Appendix 2Public Hearings
Monday 17 June 2024
Legislative Council Committee Room
Parliament of Victoria
Spring St
East Melbourne
Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies
Professor Michele Grossman AM, Director
Mr Mark Duckworth PSM, Associate Director
Dr Mario Peucker, Project Lead and Member of Executive (Victoria University) (via teleconference)
Associate Professor Josh Roose, Associate Professor
Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism (AVERT) Network
Ms Lydia Khalil, Convenor
Professor Michele Grossman AM, Executive Committee and Steering Committee Member
Dr Vivian Gerrand, Research Fellow
Dr Shannon Zimmerman, Lecturer in Strategic Studies (via teleconference)
Dr Jared Dmello, Contributor (via teleconference)
Dr Helen Young
Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network Australia (MYAN)
Ms Rana Ebrahimi, National Manager
Ms Shannon White, National Policy and Advocacy Lead
Democracy in Colour (via teleconference)
Ms Esheshka (Shae) Flanagan, Acting National Director
Australian Jewish Democratic Society
Dr Larry Stillman, Committee Member
Mr Itamar Livne, Committee Member
Mr Robin Margo, Committee Member (via teleconference)
Jewish Council of Australia
Dr Max Kaiser, Executive Officer
Ms Sarah Schwartz, Executive Officer
Executive Council of Australian Jewry (via teleconference)
Mr Peter Wertheim, Co-CEO
Ms Simone Abel, Head of Legal
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (via teleconference)
Dr Colin Rubenstein, Executive Director
Dr Jamie Hyams, Senior Policy Analyst
Sydney Jewish Museum (via teleconference)
Emeritus Professor Dr Konrad Kwiet, Resident Historian
Mrs Sandy Hollis, Community and Professional Education Officer
Liberty Victoria
Mr Michael Stanton, Immediate Past President
Ms Isabelle Skaburskis, Committee member
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Professor Melissa Castan, Director
Associate Professor Ronli Sifris, Deputy Director
Mr Scott Walker, Research Fellow
Wednesday 24 July 2024
Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
Universities Australia
Mr Luke Sheehy, Chief Executive Officer (via videoconference)
Queensland University of Technology
Dr John Byron, Principal Policy Adviser
Dr Jordan McSwiney, Dr Imogen Richards, Dr Kurt Sengul, Callum Jones, and Cam Smith
Challenging Racism Project
Dr Rachel Sharples, Lecturer - Social Sciences
ANU Law Reform and Social Justice Research Hub
Ms Jae Brieffies, Student Researcher
Ms Adeline Toohey, Student Researcher
Ms Lolade Ogunbambi, Student Researcher
Mr Benjamin Archibald, Student Researcher
Ms Esther Bornstein, Student Researcher
Dr John Coyne, Mr Henry Campbell, and Ms Angela Suriyasenee, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) (via videoconference)
Islamophobia Register Australia
Mrs Mariam Veiszadeh, Founder and Chair (via videoconference)
Australian Muslim Advocacy Network
Ms Rita Jabri Markwell, Legal Advisor (via videoconference)
NSW Council for Civil Liberties
Ms Lydia Shelly, President (via videoconference)
Mr Stephen Blanks, Executive Committee Member (via videoconference)
Counter Extremism Project
Mr Alexander Ritzmann, Senior Advisor (via videoconference)
Mr Joshua Fisher-Birch, Content Review Specialist/Researcher (via videoconference)
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
Mr Mike Burgess, Director-General of Security
Department of Home Affairs
Mr Nathan Smyth, Deputy Secretary National Security and Resilience
Ms Gemma Smyth, First Assistant Secretary, Counter-Terrorism Coordination Centre, National Security and Resilience Group
Mr Alexander Goldie, Assistant Secretary, Countering Violent Extremism, National Security and Resilience Group
Attorney-General's Department
Ms Brooke Hartigan, First Assistant Secretary - Security and Counter-Terrorism Division
Ms Chloe Davidson, Acting Assistant Secretary, Security Law and Policy Branch
Australian Federal Police (AFP)
Acting Deputy Commissioner Alison Wegg, Acting Deputy Commissioner National Security
Commander Thomas Hester, Commander Counter Terrorism North