Appendix 2Public hearings

Friday 18 October 2024

Committee Room 2S1, Parliament House

Canberra

Fitzroy Legal Service

Mr Hamish McLachlan, Chief Executive Officer

Ms Amity Mara, Manager of Policy, Advocacy and Projects

National Legal Aid (via videoconference)

Ms Katherine McKernan, Executive Director

Women's Legal Services Australia (WLSA) (via videoconference)

Mrs Meaghan Bradshaw, Chair, Family Law and Domestic and Family Violence Committee

Caxton Legal Centre (via videoconference)

Ms Colette Bots, Practice Director - Family, Domestic Violence and Elder Law Practice

Ms Daniella Pratt, Managing Senior Lawyer

First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence (FNAAFV)

Mrs Kerry Staines, Chief Executive Officer

National Women's Safety Alliance

Katherine Berney, Executive Director

Angela Lynch, Chair, Sexual Violence Working Group (via videoconference)

Lucy's Project Ltd (via videoconference)

Ms Monique Dam, Chief Executive Officer

Council of Single Mothers and their Children (via videoconference)

Ms Andi Sebastian, Communication and Policy Coordinator

Professor Belinda Fehlberg (via videoconference)

Associate Professor Miranda Kaye (via videoconference), Private capacity

Relationships Australia

Mr Nick Tebbey, National Executive Officer

Dr Susan Cochrane, National Policy Manager

Family & Relationship Services Australia (FRSA)

Dr Robyn Clough, Manager, Policy and Research

Australian Institute of Family Studies (via videoconference)

Dr Rachel Carson, Executive Manager

Ms Kira Duggan, Research Director - Systems and Services

Law Council of Australia

Ms Di Simpson, Chair, Family Law Section

Ms Natalie Cooper, Senior Policy Lawyer

Attorney-General's Department

Mr Chris Collett, First Assistant Secretary, Children and Families Division

Ms Rebecca Mills, A/g Assistant Secretary, Family Law Branch