Appendix 2Public Hearings

Wednesday 19 February 2025

Mercure Hotel

818-820 George St

Sydney

Productivity Commission

Mr Selwyn Button, Commissioner

Ms Sarah Leary, Assistant Commissioner, Indigenous Policy and Reporting

NSW Child, Family and Community Peak Aboriginal Corporation (AbSec)

Mr John Leha, Chief Executive Officer

Black Dog Institute

Dr Clinton Schultz, Director, First Nations Strategy and Partnerships

Aboriginal Women's Advisory Network (AWAN)

Ms Shaquille Robinson, Program Coordinator

Ms Yusra Metwally, Policy and Advocacy Officer

CREATE Foundation

Ms Imogen Edeson, Chief Executive Officer

Thursday 6 March 2025

Senate Committee Room 2S3

Parliament House, Canberra

SNAICC - National Voice for our Children

Ms Muriel Bamblett, Chairperson

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Alliance (NATSIWA)

Ms Wendy Anders, Chief Executive Officer

Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peak Organisations

Ms Pat Turner, Lead Convener

Ms Lisa Charles, Executive Director, Secretariat

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)

Ms Pat Turner, Chief Executive Officer

Ms Nadine Blair, Director Policy

National Indigenous Health Leadership Alliance

Mr Karl Briscoe, Chair, NIHLA, and CEO, National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners

Mr Tony Kiessler, CEO, Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association

Ms Tanja Hirvonen, Interim CEO, Thirrili – Indigenous Suicide and Postvention Service

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (NATSILS)

Ms Melissa Clarke, General Manager

National Close the Gap Campaign

Mr Karl Briscoe, Co-Chair

National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA)

Ms Julie-Ann Guivara, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Program and Policy

Dr Simon Gordon, Group Manager, Strategy Group

Ms Erin Selmes, Branch Manager, Closing the Gap Branch

Ms Ali Jenkins, Group Manager, Social Policy Group

Ms Nattlie Smith, Branch Manager, Strategic Insight Branch

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Ms Linda Fardell, Program Manager, Health, Disability and Vital Statistics Branch

Ms Sybille McKeown, Program Manager, Community, Wellbeing and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics Branch

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Dr Fadwa Al-Yaman, Group Head, First Nations Health and Welfare

Dr Gabrielle Phillips, Group Head, Housing and Specialised Services

Maiam Nayri Wingara Indigenous Data Sovereignty Collective

Professor Ray Lovett, Executive Member