Public Hearing - Canberra, Friday 11 November 2011

Public Hearing - Canberra, Friday 11 November 2011

Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra

9.30 am - 12.30 pm

Time Witness

9:30am - 10:00am

Human Rights Law Centre (Submission 7) (via teleconference)
Ms Rachel Ball, Director of Policy and Campaigns
Ms Bassina Farbenblum, Migrant and Refugee Rights Project, Australian Human Rights Centre, UNSW Law Faculty
(Submission 15) (via teleconference)

10:00am - 10:30am

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law (Submission 6) (via teleconference)
Professor Sarah Joseph, Director
Mr Adam Fletcher, Manager, Accountability Project

10:30am-11:00am

Victoria Legal Aid (Submission 16)
Mr Bevan Warner, Managing Director
Mr Saul Holt, Director, Criminal Law Services

11:00am - 11:10am

Break (Remembrance Day silence)

11:10am - 11:40am

Australian Lawyers Alliance (Submission 18) (via teleconference)
Mr Jonathan Davies, Barrister and member of the Australian Lawyers Alliance

11:40am - 12:30pm

Attorney-General's Department (Submission 14)
Mr Iain Anderson, First Assistant Secretary, Criminal Justice Division
Mr Doug Rutherford, Acting Assistant Secretary, Border Management and Crime Protection Branch
Ms Danica Yanchenko, Acting Principal Legal Officer, People Smuggling and Trafficking Section
Mr John Reid, Assistant Secretary, International Law, Trade and Security Branch
Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Submission 8)
Mr Greg Phillipson, Acting Assistant Secretary, Legal Framework Branch

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
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