:30pm
Commonwealth Offices
Conference Room A
Level 8, 70 Phillip Street
SYDNEY

PROGRAM

9:00am – 11:00am

Attorney-General's Department
Mr Geoff McDonald, Assistant Secretary, Security Law Branch, Security and Critical Infrastructure Division

Ms Kirsten Kobus, Acting Principal Legal Officer, Security Law Branch, Security and Critical Infrastructure Division

Ms Karen Bishop, Senior Legal Officer, Security Law Branch, Security and Critical Infrastructure Division

Mr Geoff Gray, Assistant Secretary, Criminal Law Branch

Austrac
Mr Neil Jensen, Director
Mr Paul Ryan, Acting Deputy Director
Ms Liz Atkins, Deputy Director, AML Reform

11:00am – 11:45am

Public Interest Advocacy Centre (Submission 81)
Ms Anne Mainsbridge, Senior Solicitor
Ms Jane Stratton, Policy Officer

11:45am – 12:30pm

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
Mr Simeon Beckett, President

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Lunch Break

 

1:30pm – 2:15pm

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law (Submission 114)
Mr Ibrahim Abraham, Research Assistant

2:15pm – 3.00pm

Gilbert + Tobin Centre for Public Law (Submission 80)
Dr Andrew Lynch, Director Terrorism and Law Project
Dr Ben Saul, Director Bill of Rights Project

3:00pm – 3:45pm

Amnesty International Australia
Witnesses yet to be advised

3:45pm – 4:30pm

Law Council of Australia
Mr John North, President
Mr Peter Webb, Secretary-General
Ms Pradeepa Jayawardena, Policy Lawyer

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