Appendix B – Witnesses and hearings
Friday, 15 February 2013 - Canberra
Department
of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Mr
Tony Cook, Associate Secretary
Mr
George Kriz, Chief Lawyer
Public
Policy Institute - Australian Catholic University
Prof
Scott Prasser, Executive Director
National
Catholic Education Commission
Mr
Stephen Elder, Commissioner
Dr
William Griffiths, Chief Executive Officer
Mrs
Therese Temby, Chair
Isolated
Children’s Parents’ Association
Mrs
Judy Newton, Federal President
Association
of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia
Mr
Andrew Barr, National Chair
Ms
Kim Cull, Chief Executive Officer
Monday, 18 February 2013 - Sydney
Australian
Education Union
Ms
Jennifer Devereaux, Federal Research Officer
Mr
Angelo Gavrielatos, Federal President
Ms Jane
Catherine Caro
Federation
of Parents and Citizens' Associations of NSW
Mrs
Sharon Johnson, General Manager
Mrs
Kelly Macdonald, Research and Policy Officer
Mr
Lyall Wilkinson, President
Ms Cheryl Saunders, Treasurer
Professional
development panel
Australian
Professional Teachers Association
Mr
Phil Callen, Secretary
Ms
Janet Cochrane, Representative
Ms
Susan Gazis, President
The
University of Sydney
Professor
Robert Tierney, Dean, Faculty of Education and Social Work
Dr Nicole Mockler
The Smith
Family
Ms
Anne Hampshire, Head of Research and Advocacy
Dr
Lisa O'Brien, Chief Executive Officer
National
Independent Special Schools Association
Ms
Kerrie Nelson, Deputy Chairperson
Tuesday, 19 February 2013 - Brisbane
P&C's
Qld
Mr
Peter Levett, Chief Executive Officer
Mr
Daniel Smith, President
Australian
Primary Principals Association
Mrs
Hilary Backus, National Executive Council
Mr
Norm Hart, President
Mrs
Sharon Lollback, Head of Primary, Lakes College
Mr
Michael Kelleher, Principal, St Martin’s Catholic School
Australian
College of Educators
Mr
Ian Keese, Policy Co-ordinator
Independent
Schools Council of Australia
Mr
William Daniels, Executive Director
Mr
Barry Wallett, Deputy Executive Director
Association
of Independent Schools NSW
Dr
Geoff Newcombe, Executive Director
Wednesday, 6 March 2013 - Melbourne
Australian
Parents Council
Mrs
Caz Bosch, President
Mr
Ian Dalton, Executive Director
Mr
Dale Harrington, Member of National Executive
Foundation
for Young Australians
Mr
Ghazi Ahamat, Junior Policy Fellow, Centre for New Public Education
Ms
Li Tan, Manager, Centre for New Public Education
Australian
Youth Affairs Coalition
Mr
Andrew Cummings, Executive Director
Australian
Federation of Disability Organisations
Mr
Stephen Gianni, National Policy Officer
Centre for
Research on Education Systems, The University of Melbourne
Professor
Richard Teese, Director
Australian
Council of State School Organisations
Mr
Peter Garrigan, President
Mrs
Dianne Giblin, Chief Executive Officer
Academic
panel
Dr
Greg Thompson
Education
Standards Institute
Dr
Kevin Donnelly, Director
Monash
University
A/Prof
Deborah Corrigan, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education
Dr
David Zyngier, Senior Lecturer, Education Faculty
Thursday, 14 March 2013 - Canberra
Australian
Secondary Principals Association Ltd
Mr
Michael Hall, President of ACT Principals Association, Director on the Board of
ASPA, Principal of Erindale College
Department
of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Mr
Tony Cook, Associate Secretary
Mr
George Kriz, Chief Lawyer