Appendix 2Public Hearing
Friday, 11 August 2023
Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra
Law Council of Australia
Mr Luke Murphy, President
Ms Di Simpson, Chair, Family Law Section
Mr Jason Walker, Deputy Chair, Family Law Section
Mr Nathan MacDonald, Deputy Director of Policy
Law Institute of Victoria (via videoconference)
Mr Stephen Taffe, Chair, Health Law Committee
Mr Will Stidston, Deputy Chair, Family Law Section
Ms Sarah Cooney, Lead, Family, Technology and Innovation Section
Professor the Hon Richard Chisholm AM, Private capacity
Dr Patrick Parkinson AM (via videoconference), Private capacity
DrGeorgina Dimopoulos, Private capacity
DrMichelle Fernando, Private capacity
National Legal Aid
Ms Alexandra Colquhoun, Director Family Law, Legal Aid NSW
Ms Julie Jackson, Director Early Intervention Services, Legal Aid WA
Victoria Legal Aid
Ms Joanna Fletcher, Executive Director, Family, Youth and Children’s Law
Ms Bernadette Grandinetti, Program Manager, Family Law Services
Women's Legal Services Australia
Ms Lara Freidin, Executive Officer
Ms Yvette Cehtel, Chief Executive Officer, Women’s Legal Service Tasmania
Ms Gabrielle Craig, Chair, Family Law and DFV Committee
National Women's Safety Alliance
Ms Katherine Berney, Director
Ms Angela Lynch, Member (via teleconference)
SNAICC - National Voice for our Children
Ms Catherine Liddle, Chief Executive Officer
Mr John Burton, Director, Social Policy and Research
Youth Law Australia (via videoconference)
Ms Carolyn Jones, Principal Solicitor (Harm Practice) (via videoconference)
Council of Single Mothers and their Children
Ms Andi Sebastian, Communication and Policy Coordinator
Ms Charisse Hay
Ms Michelle Baumann
Single Mother Families Australia
Ms Terese Edwards, Chief Executive Officer
Family & Relationship Services Australia
Mrs Jacqueline Brady, Executive Director
Dr Robyn Clough, Manager Policy and Research
Men's Rights Agency (via videoconference)
Mrs Sue Price, Director and Chief Executive Officer (via videoconference)
Dads4Kids
Ms Sheneli Meneripitiyage Dona, Chairwoman
Pastor James Dargin
Mr Warwick Marsh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Nathaniel Marsh, Operations Manager
Attorney General's Department
Ms Alice Linacre, First Assistant Secretary, Courts, Tribunals and Commercial Division
Mr Christopher Collett, First Assistant Secretary
Mr Liam Demamiel, Assistant Secretary
Ms Kathleen Denley, Assistant Secretary
Ms Rebecca Mills, Assistant Secretary
Ms Samantha Byng, Assistant Secretary